Video explanations:

Portraits Page Creation

• upload photos to the image library first
• proofread to see that all names are correct, nobody is missing (name, grade)
• click "Go To" if you need to fix a name or grade, or other information; remember to click "Apply Changes"
• To choose a template for the portraits sections: (1) Select the starting page of the portrait section, for example, Faculty. (2) Click the "Designs" tab. (3) Drag and drop the template to the page and repeat the process.
• You CAN customize your portraits pages - ASIJ did this last year
• To Automatically insert all portraits from a section (ie) Grade 9, do the following: (1) Select the "Flow" tab. (2) Choose the grade or portrait section. (3) Choose how names should appear. (4) Click the "Flow" button. *You may have a box appear that tells you to click "Yes" to continue the flow to the next page. (5) Edit and customize. 
• Use the "Need Help" button if necessary.

Page Designer

• Create menu -> Page Designer
• Predesigned designs or you can customize
• You can easily change the design
• To add photos, click the images tab, can crop and resize your images
• add backgrounds -> clip art section; drag and drop
• toolbar -> advanced text -> highlight texts to change font, size and color
• Undo button, Spell check

Image Library

• Albums and subalbums
• can rotate and tag photos
• red exclamation point - missing information - tag people in photo
• once the image is used in the yearbook, a green checkmark will appear
• can keep track of how many times people appear in the yearbook (coverage report)

Image Effects

• Format to format photos 
• Formatting for basic effects(outline image, shadow, transparency and tint, rotate image, crop and image shape)
• For other effects, format -> effects (red eye removal, cut out background, selective color, color tones like black and white and sepia, shadows, glow)
• Cut out background to have just part of the photo (like a person) in the shot
• Selective color to make most of the picture black and white, except a certain part or color

Page Designer Text (Training Video)

This video describes:

Special effects with text like wrap text, headers, captions etc.

When creating a caption:

If you use the template the caption box is already there for you, because it is part of the template, but it isn't that hard to make a new text box if there isn't one already.

Using the format tab can give you options with the caption boxes, color, font, size, spacing etc

When using text wrap:

Using text wrap can create flare and add a unique visual effect to the yearbook. When using text wrap, select text box, then format tab, then text wrap. Basically you select a picture to match the text, but keep in mind that the picture you select should have no background in order for the text to wrap around the image.

Other options:

Some other options are arc text, circle, or drop shadow text to make headlines more dynamic. You can use the effects menu to play with changes of the drop shadow like size or angle of shadow.