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Acknowledgments
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able collaborators. The authors would like to thank Laura Norman for putting
together a strong team; Jonathan Gordon, technical editor, for ensuring the accu-
racy of every word on every page; Megan Ahearn, keystroker, for testing every step
in every lesson; Elizabeth Welch, copyeditor, and Kim Wimpsett, proofreader, for
making sure every i was dotted and every t was crossed; and Tracey Croom, senior
production editor at Pearson, for overseeing the entire production process and
keeping everybody informed and on track. In addition, we appreciate the invaluable
influence of John Cruise, whose contributions remain throughout this book.

iv ABOUT THE AUTHORS

CONTENTS

GETTING STARTED 1
About Classroom in a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Online content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Saving and restoring the InDesign Defaults file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Training resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1 INTRODUCING THE WORKSPACE 6

W O R K S H O P Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
P la n ta Looking at the workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hu m m i n g-
b i rd G a rd e n Working with panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Learn to select and
tend flowers that attract
Customizing the workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
hummingbirds, flourish
in our climate and create Changing the magnification of a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
fabulous flowerbeds.

Navigating through a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using context menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using panel menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Modifying interface preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2 GETTING TO KNOW INDESIGN 34

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
edible
blossoms
Bistro & Bar
Viewing guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Relax in our elegant dining room or charming patio and
enjoy the creations of our bartender, chef and gardener!
Our irresistible appetizers, seasonal entrées and home-
made desserts feature fruits, flowers and herbs grown
right here in our stunning Urban Oasis Gardens.
Adding text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Starters & Small Plates
Sip a rosé martini, try
zucchini blossom fritters or
braised dandelion greens
Entrées & Desserts
Indulge in our chef’s daily
creations, such as lavender
honey grilled chicken or
Working with styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
for appetizers, and share fresh basil pesto and be see the full menu

Working with graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

small plates such as orange sure to leave room for
ginger seared scallops or scrumptious violet mac-
chive flower flatbread. arons or candied pansies.

Working with objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Working with object styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Preflighting as you work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Viewing the document in Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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 3 SETTING UP A DOCUMENT AND WORKING WITH PAGES 56
2 GARDEN NEWS
Bees and Bugs
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Gardening Tips GARDEN NEWS 3

Pollinators and Predators Soil for the Garden

Creating a new document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Pollinators obtain food in the form of energy-rich nectar and/or protein-rich The basis of successful vegetable cultivation lies in the thorough working and
pollen from the flowers they visit. In return, the pollinated flowers are able to preparation of the soil along the lines best suited to its texture and composition,
develop and produce seed. While food is often a sufficient lure for pollinators, coupled with adequate fertilization. Soils are very variable, and in order to
flowering plants also attract pollinators using a combination of shape, scent, obtain the best results it is essential that each cultivator should have at least
and/or color. For example, some plants use mimicry to deceive animals into an elementary knowledge of the type of soil with which he is dealing, so that
visiting their flowers without having to provide a reward. he may work and manure the soil to the best advantage, and at the same
time realize to the fullest possible extent its natural resources. This does not
Predators rid the garden of insects and larvae that are harmful to plants. The in any way imply the depletion of the soil. On the contrary, if the methods
most widely known beneficial beetles are the pretty little ladybugs. Their of cultivation and manuring are conceived along right lines and efficiently
shining rounded wing-cases, and bright colors make them conspicuous objects. executed in practice, the soil fertility becomes gradually built up and per-
The ones most commonly noticed are red, spotted with black. Quietly and manently increased over time, and this should be one of the chief aims in all soil
silently they perform the work of extermination before our eyes, their worth

Creating and saving custom document settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

operations.
entirely unheeded.
With the exception of peaty soils, which are mainly of vegetable origin, all
The elongated ground-beetle, is a carnivorous beetle. Its color is shining soils have been formed primarily by the accumulation of particles of mineral
black, bordered with deep blue. It is often met with in our gardens, and preys materials, consisting chiefly of sand and clay, along with other inorganic
indiscriminately upon all soft-bodied larvae — especially upon the larvae of the substances. And although these materials form the basis of all fertile soils, they
Colorado Potato-beetle. are, by themselves, incapable of supporting plant life.

