Sprinkled throughout the text are titles or headings. This will flow the text throughout your document using your column settings that you defined when you first created the indesign document. Columns are as easy as clicking a button! Color separations. Grids in InDesign. In two hours it is flattened by American bombs. The CIA pays you one million dollars for your cooperation. Jeez, Brant, you wrote the letter.
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This eBook requires no passwords or activation to read. We customize your eBook by discreetly watermarking it with your name, making it uniquely yours. Marie-Ange ran to him and pulled anxiously at his sleeve. C The Object Styles panel lets you create and apply object styles for frames. E The Pages panel lets you add and delete pages, apply master pages, and move through the document.
F The Paragraph panel contains all the formatting controls for text paragraphs. G The Paragraph Styles panel makes it easy to apply complex formatting to paragraphs. H The Pathfinder panel allows you to easily change the shape of objects. A The Preflight panel shows you possible printing issues and other problems in a document. B The Preview panel lets you see how the interactive elements in a document will respond.
C The Sample Buttons panel contains a library of items that can be used for interactive documents. D The Script Label panel allows you to edit the labels applied to objects in a script. F The Separations Preview panel lets you see the color plates that are in a document. G Use the Story panel to control the optical margin alignment for hanging punctuation. H The Stroke panel controls the appearance of rules and lines around objects. I The Swatches panel stores colors and gradients.
A Use the Table panel to format tables and table cells. B Use the Table Styles panel to modify the appearance of tables. C The Tabs panel lets you position and format tabs within text. D Use the Tags panel to control tags in a document. E Use the Text Wrap panel to control how text wraps around objects and images. Working with tags is beyond the scope of this book.
Maivald and Cathy Palmer, published by Adobe Press. F The Timing panel controls how individual objects are animated. G The Tool Hints panel shows how to use the tool that is currently selected. H The Transform panel lets you control the position and size of objects. I The Trap Presets panel lets you store and apply trapping settings. Setting traps is not covered in this book. Talk to the print shop that will output your file before you attempt to set traps in InDesign.
To open a panel: Choose the name of the panel from the Window menu or submenu. The close control for Windows panels is on the right of the title bar A.
The close control for Macintosh panels is on the left of the title bar B. You can also minimize a panel so that it only displays the panel tab C. This takes up less screen space. C A minimized panel. D A panel in the icon display. E Drag a panel in the icon view to the left or right to show or hide the name of the panel. To minimize a panel display: Click the minimize icon B to collapse the panel. TIP Some panels need more than one click to minimize the display completely.
TIP If a panel does not contain all its controls, click the minimize icon to expand the panel. This can also be done by choosing the Show Options command from the panel menu. Panels can also be displayed in an icon view. This view takes up less screen real estate.
To collapse a panel to the icon view: Click the top gray bar of the panel to collapse the panel to the icon view D. TIP 14 Click the gray bar again to expand the panel out of the icon view. Chapter 1 Getting Started To control the icon view of a panel: Drag the icon panel to the left to display just the icon of the panel E.
Or drag the icon panel to the right to display both the icon and the name of the panel. The icon view allows you to open the panel in the full panel display. F Click the name of the panel or icon to open the full panel display. To reveal the full panel from the icon view: Click the name or the icon of the panel.
The full panel appears next to the icon panel F. TIP Click the icon panel name again, or another panel, to retract the full panel display. Most panels contain a menu with additional commands. To display the panel menus: 1. Click the panel menu icon to open the panel menu G. Choose a command from the menu. G Click the panel menu icon to display the menu for a panel. Another way to save screen space is to move one panel so that it is located within the boundaries of another.
This is called nesting. To nest panels: 1. Position the cursor over the panel tab. Drag the tab so that the outline is inside another panel. A rectangular highlight inside the panel indicates that the two panels will be nested H. Release the mouse button. The panel appears next to the other item. H Drag the panel tab into another panel area to nest panels. To unnest panels: 1. Drag the panel tab so that the outline is completely outside the other panel. The panel appears as a separate onscreen item.
