Day One: Getting Started

Follow these steps. By Step 6, you should have a design that looks exactly like the one at the bottom of
the next page. Click on the hyperlinks to view a tutorial video before you begin working on that step.
Step 1: Create Your Practice Page Frame and click on the Duplicate button on the upper-right
» Login to Yearbook Avenue. side of the Contextual Toolbar. This is one way to copy/
» Go to Layout Pro (Create > Layout Pro). paste.
» Under File (top-left corner of your screen), select New
Practice Page.
» Enter a name for your practice page (your first and last » You should have two identical Image Frames now.
name). » Click and drag the second Image Frame below the original
» You will notice that the area on the top-right where page one.
numbers normally show is grayed out; this shows you’ve » Click on one frame to select it, hold down the shift key
accessed a Practice Page and not a page in the actual and click on the other frame. Now both frames should
book. be selected. Align the sides of the boxes by clicking the
Arrange button in the Contextual Toolbar and selecting
Step 2: Add Image Boxes “Align Left.”
» Click on the Art Tab on the left side of your screen.
» Click on Image Frame and select and drag the square
image frame onto the page. » While both frames are selected, go to Edit > Copy, Edit >
Paste or use keyboard shortcuts. This is the second way
you can copy/paste. Now you should have four identical
image frames.
» Click and Drag the two new frames under the original two.
Both frames should move together since they are both
selected.
» With these two frames still selected, hold down shift to
select all four images and align using the same technique
used on the first two.

Step 4: Add Text Boxes

» Click on Text in the Menu Tab on the left side of Layout
Pro.
» The bounding box dots around the photo will be yellow.
Select a corner and make your photo box much larger. It
will be the largest photo on the spread, also known as a
dominant photo. See the sample spread on the next page
as a reference.
» Add four photos in a variety of shapes and sizes to the
right side of your spread (see sample design on the next
page).
» Next, add four circle photos to the left side of your spread
that are all the same size. See Step 3 to learn how to
quickly copy, paste, and align your photos. » Click and drag the Headline style onto the page.
» Notice that when the text box is selected, the Contextual
Toolbar will appear at the top of the page to offer different
Step 3: Copy, Paste and Align Photos formatting options for text.
» Layout Pro offers different features in the horizontal toolbar
at the top of the screen based on what you have selected.
This toolbar is called the Contextual Toolbar. When you » Drag the text box to the top of the left page above the
have an Image Frame selected, you will see features that dominant (or largest) photo. Drag the edges of the
have to do with images. bounding box to make the text box the width of the page.
» If you want to duplicate an Image Frame, select the Image

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Day One: Getting Started (cont.)
Follow these steps. By Step 6, you should have a design that looks exactly like the one below.
Click on the hyperlinks to view a tutorial video before you begin working on that step.
Continued from the last page: Step 6: Save, Create PDF and Submit
» Click inside the text box and highlight the words inside it. » Click on the Save icon on the Top Menu.
» Type your first and last name. Your name should have » To create a PDF, click on the Print Icon in the Top Menu.
replaced the word “headline.” When you hover your mouse over the icon it will read
» Center your headline by using the Align button in the “Preview Page.”
Contextual Toolbar (top-center of your screen). » Save the PDF as “Layout Pro Day 1_Student Name” and
submit per your yearbook adviser’s instructions.

» Click and drag a Subheadline text style onto the page

Step 7: Get Ready for Day Two: Create a
and place it underneath your name. This will be your Folder for Your Images
subheadline. » Go to the Image Library (on the top of your screen, click
» Center your subheadline by using the Align tool in the on Create > Image Library).
Contextual Toolbar. » To the left of the Activities category you will see a white
» In the subheadline text box, highlight the words to select arrow. Click on it one time to see sub-folders.
them and type “This is an example subheadline.” » Click on the “Layout Pro Practice Pages” folder.
» Increase the size of your subheadline to 20 pt. by using » On the top-left corner of your screen, select the “Add Sub-
the font size drop-down in the Contextual Toolbar. Category” button.
» Click and drag the Caption style onto the page. In the
caption box, type “This is a sample caption. This is a
sample caption” to fill the text box. » Under Name, type your first and last name. Click Add.
» Copy and paste the caption text box so that there is a
placeholder for a caption next to each photo (see sample
design below).
Step 8: Gather Your Photos
» To complete this assignment, you will need to upload a
minimum of 12 school-appropriate images. They can be
Step 5: Add a Graphic using the Art Tab from your daily life (interests, hobbies, extracurriculars,
» Click on the Art Tab on the left side of Layout Pro and friends, family, pets, etc.) or any other topic you choose.
select Shapes. » Images taken from the Internet may not have high enough
Drag a square onto the page. Place in top right corner. quality to be used.
» Be prepared to upload these photos to the folder you will
create at the beginning of day two.

By the end of Day One you should have:

» Created a Practice Page that looks like the
design pictured to the left.
» Saved your Practice Page with a title of your first
and last name.
» Submitted your page PDF to your yearbook
adviser per their instructions.
» Created a folder in the Image Library with your
first and last name.

Your spread should look like this.

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