Creating a new document from a preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Working with parent pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Applying parent pages to document pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Urban Garden Oasis Urban Garden Oasis

Adding new document pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Rearranging and deleting document pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Changing the size of pages within one
InDesign document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Adding sections to change page numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Overriding parent page items and placing text
and graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Printing to the edge of the paper: Using the
bleed guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Viewing the completed spread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

4 WORKING WITH OBJECTS 88

Featured
Blossoms
Urban Oasis Garden
Garden News
Spring 2022
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Red Rose Flower Purple Crocus Flower

Introducing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Foxglove Flower

IN THIS ISSUE: Botanical Gardens Worldwide

There are now about 1800 botanical gardens
Tips for Your Garden. A variety
and arboreta in about 150 countries (mostly in
of classes for the beginning and
temperate regions) of which about 550 are in
experienced gardener.
Europe (150 of which are in Russia), 200 in North
America, and an increasing number in East Asia.
Blue Hydrangea Flower Pink Stargazer Lily Flower White Calla Lily Flower

Planting Your Garden. This These gardens attract about 150 million visitors
a year, so it is hardly surprising that many people
Rose Foxglove Crocus educational seminar for beginning
gained their first exciting introduction to the
gardeners will teach you how to plant and

Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Rosa Digitalis Iridaceae
wonders of the plant world in a botanical garden.
A rose is a woody perennial Native to Europe, western and A genus of flowering plants in the maintain your garden. Page 3.
flowering plant of the genus central Asia and northwestern iris family comprising 90 species
Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, Africa. The scientific name means of perennials growing from corms. Historically, botanical gardens exchanged plants
or the flower it bears. There are refers to the ease with which a Many are cultivated for their
through the publication of seed lists (these
Please join over three hundred species and
thousands of cultivars.
flower of Digitalis purpurea can
be fitted over a human fingertip.
flowers appearing in autumn,
winter, or spring. were called Latin: Indices Seminae in the 18th
us at one of The flowers are produced on a
century). This was a means of transferring both
our gardening Hydrangea tall spike, are tubular, and vary in
colour with species, from purple Calla Lily plants and information between botanical
Hydrangea macrophylla Zantedeschia aethiopica
classes!
to pink, white, and yellow.
gardens. This system continues today,
Hydrangea flowers are produced The Zantedeschia are rhizomatous
from early spring to late autumn;
they grow in flowerheads
Lily Stargazer herbaceous perennial plants
evergreen where rainfall and
although the possibility of genetic piracy
Lilium oriental hybrid and the transmission of invasive species
(corymbs or panicles) most often temperatures are adequate,
at the ends of the stems. Its The genus Lilium are herbaceous deciduous where there is a dry has received greater attention in

Creating and modifying text frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

flowers can be white, or range flowering plants normally growing season. A white, yellow or pink recent times.
from blue to purple to pink from bulbs, comprising a genus of spathe shaped like a funnel with a
depending on soil pH. about 110 species in the lily family, yellow, central, finger-like spadix.
Liliaceae. They are important as They are very poisonous, capable
large showy flowering garden of killing livestock and children.
plants, and in literature.

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Adding metadata captions to graphics frames . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Wrapping text around a graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Transforming the shape of frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Transforming and aligning objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Selecting and modifying grouped objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Flowing type along a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Drawing lines and modifying arrowheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

vi CONTENTS
5 WORKING WITH COLOR 130
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Managing color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
S a tu rd a y • J a n u a ry 8 • 7 – 1 0 p . m .
Defining printing requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Grow.
Maintain.
Rebloom.
Urban
Oasis
Gardens Creating colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
$75 Applying colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Working with tint swatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Working with gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Working with color groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

6 FLOWING TEXT 162

LOCAL >> PEAS 2022 1
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
How to grow
P
peas, please!
eas grow well in heavy, moist
soil that is not suitable for some
four feet for the climbing types. Into
these furrows throw a liberal layer of
Flowing text into an existing frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
other vegetables. However, the land dairy dressing to cover the bottom

Flowing text manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

for peas, as for all vegetable plants, of the furrow. If you can spare it, put
should be drained and free from in a wheelbarrow load to twenty feet
standing water. Nothing is quite so since peas are great feeders and need
good as dairy dressing for peas, and nourishment during the hot days of
it is worthwhile to get it if possible. July when the crop is ripening.
Here is one case where dairy
Fertilizing dressing may be used that is rather

Creating text frames while flowing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

When dairy dressing is at hand, be fresh, as peas seem to do well with
sure the ground is soft and fine; then dairy dressing at any stage. Stable
open furrows about eight inches dressing, which contains straw and
deep. These should be three feet apart horse manure, is more likely to de-
for the Nott’s Excelsior type, and velop heat, which will hurt the seed;
Peas continued on 2

