Adobe InDesign CS2—Revealed EXPLORING THE INDESIGN WORKSPACE

Adobe InDesign CS2—Revealed

EXPLORING THE INDESIGN WORKSPACE

Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace

Explore the InDesign workspace

Change document views

Navigate through a document

Use InDesign Help

OVERVIEW

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Chapter Objectives


Exploring the InDesign Workspace

Workspace:

– the arrangement of windows and palettes on your computer screen

LESSON 1

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Toolbox

Palettes Document window

Pasteboard



Toolbox

– contains 30 tools

– some are hidden

– click black triangles to expose hidden tools

LESSON 1

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Click to expose hidden tools



Toolbox– each tool has a

corresponding quick key

LESSON 1

Corresponding quick key



Toolbox– position pointer

over tool to expose tooltip

– tooltip shows tool name and quick key

Tooltip shows tool nameand quick key

LESSON 1



Palettes– InDesign features 38 palettes– accessed from the Window menu– offer controls for modifying and

manipulating your work in InDesign

LESSON 1

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Palettes – grouped with other

palettes based on categories

– can be ungrouped and grouped with other palettes

– can be docked or undocked

LESSON 1



Palettes– click palette name tab to activate

palette– select palette from Window menu if its

name tab is not along right side of document window

LESSON 1


Change Document Views

Zoom Tool – enlarges and reduces the view of the

document– press [Alt] (Win) or [option] (Mac) to

access the Zoom- (minus) Tool

LESSON 2

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Hand Tool – scroll around an document that has been

enlarged with the Zoom Tool– press [Spacebar] to access Zoom Tool– often a better choice for scrolling than the

scroll bars or arrows

LESSON 2

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Hand Tool

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The Hand Tool becomesa fist when clicked anddragged

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Create multiple views of the same document– use the New Window command on the

Window menu to create a new window– use the Tile command on the Window

menu to view both windows simultaneously

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Navigating to pages in a document– use the Pages palette– click a page icon in the Pages palette

A spread is a term that describes two facing pages in a document

– double-click spread page numbers to view a spread

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Using the Pages palette

LESSON 3

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Spread

Page

Double-click spread numbers to view spread



Navigator palette– an excellent resource for moving

through a document– you can enlarge and decrease page

view using controls in the Navigator palette

LESSON 3

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Navigator palette

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Zoom text box

Zoom Out button

Zoom Slider Zoom In button

View box


Use InDesign Help

InDesign Help is an online resource– click InDesign Help on the Help menu– Adobe Help Center opens

LESSON 4

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Use InDesign Help

Adobe Help Center– use Index, Search, or Contents– access help for Illustrator or Photoshop

using View Help info for this product list arrow

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Use InDesign Help

Adobe Help Center

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View Help info for this product list arrow

Search text box


Quick Tips

Shortcut keys are not case-sensitive.You can temporarily hide all open palettes and the Toolbox by pressing Tab. Press tab again to show them.Double-clicking the Zoom tool in the Toolbox changes the view to 100% (actual size.Double-clicking the Hand Tool in the Toolbox changes the view to fit the page or spread in the document window.

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Adobe InDesign CS2—Revealed EXPLORING THE INDESIGN WORKSPACE