Newspaper Layout Basic Guidelines Basic page layout: Headlines are centered, sub-headlines only have the FIRST

T word capitalized Pages are always five columns across, try to keep the text from the article all in one box. Vertical lines are used to divide the page between articles. Horizontal lines are also used to separate text. Lines are 1pt, solid, black. Lines are NOT used if an article on the page has a shaded background. To put a shaded box behind an article, the easiest way is to find one somewhere else in the paper, copy and paste, and fit the box to the area you need. If you need to make the box, use the rectangle tool, and then use the eyedropper to match the color to the other box. If you really need to fill the box yourself, go to color, at the exact color is R=230, G=231, and B=232. Make sure the shaded box has been sent to back, and just slap your text box right on top. The box has a .25 black border. Make sure to leave an aesthetically pleasing margin around the actual text and the border of the shaded box. TEXT CANNOT LOOK CRAMMED. Make sure nothing is too close to anything else, space is important. Fonts and stuff: Headlines are in Myriad Pro, Bold. Size is up to your discretion. Sub-headlines are Myriad Pro, regular. Size for this is also up to your discretion. In bylines, names are in ALL capitals, Trade Gothic, bold #2, 9.5. Please make sure all names are spelled right and all articles are credited correctly! Make sure the thick line is under the byline, make it look nice. Article text is Minion Pro, regular, 9.5. This one should definitely be set under paragraph styles, called article text. Have the text selected, click article text, and you should be set. Picture credits are Trade Gothic, Medium, size 4. Picture captions are also Trade Gothic, bold for the first part of caption, medium for the explanation of the caption. Pull quotes Trade Gothic, Medium, size is up to your discretion. Use horizontal lines to separate the pull quote from the article text. A line width of 1 is usually good. If these arent set under paragraph styles, you can set them so you just have to click the appropriate style instead of having to change the fonts and sizes manually every time. Click the desired paragraph style, right click, select edit style, click basic paragraph formats, and change it to the specifications listed above. I know most of mine arent set correctly, so if you guys change yours that will make things easier. Pictures/graphics:

Photographs need to be of the highest resolution possible. When you get photos off Google, place the filter on the large so you get the high-res photos. With cartoons and stuff it doesnt matter. Photos have a .25 width solid black border. Make sure text is wrapped nicely around the photos, use your judgment, make it look nice. To wrap text around the edges of an oddly shaped picture: 1) open the text wrap window 2) click the middle graphic, wrap around object shape 3) under contour options select detect edges 4) select the picture with the black arrow 5) go the object menu at the top of the screen, go to arrange, and select send to back. The text should wrap around the picture closely and should move as you move the picture around. All pictures need to be credited, even if it just says google.com, or the persons name, or whatever. Get the credit box as close to the picture as you can; this is going to require some messing with the text wrapping. It usually helps if there isnt a text wrap on the credit box. When you select photos to place in the paper, look at it and decide if it will look alright in black and white. So nothing too dark, with too much shading, etc.