Designing your cover in Yearbooks! 2010 is easy and fun! This new feature will allow you customize your yearbook cover without being a design expert!
To get started:
1. Launch Yearbooks! Desktop 2010. 2. Click on the pages button 3. Double click on the "Cover Page" in the upper left hand corner. 4. The cover opens up as two pages with the left page representing the back cover and the right page representing the front cover. 5. The center blue line represents where the cover will be folded. Be careful about placing important elements on the blue line. (Ex. Text or Candid Images) 6. Choose your cover background by clicking the Background Color button to select from one of 256 colors OR click the Add Background button to choose from our great selection of pre-designed cover background art. 7. Add the text, clip art, and/or candid images that you want. (See the Quickstart Guide for details on how to do this.)
Finalizing Your Cover
1. Your cover is due no later than January 22, 2010. 2. Proofread your cover in Yearbooks! Desktop 2010. 3. Click the Finalize Button 4. Click the Next Button 3 times until you get to "Final Step: Package Your Files" 5. Click the "Package Files" button to finish your cover. All of your cover elements will then be combined into a "Yearbook Package 'zip' file. Depending on how large your yearbook is this can take up to 15 minutes. 6. Then press OK. 7. A window will open displaying your Yearbook Package zip file.
Sending In Your Cover
To submit your cover, come back to this page, and complete the form below.
In the "Email" box please enter your email address. In the "Subject" box please enter: "Your School's name-Cover submission" In the "Message" box please enter: Your first name, last name, phone number, cover type (hard or soft) and the estimated number of pages in the yearbook. Please do not skip this step, it is very important.
1. Then, Press the "Browse" button below to select your "Yearbook Package zip File"and press "Send It" button to upload 2. Depending on the speed of your computer, this can take up to 10 minutes. 3. You will receive an email when the upload is complete and a second email within 2 business days indicating that we've reviewed your cover. 4. You will receive a hard copy proof of your cover about two weeks after you submit the rest of your yearbook.