The document discusses the importance of alignment in page layout for a yearbook. Key points include: - Photos and text boxes should be aligned both horizontally and vertically with other elements on the page. - Elements should be the same distance apart to maintain consistent formatting. - Proper alignment makes the page visually pleasing while improper alignment looks sloppy. - Page layout software includes alignment guides to help ensure elements are properly lined up.

1. A yearbook review lesson

2. Quite simply, it means lining things up.

3. See the blue page with 3 white
photo boxes? The photos
don’t line up. They should.
Every time you place a photo
box you should check it both
horizontally and vertically
against the other text boxes
and photo boxes on the page.
Does it line up?

4. See the blue page with 3 white
photo boxes? Now the photo
boxes line up.
Did you notice that the boxes
are the same distance apart?
That’s not an accident.

5. Here’s what it looks like
without the black line.
Nice.

6. Oh dear. Now we’ve got both
badly aligned photo boxes Oh la, la, la. Here is
AND badly aligned text boxes. where some text will go.
It will be fun to read.
Somebody is NOT paying
attention!
More text goes
here.
And even more text
goes here. How
interesting!

7. SO MUCH BETTER! Oh la, la, la. Here is
where some text will go.
The photo boxes are lined up It will be fun to read.
vertically.
The text boxes are lined up More text goes
with the photo boxes vertically here.
AND horizontally. Nice.
And even more text
goes here. How
interesting!

8. Here’s what it looks like without Oh la, la, la. Here is
the black lines. where some text will go.
It will be fun to read.
The black lines are just imaginary
anyway, so that you can see the
alignment. More text goes
here.
When you are using StudioWorks, a
little blue dashed line pops up to
show when you have things lined
up. That’s a smart feature to watch
for! And even more text
goes here. How
interesting!

9. Otherwise, I shall end up like this…