
Repeat to create five more new CMYK swatches:

Set the Type to Process, Mode to CMYK, and the levels to C=0 M=0 Y=100 K=0. Go to the Swatches panel (Window > Color > Swatches) and choose New Color Swatch from the panel’s dropdown menu. Lock the Type and Images layers, keeping the Background layer unlocked and active. Repeat to create a third and final layer, Type. Go to the Layers panel (Window > Layers) and rename Layer 1 as Background.Ĭhoose New Layer from the panel’s drop-down menu, and rename this as Images. You can switch the visibility of the grid on and off by hitting W on your keyboard. The document grid is a useful tool for newspaper design, helping you to line up text baselines as you work. Go to View > Grids & Guides > Show Document Grid. Set the Bleed width to 0.25 in, before clicking Create. Set the Left, Bottom, and Right Margins to 0.4375 in and the Top Margin to a more generous 2.435 in.Īs we’re creating this newspaper template for print, we’ll need to add a bleed. Increase the number of Columns to 3, with a Gutter of 0.25 in. Open InDesign and go to File > New > Document.Ĭhoose Print from the options at the top of the New Document window, before selecting the Tabloid preset below (this will set a Width of 11 in and a Height of 17 in).ĭeselect Facing Pages, as we’ll just be creating a single front cover page in this tutorial.
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How to Set Up the Newspaper Template in InDesign Step 1 You may want to use your own images in your newspaper template, but if you’d like to use the images shown in the design here, the links to these are listed below.ĭownload the fonts and images, and make sure the fonts are installed before you begin.
