Yearbook sections
Parts of the Yearbook
Creating Yearbook pages
Random Yearbook terms
Important Yearbook Terms
100

Athletics

Sports team photos as well as candid photos from the sport are pictured live in which section?

100

Cover

What is the front, usually hardbacked, part of the book that introduces what the theme of the book is, called?

100

Gutter

Where two pages meet in the center

100

Sidebar

What is an informative, smaller section of a page that is related to the school called?

100

How to make a page in edesign?


1. Create the template (boxes for photos and text).

2. Add photos and text.

3. Resize and shape boxes till everything fits perfectly.

200

Clubs

What section are all school groups pictured with am explanation/copy?

200

Spine

What is the area of the yearbook connecting the front and back covers. The  name of the book, city/state, volume number and year usually appear on the spine in a way that reflects the theme called?

200

Copy

The story.

200

Double page spread abbreviation

What is a DPS?

200

Distribution day!

What is the day called when students get their yearbooks in their hands?

300

Student life

What section is the hobbies/outside of school, socials, and opinions pages a part of? 

300

Motif

What are the (decorative) graphic elements/design that are seen throughout a yearbook referred to as?

300

White space

The empty space on a page that prevents overcrowding.

300

Signature

A 16-page grouping made up of two 8-page flats.

300

COB

What is the a Cut Out Background abbreviated as?

400

Academics

What section mentions important scholarly achievements of students and field trips?

400

The yearbook staff is all pictured here.

Staff Page

400

Layout

The way the pages are set up or the way the entire yearbook is set up.

400

Ladder

A page-by-page listing of the yearbook's contents.

400

Headline

A bold or larger line of text at the top of a story that summarizes or introduces what it is about.

500

Music

What section are band, jazz band, choir, orchestra, groups at CMS?


500

Colophone

A list of the technical printing information about the yearbook, including price, number of copies, colors, fonts, photography company and awards won by previous year's book.

500

Dominant photo

What is the main photo on a page usually is the biggest and includes all members of clubs and sports or majority of the student body?

500

Pica

Unit of measurement equal to 1/6 inch.

500

Theme

A verbal statement and a visual look which tie all parts of the yearbook together.

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