Fortunately, you can arrange and save your panel arrangements into workspaces that you can call up at any time. To save a custom workspace: 1. Arrange your panels as you want them to appear on the screen. The New Workspace dialog box appears A. Enter a name for the workspace. Click OK. The workspace appears alphabetically at the top of the Workspace menu.
To delete a workspace: 1. The Delete Workspace dialog box appears B. Use the pop-up menu to choose the workspace you want to delete. Or choose All to delete all the custom workspaces. Click the Delete button. TIP 16 You cannot delete any of the workspaces in brackets. These are the workspaces that ship with the application. B The Delete Workspace dialog box lets you choose the workspace you want to delete. Custom workspaces Default workspaces C The Workspace menu with the custom workspaces and default workspaces.
Suggestions for Using Workspaces Workspaces save all the attributes, appearances, and positions of the panels. This means that you can have a workspace that closes all the panels except one or two that you want to use. You can have workspaces that show just the panels that apply colors, gradients, and other object attributes.
You can have other workspaces that show only the panels that you use for text. You can even have a workspace that puts all the panels on the left for left-handed users. You can apply workspaces at any time as you are working — even with a document open. There is no direct route to edit a workspace, but you can modify it. To modify a workspace: 1.
Make the changes in the workspace. The New Workspace dialog box appears. Name this new arrangement with the same name as the workspace you want to modify. When asked if you want to replace the original workspace, say Yes. Once you set up your workspaces, it is a joy to apply them as you work.
The panels fly around into their designated spots. TIP You can also apply workspaces using keyboard shortcuts. To go back to the original setting of the workspace, you need to reset the workspace. This resets the captured elements of the workspace to the way they were when you first defined the workspace.
Some of the tools have fly-out panels that let you access the other tools in the category. To choose a tool: Click the tool in the Tools panel A. Or tap one of the keyboard shortcuts for each of the tools. TIP Double-click the title bar on the Tools panel to change the Tools panel from single column to double column or horizontal column.
Tools and controls in the Tools panel that have a small triangle in their slot have other tools hidden in a fly-out panel. To open the tools in the fly-out panels: 1. Press the fly-out triangle on the tool slot. The fly-out panel appears B. Choose one of the tools listed in the flyout panel. A The Tools panel at its default tool display. B The fly-out panel for the Type tools C Pause over a tool to see its tool tip.
To see the tool keyboard shortcuts: Pause the cursor over the tool. The name of the tool and the keyboard shortcut appear C. C Open the Tool Hints panel to read short descriptions of the functions and features of the selected tool. Using the Tool Hints panel: 1. Select a tool in the Tools panel.
Rightclick to copy the text from the panel. The text can be pasted into documents. To display contextual menus: Mac and Win Click the right mouse button. TIP 20 Watch for the Macintosh contextual menu cursor, which appears next to the arrow as you press the Control key. Chapter 1 Getting Started A The contextual menu changes depending on what type of object is selected. They marked up the boards with special blue pencils to indicate the edges of the pages. They drew marks that specified where the margins and columns should be and how the pages should be trimmed.
This board, called a mechanical, was used as the layout for the document. Unlike the board mechanicals of the past, InDesign documents are electronic layouts. Just as with the board mechanicals, you need to set the page sizes, margins, and column widths. But because you are using a computer rather than a pencil, you have additional controls for how the document is laid out.
Of course, changing an electronic layout takes far less time than it did with the board mechanicals that old dinosaurs like me used to use. Rather than just close the Welcome Screen, take a look at its features because there are things that may be useful. Using the Welcome Screen: 1. However, one day you may decide that you would like to investigate the Welcome Screen resources. The Welcome Screen opens. E The New Document dialog box set for the basic layout options.