Creating threaded frames automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Flowing text automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Using Find/Change to delete extra paragraph returns . . . . . . 176
Applying paragraph styles to text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Adjusting columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Using the baseline grid to align text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Adding a jump line page number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

7 EDITING TEXT 188

G A R D E N I N G > M AY 2022 3

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

P
eas are easy to grow, but once
they pop up they need a little
protection. A little daily atten-
tion will ensure an awesome crop
and a supply of nutritious side dishes
they are young and tender. Sometimes
they will nip off the sprouts and spoil
a long row in one early breakfast. A
white string, stretched above the row,
with white rags tied here and there,
filled out, as they are wasted in that
way. You can soon learn to tell, by a
gentle pressure of the thumb near the
lower end of the pod, whether the
peas are large enough to pick. On the
Entering and importing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
and snacks. Enjoy the fresh air and will usually keep them away. Small other hand, it is unwise to leave them
satisfaction of gardening during the flags, made by tying a strip of white on the vines to dry, as that will tend to

Finding and changing text and formatting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

day, and peruse your cookbooks for cotton cloth to a stick will serve well check the growth of the peas form-
ideas at night. Next month, we’ll have also. TIP: If there are many blackbirds ing at the top of the vine. In taking
plenty of great recipes for you to try. about, it is a wise gardener who takes the pod from the vines, be careful to
Cover. Cover peas gradually as this easy precaution. It is a little too use both hands. Hold the vine with
they grow. In using dairy dressing, late after the blackbirds have been one hand just above the pea, to save
the furrow is opened deep enough to there. the tender branches from being torn.
admit putting the manure well below Caring for the Vines. The dwarf TIP: Remember the new peas which
the peas. Of course this deep furrow peas need no further care, except are coming above those you are pick-
is not necessary when fertilizers are cultivation to keep the earth soft and ing, and give them a free chance to
worked into the soil. In that case, the free from weeds. The blossoms form mature.
furrow is opened to a depth of only in about four weeks, and the peas Follow Crops. As soon as the

Checking spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

about four or five inches. In either ripen quickly after that. The season for crop of peas is harvested, pull out the
case, two inches of earth is drawn over peas begins early in May, and they are vines, put away the supports you wish
the peas when first planted, and this picked in August along the northern to save for the next season, and dig
leaves another inch or two of earth belt. Because of its fondness for cool over the ground for a crop of some-
to draw about them after they have climates and moist earth, the pea is thing else. Bush string beans, turnips,
grown five or six inches high. most delicious and profitable in those cabbage, winter beets, lettuce, and
Thinning Out. When the peas states where the summer days are not other quick growing plants may be
are up an inch or so, it is time to thin extremely hot. put in the same rows.
them out. Crowding is responsible Picking Peas. It does not pay to Recipes. Next month look for
for many poor crops of peas. Thin pick peas before they are fairly well recipes for Soupe Aux Pois (Pea

Editing text by dragging and dropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

out the dwarf peas so that they stand Soup), Balsamic Pea Salad, Lemon
about an inch apart, and the tall ones Orzo with Peas, Fregola with Peas and
so that they stand about an inch and a Ricotta, and Peas with Pancetta.

peas
half apart. Pull out the weaker sprouts Source. “Protecting Your Peas”
first. TIP: It may take some courage to excerpted from Garden Steps: A
thin them out, but it pays in the end. Manual for the Amateur in Vegetable
Protection from Blackbirds. Gardening, by Ernest Cobb, 1917.
Blackbirds are fond of pea vines when

Using the Story Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Tracking changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

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 8 WORKING WITH TYPOGRAPHY 206
A BITE OF DELIGHT
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Strawberries
H eart-shaped fruit that’s good for your heart? Check.
Fruit that can boost your immunity, lower your cho-
lesterol, protect your vision, prevent cancer (and wrin-
kles!) and help with weight management? Check. Vitamin
C and vitamin K? Check, check. And on top of all that,
Adjusting vertical spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
strawberries are easy to grow.

