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December 15 :: Layout Trial 1

PLEASE KEEP CELL PHONES AWAY!

Either in your backpack or the lock box!

Expectations:

C: Voice Level 2 (only the people next to you can hear you and no shouting across the room)

H: Ask your team, elbow partner or raise hand

A: Work on the assignment

M: Stay in your assigned seat

P: Work till assignment is completed

S: Finishing your work

HOME GAMES/EVENTS THIS WEEK!

(December 8-12)

Boys Soccer: Friday 12/19 (Jacob/Noel)

Check the schedules to see when you can take photos and interview!

SEMESTER 1 Spreads!

SEMESTER 1 SPREADS

Girls Water Polo Aaron

Boys Water Polo Aaron

Girls Golf Allyson

JVCheer Allyson

JV Girls Volleyball Anthony Y

Halloween/Trunk or Treat Elizabeth

Revolution Bowl Elizabeth

Girls Tennis Emma

Battle of Barstow Eriana

Unified Soccer Eriana

JV Football Jacob

PTC (Fall) Jessica

...

V Cheer Jessica

Winter Formal Jonah

V Girls Volleyball Jonah

HOCO (Homecoming) Game Khalven

Pates In Pink VB Melody

Frosh Girls Volleyball Melody

Pool Party Mia

Cross Country Mia

HOCO Dance Sam

V Football Sam

HOCO Rally Victoria

Senior Sunrise Victoria

SEMESTER 2 Spreads!

SEMESTER 2 SPREADS

Boys Wrestling (W) Aaron

Varsity Baseball (S) Aaron

Boys & Girls Swimming (S) Allyson

CTE Events (W) Allyson

Badminton (S) Anthony Y

Men's & Women's Alliance (W/S) Anthony Y

V Girls Basketball (W) Elizabeth

Track & Field (S) Elizabeth

Diversity Rally (S) Elizabeth

JV Boys Volleyball (S) Emma

Boys Golf (S) Emma

V Girls Soccer (W) Eriana

JV Softball (S) Eriana

V Boys Soccer (W) Jacob

JV Boys Soccer (W) Jacob

Varsity Softball (S) Jessica

Marching Band (W/S) Jessica

...

Unified Basketball (S) Jonah

Boys Tennis (S) Khalven

JV Baseball (S) Khalven

V Boys Volleyball (S) Melody

Frosh Boys Volleyball (S) Melody

JV Girls Basketball (S) Mia

Orchestra/Begin. Band (W/S) Mia

V Boys Basketball (W) Samantha

Leadership (W) Samantha

JV Girls Soccer (W) Victoria

Girls Wrestling (W) Victoria

Need to ASSIGN!

JV Boys Basketball (W)

Frosh Boys Basketball (W)

Girls Lacrosse (S)

PTC (Spring)

Choir/Jazz Band (W/S)

You will also be required to help with Team/Individual photo day!

UPCOMING EVENTS

V Boys Basketball (Winter) Samantha

JV Boys Basketball (Winter) Leahlani

Frosh Boys Basketball (Winter) Javier

V Girls Basketball (Winter) Elizabeth

JV Girls Basketball (Winter) Mia

V Boys Soccer (Winter) Jacob

JV Boys Soccer (Winter) Noel

V Girls Soccer (Winter) Eriana

JV Girls Soccer (Winter) Victoria

Boys & Girls Wrestling (Winter) Kyle

Boys & Girls Swimming (Spring) Allyson

Boys Tennis (Spring) Khalven

V Boys Volleyball (Spring) Anthony P/Carlos

JV Boys Volleyball (Spring) Emma

Frosh Boys Volleyball (Spring) Melody

...

Girls Lacrosse (Spring) Mason

Track & Field (Spring) TE

Badminton (Spring) Anthony Y

Boys Golf (Spring) TE

Varsity Baseball (Spring) Aaron

JV Baseball (Spring) Kaison

Varsity Softball (Spring) Jessica

JV Softball (Spring) Matthew

Unified Basketball (Spring) Jonah

PTC (Spring) Dominick

Diversity Rally (Spring) Erwin/Axel

CLUB GROUP PHOTOS!

Baking/Cooking Club: Anthony (12/16 Tuesday Room 82)

Campus Life: Jacob (12/17 Wednesday Room 47)

Chess Club: Mia (12/18 Thursday Room 88)

AFTER WINTER BREAK:

Art Club: Jessica (1/12 Monday Room 1)

Key Club: Jonah (1/13 Tuesday Library)

Latin Moves: Anthony (1/16 Friday Room 104)

Science Enrichment: Elizabeth (1/20 Tuesday Room 62)

GSA: XXX (1/21 Wednesday Room 53)

LSU: Eriana (1/22 Thursday Room 104)

Our 2025/2026 Layout!

Let's Practice!

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: How to build a productive and successful Yearbook!

