Make a Newsletter
promoting an non-profit organization
You have been hired by a non-profit organization to create a newsletter for them to promote their organization. Using InDesign, you are going to create this small newsletter promoting organization, ie: Lewis, annual staff or some organization, (little league team, club, Red Cross, United Way, etc.). Your job is to promote this organization. You will need to write about it so it should be something you are somewhat familiar with. You will first need to do some research on the internet to get accurate information about your choosen organization. save as: "your intials and Newsletter." Make sure it is saved in your "Documents" folder.
Directions:
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Research your organization, take notes, learn enough to write about it. (use correct names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. |
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Once you have done your research, use InDesign (you will find InDesign under Applications, under Adobe InDesign) to create a newsletter promoting your organization. Save as: "your intials and Newsletter" |
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You need a Mast Head or heading with Nname of organization, date, issue, address, etc on your front page. |
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Newsletter should be 2 pages (front and back). Set up your 2 pages before you start designing your newsletter by pulling down the File menu and choosing "Document Setup." You will need to set up columns, sidebars, etc (column text should be justified). Depending on your organization, you will need to write different articles and sidebars about the organization's purpose, background, events, programs, etc. |
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Use pictures (downloaded from internet). Don't distort your pictures. You can't enlarge smaller pictures with out distorting them. You also need to keep pictures in the same porportions (vertical or horizontal). |
See: (you will probably need to be using "Safari" to view the examples.
Christensen - rev. 6/06