Working with fonts, type styles, and glyphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Plant your strawberries in the full sun, 12 to 18 inches
apart. Cover the roots, keep the central growing bud at
soil level, and use a balanced fertilizer. In the spring, add
“You stand compost and fertilizer, and then in fall mulch with straw.
As your strawberries grow, keep them moist and weeded.
out like As strawberries begin to ripen, cover them with light-
weight netting to keep the birds at bay.
a strawberry Pick strawberries when they’re cool and refrigerate
them immediately. Wash before use and enjoy! Your yo-

Working with columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

in a bowl gurt, pancakes, shortcakes and more are waiting.

of peas.” Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

½ lb strawberries with stems Nutritional Facts

½ cup chocolate chips Serving Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

•
¼ cup sprinkles Calories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
1. Wash the strawberries. Calories from Fat . . . . . . .35%

Changing paragraph alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

2. Melt chocolate in the Protein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0g
microwave in 30-second
bursts; stir in between.
3. Dip the strawberries in
the chocolate, and then in
the sprinkles.
4. Place on wax paper to set,
about 30 minutes.

Creating a drop cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Adjusting letter and word spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Adjusting line breaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Setting tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Working with paragraph shading and rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

9 WORKING WITH STYLES 236

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Creating and applying paragraph styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Creating and applying character styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Creating and applying object styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
Creating and applying table and cell styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Globally updating styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Loading styles from another document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

10 CREATING TABLES 268

Urban Oasis
Gardens Summer Schedule Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Working with tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
DAILY DROP-IN ACTIVITIES
Activity Day Time Fee

Attracting Butterflies Su 8–10 a.m. $10

Converting text to a table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Illustrating Botanicals M noon–2 p.m. $25

Creating Garden Flags T 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $25

Changing rows and columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Making Hummingbird Feeders W 2–5 p.m. $50

Tending Flowers Th 9–11 a.m. $10

Growing Edible Flowers F 1–3 p.m. $10

Making and Flying Kites Sa 8–11 a.m. Free

Formatting a table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Adding graphics to table cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Indicates off-site activity. 1

Creating a header row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

Creating and applying table and cell styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

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11 IMPORTING AND MODIFYING GRAPHICS 292
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Adding graphics from other programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Comparing vector and bitmap graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
addie mose
Managing links to imported files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
Updating revised graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Adjusting display quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Importing and sizing graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Editing placed pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Working with dropped backgrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Importing native Adobe graphic files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Using subject-aware text wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318
Filling type with a graphic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Using an InDesign library to manage objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

12 WORKING WITH TRANSPARENCY 328

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
edible blossoms
Creating a background graphic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Bistro & Bar

Applying transparency settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

URBAN OASIS GARDENS

Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | Events | Catering

Adding transparency effects to imported vector

and bitmap graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that
use transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
Applying transparency settings to text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
Working with effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354

13 PRINTING AND EXPORTING 356

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
Preflighting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Autumn 2022

Previewing separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Managing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Learn and have fun at an
Urban Oasis Garden class:
Previewing transparency effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
children, adults and families welcome!

Previewing the pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Creating an Adobe PDF proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

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 Creating a press-ready PDF and saving a PDF preset . . . . . . .374
Printing a proof and saving a print preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376
Packaging files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Exporting graphics for the web and other
digital destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384

14 CREATING ADOBE PDF FILES WITH FORM FIELDS 386

Are You Interested in Volunteering?
We’re always looking for volunteers to join our
team!
Whatever your interest or talent, from teaching
to garden maintenance, we will help find a fit for
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388
If you are interested in volunteering, please fill you in one of the Garden’s volunteer programs.
out this form and our volunteer coordinator will Training is available in many of our volunteer

Setting up a workspace for forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389

contact you. areas. We hope to hear from you soon.

First Name: Last Name: In what way are you best able to help?

Education
Address: Garden maintenance
Financial donation

Adding form fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390

State: ZIP: Yes, I would like to receive your
City:
quarterly newsletter.
Please send me your newsletter in the
Email Address: Click to submit your information following format:

Setting the tab order of the fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Adding a button to submit the form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Testing your form in Acrobat Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398

15 CREATING A FIXED-LAYOUT EPUB AND PUBLISHING ONLINE 400

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Learn and have fun at an Urban Oasis Garden class: children, adults and families welcome

Our mission is to provide fun and practical

educational workshops, events and programs
throughout the year for people of all ages.
The subjects range from the life cycle of plants,
Creating a new document for fixed-layout export . . . . . . . . . . 403
to nature painting and photography, to planting
and harvesting your own vegetable garden and

EPUB: Fixed-layout versus reflowable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

planting and caring for an ornamental garden.