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: A well-organized yearbook foundation is key in building a yearbook. Planning from the beginning will help us work as a team and most importantly be successful!

HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: Today we will discuss as a TEAM how to proceed in various part of planning our yearbook. Each student will have buy-in on its development!

We need a few things first!

Everything will be specific in our yearbook!

Go to the ONE DRIVE folder you have been culling photos from!

Find the folder PRACTICE LAYOUT 1 folder

Double click to OPEN IT!

Select (DO NOT OPEN) PRACTICE LAYOUT FAVORITES

Click the download button at the top!

NOTE!

When it comes time to work on YOUR actual layout, you will be downloading YOUR FAVORITES folder from OneDrive!

Unzipping the folder!

ZIP files contain one or more files compressed with ZIP compression.

OPEN YOUR YEARBOOK FOLDER!

Open your Yearbook Folder

RIGHT click the

OneDrive_2025 ZIP folder

Select EXTRACT ALL

Click EXTRACT

Go to the NEW folder

Right Click and Choose RENAME

Rename the folder PRACTICE 1

NOTE: When you are working on YOUR actual spread, you will rename the FAVORITES folder that you download with your Spread Name!

Example: JV Football

LAYOUT 1...

For us to practice on!

Go back to the ONE DRIVE folder> PRACTICE LAYOUT 1!

Select (look for the check mark) the icon for

25-26 Layout Student Trial

Select Download

(It should download into your Yearbook folder!)

FONTS...

A few for now!

Go back to the ONE DRIVE folder> PRACTICE LAYOUT 1!

Double click to OPEN the 25-26 Fonts folder

Select each font INDIVIDUALLY and click Download

They should download into your YEARBOOK FOLDER

You will download 3 fonts!

Sketch College

PNThingamadiddy

StreuselKuchen-Regular

Double click the font that downloaded!

Click INSTALL after the font is downloaded!

Open your Yearbook Folder

Double click the EACH FONT file... Click INSTALL on the top left!

Open InDesign

We need to make (check) a preferences change!

Also! Make sure you are on Essentials Classic!

Click the WINDOW tab...

WORKSPACE>ESSENTIALS CLASSIC

Do NOT open a document!

Click the EDIT tab

Select PREFERENCES>

FILE HANDLING

Check the box under FONTS:

AUTO ACTIVATE ADOBE FONTS

Click OK

In your Yearbook folder...Double click to open the 25-26 Layout Student Trial file.

It should open in InDesign!

Then to see the entire spread, choose VIEW (tab on top)> FIT SPREAD IN WINDOW

NOTE the SHORTCUT!

Let's try to save to Creative Cloud!

Here are some benefits of using InDesign cloud documents:

Access all your work: Access your documents on all devices you've installed InDesign. It's in the cloud wherever you work.
Reliability:  Save your project as a cloud document, and never worry about losing your work as it gets auto-saved on the cloud.
Track version history: View any version of your document from assets.adobe.com. Autosave keeps your documents up-to-date and makes past versions available at hand.
Quality: Store every layer at full fidelity.FILE>SAVE AS

Select FILE>SAVE AS

Select

SAVE TO CREATIVE CLOUD

Create a new folder

Click NEW FOLDER

Name the folder YEARBOOK

Click SAVE

Next to SAVE AS...

RENAME THE FILE!

Your First Initial Last Initial PRACTICE 1

Example: TE Practice 1

Then click SAVE on the bottom right corner to save it to Creative Cloud

Then click OK

This is telling us we have links to our document that are on our Hard Drive...this is OK

Now you should see a cloud icon and a suffix .inddc

The file should now auto save and will be save to Creative cloud.

Layers...

On the right you should see your properties panel...

Click on the Layers panel

All of the layers are LOCKED

To UNLOCK a layer, click on the little pad lock next to the name.

UNLOCK the Text layer ONLY!

It is good practice to keep layers locked when you are not specifically working on them!

Remember to lock the layer after you are done working on it!

Adding TEXT etc!

Select the Selection tool from the Tool panel

Select the MAIN HEADLINE

On your layout, select the

Main Headline

Double click it to activate the Text Tool

(TIP: You can triple click the text to selct it all)

Replace the Text with:

IN THE ZONE!

Select the Selection Tool (Black Arrow) to move the text as necessary!

Select the SubHEADLINE

Now, under the Headline, select the SubHeadline

Double click it to activate the Text Tool

(TIP: You can triple click the text to selct it all)

Replace the Text with:

VARSITY FOOTBALL BRINGS THE HEAT.

Select the Body Copy

Now, change the body copy (above the Headline)

Double click it to activate the Text Tool

(TIP: You can triple click the text to select it all)

Replace the Text with:

Hoover High Varsity Football brought intensity, heart, and Patriot pride to the field all season long. From Friday night lights to hard-fought practices, the team showed resilience, discipline, and unity in every snap.