Pasteboard area F Document page Each document page is surrounded by the nonprinting pasteboard area where you can store objects for later use. To set the basic options for a new document: 1. This opens the New Document dialog box E. The document appears in the window F. TIP The pages are surrounded by an area called the pasteboard.
Like a drawing table, you can set items there for later use. Items on the pasteboard do not print. The first is the area around the page, called a bleed. When you set a bleed, you define an area outside the trim of the page where objects will still print.
The second area is called a slug. This is an area outside the page that may or may not print. Slugs are often used by advertising agencies to list insertion dates and the name of the product, manufacturer, and ad agency. To set the advanced options for a new document: 1. Click the More Options button in the New Document dialog box. The advanced options for Bleed and Slug dimensions appear at the bottom of the dialog box.
Set the amounts for the size of the bleed area around the document A. Set the amounts for the size of the slug area around the document. The slug area is displayed outside the document trim B. You paid for the program. You might as well use it!
The More Options button in the New Document dialog box is just one of many buttons that provide additional features for InDesign.
There are others all around the dialog boxes. Once you find one of these buttons, click it! The Intent menu refers to the final output of a document. The choices are Print, for ink on paper, or Web, for online output. D The left and right margins on nonfacing pages.
Inside margins The outside and inside margins on facing pages. Outside margin Setting the number of pages: Enter the total number of pages in the Number of Pages field. It just saves a step of adding them later on. Setting the start page: Use the Start Page field to enter the number at which your document should start.
For instance, because this chapter starts on page 21, I can enter that number in the Start Page field when I select the Facing Pages option. Facing pages refers to documents such as a book where pages on one side of its spine face the pages on the other side.
This is also called a spread. Single pages, such as advertisements, have facing pages turned off. This changes the document from single page to facing pages D and E. TIP When a document is set for facing pages, the names in the dialog box for the Left and Right margins change to Inside and Outside margins.
TIP The online sizes x , x , and so on are set in pixel dimensions. A The term orientation refers to how the page is positioned, either up and down or sideways.
To set the orientation: Click the Portrait orientation to create a document where the width is always less than the height B. Click the Landscape orientation to create a document where the width is always greater than the height B. To set the margins: 1. Enter an amount for the Top and Bottom fields C. If the document is set for facing pages, enter an amount for the Inside and Outside fields.
If the document is not set for facing pages, enter an amount for the Left and Right margins D. TIP When you finish typing in one of the fields, press the Tab key to jump to the next field. When the icon displays a broken link, you can enter different sizes for each margin. Portrait Landscape B The Orientation controls let you set the position of the page. C The margin settings for a document with facing pages. D The margin settings for a document with nonfacing pages.
You can also set visible guides for columns and the gutters or spaces between the columns. E The column settings let you set the number of columns and the amount of space for the gutter between the columns. Margin guide Column guide To set the columns and gutters: 1.
Click the field arrows or enter an amount for the number of columns E. Click the field arrows or enter an amount for the gutter. TIP The columns and gutters act as guidelines on your page F. You can still place text or graphics across or outside the columns or gutters.
TIP InDesign remembers the last new document settings and uses it for a new document. Gutter F A two-column document with margin, column, and gutter guidelines. Setting Other Defaults As you work in InDesign, you will discover other areas where you would like to set defaults.
Or you would like certain text options to appear automatically. Just as you can set the Document Setup options with no document open, you can also set other defaults. With no document open, go to the panels or preferences and set the controls to what you would like to have as a default.
You can also create the default setting for new documents. To set the document defaults: 1. Close all InDesign documents, leaving just the application open. The Document Setup dialog box appears. Make whatever changes you want to the options in the Document Setup dialog box. The settings you have chosen become the default for any new documents.
However, after you begin working on the document you must use two separate controls to make changes to the document. To change the document setup: 1.
Make whatever changes you want to the settings. Click OK to apply the changes. A The Document Setup dialog box for an existing document. B The Margins and Columns dialog box for an existing document. Although most of the layout options are in the Document Setup dialog box, the margins and columns are set separately. To change the margins and columns: 1. Check Enable Layout Adjustment to have text frames and other objects move as the margins change.