Adding animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408
Adding multimedia and interactive elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Exporting a fixed-layout EPUB file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
InDesign Publish Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .424
Exploring on your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426

INDEX 428

x CONTENTS
 2 GETTING TO KNOW INDESIGN

Lesson overview
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:
• View layout aids.
• Type and style text.
• Import text and thread text frames.
• Import a graphic.
• Move, rotate, fill, and stroke (outline) an object.
• Add a QR code.
• Automate formatting with paragraph, character, and object styles.
• Check on potential production issues with the Preflight panel.
• Preview a document in Presentation mode.

This lesson will take about 60 minutes to complete. To get the lesson files
used in this chapter, download them from the web page for this book at
[Link]/InDesignCIB2022. For more information, see “Accessing
the lesson files and Web Edition” in the Getting Started section at the
beginning of this book.

34
edible
blossoms
Bistro & Bar
Relax in our elegant dining room or charming patio and
enjoy the creations of our bartender, chef and gardener!
Our irresistible appetizers, seasonal entrées and home-
made desserts feature fruits, flowers and herbs grown
right here in our stunning Urban Oasis Gardens.

Starters & Small Plates Entrées & Desserts

Sip a rosé martini, try Indulge in our chef’s daily
zucchini blossom fritters or creations, such as lavender
braised dandelion greens honey grilled chicken or
for appetizers, and share fresh basil pesto and be see the full menu
small plates such as orange sure to leave room for
ginger seared scallops or scrumptious violet mac-
chive flower flatbread. arons or candied pansies.

The building blocks of an Adobe InDesign layout are

objects, text, and graphics. Layout aids such as guides
help with size and placement, and styles let you
format page elements automatically.

35
 Getting started
The document for this lesson is a standard-size postcard designed to be printed and
mailed. In addition, the postcard can be exported as a JPEG to use in email market-
ing. As you will see in this lesson, the building blocks of an InDesign document are
essentially the same, regardless of the output media. In this lesson, you will add the
text, images, and formatting necessary to finish the postcard.
 Note: If you have 1 To ensure that the preferences and default settings of your Adobe InDesign
not already downloaded program match those used in this lesson, move the InDesign Defaults file to a
the project files for
this lesson to your
different folder following the procedure in “Saving and restoring the InDesign
computer from your Defaults file” on pages 4–5.
Account page, make
sure to do so now. See 2 Start Adobe InDesign.
“Getting Started” at the 3 When the InDesign Home screen displays, click the Open button at the left.
beginning of the book.
(If the Home screen does not display, choose File > Open from the InDesign
menu bar.)
4 Open the 02_Start.indd file in the Lesson02 folder, located inside the Lessons
folder within the InDesignCIB folder on your hard drive.
5 If an alert informs you that the document contains links to sources that have been
modified, click Update Modified Links.
6 Choose File > Save As, rename the file 02_Postcard.indd, and save it in the
Lesson02 folder.
 Note: To better 7 This lesson uses the default Essentials workspace. If necessary, choose
view the interface Window > Workspace > [Essentials], and then choose Window > Workspace >
onscreen or in print,
the screen captures in
Reset Essentials.
this book reflect the 8 If you want to see what the finished document looks like, open the 02_End.indd
Medium Light interface
rather than the default file in the same folder. You can leave this document open to act as a guide as
setting of Dark. In you work.
addition, some screen
9 When you’re ready to
edible
captures illustrate
User Interface Scaling resume working on
for a closer look at
interface elements. You
can modify interface
the lesson document,
display it by clicking
blossoms
Bistro & Bar
settings in Preferences. its tab in the upper- Relax in our elegant dining room or charming patio and
enjoy the creations of our bartender, chef and gardener!
left corner of the Our irresistible appetizers, seasonal entrées and home-
made desserts feature fruits, flowers and herbs grown
right here in our stunning Urban Oasis Gardens.
document window.
Starters & Small Plates Entrées & Desserts
Sip a rosé martini, try Indulge in our chef’s daily
zucchini blossom fritters or creations, such as lavender
braised dandelion greens honey grilled chicken or
for appetizers, and share fresh basil pesto and be see the full menu
small plates such as orange sure to leave room for
ginger seared scallops or scrumptious violet mac-
chive flower flatbread. arons or candied pansies.

