ADOBE INDESIGN CS3

Chapter 2

WORKING WITH TEXT

Format Text Using the Character Panel

Command center for modifying text Works hand in hand with Paragraph Panel Use panel to:

Modify leadingTrack and kern textApply horizontal or vertical scalePerform baseline shiftSkew text

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Format Text

Character panel

Works hand in hand with Paragraph panel

Modifies font, font size, and font style

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Font size

Font style

Font

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Format Text Apply tracking – the

horizontal space between a text selection (entire word or paragraph)

Apply kerning – the horizontal space between a pair of letters

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Trackingvalue

Kerningvalue

Format Text Leading – term used to

describe vertical space between lines of text

Measured from the baseline of one line of text to the baseline of the next line of text.

Baseline – invisible line that text sits on!

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Leading

10 pt. leading

14 pt. leading

Format Text Horizontal scale

(width of the characters) and vertical scale (height of the characters) of text

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Horizontal scalevalue

Baseline shift value

Vertical scalevalue

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Format Text Scaling text horizontally

Horizontal scale affects the width of characters Scaling text vertically

Vertical scale affects the height of characters 100% means the text is not scaled at all

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Format Text Creating superscript and subscript characters

Text is made smaller and baseline shift is adjusted without affecting overall baseline

Superscript and subscript commands are in the Character panel menu (dropdown at top right)

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Example of superscript characterused as footnote

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Format Text

Underlining Text

Use Underline command in Character panel menu (dropdown at top right)

Weight of underline is determined by point size of selected text

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Format Paragraphs

Use the Paragraph panel to format paragraphs correctly Top section controls text

alignment Middle section offers controls

for indents Bottom section controls

vertical spaces between paragraphs and drop caps

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Format Paragraphs

Top section controls text alignment with nine options Align left Align center Align right Justify with last line aligned left Last five buttons are subtle modifications of justified text

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Format Paragraphs

Middle section offers controls for indents Use when first line of paragraph starts further to right

then the rest Use when the paragraph needs to indent on either left,

right or both sides Pull Quote-text is larger and positioned prominently

on the page Bottom section controls vertical spaces between

paragraphs and drop caps Enter values in Space After or Space Before boxes Drop cap is design element in which first letter or letters

of paragraph are increased in size to create visual effect

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Format Paragraphs Understanding hard returns and soft returns

Pressing [Enter] creates a new paragraph, which is also called a hard return

Use a soft return to move words to a new line without creating a new paragraph (line break)

Press [Shift][Enter] to create a soft return Bullets and Numbering

Bullets are adornments that can be turned on and off

Select text>Choose Bullets and Numbering from Paragraph Panel menu

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Incorrect Formatting Paragraphs

One or many words that are separated by a single paragraph return

Adding two enters between paragraphs actually adds a blank paragraph between

Instead, use the Space After option in the Paragraph Panel

Paragraph IndentsDon’t use spacebar since they may not be

consistentUse the First Line Left Indent setting in

the Paragraph Panel

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Create and Apply Styles

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A style is a group of formatting attributes (font, font size, color, etc.) Time-saving feature Ensures consistency among text Use Character Styles for individual words or characters Use Paragraph Styles to apply style to paragraph Very useful when you want to modify text later

Glyphs Type characters not found on the keyboard Ex. register mark, cent sign, copyright Type>Glyphs…this displays the Glyphs panel Click the document window with the Type tool and then

double-click the glyph in the Glyphs panel

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Edit Text Using the Find/Change command

Search for a word

Change to another

Delete

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Options in Find/Change dialog box allow you to refine your search

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Edit Text

Checking Spelling Utility for correcting misspelled words Identifies words that are not in the software

dictionary Add your own words to dictionary so that the spell

checker does not pick them up each time

Autocorrect Automatically corrects misspelled words found in

Autocorrect Preferences dialog box When word is typed incorrectly, press [Spacebar]

twice to autocorrect

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Edit Text

Drag and Drop

Allows movement of text without cut and paste

Allows movement of text between pages or even documents

Select the text and drag

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Edit Text

Dynamic Spelling

Similar to other spell checkers in word processing applications

Adds a red squiggly line to misspelled words as you type

Turn on feature by clicking Edit on the menu bar, pointing to Spelling, then click Dynamic Spelling

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Edit Text

AutocorrectClick Edit on the menu bar, point to Spelling,

then click Autocorrect

Misspelled word corrected by simple press of [Spacebar]

Must enter your list of commonly misspelled words to work

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