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Adobe InDesign CS2—Revealed
EXPLORING THE INDESIGN WORKSPACE
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Explore the InDesign workspace
Change document views
Navigate through a document
Use InDesign Help
OVERVIEW
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Chapter Objectives
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Workspace:
– the arrangement of windows and palettes on your computer screen
LESSON 1
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Toolbox
Palettes Document window
Pasteboard
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Toolbox
– contains 30 tools
– some are hidden
– click black triangles to expose hidden tools
LESSON 1
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Click to expose hidden tools
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Toolbox– each tool has a
corresponding quick key
LESSON 1
Corresponding quick key
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Toolbox– position pointer
over tool to expose tooltip
– tooltip shows tool name and quick key
Tooltip shows tool nameand quick key
LESSON 1
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Palettes– InDesign features 38 palettes– accessed from the Window menu– offer controls for modifying and
manipulating your work in InDesign
LESSON 1
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Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Palettes – grouped with other
palettes based on categories
– can be ungrouped and grouped with other palettes
– can be docked or undocked
LESSON 1
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Palettes– click palette name tab to activate
palette– select palette from Window menu if its
name tab is not along right side of document window
LESSON 1
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Change Document Views
Zoom Tool – enlarges and reduces the view of the
document– press [Alt] (Win) or [option] (Mac) to
access the Zoom- (minus) Tool
LESSON 2
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Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Change Document Views
Hand Tool – scroll around an document that has been
enlarged with the Zoom Tool– press [Spacebar] to access Zoom Tool– often a better choice for scrolling than the
scroll bars or arrows
LESSON 2
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Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Change Document Views
Hand Tool
LESSON 2
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The Hand Tool becomesa fist when clicked anddragged
Chapter 1Chapter 1
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Change Document Views
Create multiple views of the same document– use the New Window command on the
Window menu to create a new window– use the Tile command on the Window
menu to view both windows simultaneously
LESSON 2
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Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Change Document Views
Navigating to pages in a document– use the Pages palette– click a page icon in the Pages palette
A spread is a term that describes two facing pages in a document
– double-click spread page numbers to view a spread
LESSON 3
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Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Change Document Views
Using the Pages palette
LESSON 3
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Spread
Page
Double-click spread numbers to view spread
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Change Document Views
Navigator palette– an excellent resource for moving
through a document– you can enlarge and decrease page
view using controls in the Navigator palette
LESSON 3
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Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Change Document Views
Navigator palette
LESSON 3
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Zoom text box
Zoom Out button
Zoom Slider Zoom In button
View box
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Use InDesign Help
InDesign Help is an online resource– click InDesign Help on the Help menu– Adobe Help Center opens
LESSON 4
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Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Use InDesign Help
Adobe Help Center– use Index, Search, or Contents– access help for Illustrator or Photoshop
using View Help info for this product list arrow
LESSON 4
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Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Use InDesign Help
Adobe Help Center
LESSON 4
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View Help info for this product list arrow
Search text box
Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign Workspace
Quick Tips
Shortcut keys are not case-sensitive.You can temporarily hide all open palettes and the Toolbox by pressing Tab. Press tab again to show them.Double-clicking the Zoom tool in the Toolbox changes the view to 100% (actual size.Double-clicking the Hand Tool in the Toolbox changes the view to fit the page or spread in the document window.
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