36 LESSON 2 Getting to Know InDesign

Viewing guides
Revising or completing an existing document, as you will do in this lesson, is typical  Tip: The lesson
work for entry-level InDesign users. Currently, the postcard document is displayed document starts out in
Preview Screen Mode
in Preview mode, which displays artwork in a standard window, hiding nonprinting and then you switch to
elements such as guides, grids, frame edges, and hidden characters. To work on this Normal Screen Mode.
document, you will view guides and hidden characters (such as spaces and tabs). The other modes are
Bleed, for reviewing
1 Press and hold down the Screen Mode button at the the predefined bleed
bottom of the Tools panel, and choose Normal ( ) area for objects that
extend beyond the
from the menu. page boundaries; Slug,
Any layout aids previously enabled now display. For for displaying the area
outside the bleed
example, light blue nonprinting lines now indicate area that can contain
existing text frames and objects because frame edges information such as
were already displayed (View > Extras > Show Frame printer instructions; and
Presentation, which fills
Edges). You will now enable other layout aids.
the screen and works
2 Choose View > Grids & Guides > Show Guides. well for presenting
design ideas to clients.
When guides are displayed, it’s easy to position objects with precision, including
automatically snapping them into place. The guides do not print and do not limit
the print or export area.
3 Choose Type > Show Hidden Characters.  Tip: As you become
comfortable working
Displaying hidden (nonprinting) characters, such as tabs, spaces, and paragraph with InDesign, you will
returns, helps you precisely select and style text. In general, it’s a good idea to discover which Screen
show hidden characters whenever you are editing or formatting text. Modes and layout aids
work best for you.
Page edges
Margin guides (magenta)

Forced line break

hidden character

Paragraph return
hidden character

Space hidden character

(dot)

Ruler guides (blue)

4 As you work on this document, use the skills you learned in Lesson 1 to move
panels, scroll, and zoom as necessary.

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 Adding text
With InDesign, most text is contained by a text frame. (Text can be contained in
table cells and flow along paths as well.) You can type text directly into a text frame
or import text files from word-processing programs. When importing text files, you
can add the text to existing frames or create new frames to contain the text. If text
doesn’t fit within a single frame, you can link multiple text frames using a process
called “threading.” You will learn more about flowing text, including dividing text
frames into columns, in Lesson 6, “Flowing Text.”

Typing and styling text

You’re ready to start working on the incomplete postcard. To get started, you’ll edit
and style the text under the headline.
 Tip: Use the Type 1 Select the Type tool ( ) and click immediately after the word “Café.”
tool to edit and format
text, and create new 2 Press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (macOS) four times to delete the
text frames. word “Café.”

3 Type Bistro in the text frame so that the restaurant’s descriptor is changed from
“Café & Bar” to “Bistro & Bar.”

38 LESSON 2 Getting to Know InDesign

4 With the insertion point still in the text, triple-click to select “Bistro & Bar.”  Tip: Using the Type
tool, you can double-
5 Locate the Character controls of the Properties panel at the right. From the Font click to select a word,
Style menu, select Bold. triple-click to select a
line, and click four times
to select a paragraph.

6 Click outside the text frame to deselect the text.

7 Choose File > Save to save your work.

Options for styling and

placing text
In the Essentials workspace, the Properties panel displays at the right to provide
quick access to the most common text formatting options. InDesign provides other
options for formatting characters and paragraphs and for positioning text within a
frame. Common text formatting options include:
• Character formats: Style, Size, Leading, All Caps
• Paragraph formats: Alignments such as Center, Indents, Space Before/After
• Text Frame Options: Columns, Inset Spacing, Vertical Justification
The Control panel, Paragraph panel (Type > Paragraph), and Character panel (Type >
Character) provide all the controls you need to style text. To control the positioning
of the text within its frame, such as dividing text into columns, choose Object > Text
Frame Options; many of these options are in the Control panel as well.

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 Importing and flowing text
In most publishing workflows, writers and editors use word processors. When the
text is almost final, they send the files to graphic designers. To complete the postcard,
you will import a Microsoft Word file into a text frame at the bottom of the page
using the Place command. You will then thread (link) the first text frame to the
second frame. All the text in a series of threaded text frames is called a “story.”
1 Using the Selection tool ( ), click a blank area of the pasteboard to make sure no
objects are selected.
2 Choose File > Place. At the bottom of the Place dialog box, make sure that Show
Import Options is not selected.
 Note: To see 3 Navigate to the Lesson02 folder, in the Lessons folder, and double-click the
where to place the [Link] file.
body copy text,
consult the finished The pointer changes to a loaded text icon ( ). You’ll add this text to the text
lesson document, frame in the lower-left quadrant of the postcard. (The text frames are outlined
02_End.indd.
by light blue nonprinting lines.)
 Tip: When the 4 Position the loaded text icon in the text frame, and then click.
loaded text icon is
displayed, you have
several choices: You can
drag to create a new
text frame, click inside
an existing frame, or
click to create a new
text frame within the
page’s column guides.