TIP Changing the margins and columns while on a page or spread changes the settings only for that page or spread. To change the settings for all the pages, you need to work with the master page. You can apply presets using the Document Preset menu in the New Document dialog box.
You may want to save all the settings for certain types of documents so they can easily be applied when you start new documents. For instance, my Visual QuickStart books require different settings from the handouts I use when teaching. Document presets make it easy to apply the different settings when I create new documents.
You can also use the Document Presets dialog box to create document presets without going through the New Document dialog box. To create a new document preset: 1. This opens the Document Presets dialog box C. Click the New button to open the New Document Presets dialog box. Use the dialog box to name and set the options for the new preset. Click OK to save the preset. To delete a document preset: 1. This opens the Document Presets dialog box. Choose the document preset that you want to delete.
To apply a document preset: Choose the document preset from the Document Preset menu in the New Document dialog box D. This opens the New Document dialog box with that preset chosen. Select the document preset that you want to edit. Click the Edit button. This opens the Edit Document Preset dialog box A. Make whatever changes you want.
Click OK to save the changes in the preset. You can also export document presets into a file that can be shared with others. A To export document presets: 1. Click the Save button in the Document Presets dialog box.
Name and save the document preset file. You can also import document presets from others. To import document presets: 1. Click the Load button in the Document Presets dialog box. Navigate to find the document preset file. Click the Open button. The document presets are imported into InDesign. B C D The horizontal and vertical rulers. You can change the rulers to display different units of measurement. This is helpful if you receive instructions written in measurements with which you are not familiar.
To change the unit of measurement: 1. For the Horizontal and Vertical settings, choose one of the measurements from the pop-up lists C. If you choose Custom, enter the number of points for each unit on the ruler. TIP You can also change the units with the ruler contextual menus D. You may want to move this point, called a zero point, to a different position.
This can help you judge how much space you have from one spot of the page to another. To reposition the zero point: 1. Position the cursor over the zero point crosshairs at the upper-left corner of the rulers A. Drag the zero point to the new position on the page B. Release the mouse button to position the zero point.
TIP To set the origin of the rulers: 1. Double-click the zero point crosshairs in the corner of the rulers to reset the zero point to the upper-left corner. If you are working on a project such as an advertising spread, it may be easier to position objects if the rulers continue across the spine of the pages. The spine is where the pages of a book or magazine are bound together. TIP A You can choose the same settings from the ruler contextual menu.
They can also be set to stay across a spread. The Page tool controls in the Control panel. Once you have created a page, you can use the Page tool to make that page a different size from the rest of the pages in the document. This makes it possible to combine the layouts for different sized items into a single document. To change the size of a page: 1. Choose the Page tool from the Tools panel D. Click the page or pages that you want to customize. Use the Shift key to select pages in more than one spread.
Use the width and height fields in the Control panel to adjust the size of the pages or choose a size from the pulldown menu E. Check Enable Layout Adjustment to have objects rearrange their position as you change the size of the page. Check Objects Move with Page to have items on the page move as you rearrange pages. See the next exercise on how to move pages in a layout. The Master overlay can be displayed when the Page tool selects a page. To move pages in a spread: 1. Select the Page tool from the Tools panel.
Postion the Page tool over the page you want to move and drag up or down. TIP The vertical area of the pasteboard expands as you drag a page beyond the top or bottom of the other page A. TIP Custom-sized pages appear as different sizes on the artboard B. However, they do not appear with the same relationship in the Pages panel C.
B Two different sized pages as they appear on the artboard. C Two different sized pages as they appear in the Pages panel. Working with Guides Guides are nonprinting lines that help you position objects. InDesign has many different types of guides that you can work with D. See the next section for working with Smart Guides. InDesign gives you options for how to work with guides. E The dialog box for the guides preferences.
