InDesign Tutorial Video 1:

From watching this video I learnt that:

• Whilst using Adobe InDesign, it is important to have Adobe Photoshop open to edit images that you are going to use in your article. 
• It is useful to organise all images in which you plan to use into one easy to access folder so that you can find them quickly and efficiently. 
• To create a new document you go to File - New - Document.
• You can then edit the options to give your document more pages, columns which gives you more creative freedom.
• Then go to Essentials - Typography so we have access to panels that are useful whilst making a magazine article.
• Firstly click the 'Pages' tab. If you want to move the order of the pages, right click and click 'allow document pages to shuffle'. 
• A section of the article which is separate to the main text is called a call out. 
• To move text which at first does not fit onto one page, click the red square in the corner before drawing a text box on the next page, this will mean the article continues onto the new page. Keep repeating this action and dragging the box out until the square is no longer red. 
• Putting all text you plan to use somewhere on the document makes it easier to access when you come to use it. 
• To edit text whilst staying on the black arrow tool, click the 'Character' tab on the right hand side of the page where you can edit the size and typeface of your text.
• Chose a bold font for your headline. 
• To separate your text into two different lines (like below) again you can use the small red box in the corner to create a new text box to place any text in. 

• You can then edit the size of the font/ size for the separate word. 
• Sans serif fonts are more common these days, however whether your text is serif or sans serif make sure it is legible. 
• To create a paragraph style, click the 'Paragraph Styles' tab on the right hand side of the page. Click the small icon in the bottom of the pop up box which when you hover over it says 'Create new style'. Then double click on the name to change it, eg- 'first paragraph'. 
• Make sure you have clicked within the text box of whatever you are trying to create into a paragraph style. 
• If editing a letter or word to be in a different format (eg. change of font size or a different typeface) use the character styles tab.
• To format text into the same size/ font etc as another piece of writing on the page, by selecting it and clicking the character style of the desired look, it will change the selected text to this font. 
• By clicking Ctrl + A it will select all, then click the tab that you want to select. 
• Make sure you keep saving what you have.