Arrange your clip art and your text within those 3 rows. Don't resize anything at this point. You may need to break down longer text blocks into paragraphs, if it makes sense. It's OK for a graphic (for example) to take up 2 rows with text in the third or to extend outside the edges a bit.
Can you find a good, balanced arrangement? Maybe not, depending on the size and orientation of your page elements (text and graphics).
Try dividing your page into two equal halves, first vertically (2 columns). Arrange your text and graphics within that framework. Now try dividing it horizontally (2 rows) then rearranging your text and graphics.
Even if you like the size of your text blocks and graphics, try resizing them and see how they work with different layouts. You may even find that your choice of font needs to change.
The whole purpose of this exercise is to get familiar with moving elements around on the page and trying out new arrangements. There are no "right" or "wrong" layouts but if you achieve a balance and try to keep elements within your grid you will generally have a better-looking greeting card.
Extra Assignments
Before moving on to Lesson 8, we're going to dig a little deeper into the page layout process. Our extra assignments combine everything we've covered so far about page setup, graphics selection and editing, type selection, and page layout. Extra #3 features three makeovers that demonstrate the concepts learned so far in this class.Continue to the Extra Assignments.
Create a Greeting Card > Lesson 7 Definitions | Instruction | Assignment > Extra Assignments