Use each of the menus to set the colors of the guides. Check Guides in Back to position the guides behind text and graphics on the page F. Enter an amount in the Snap to Zone field.
This is the distance, in pixels, for how close an object must be before it will snap or jump to align with a guide. The Guides in Back command changes how guides are displayed as they pass through text and artwork. Objects can be set to automatically snap to guides as you move them. This makes it easier to align objects to guides. TIP Choose the command again to turn off the feature. There may be times when you want to move a column guide manually. This results in a custom guide setting.
To unlock and move column guides: 1. Position the cursor over the guide you want to move. Press the mouse button.
The cursor turns into a two-headed arrow that indicates that the column has been selected A. Drag the column guide to the new position. TIP 36 You cannot change the width of the gutter space between the columns by moving a column guide. But you can change it in the Margins and Columns dialog box. Chapter 2 Document Setup A The two-headed arrow indicates that a column guide can be moved.
Ruler guides are more flexible than margin or column guides and can be positioned anywhere on the page to help with object placement. B You can drag ruler guides out from the horizontal ruler or vertical ruler. To create ruler guides: 1.
Position the cursor over the horizontal or vertical ruler. The cursor turns into a two-headed arrow. Drag to pull the guide out onto the page B. Rather than pulling guides out one at a time, you can also create a series of ruler guides in rows and columns. C The Create Guides dialog box lets you automatically add many guides on a page.
Fit to margins Fit to page D Fit Guides to Margins spaces the guides equally inside the page margins. Fit Guides to Page spaces the guides equally inside the page trim. To create rows and columns using guides: 1. This opens the Create Guides dialog box C. Enter the number of rows horizontal guides in the Rows Number field.
Enter the amount for the space between the rows in the Rows Gutter field. Enter the number of columns vertical guides in the Columns Number field. Enter the amount for the space between the columns in the Columns Gutter field. Check Remove Existing Ruler Guides to delete all the ruler guides that were previously on the page. Click OK to apply the guides. TIP Check Preview to see the guides on the page change as you enter the values within the dialog box. The cursor turns into a two-headed arrow and the guide changes color.
This indicates that the guide has been selected. Drag the ruler guide to a new position. A Use either of the Selection tools to select a ruler guide.
You can manually move or delete guides. B To move existing ruler guides: Use either of the Selection tools to drag the ruler guide to a new position A. To delete selected ruler guides: 1. Click the ruler guide with one of the Selection tools. Use the Ruler Guides dialog box to change the color of the ruler guides.
You can also set the threshold to determine at what magnification the guides are visible. TIP Choose the command again to unlock the guides. By the time you read through Cohen's succinct opening chapter, "Getting Started", your 5 o'clock shadow isn't out yet and you aren't bored to death. Instead, you're impressed by InDesign's vast feature set, and enthusiastic about learning how to use it.
You don't need a computer to read this book. Lately, I've been spending so much time in front of the computer, I celebrate any opportunity to do something productive such as mastering essential tools that gives me a break from the screen. Like the "Maran Illustrated" books which appears to have ceased and O'Reilly's HeadFirst series which is now going strong , the Visual QuickStart books, in general, are a pleasure to work with.
The books contain many illustrations and screen shots; the information is always divided into small and easily-assimilated chunks. And more: Cohen has a laid-back writing style that never uses jargon, and often adds a dash of humor.
I would have laughed out loud at Cohen's anecdote about "Rules" — except that I have done something similar. After you read the book once, you can keep it on your desk as a handy reference. The book is so well organized that you can use it for two purposes: as an introduction to InDesign, and as a reference book.
My copy is already filled with yellow sticky notes. If you are publishing in today's market that demands not only paperbacks but ebooks, not only ebooks but ebooks in many formats, not only ebooks in many formats but "enhanced ebooks" that sing and dance and sell coffee — then it's likely that you will need to use InDesign.
Cohen's clearly-written book takes all the sweat and struggle out the learning process for Adobe's powerful and complex software for design.
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