Select the Second Body Copy

Now, change the second body copy (below the Headline)

Double click it to activate the Text Tool

(TIP: You can triple click the text to select it all)

Replace the Text with:

Varsity Pates commitment on and off the field made this season one to remember and set the standard for future Patriot football.

Select the Roster under the main Photo

Now, Change the Roster

Double click it to activate the Text Tool

(TIP: You can triple click the text to select it all)

Replace the Text with:

Front Row (l to r): Fakus Johnson, Ethan Ramirez, Jordan Lee, Anthony Delgado, Tyler Nguyen, DeAndre Williams, Lucas Martinez, Noah Thompson. Second Row (l to r): Jalen Brooks, Miguel Hernandez, Ryan O’Connor, Isaiah Washington, Kevin Patel, Brandon Kim, Elijah Carter, Diego Alvarez. Third Row (l to r): Trevor Wilson, Adrian Flores, Malik Robinson, Andrew Park, Samuel Garcia, Chris Bennett, Victor Moreno, AJ Phillips. Back Row (l to r): Coach David Reynolds, Coach Marcus Hill, Coach Anthony Lopez, Coach Brian Sullivan, Coach Fake Carter

Captions are under each photo!

Now, Change the Captions under the Photos!

Double click it to activate the Text Tool

(TIP: You can triple click the text to select it all)

Replace each caption with opne of the following:

Marcus Johnson breaks through the line.

Ethan Ramirez looks for an open receiver.

Jalen Brooks powers forward for extra yards.

Tyler Nguyen makes the catch on the sideline.

Malik Robinson wraps up the tackle.

Lucas Martinez sprints toward the end zone.

Jordan Lee blocks to open the lane.

Remember! You might have to adjust the text frame to fit the text...

Select the Selection Tool (Black Arrow) to move the text is necessary!

When you are done...

LOCK THE TEXT LAYER!

Adding Photos etc!

UNLOCK the PHOTOS Layer!

Shortcut to PLACE is Ctrl + D

Select one of the IMAGE Frames (the GREEN boxes)

Select FILE>Place or Ctrl + D

Go to your Yearbook Folder> Practice Layout 1 Folder

Click on an image you would like to place in the box and click OPEN!

NOW! Place an image in each place holder!

To change the view of a folder, on the top right, click the "Change Your View" pull down and select EXTRA LARGE ICONS

If the photo does not fit...

Click the OBJECT tab>FITTING>Fill Frame Proportionately

To adjust the image:

Hover over the image until you see a double circle/donut in the center of the image...this is the Content Grabber.

Click on the center circle (Content Grabber) to engage the content grabber and move image into desired position!

Place the TEAM PHOTO in the PINK Box!

When you are done...

LOCK THE PHOTOS LAYER!

Adding Doodles etc!

UNLOCK the DOODLES Layer!

Select the Rectangular Frame Tool

(the box with an X in it!) from the Tools Panel!

Shortcut to PLACE is Ctrl + D

Draw a box somwhere on the page (simply click and pull)

Shortcut to PLACE is Ctrl + D

Go to FILE> Place

Shortcut to PLACE is Ctrl + D

Select either the Football Play Doodle or Football Doodle

Click OPEN

This will place the Doodle!

Then click OK

This is telling us we have links to our document that are on our Hard Drive...this is OK

If the photo does not fit...

Click the OBJECT tab>FITTING>Fill Frame Proportionately

When you are done...

LOCK THE DOODLES LAYER!

Let's Export what you have...

No matter how far you are in the process!

After saving your file,

Select the FILE tab>Export

Export to your Practice 1 folder

Save as Type: Adobe PDF (PRINT)

For the Preset:

PDF/X-1a:2001

All Pages

Click SPREADS

Click EXPORT

GETTING CREDIT!!! 50 Points!

Go to our Classroom in TEAMS
Select Assignments
Select
- Yearbook: PRACTICE LAYOUT!
Scroll down to MY WORK
Click +ATTACH

Click UPLOAD FROM THIS DEVICE

Select DESKTOP (on the left) then the YEARBOOK Folder>Practice 1 Folder

Find the PDF file we just exported and select it:

It should be in your YEARBOOK>Practice 1 folder!

Example:

TE Practice 1.pdf

Click OPEN

Wait for file to upload
File will show up below under My Work
CLICK TURN IN!

NOTE: There MUST be a PDF file attached to get credit AND MUST have images properly placed! Simply clicking TURN IN will not do!!!

TOTAL: 50 POINTS!!!

Add Photos
Add text
Add Doodle
Export as a PDF SPREAD
Name file Correctly!

SHORTCUT TO LOG OFF COMPUTER!

Remember to SAVE (ctrl + S) any file before doing this shortcut!

Ctrl+Alt+Delete then select SIGN OFF!

Please place HEADPHONES on your Monitors!

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