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Getting Started with Adobe InDesign

Amber LavoieSeptember 30, 2012EDTECH 541

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Welcome

“Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content

is not design, It’s decoration.“

— Jeffrey Zeldman —

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Discussion

How many of you have used Indesign before?

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Initial Things to Consider

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Topics & Scope

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Audience

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Print or Web?

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Potential for Reuse?

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Pages Numbers & Style

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Getting Started

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Setting up Your Document

Screen may vary slightly for different versions

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Setting up Your Document

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Layers and Pages

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Let’s Talk Tools

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Quiz

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Quiz

Pressing and holding the type tool gives what option?

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Quiz

Pressing and holding the type tool gives what option?

Type on a Path

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Quiz

What’s the difference between the Pen and Pencil tool?

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Quiz

What’s the difference between the Pen and Pencil tool?

Pen will always draw a straight line, Pencil is freehand.

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Quiz

Using the ______ tool will create a placeholder for

photos or text.

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Quiz

Using the ______ tool will create a placeholder for

photos or text.Rectangle Tool

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Resources

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Lynda.com

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Adobe.com

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Adobe Teaching and Learning Resources

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