An out port on the text

frame; the red plus sign
indicates overset text.

40 LESSON 2 Getting to Know InDesign

 The text in the Word file fills the frame, but it may not all fit. A red plus sign (+) in
the out port of the frame (in the frame’s lower-right corner) indicates overset text.
You will thread the two bottom text frames so that the text flows through them.
5 Using the Selection tool, select the text frame that now contains the text.  Tip: You can create
columns by threading
6 Click the out port (+) of the selected frame to display the loaded text icon. Click individual text frames
in the text frame immediately to the right. or by dividing text
frames into multiple
columns using the
General tab of the Text
Frame Options dialog
box (Object menu).
Some designers prefer
separate text frames for
more layout flexibility.

At this point, text likely remains overset. You will resolve this problem by  Note: Due to
formatting the text with styles later in this lesson. variations in font
versions, you may see
slightly different text
in your frames.

7 Choose File > Save.

Working with styles

InDesign provides paragraph styles, character styles, and object styles for quickly
and consistently formatting text and objects. Another significant reason to use styles
is that you can make global changes—such as changing the body text font or adjust-
ing drop shadows—by simply editing the style. This can save you hours in making
revisions to long documents such as books.

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 Tip: A paragraph Styles work as follows:
style can include
nested styles that • A paragraph style includes all text formatting attributes—such as font, size, and
format the beginning alignment—and applies to all the text in a paragraph. You can select a paragraph
of a paragraph and lines for formatting by clicking in it, highlighting any part it, or highlighting all of it.
within a paragraph. This
automates common • A character style includes only character attributes—such as font style (bold or
paragraph formatting, italic) and color—and applies only to selected text within a paragraph. Character
such as starting a
paragraph with a styles are generally applied to call attention to specific text within a paragraph.
drop cap followed
• An object style lets you apply formatting—such as fill and stroke color, stroke
by all capital letters
on the first line. styles and corner effects, transparency, drop shadows, feathering, text frame
options, and text wrap—to selected objects.

The object style for this

text frame specifies the Paragraph styles specify for-
inset (that indents the mats such as alignment and
text from the edges of basic character formats such
the frame), the stroke as font and line spacing.
around the edges of
the frame, and the
drop shadow behind it. Character styles specify
variations from the
character formats in
the paragraph style.

You will now format the text with paragraph and character styles.

Applying paragraph styles

 Tip: In many pub- Because the postcard is part of a series, all the paragraph styles you need are already
lishing environments, created. You will first apply the Body Copy style to all the text in the two threaded
including marketing
and advertising, the text frames, and then you will apply the Subhead style to the headings.
text in a publication 1 Using the Type tool ( ), click in one of the text frames containing the newly
is referred to as “copy,”
which is why the writers imported text.
and editors are called
2 Choose Edit > Select All to select all the text in the story.
“copywriters” and
“copyeditors.” 3 Click the Paragraph Styles button at the top of the Properties panel. Click the
Paragraph Styles menu and select the Body Copy style to format the entire story.

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4 Using the Type tool, click in the first line of text in the story: “Starters &  Note: If a plus sign
Small Plates.” (+) displays next to the
applied style (Body Copy
As you can see from the hidden character (the paragraph return) at the end of or Subhead), it indicates
the line, this line is actually its own paragraph. Therefore, it can be formatted that the text formatting
does not precisely match
with a paragraph style. the style’s formatting.
5 Select the Subhead style from the Paragraph Styles menu in the Properties panel. To resolve this, click
Clear Overrides ( )
6 Apply the Subhead paragraph style to the “Entrées & Desserts” subhead as well. at the bottom of the
Paragraph Styles panel.
7 Choose Edit > Deselect All, and then choose File > Save. You will learn more
about styles in Lesson 9,
“Working with Styles.”
Formatting text for the character style
Highlighting a few key words in a paragraph can draw readers into the text. For the
postcard copy, you will format a few words to make them “pop” and then create a
character style based on those words. You can then quickly apply the character style
to other selected words.
1 Using the Zoom tool ( ), zoom in on the first text frame in the lower-
left quadrant of the postcard. This frame contains the subhead “Starters &
Small Plates.”
2 Using the Type tool ( ), select the words “rosé martini” in the first paragraph of
body copy along with the comma after it.
3 In the Character controls of the Properties panel at the right, select Italic from
the Type Style menu.
4 Click the Fill box ( ) to display the document’s color swatches. Click the red
swatch named Red-Bright to apply the color to the text.

