© 2011 Delmar, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 Getting to Know InDesign

© 2011 Delmar, Cengage Learning

Chapter 1

Getting to Know InDesign

• The workspace is the arrangement of panels and windows.

• You can choose a custom workspace from the workspace switcher.

• Custom workspaces are designed for different types of jobs.

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Explore the InDesign Workspace

• The document window is where you work.

• The pasteboard is where you store objects for later use in your document.

• Objects on the pasteboard do not print but are saved with the file.





• The Tools panel holds all tools.

• Tools with black triangles are hiding other related tools.

• Tools have shortcut keys.– Press [v] to access Selection tool.





• Panels are grouped together by function.

• Each workspace displays a different arrangement of panels.

• Click a panel name to expand it.




Panels are grouped together by function


• Use the Zoom tool to change the magnification level of the document.

• The current zoom level appears on the document tab and the Zoom Level text box on the Application bar.


View and Modify Page Elements

• Click the Zoom tool on document to zoom in.

• Press [Alt] to zoom out.

• Press [Ctrl][Spacebar] to access Zoom tool from any other tool.



• Use the Hand tool to scroll around a document.

• Press [Spacebar] to access Hand tool.




Rulers Margin guides

Ruler guide

Frame edges


• Frames are shapes that you fill with color, text, or graphics.

• You can opt to hide or show frame edges.

• If you show frame edges, they will be highlighted when a frame is selected.



• Screen modes are options for viewing your documents.

• In Normal mode, you can see all page elements, including margin guides, ruler guides, frame edges, and the pasteboard.



• Preview mode shows what your page looks like with all non-printing elements removed.

• Presentation mode presents your document full screen against a black background.




You can navigate Presentation mode using the these keys.


• You can set Interface preferences to indicate how you want multiple open documents to be set up.




Select to open documents as tabs in Interface preferences


• Create multiple views of the same document by opening a new window.

• Click Window on the Application bar, point to Arrange, then click New Window.

• Two windows allow you to see different zoom levels for the same document.


Navigate Through a Document

• You can use InDesign to create multi-page documents, such as magazines.

• Left and right pages that face each other are called spreads.

• You can navigate through spreads by clicking the page icons on the Pages panel.




Double-clickpage icon to viewpage

Double-clickpage numbers to viewspread in window


• You can apply color labels to thumbnails in the Pages panel

• Color labels are useful for organization and collaboration.



• Objects are text or graphic elements, such as images or blocks of color or lines, that are placed in a document.

• Objects have frames, and frames have handles that you click and drag to affect how the frame and contents look.


Work with Objects and Smart Guides

• You can resize frames and contents with these keyboard combinations.



Two frequently used variations of the Copy and Paste commands are:

•Paste objects in place.

•Copy objects while dragging them.



• Hide objects and they won’t print.

• Lock objects to make them immovable.

• Group objects to protect relationships between multiple objects.



• If activated, smart guides appear automatically when you move objects in the document.

• Smart guides give you visual clues to position objects precisely.




Smart guides align the top edges of two objects


Documents

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