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*07Poster L5: Paragraph and Character Styles

1. Lesson Goals

SWBAT:

Create and apply Paragraph and Character Styles

2. Again, Delete Illustrator Settings

1. Quit Illustrator by choosing Quit from the Illustrator Program Menu or by Right-Clicking on the Illustrator icon on your Dock.

2. Hold down 3 Keys with one hand:

Command, Option & Shift

3. Load Illustrator

4. Check File > Recent Documents. If it's grayed out you did it right

3. Again, Reset Workspace

1. Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials

4. Space After Paragraph - 10 Pt

You should now have a space after each paragraph.It's ok if your text doesn't look exactly like this.

1. Using the Type tool, insert the cursor in the second paragraph that begins with “When you sneeze...”

2. Click the word “Paragraph” in the Control panel to open the Paragraph panel.

3. Type 10 pt in the Space After Paragraph text field (in the bottom-right corner), and press Return.

5. Create Paragraph Style Named "Subhead"

1. With the Type tool selected, insert the cursor in the yellow subhead “Cover Your Mouth and Nose.”

You do not need to select text to create a paragraph style, but you do have to place the text insertion point in the line of text that has the attributes you are going to save.

2. Choose Window > Type > Paragraph Styles

3. Click the Create New Style button at the bottom of the Paragraph Styles panel.

This creates a new paragraph style in the panel, called Paragraph Style 1 that captures the formatting from the yellow subhead.

4. Double-click the style name Paragraph Style 1 in the list of styles. Change the name of the style to Subhead, and press Return .

By double-clicking the style to edit the name, you are also applying the new style to the yellow subhead (where the cursor is). This means that if you edit the Subhead paragraph style, this first yellow paragraph will update as well.

6. Apply Paragraph Style Named "Subhead" to more text

1. Further down your second threaded text area, click three times on the text “Wash Your Hands” to select it

2. Select the SUBHEAD STYLE in the Paragraph Styles panel.

Notice that a plus sign (+) appears to the right of the style name, and the text doesn’t look exactly like the “Cover Your Mouth and Nose” text. The plus sign (+) means that the style has an override. An override is any formatting that doesn’t match the attributes defined by the style, for example, if you changed the font size for the selected paragraph.

3. Press the Option key, and select the Subhead style name again in the Paragraph Styles panel to to apply the attributes of the Subhead style to the selected text.

4. With the Type tool, click three times in the text “Stay Home When Sick” to select the paragraph. Option-click the Subhead style in the Paragraph Styles panel.

4. Choose Select > Deselect.

7. Add Indents to Paragraph Style

After creating a paragraph style, you can easily edit the style formatting. Then, anywhere the style has been applied, the formatting will be automatically updated.

1. Double-click to the right of the name “Subhead” in the Paragraph Styles panel list to open the Paragraph Style Options dialog box.

Tip: You can also choose Paragraph Style Options from the Paragraph Styles panel menu

2. Select the Indents and Spacing category on the left side of the dialog box.

3. Change the Space After to 10 pt.

4. Click OK. Choose

5. File > Save.

8. Create "Emphasis" Character Style

Character styles, unlike paragraph styles, can only be applied to selected text and can only contain character formatting.

1 Using the Type tool , in the first paragraph after the subhead, “Cover Your Mouth and Nose,” select the text “Do not cover your mouth with your hands.”

2. Choose Italic from the Font Style menu in the Control panel. Click the word “Character,” and then click the Underline button to underline the text as well.

3 . In the Paragraph Styles panel group, click the Character Styles panel tab.

4. In the Character Styles panel, Option-click the Create New Style button at the bottom of the Character Styles panel.

5. Name the style emphasis, and click OK. The style records the attributes applied to your selected text.

6. With the text still selected, Option-click the style named emphasis in the Character Styles panel to assign the style to that text so that it will update if the style changes.

7. In the next paragraph, after the “Wash Your Hands” subhead, select the text “Wash your hands often” and apply the emphasis style while pressing the Option key.

8. Choose Select > Deselect.

9. Edit Color for "Emphasis" Character Style

Editing a character style After creating a character style, you can easily edit the style formatting, andanywhere the style is applied, the formatting will be automatically updated.

1. Select > Deselect! Make sure none of your text is selected.

2. Double-click to the right of the emphasis style name in the Character Styles panel (not the style name itself).

3. In the Character Style Options dialog box, click Character Color category on the left and make sure that the Fill box is selected.

4. Click the light yellow swatch (C=0 M=2 Y=60 K=0) in the Swatches panel that appears. Click OK.

5. Click the style named [Normal Character Style] in the Character Styles panel.

6. Close the Character Styles panel group.

7. Choose Select > Deselect, if necessary

8. File > Save

10. Assessment

The bottom of your poster should look like this

11. Lesson Extension

1. Independent Projects

AI CS6 CIB Lesson 07

12. Submit

1. Save your work before you hand it in!

2. Click on the Submit Folder Link for your class below

13. Tutoring Available

1. Confirm availability. Report to the Mac Lab

NB Do Now 10/24/19

What are the Tracking and Leading settings? Where can they be changed?

NB Do Now 10/24/19

Tracking is the space between letters. Leading is the space between lines of text.

Change these settings in the Character Panel

NYC Visual Arts Benchmarks

• Art Making

• Developing Art Literacy

• Making Connections Through Visual Arts

• Community and Cultural Resources

• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning

Differentiation / Lesson Extension

...Students with different abilities can seek assistance from teacher, paraprofessional, or another student

...The students who finish early can ask a classmate if they need help or review

NYC VISUAL ARTS BENCHMARKS

• Developing Art Literacy

• Community and Cultural Resources

• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning

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