The Process Manual

PLANNING THE YEARBOOK The best way to get your yearbook off to a good start is to get organized and have a plan. With the materials found in the planning kit, sent to you in the spring, you can get a jump-start on the year and make the creation and submission of your yearbook a smoother process. Support files can be found on help.walsworthyearbooks.com/using-indesign . Following are some suggested steps for planning your book. The Yearbook Blueprint and Adviser Timeline each contain a ladder. The ladder is an at-a-glance plan of how your entire yearbook will be organized. After you decide how many pages will be in your yearbook, you can start thinking about how your coverage will be divided and which subjects you want to cover on each spread. Step 1 - Decide how your book will be divided up. As you fill out your ladder, indicate which sections will go where and how many pages each section will contain. This will help you decide on the proper template or Total Design layout for each page. See the Total Design templates located at Yearbookhelp.com to view the layouts available for the year. Step 2 - Fill out your complete ladder diagram. On your ladder, write in the subject for each page. This will serve as a road map of your yearbook throughout the year. Always note, however, that the ladder is not set in stone. You may need to change it later based on the events of the year. Write on your large ladder diagram with a dry erase marker, or other printed ladders in pencil, so you can erase and change as needed.

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To record more detail on things such as page subject, color placement and folio art, use the content ladder in the Adviser Timeline or the Yearbook Blueprint.

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