“You and your partner will be creating a cookbook in print form and web form with Adobe InDesign,” my Professor told us as I sat in my Production Tools and Document Design class. The first time I opened InDesign, I stared at the blank document and felt overwhelmed by the huge number of tools that stared back at me. I wondered how I’d ever learn to use the program in several weeks and actually create a cookbook at the same time.

In that moment as I stood in front of my professor, I knew I was over-committing. He offered me the opportunity to work on a professional client project. This specific client was the nursing department at Cedarville University, and I would be creating a template for their quarterly newsletter.