ADOBE INDESIGN CS3

Chapter 3

SETTING UP A DOCUMENT

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Create a New Document

The New Document dialog box lets you define many aspects of a document

Page size or trim size

Facing size

Margins

Columns

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Create a New Document

Master Pages – templates used for page layout

Apply to document pages you want to lay out

Listed in Pages panel for easy access

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Create a New Document Creating Master items on Master Pages

Text is positioned in text frames

Graphics are positioned in graphic frames

To create text frame, click Type Tool and drag it in document window

Use Rectangle, Ellipse, or Polygon Frame Tools to create graphics frames

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Create a New Document Understanding Guides

Used to help you align items on a page

When object is near guide object “snaps” to the guide for easy alignment

Click View on menu bar, point to Grids & Guides, then click Snap to Guides

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Guides – horizontal or vertical lines you position on page

Create manually by “pulling” them out from horizontal and vertical rulers

Use Create Guides command on Layout menu

Guides can be selected, moved, deleted

Can apply different colors to make them easier to see

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Three guides

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Changing the color of guides, margins, and columns

By default, guides are cyan, columns are violet, and margins are magenta

Modify color by selecting them, click the Ruler Guides command on Layout menu

Choosing new color in Ruler Guides dialog box, only effects selected guides

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Choosing default colors for guides, margins, and columns

Make the color changes in appropriate dialog boxes without any document open

New color will apply to all new documents

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Transform panel

Identifies selected object’s width and height and horizontal and vertical location on page

X Location and Y Location values refer to the horizontal and vertical location of selected object

Zero point of page is top left corner of page by default

There are nine reference points in Transform panel that correspond to nine points available in item’s bounding box

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Selected frame is 1"X1"

Nine reference points

Width text box Height text box

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Create a New Document

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Using the Control panel

Similar to Transform panel

Offers additional options for frame's stroke weight and style

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Create a New Document

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Using the Transform panel to transform objects

Transform is a term used to describe the act of moving, scaling, skewing, or rotating an object

Do this in Transform or Control panel

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Create a New Document

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Y location

X location

Center reference point selected

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Create Master Pages

Master pages are template pages which you design and on which new document pages are based Default master page appears in Pages panel when new

document is created

Gives publication a consistent look

Makes editing easy

Smart way to apply automatic page numbers, headers and footers

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Create Master Pages To load Master Pages click Pages panel list arrow,

then click Load Master Pages

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Master pages with names

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Create Master Pages Creating automatic page numbering

Create placeholders for page numbers on master pages Create text frame on master frame Click inside text frame Click Type on menu bar Point to Insert Special Character Point to Markers Click Current page number

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Create Master Pages Inserting white space between text characters

Type menu contains commands for inserting space between words or characters

Two most-used white spaces are em space and en space

Click Type on menu bar, point to Insert White Space

Then click either Em Space or En Space

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Create Master Pages Inserting Em Dashes and En Dashes

Em dash is same size as letter m

En dash is same size as letter n

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Create Master Pages

Creating a new master page based on another

New master page appears identical to original

Any change made to original master automatically changes on new master

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New Master dialog box

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Create Master Pages

Choose settings in the New Master dialog box

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Choose a descriptive name for master

Choose number of pages for master

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Applying master pages to document pages

Drag and drop master page icon to page icon or over a spread icon

Pages inherit the design and layout of the applied master page

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Apply Master Pages to document pages

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You can also use the Apply Master to Pages command in Pages menu

Faster then drag and drop when many pages involved

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Apply Master Pages to document pages

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Apply Master Pages to document pages

Applying a master to an entire spread

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Placing Text

Click Place command on File menu

Navigate to document and click Open

Drag to desired location

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Place Text and Thread Text

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Place Text and Thread Text

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Threading text - linking text from one text frame to another Use in and out text port to link text

In port

Out port

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View text threads by clicking View on the menu bar, then clicking Show Text Threads

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Place Text and Thread Text

Text thread between frames

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Modify Master Pages and Document Pages

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When Master Page is modified all document pages are modified

Overriding Master items on document page

When item is overridden master still controls unchanged items

Item can be detached from master through Pages panel

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Modify Master Pages and Document Pages

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Modified chapter placeholder text

Modified chapter title text

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Create New Sections and Wrap Text

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Creating sections in a document

Sections are pages in a document where new numbering occurs

Create a new section using Pages panel list arrow

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Create New Sections and Wrap Text

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New section will begin by listing this number as page number on the document page

Style

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Create New Sections and Wrap Text

You can force text to wrap around an object using the Text Wrap panel

Text Wrap buttons include:

No text wrap Wrap around bounding box Wrap around object shape

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Frame using No text wrap option

Selected text frame

No text wrap button

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Create New Sections and Wrap Text

Frame using Wrap around bounding box option

Selected text frame

Wrap around boundingbox button

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Create New Sections and Wrap Text

Frame with a .125-inch off set

Selected text frame

Offset section of Text Wrap panel