How to Use Adobe InDesign CS3

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How to UseAdobe InDesign CS3

• by erika hansen and morgan stackman?
• oakton high school ?

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What is InDesign?

• publishing software used to create media such as
  magazines, books, and other publications
• we use it to design all pages for yearbook and
  newspaper
• each document with two facing pages is a spread
• hundreds of spreads make up a yearbook/newspaper

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Opening Files and Documents

• open InDesign through Adobe Products folder on
  desktop
• new doc ? file ?new ?document
• save in proper deadline and spread folder
• file ?save as ?4770-page-page-spreadname.indd
• ex 4770-030-031-crew.indd

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The Basics
palettes
spread
toolbar
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The Basics cont
grids grey boxes are 2 pica x 2 pica white lines
are 0p6
margins anything outside will not be printed
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The Basics cont
?two picas
?pica unit of measurement used in InDesign and
Photoshop
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The Basics cont
size of box in picas
?when sizing pictures, round up to the next whole
number ? example 22p5.93 is 23p
must be 300 pixels per inch
?use the rounded size of the box in InDesign to
crop pictures in Photoshop
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Numbering Pages
? layout ?numbering section options ?start
page numbering at insert first page ?ok
? shows on final spread
? numbers used in the production of the book
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The Toolbar
selection tool ?
direct selection tool ?
text tool ?
line tool ?
picture box tool ?
rotation tool ?
helpful tip?
eyedropper tool ?
if you need to access more tools, click and hold
down over a tool with an arrow
magnification tool ?
fill tool ?
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Selection Tools
selection tool ?
direct selection tool ?
direct selection tool
selection tool
?used to move objects
?used to move to pictures within the frame
?select object before typing or placing photo
?helpful to indentify bad cropping
?can be used for general selection throughout
InDesign
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Text Tools
text tool ?
?click and drag to create a text box
?use the stroke drop-down menu to give or take
away a border
?text boxes should rarely have a border (0 pt
stroke)
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Text Tools cont
text tool ?
? the placeholder text will look like this
how to fill with placeholder text
?select text box
?type?fill with placeholder text
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Text Tools cont
vertical scale (stretches letters vertically)
font size
font
style of text (subscript, superscript, etc)
horizontal scale (stretches letters horizontally)
leading (size of space between lines of text)
skew (the tilt of letters in degrees)
font style (bold, italic, etc)
tracking (size of space between letters)
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Text Tools cont
paragraph style
hyphenate paragraphs
right indent
columns
left indent
drop cap (number of letters)
first line left indent
last line right indent
drop cap (in number of lines)
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Eyedropper Tool
eyedropper tool
?used to pull color from pictures
to select a color
?click on tool
?open swatches tab (on right toolbar)
?place eyedropper over desired color
eyedropper tool ?
?click new swatch
?click (eyedropper should switch sides and turn
black)
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Line and Rotation Tools
line tool
? use to draw lines
? hold down the shift key to make a straight line
line tool ?
add a stroke to the line (how thick it is)
rotate tool?
change the line weight
rotate tool
? select picture then click rotate tool to turn
the picture
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Other Tools
magnification tool
fill tool
? another way to make new swatches
? change color of text
? can input exact colors using RGB and CMYK
? to zoom out, hold down alt and click (the
should change to a -)
magnification tool ?
fill tool ?
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Pages
select pages
? use this to select which page you want to work
on ?double click on page to jump straight to it
master pages
select pages
master pages
add pages
? anything on master page appears on every spread
in document (ex. pica boxes) ?items on master
are inaccessible during regular editing ?double
click on master page to access it
delete pages
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Links
links
?always remember to check your links!
?red stop sign file is saved wrong
?yellow yield sign file has been altered
?make sure all files are named correctly
(4770-page-page-spreadname.indd)
?if red or yellow signs show up, you MUST replace
photo
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Stroke
?when you create a picture box, there is no line,
or stroke, around the edges
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Swatches
to select a color from the picture
?use eyedropper tool to pick color from picture
?double click on RGB Swatch
?find color in swatches then can reuse color
?can change the color of the fill and border
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Character and Character Styles
character
character styles
? this can be used to change font instead of
toolbar
? if prearranged fonts and types are set up, find
them here
? the styles have specified fonts, sizes and
strokes assigned to them ?highlight text ?click
on type you need
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Paragraph
?always check to make sure the text is
de-hyphenated ?paragraph?uncheck
hyphenate box
?see text tools pages for more information