p03 - Video 01 - Monday 28.10

Okay, lets grab sheets of letter size paper and cut them in quarters - please have three sheets of roughly 4.25 x 5.5
[ ] Setting up the file - inches vs points vs picas
[ ] setting up your bleeds and safe margins - facing pages selected
[ ] keep everything in one folder location
[ ] facing pages - shuffle option turned off for spread layouts to work across the spine
[ ] save backups because of corruption
[ ] bleeds and safe margins - why are they important? margins should be double the bleed
[ ] add page numbers to your files using markers
[ ] using your parent to repeat the same on each and every page
[ ] how to release a locked parent item on a single page
[ ] dropping in your text in quickly to see what space you have to work with - what should the word count be for each section? THIS IS CRUCIAL AND SHOULD BE DONE FIRST BEFORE EVER THINKING OF LAYOUT DESIGNS
[ ] Why using lorem ipsum or random text is a really bad idea - You HAVE to design for YOUR content.
[ ] show importance of staying organized with links