How to Use Adobe CS5 to Create a Newsletter

Newsletters are a great way to reach your targeted demographics. Adobe products such as Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator can be a help to create the newsletter.  Below, the various parts of the newsletter are placed under the best program for the design:

Adobe Indesign

Mailing Panel

Captions

Pull Quotes

End Signs

Headlines

Decorative Text Elements

Table of Contents

Masterhead

(staff names, contributors, subscription information, addresses, logo, etc.)

Headlines

Page Numbers

Bylines

Adobe Photoshop

Photographs

Illustrations

Adobe Illustrator

Logo

Name of newsletter





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InDesign for the Designer in ME!

InDesign is a really great program to learn. I feel much stronger now that I have a foundation in using it. I especially love working with the many options InDesign offers especially for text and images.  Working with rulers, document set up (master page and pages), panels, and much more has been extremely helpful for learning the concepts of graphic design such as contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity.  At first, I was extremely nervous about the speed it would take me to learn the program. I think the foundational principals of using InDesign are not too difficult to understand.  I am looking forward to utilizing all of the Adobe products together in the near future and for other classes and projects.  I am definitely a new Adobe convert!