Designing a Newsletter

Our task this week was to design a newsletter for a Fortune 500 company.  We were back to using InDesign and I can’t believe how easily I got the functions confused with Photoshop.  It took a while but I got into the swing of things.  Below is a dummy layout for my Apple newsletter.  This shows where everything will go once I incorporate the articles.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was excited for this assignment because in other classes I have created newsletters but used other programs like Microsoft Word.  So I feel like this assignment will teach me another way to create a newsletter with a program like InDesign.

When I started this assignment I was a bit disappointed in myself at the beginning.  I was having a difficult time remembering how to work InDesign since it’s been a couple of weeks since we have used it.  But in the end, I had to start from scratch and rewatch some of the videos.  Hopefully next time I won’t forget the most basic functions.

I was disappointed that I forgot how to work InDesign.  But I feel that since I did forget, I should have an easier time remembering the next time I work with InDesign.

There are many benefits when using a dummy layout for a newsletter.  I worked with the entire newsletter in mind instead of just each article at a time.  I feel like I also have a slight advantage because Apple produces a lot of news, so there is quite a variety of articles that could fit into my predetermined layout!