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Workshop #1: Down & Dirty with Adobe Creative Suite http://tinyurl.com/duspviz-indesign 1 Photoshop 2 Illustrator 3 InDesign Monday, December 12, 2011

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Workshop #1: Down & Dirty with Adobe Creative Suite

http://tinyurl.com/duspviz-indesign

1 Photoshop

2Illustrator

3InDesign

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InDesign’s primary purpose is to lay out text and images in documents.

InDesignInterface

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InDesign’s primary purpose is to lay out text and images in documents.

InDesignInterface

InDesign is great for laying out boards, books, and other documents.

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InDesignInterface

object fill color& stroke color2

tools that cover most InDesigncapabilities

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basic propertiesof currently selected

objects

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layout area

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pages panel

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artboard(Current print

page size)

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menus for object properties

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InDesignInterface

artboard(Current print

page size)

To Zoom In To Zoom Out To Move Around

CTRL +(PC)

CTRL -(PC)

Hold down theSpacebar.

Click & Drag.⌘ +(MAC)

⌘ -(MAC)

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InDesignPage Set-Up

1. Create a New Document.

2. Select Facing Pages in order to have a left and right page in a Spread.

5. Set the Number of Columns to 12.

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3. Set the Page Size to Letter.

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4. Set the Orientation to Portrait.

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InDesignPage Set-Up

1. View > Grids & Guides > Show Baseline Grid.

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InDesignPage Set-Up

The Columns and Baseline Grid should dictate the size of every item in

your document.

1. Using the Rectangle Tool, draw some shapes that fit within the grid.

Rectangle Tool

2. You can change the Fill and Stroke colors in the Swatches Menu.

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3. Here is where you toggle between Fill and Stroke.

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InDesignAdding Pages

There are two ways to add new pages to your document:

1. Using the Create New Pages button.

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2. Clicking and dragging a Master down into the bottom portion of the Pages panel.

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InDesignAdding Text

1. Using the Text Tool, draw a textbox that is 8 grid columns wide.

3. Set what Font you would like to use.

5. Set the Font Size and Leading.

Text Tool

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6. Set the Alignment style.

4. Set the Weight of type.

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2. Type > Fill with Placeholder Text.

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Font: MyriadWeight: RegularFont Size: 10 ptLeading: 12 pt

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InDesignBaseline

1. Object > Text Frame Options...

2. Switch panel to Baseline Options.

4. Set the Font Size and Leading.

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5. Set the Alignment style.

3. Change Baseline Grid to Leading.

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InDesignAdding Text

1. Using the Text Tool, create two new textboxes, each 8 grid columns wide and 3 baselines tall.

3. Set the Font Size.

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Text Tool

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4. Set the Alignment style.

2. Create title-scale text.

Font: HelveticaWeight: Bold

Font Size: 36 ptLeading: 36 pt

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Font: HelveticaWeight: RegularFont Size: 24 ptLeading: 24 pt

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Weight: RegularFont Size: 8 ptLeading: 12 pt

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InDesignCharacter Styles

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1. Direct Select one of your styled textboxes.

2. In the Character Styles panel, Create New Style.

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3. Double-click on the new Character Style to open Character Style Options and change formats.

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InDesignColumns of Text

1. Create a new textbox and fill it with three paragraphs of text.

3. Create even columns using the Balance Columns property.

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2. Add another column to the textbox using the Number of Columns property.

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InDesignFlowing Text

1. Draw two more textboxes side by side, this time tall and narrow.

3. Using the Direct Selection Tool, click on the red checkbox and then click on the empty textbox to flow the text.

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2. Copy-Paste a large section of text into the first box.

Direct Selection Tool

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InDesignPlacing Images

1. Using the Rectangle Frame Tool, draw a rectangle that is 8 columns wide.

3. Select the file you want to Place in the Frame.

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RectangleFrame Tool

2. Hit ⌘D or CTRL-D. This will bring up the Place Menu.

Notice:You can place many different

file-types

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InDesignFitting Images

1. Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the image inside the frame.

3. You can also set the image using Fill Frame Proportionally and Center Content.

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DirectSelection Tool

2. Play around with scaling the image. Remember, you can use shift to scale things proportionally.

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InDesignAligning Objects

1. On the Pages panel, right click and create a New Master...

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2. Draw a new textbox in the bottom left-hand corner of the spread.

3. Type > Insert Special Character > Markers > Current Page Number.

4. To apply the Master, drag the icon onto a spread in the panel.

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InDesignExporting

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InDesignExporting

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