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These are some of the best resources on the web. Keep a handy file of our InDesign Tips & Tricks, take your yearbook class to the next level with SPIN lessons and spark fresh ideas with our WISH handouts. Click on the icons to view pdf files. To download files, right click and select "Download Linked File."

Whether you are still using an older version of InDesign or are looking for some hot tips for CS3, we’ve got something for you.

	A Class Act (CS-CS2)		A Perfect Combination
	CS2 Resource Guide		Dynamic Duotones
	Embossing Around		Half & Half
	In Your Face		Keyboard Shortcuts - Mac
	Keyboard Shortcuts - Windows		No More Piles of Files
	Split Personality Type		The Big Picture (CS-CS2)
	The Nest Caption Ever (CS-CS2)		Thinking Outside the Box (CS-CS2)
	Twist & Turn		Vignette Photo (CS-CS2)
	Visit FAQ’s ASAP		Visual & Verbal (CS-CS2)
	What’s In Your Toolbox

Spin was developed to assist not only in the training of yearbook students, but also with the preparation of lesson plans. It features PDF postcards and files for download. The postcards offer tips and tricks for the various stages of the yearbook production process. The files compliment the postcard with a PowerPoint presentation that can be used to teach a yearbook class. Note that files for each lesson are zipped together for easy downloading.

	Alternative Copy Spice up traditional copy and captions with alternative copy.		Captions Draw in your readers by creating captivating captions.
	Critique Find out what the yearbook gurus have to say by sending your book in for a critique.		Design Capture the spirit of your photos with the perfect design.
	Distribution Planning the perfect yearbook distribution.		Money The perfect book and ad sales plan will help you make more than enough money.
	Photos It takes skill and practice to capture emotion and action in your photos.		Project Prepare for next year with a mock yearbook project.
	Staff Find the best of the best; recruit your new yearbook staff.		Theme You guide to finding and selecting just the right theme.

WISH provides pdf handouts full of ideas in the following catagories: Technology, Education & Motivation, Money, and Book. Print these handouts and use them in your yearbook rooms. Whether you are an adviser, editor, or staff member, WISH can be a valuable resource for you.

	Technology 1 Organization is the Key: A Guide to Desktop Organization		Technology 2 Do You Have Style? Using Your Style Palette
	Technology 3 Adobe InDesign Tips & Tricks: The 10 Greatest Features		Technology 4 Herff Jones Power Plugs: Let Us Make Things Easier!
	Technology 5 Photoshop Tips		Technology 6 Keyboard Shortcuts
	Technology 7 Going Digital		Education & Motivation 1 Motivate Your Staff: Games to Inspire Your Staff
	Education & Motivation 2 Yearbook Staff Responsibilities		Education & Motivation 3 Meeting Your Deadlines: How to Design a Production Schedule
	Education & Motivation 4 Rubrics for Grading		Education & Motivation 5 Keep Your Staff Motivated
	Education & Motivation 6 Spring Into Action: Ideas for the Rest of Your Year		Education & Motivation 7 Ensuring a Smooth Delivery
	Money 1 Business Solutions and Your Budget		Money 2 Advertising at its Best: Ideas for Improving Ad Sales
	Money 3 Advantages of a Simple Idea: Package Selling		Money 4 Scrapbook Your Way to Better Ad Sales
	Money 5 Stocking Stuffer: A Holiday Gift That Lasts Forever		Money 6 Sell More Books: More Great Sales Ideas
	Money 7 Ideas for Fundraising		Book 1 Better By Design: Ideas From An Award Winner
	Book 2 Theme Unifying Concept: The Device that Binds the Book Together		Book 3 Alternative Coverage: The Top 10 Ways to Give Your Yearbook Immediate IMPACT
	Book 4 Writing Copy: Ideas for Great Writing		Book 5 Start Here: 175 Ways to Start a Great Caption
	Book 6 The Next Generation of Design: Truly Mod(ern) Design		Book 7 Quality Photos: A Lesson on Photography

Links

Herff Jones Yearbook Access
You can now get an immediate update on what’s happening with your pages at the plant 24 hours a day. Find out if your kit has shipped, when copy was received, when your cover and endsheets are due out of the plant, when to expect proofs, and a whole lot more.

Herff Jones
Herff Jones is the parent company of The Yearbook Connection. Their website provides a wealth of additional information and ideas.

Stan Wilkinson Photography
Stan Wilkinson Inc Photographers is a Herff Jones representative that has been providing top quality service for 30 years. School portraits chronicle a child’s journey through the school years. Herff Jones captures the individual personality of each student, providing quality portraits to over ten million students nationally every year.

National Scholastic Press Association
In 1921, the National Scholastic Press Association began helping students and teachers improve their publications. Today that goal remains #1. They help students become better reporters, writers, editors, photographers, designers, desktop publishers, and advertising and business staffers. They help advisers as well. Their members become future leaders in the fields of media and communications.

Florida Scholastic Press Association
Founded in 1946, the Florida Scholastic Press Association is comprised of more than 300 student publications, online media teams and broadcast programs throughout the state. The primary aim of this organization is to educate, train and support scholastic journalists and their advisers.

Journalism Education Association
The Journalism Education Association supports free and responsible scholastic journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities, by promoting professionalism, by encouraging and rewarding student excellence and teacher achievement, and by fostering an atmosphere which encompasses diversity yet builds unity.

Columbia Scholastic Press Association
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association, organized at Columbia in the fall of 1924, has seen more than 125,000 newspapers, magazines, and yearbooks have enter the annual critiques for evaluations and more than 240,000 delegates attend the annual conventions.

Student Press Law Center
Since 1974, the Student Press Law Center has been the nation’s only legal assistance agency devoted exclusively to educating high school and college journalists about the rights and responsibilities embodied in the First Amendment. The Center provides free legal advice and information as well as low-cost educational materials for student journalists on a wide variety of legal topics.

Adobe
Adobe is the provider of many of the tools used by today’s yearbook staff. Whether you use InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator or another of their industry standard products, Adobe.com is a great resource for tips, instruction, and plugins.