Last year, we had some issues going back and forth in attempts to get our newsletter published on time. It felt like every time we needed to make a change with, say, a typo, we’d end up having to push back our publishing date 1-2 weeks. I personally wasn’t impressed with this, seeing as how I have become the editor of the newsletter. So, I offered to create the newsletter layout in-house and go directly to the printers. We got the license for Adobe InDesign. The fun began in January….
I searched for tutorials to assist me in my quest to become literate in CS4. I watched videos, took notes, and created a couple of files to learn. Of course, I really must say I learn best when I’m in the process of actually creating a legitimate file — which basically translates to, “I had to go back and relearn things as I sat and designed the layout for the newsletter.” It was challenging, but it was rewarding, fun, and absolutely worth it. The result? A fabulous newsletter — even though I did notice a couple of silly errors later on. Honestly, the newsletter had gone out with errors in the past that had nothing to do with me, so I wasn’t as embarrassed as I could be. When the time came, I was more than comfortable producing the 50th Anniversary Booklet. For the record, it was also very easy to work with our printers, Alta, Inc. I admit, I had a contact there already, so that may be the reason it was so easy.
I can now boast that I have experience with Adobe InDesign CS4.
