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This post is part of a series highlighting the employees and departments that provide Walsworth’s outstanding customer support. You can read about the company’s customer service representatives here. Many departments at Walsworth work together to provide an excellent customer experience. One mainstay is the Computer Support Department. These are the technicians who are there to…
Adviser Academy is quickly approaching, now just a little more than a month away. The first year as a yearbook adviser can be tough and attending Walsworth’s Adviser Academy in Kansas City will prepare you for the challenge in many ways. You’ll receive training in “everything you didn’t know you didn’t know,” according to instructor…
Creating a yearbook is an ambitious project, and even the heartiest of staffs will discover questions and come across the occasional stumbling block, which is precisely why Walsworth launched yearbookhelp.com. This website is the most comprehensive online help resource for yearbook staffers. The yearbookhelp.com site will help you every step of the way – from…
For schools using Adobe® InDesign®, Walsworth supports you with Enhancements to simplify yearbook creation. The Enhancements, compatible with InDesign CS 5.5, CS 6 and Creative Cloud, assist InDesign users by adding functionality for specific yearbook needs. When you open InDesign, the Control Center opens, giving you access to all of the Enhancements. Begin by using…
Headlines with clever wordplay and graphic treatment will draw readers into your stories. This example of a simple headline treatment appeared over a story on how the girls tennis team struggled after key players graduated at Thousand Oaks High School in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
To create a cohesive yearbook, use similar graphic elements throughout the pages. You can ensure this by creating a library of your graphics. This collection can then be saved and shared with all staff members. By using InDesign libraries, you can store and reuse graphic elements throughout your layout, whether they’re text frames, single graphics or even groups of objects.
Photoshop has lots of cool blending effects that you can use on your photos, but rather than going back and forth from Photoshop and InDesign, consider what the Blending Modes in InDesign can offer in the way of effects. And, they are super easy to use.
You can add a simple effect, maybe one that works with your theme, by changing the corners of objects. InDesign provides several options to easily make the change.
It’s a little brown icon. Nondescript. Overlooked. Ignored. A powerhouse of file management, Adobe® Bridge® should be an integral part of any staff’s work flow. Bridge is a program that works like Windows in terms of viewing photos, but is able to do so much more.
An easy way to keep copy consistent throughout the yearbook is to use paragraph styles. Paragraph Styles is a tool that enables you to format a complicated document in a few quick and easy steps.
