LO3: Setting up InDesign

When first creating a new document in InDesign this dialogue comes up. This dialogue box is used to change the specifications for the document I am creating.

I used these arrows in this dialogue box to change the size of the document. I changed these measurements so that they match an existing magazine (NME 16 April 2016). As this is my contents page I only need to set up one portrait page.

 This dialogue box allows me to change the orientation of the page.
For my double page spread I set this to landscape. I then changed the size to A3 (below) as the double page spread of course needs to stretch over two pages.

As my double page spread has a border, I used the Margins and Columns dialogue box to adjust where the columns for my main body will be placed on the page.