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InDesign Crash Course
1. Workshop #1:
Down & Dirty with Adobe Creative Suite
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Photoshop Illustrator InDesign
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2. InDesign’s primary purpose is to
lay out text and images in documents.
InDesign
Interface
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3. InDesign’s primary purpose is to
lay out text and images in documents.
InDesign InDesign is great for laying out
Interface boards, books, and other documents.
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basic properties
of currently selected
objects 5
tools that cover
pages panel
1 most InDesign
capabilities
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layout area
object fill color
2 & stroke color 4
menus for
object properties
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Interface
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5. To Zoom In To Zoom Out To Move Around
CTRL + CTRL - Hold down the
(PC) (PC) Spacebar.
⌘+ ⌘- Click & Drag.
(MAC) (MAC)
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Interface
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InDesign 2. Select Facing Pages in 3. Set the Page Size 4. Set the
1. Create a New Orientation to 5. Set the Number
order to have a left and
Page Set-Up Document. right page in a Spread. to Letter. Portrait. of Columns to 12.
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7. InDesign 1. View > Grids & Guides
Page Set-Up > Show Baseline Grid.
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Rectangle
Tool
InDesign The Columns and Baseline Grid 1. Using the Rectangle 2. You can change the 3. Here is where you
should dictate the size of every item in Tool, draw some shapes Fill and Stroke colors in toggle between Fill
Page Set-Up your document. that fit within the grid. the Swatches Menu. and Stroke.
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InDesign There are two ways to add 1. Using the Create New 2. Clicking and dragging a Master down
Adding Pages new pages to your document: Pages button. into the bottom portion of the Pages panel.
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Text
Tool
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Font: Myriad
Weight: Regular
Font Size: 10 pt
Leading: 12 pt
InDesign 1. Using the Text Tool, 3. Set what Font 4. Set the 5. Set the 6. Set the
2. Type > Fill with Weight of Font Size
draw a textbox that is you would like Alignment
Adding Text 8 grid columns wide. Placeholder Text. to use. type. and Leading. style.
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InDesign 3. Change 4. Set the
1. Object > 2. Switch panel to Baseline Grid Font Size 5. Set the
Baseline Text Frame Options... Baseline Options. to Leading. and Leading. Alignment style.
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12. Font: Helvetica
Weight: Bold
2 Font Size: 36 pt
Leading: 36 pt
Text
Tool Font: Myriad
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Font Size: 8 pt
Leading: 12 pt
Font: Helvetica
Weight: Regular
Font Size: 24 pt
Leading: 24 pt
InDesign 1. Using the Text Tool, create two new textboxes, 2. Create title- 3. Set the 4. Set the
Adding Text each 8 grid columns wide and 3 baselines tall. scale text. Font Size. Alignment style.
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InDesign 1. Direct Select one of 2. In the Character Styles 3. Double-click on the new Character Style to open
Character Styles your styled textboxes. panel, Create New Style. Character Style Options and change formats.
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InDesign 1. Create a new textbox and fill 2. Add another column to the textbox 3. Create even columns using
Columns of Text it with three paragraphs of text. using the Number of Columns property. the Balance Columns property.
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15. Direct
Selection
Tool
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InDesign 1. Draw two more textboxes 2. Copy-Paste a large 3. Using the Direct Selection Tool, click
side by side, this time tall and section of text into the on the red checkbox and then click on
Flowing Text narrow. first box. the empty textbox to flow the text.
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16. Rectangle Notice:
You can place
Frame many different
file-types
Tool
InDesign 1. Using the Rectangle Frame 2. Hit ⌘D or CTRL-D. 3. Select the file
Tool, draw a rectangle that is This will bring up the you want to Place
Placing Images 8 columns wide. Place Menu. in the Frame.
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Direct
Selection
Tool
InDesign 1. Use the Direct Selection 2. Play around with scaling the 3. You can also set the image
Tool to select the image image. Remember, you can use using Fill Frame Proportionally
Fitting Images inside the frame. shift to scale things proportionally. and Center Content.
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InDesign 1. On the Pages panel, 2. Draw a new textbox 3. Type > Insert Special 4. To apply the Master,
right click and create a in the bottom left-hand Character > Markers > drag the icon onto a
Aligning Objects New Master... corner of the spread. Current Page Number. spread in the panel.
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