OBJECTIVE: To learn the fundamentals of newsletter production using InDesign.

Reproduce two pages of the A4 newsletter, The Newsletter on Newsletters, and print it front and back on one sheet of paper. Submit the visual to your lab instructor by the due date listed in the syllabus and schedule.

1. CROPPING AND SCALING: Crop and scale all halftones used in this assignment in Photoshop before placing the art in InDesign. The cropping and scaling exercises completed earlier in lab will be factored into this part of the newsletter grade.

2 THE VISUAL: Reproduce the newsletter in InDesign and print your visual in colour. One side represents four-color process; the other is a two-color side. Edit body copy, and place InDesign with type specs set in the correct format. Type all headlines, cutlines and other miscellaneous type, such as folio, in the correct format.

GRADING: Use the following checklist to make sure you have met all the requirements. The number following each item in the list below indicates that item's relative value.

______ Column widths; margins, column dividers correct (10)

______ Copy edited correctly, reads well. (15)

______ Copy placed correctly in Times New Roman; paragraph indents
correct (10)

______ Headlines written correctly in Garamond, correct weight and size (10)

______ Miscellaneous copy: Index, cutline, jumplines, running head, folio,
masthead written correctly in correct fonts and styles (20)

______ Alignment precise; spacing between related elements consistent,
appropriate (10)

______ Photos cropped and scaled correctly, placed without distortion, in correct
colour. (10)

______ Textwrap placed correctly. (5)

______ Rules, borders correct length, weight, width, color, tint, and
alignment (10)

_______ Total (out of 100)

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