Indesign CS3 - basicsPatrick Van den Broeck

Indesign = DTP software Illustrator – Illustrations Photoshop – Photos Word – Composing text

Indesign – Putting it all together

Existing files

New files

Same for allDifferent

Tool panel

Menu

Control panel

Custom panels

Document window

Document window

Page

Document window

Page

Pasteboard

Pasteboard

Single / double column viewSelection toolDirect selection toolPen toolText toolPencil toolLine toolRectangle frame toolRectangle toolButton toolScissors toolRotateScaleGradient swatchTransformNote toolEyedropper toolPane toolZoom toolFill / strokeContainer / textColorPreview mode

Position Dimensions Rotate – shear – flip objectscale object

Clickto open panel

>> = Collapse panel

Contextual menu

Contextual menu

t

AdditionalPanels

(menu – window)

MovePanels / panel groups

closeminimize

Move group

Move single panel

Move

Panels / panel groups

Drag to another group<<<<<<

Blue = release

MovePanels / panel groups

Drag to panel dock>>>>>>>

Blue = release

Select text tool (T)

Draw text frame

Adding text

Fill with text

Text overflow

Text oveflow

Click + and draw another text frame

text connectionMenu – view - show text threads

Text oveflow

Right mouse buttonOn text frame

Text frame options

Add pictures

Add pictures

Fit content

Fit frame

Change existing picture:Select image box

File – place (ctrl+d)

Styles

Create styles!•Easy DTP•To create t.o.c.•Easy to make changes

Book

Seperate fileCollection of documents

Easy pagenumberingAdding blank pagesSynchronizing between documentsLarge documentsCombining different formats

Export -> pdf

High quality = PrintSmallest File Size = Screen / web

Export -> pdf

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