Lay out a brochure or newsletter.

Turn your copy and images into a brochure, a club newsletter or a short report. Arrange pages and facing spreads, set margins and columns, and build a document with a clear reading order.

Start with the publication you need.

Choose a page size and number of pages, then place the headings, body copy and pictures. Review the spread as a whole while refining the details.

Illustrative newsletter layout for this project

Put it to work.

Create a business brochure

Arrange an introduction, service descriptions and photographs over several pages.

Publish a club newsletter

Give each story a heading, flow the copy into columns and add photographs or captions.

Build a short report

Keep sections in order and review the page sequence before exporting the PDF.

Try it with your own content.

  1. Set up the document
    Choose page size, margins, columns and facing pages.
  2. Arrange the content
    Add text frames and place the pictures in their positions.
  3. Check every page
    Review the reading order, text fit and images before exporting.

Questions about this task.

Can I keep an editable master?

Yes. Save the layout as IDML so you can return to the pages, text and placed artwork.

Can I open an existing IDML layout?

MasterPage opens IDML documents. Check text composition, fonts and linked graphics when moving a publication between applications.