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Step 3: Setting up your workspace
Open up your toolbars/palettes, you’ll need these to do the layout and design. You’ll need to use Character,
Paragraph, Layers, Pages, Swatches and Links. You can select which ones to open by going to Window in the drop
down menus at the top.
Step 4: Changing the title or text
To change the title on your poster, select the Type Tool from the toolbar on the left side of your screen (it looks like
an uppercase letter T). Once you have selected this tool, highlight the title text and replace it with your event title.
You can change all of the text on the poster the same way by selecting the type with Type Tool and replacing it with
your info.
Step 6: Making your title or text fit
You may need to change the size or weight of the font to get your text to fit. Select the text with Type Tool, using
either the Character palette or the toolbar at the top of your screen, and change the size of the text or change the
weight of the font from bold to regular. You can also adjust the letter spacing in the Character palette (this is called
tracking) to tighten it up.
Step 7: Changing the colour of the text
To change the colour of the text, select the Type Tool again and highlight the text you want to change. Select the
colour you want to use from the Swatches palette.
Step 8: Changing the background colour or image
To change the colour of the background, use the Selection Tool to select the background (if the layer is locked
and you can’t select it, go to your Layers palette and unlock the layer by clicking on the little lock icon). With
the background selected, choose the colour you want to use from the Swatches palette. To add an image, use
the Selection Tool and select the background. Go to File at the top left of your window and select Place, this will
prompt you to choose an image file on your computer.
Step 9: Changing the Club &
Committee logos
Select the Selection Tool from the toolbar
on the left of your screen. Click on the logo
in the bottom left corner of your document,
then go to File in the top drop down menu.
From here you will click Place and be prompted to choose the file you would like to place in that box. The Club &
Committee logos are located in the template folder.
Step 10: Adding logos for event partners
If you have partner(s) for your event and need to include their logo, you will place it the same way as your Club
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