Just as Chapter Two introduced you to article design, Chapter Three introduces you to page design, and once again you can familiarize yourself with the practice of designing a page by cutting out and experimenting with elements from your local paper.

1. First, take several pages from your local paper (ideally, a front page, a page with jump text, and a page with advertisements) and examine the design of one of the pages. Has the designer adhered to the principles of good page design set forth in Chapter Three? If not, consider what he or she might have done differently.
   
   
2. Now, cut the different design elements out of the pages you've chosen, chopping the text into one-inch or so blocks that you can rearrange freely. First, try putting together text and headlines in a page without art. Can you make an interesting-looking page? Have you emphasized the most important articles? For the purposes of this exercise, feel free to box an article, regardless of its content.
   
   
3. Now, using your design chunks, follow the flow chart on page 89 to create a compelling front page. If possible, design one using smaller, uniformly sized photos, referring to the troubleshooting guide on page 105.
   
   
4. Now use your design chunks to create an ad-heavy page, referring to the guidelines on pages 98 and 99.
   
   
5. Finally, using the sample dummies on pages 40 and 41, dummy an imaginary double truck on the topic of dairy farming. You should include at least one large photograph, three smaller ones, a sidebar, and a chart.