How to useInDesign

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Certificate III in Graphics/Prepress/T109

Produce a typographic image

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How to uSe InDeSIgn

First step is to change your InDesign setting to mm so the document is easier to work in. to do this you can do the shortcut command + K or go to InDesign>Preferences>units and increments.

SettIng uP a DocumentFile > Document setup

maSter PageS

master pages are the top part of your pages palette. everything you put on a master page will show up on all your other pages in the document.

HIDDen toolS In the toolbox, position the pointer over a tool that has hidden tools and hold down the mouse button.when the hidden tools appear, select a tool.

Page numberS

Page numbers should be on the master pages. Draw a text box on the master page where you want the num-ber to appear.

then go to:type>Insert special character>markers>current page number

this will insert a character in the text box. this is al you need to do. repeat this process the other page (both right and left master page would have this) now all your pages will be numbered.

margInS anD columnS

margInSmargins are the pink lines on your page. all your work should be inside these margins. You can change the margins to what you like. go to:

layout>margins and columns

Here you can change the margins. when you have the paperclip button looking like this all your margins will change.

If the paper clip is broken then you change the margins individually (only changing the right or left and not effecting others)

columnSIn the same menu you can change the columns of your document. the gutter is the space between the columns. any document like a flyer, magazine, book etc should have at least 2 columns on each page.

text boxeS

when putting text in a text box if you get a red square it means there is more text in the box. to fix this you can stretch out the box or link it.

to link the box click on the red square and click in another column or where ever you want the text to flow.to view which boxes are linked to each other go to View>Show text threads.

shows that the boxes are linked

view>show text thread

text StYleS: ParagraPH anD cHaracter StYleS

when working with lots of text its very important to set up styles that will save you time and money in the end. For example if you were to design a 100 page book its good to set up some styles that will be for the body text, the different headings and any other special text treatments. to do this follow the easy steps:

lets say out body text is arial 10pt we can set this as a style.

1. Paragraph styles palette

2. drop down menu > new paragraph style

3. this menu window is where you change and set your required style attributes

under basic character formats you can set your font and the size. the list on the side has other option you can go into and change for example character colour, where you can change the colour of your text.

once you are done click ok and this style will show up in your paragraph styles box. then select the text you wan to apply that style to and click on the style name (body text) and watch it change. now you can set up as many styles as you need eg heading, 2, sub heading etc.

colourYou can change the colour of text or any objects using the swatches pallet. there are two things to look out for the stroke and the fill (just like in illustrator).

one of the boxes is stoke ( the outline) and one is the fill (the inside colour)

Fill none stoke red

o Fill red Stoke none

oFill red stroke black

cHaracter Palette

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ParagraPH Palette

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tableS In InDeSIgn

Draw a text box

got to the table menu then pick the amount of columns and rows you would like. You can add and delete rows later as well.

x & Y axIS

DraggIng tHIS corner wIll Set Your x & Y axIS to 0/0

to manipulate your table and make it interesting make sure you have the tables window open

to change the cell strokes you need to use the following window

columnsrows

cell padding

lines of the cell (top, bottom, right ,left)

thickness of the cell stroke

ImPortIng PIctureS

to import a picture go to File > place>select your picture and go openthen click on the page where you want to picture to be

ShortcutcommanD+D

re SIze an Image

ShortcutcommanD + SHIFt ( in InDesign you have to hold down both shift and command)and then drag it down to the size you want

PIcture boxeS anD SHaPeS

to put a picture in a box you must draw the picture box first (the square with a cross in the middle). then place your picture in the box.

If your picture is too big for the frame use the following tools:

or using the selection tool (white arrow) drag your image(it will have a yellow box around it) in the square till you have the right information or scale it down holding shift command)

You can also draw any shape with the pen tool and then place your image in that shape.

lInKSevery time you place and image into InDesign it is a link (it doesn’t exists in the file). You can view all the images in the links window.

If there is a Yellow triangle next to your link it means it needs to be update (you may have changed your link).

If there is a red circle next to it that means your link is missing and it will not print ( you may have moved your link on the computer or it may be on your usb at home!)

to make sure you have your links with you all the time make sure you PacKage your InDesign file. this puts all your inks and fonts into one folder so you never loose them.