The purpose of this blog was to share my experience so far, in terms of what I have learned, my involvement and United Way as a whole. When I first started, way back in January, I created our "pledge documents", which are used to ask for pledges from our community. They had been already been made, but we switched programs to Adobe InDesign, so I basically had to "re-create" them. I had no experience with InDesign prior to this, but had used similar Adobe programs. Once I gained familiarity, and learned all the different tools and tricks, it was fairly easy. It wasn't difficult to enter all of the information and format it, but it was tough to get everything to line up perfectly, with the same amount of space in between each box and so forth. After skimming through our "InDesign in easy steps" book, as well as fully maximizing the Help tool, I finally got it!

One of the hardest parts was typing up the same document in Spanish. It is very difficult to type up a foreign language when you don't know all of the vocabulary. I couldn't look at a line and then type it up, I had to look at each individual word before I typed it, since I didn't know what it was saying! Luckily we had another source proof-read it, so we knew it was correct.

Once I got the hang of this program, it is really easy to use. There are so many different tools to use, and ways to edit and create even the smallest detail. Luckily for me, Stacy, who is basically my "boss", knows a lot of little tricks to ease the process and help it go quicker. I continue to use InDesign, and it gets easier every time. It has been a great experience, as I am sure a lot of companies today use programs similar to it. One more skill to add to my resume!