How to UseAdobe InDesign

CS3

→by erika hansen and morgan stackman←

→oakton high school ←

What is InDesign?

→publishing software used to create media such as magazines, books, and other publications

→we use it to design all pages for yearbook and newspaper

→each document with two facing pages is a spread

→hundreds of spreads make up a yearbook/newspaper

→open InDesign through Adobe Products folder on desktop

→new doc → file →new →document

→save in proper deadline and spread folder→file →save as →4770-page#-page#-

spreadname.indd→ex: 4770-030-031-crew.indd

Opening Files and Documents

The Basics

spreadpalettes

toolbar

The Basics con’t

grids:grey boxes are 2 pica x 2 pica

white lines are 0p6

margins:anything outside will

not be printed

The Basics con’t

→two picas

→pica: unit of measurement used in InDesign and Photoshop

The Basics con’tsize of box in picas

→when sizing pictures, round up to the next whole number

→ example: 22p5.93 is 23p

must be 300 pixels per inch

→use the rounded size of

the box in InDesign to crop

pictures in Photoshop

Numbering Pages

→ layout →numbering & section options

→start page numbering at

[insert first page #] →ok

→ numbers used in the production of the book

→ shows on final spread

The Toolbarselection tool →

direct selection tool →

text tool →

line tool →picture box tool →

rotation tool →

*eyedropper tool →

magnification tool →fill tool →

helpful tip↓

*if you need to access more tools, click and hold down over a tool with an arrow

Selection Toolsselection tool →

direct selection tool →

selection tool direct selection tool

→used to move objects

→select object before typing or placing photo→can be used for general selection throughout InDesign

→used to move to pictures within the frame →helpful to indentify bad cropping

Text Tools

text tool →

→click and drag to create a text box

→use the stroke drop-down menu to give or take away a border→text boxes should rarely have a border (0 pt stroke)

Text Tools con’t

text tool →

how to fill with placeholder text→select text box→type→fill with placeholder text

↑ the placeholder text will look like this

Text Tools con’t

font

font style (bold, italic, etc)

font size

leading (size of space between lines of text)

style of text (subscript, superscript, etc)

tracking (size of space between letters)

vertical scale (stretches letters vertically)

horizontal scale (stretches letters horizontally)

skew (the tilt of letters in degrees)

Text Tools con’t

paragraph style

first line left indent

left indent

right indent

last line right indent

drop cap (in number of lines)

drop cap (number of letters)

hyphenate paragraphs

columns

Eyedropper Tool

eyedropper tool

→used to pull color from pictures

eyedropper tool →

→click on toolto select a color:

→place eyedropper over desired color→click (eyedropper should switch sides and turn black)

→open swatches tab (on right toolbar)→click ‘new swatch’

Line and Rotation Tools

rotate tool→

line tool→ use to draw lines

add a stroke to the line (how thick it is)

→ hold down the shift key to make a straight line

change the line weight

rotate tool→ select picture then click rotate

tool to turn the picture

line tool →

magnification tool →fill tool →

Other Tools magnification tool

→ to zoom out, hold down ‘alt’ and click (the ‘+’ should change to a ‘-’)

fill tool→ another way to make new swatches→ change color of text→ can input exact colors using RGB and CMYK

Pages

master pages

add pages

delete pages

select pages

select pages→ use this to select which page you want to work on →double click on page to jump straight to it

master pages→ anything on master page appears on every spread in document (ex. pica boxes)

→items on master are inaccessible during regular editing

→double click on master page to access it

Links

links

→red stop sign – file is saved wrong→always remember to check your links!

→yellow yield sign – file has been altered

→if red or yellow signs show up, you MUST replace photo

→make sure all files are named correctly (4770-page#-page#-spreadname.indd)

Stroke→when you create a picture box, there is no line, or stroke, around the edges

Swatchesto select a color from the picture:→use eyedropper tool to pick color from picture

fillborder

→double click on RGB Swatch

→find color in swatches then can reuse color

→can change the color of the fill and border

Character and Character Styles

character→ this can be used to change font instead of toolbar

character styles→ if prearranged fonts and types are set up, find them here

→ the styles have specified fonts, sizes and strokes assigned to them

→highlight text →click on type you need

→always check to make sure the text is de-hyphenated →paragraph→uncheck hyphenate box

Paragraph

→see ‘text tools’ pages for more information