5 Click the pasteboard to deselect the text and view your changes.
6 Choose File > Save.

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 Creating and applying a character style
Now that you have formatted the text, you are ready to create a character style based
on that formatting.
1 Using the Type tool ( ), select the words “rosé martini” and the trailing
comma again.
2 Choose Type > Character Styles to display the Character Styles panel.
3 Select New Character Style from the panel menu ( ).

 Note: If the New A new character style, named Character Style 1, is created in the New Character
Character Style dialog Style dialog box. This new style includes the characteristics of the selected text,
box does not open
immediately, double-
as indicated in the Style Settings area of the dialog box.
click Character Style 1 4 In the Style Name field, type Red Italic.
in the Character
Styles panel. 5 At the bottom of the New Character Style dialog box, select Apply Style
To Selection.

6 Click OK.
7 Using the Type tool, select the words “zucchini blossom fritters or braised
dandelion greens” in the first text frame.

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8 Click Red Italic in the Character Styles panel.
Because you applied a character style instead of a paragraph style, the formatting
affected only the selected text, not the entire paragraph.
9 Using the Type tool, select the words “orange ginger seared scallops or chive  Tip: Typesetters
flower flatbread” and the period after “flatbread.” often apply the same
style to any punctuation
10 Click Red Italic in the Character Styles panel. following text formatted
with a different style.
11 Repeat the process to apply the Red Italic character style to the menu items in (For example, if a word
the text frame at the right: “lavender honey grilled chicken or fresh basil pesto” is italicized, you would
and “violet macarons or candied pansies.” italicize a comma after
it.) This may vary based
on design preferences
or a publisher’s style
guide. The key is to
be consistent.

12 Click the Character Styles panel group’s close box (the x in the upper-left
corner), and then choose File > Save.

Working with graphics

To add one of the final design elements to the postcard, you’ll import, resize, and  Tip: You can
position a graphic. Graphics used in InDesign documents are placed inside frames. place a graphic into
an existing frame or
In InDesign, you can use the Selection tool ( ) to resize a graphics frame and to create a new frame as
position the graphic within the frame. You will learn more about working with you place the graphic.
graphics in Lesson 11, “Importing and Modifying Graphics.” You can also drag
graphic files from your
1 Choose View > Fit Page In Window. computer’s desktop
onto an InDesign
You will position the graphic in the upper-right quadrant of the postcard. page or pasteboard.
2 Make sure that no objects are selected by choosing Edit > Deselect All.
3 Click the Import File button, the last option on the Properties panel at the right.
In the Place dialog box, make sure that Show Import Options is not selected.

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 4 Navigate to the Lesson02 folder in the Lessons folder, and double-click the
[Link] file.
The loaded graphics icon ( ) displays a preview of the graphic. If you click the
page, InDesign places the graphic at full size, inside an identically sized graphics
frame. In this case, however, you will scale the graphic as you add it to the page.
The resulting graphics frame will have the same dimensions as the graphic. The
graphic will be placed in the upper-right quadrant of the postcard.
 Note: To see where 5 Position the loaded graphics icon at the intersection of the light blue and pink
to place the graphic, guides as shown.
consult the finished
lesson document,
02_End.indd.

 Tip: When you 6 Drag down and to the right until the pointer touches the guide on the right side
create a frame while of the page.
placing a graphic on
the page, the graphic When you release the mouse button, the graphic is added to the page and a
is automatically scaled graphics frame is created automatically.
to fit within the frame.
Use the scaling controls
in the Properties panel
and Control panel to
precisely adjust the
graphic size. You will
learn more about
sizing in Lesson 11.

You will now experiment with cropping a graphic by decreasing the size of the
frame, and you will try moving the graphic within the frame. You will undo
these changes.

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7 Using the Selection tool ( ), select the middle handle at the bottom of the
graphics frame and drag it up. You can crop the image by dragging any of its
eight resizing handles.

Use the Selection tool

to crop a graphic by
reducing the size of
its frame.

8 Press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (macOS) to undo the crop.

9 Still using the Selection tool, position the pointer over the graphic to display  Tip: To reposition
the content grabber ( ) in the center of the graphic. a graphic with more
control, press the
10 Click the content grabber to select the graphic, and then drag up to position Shift key while drag-
the image within the frame as you please. ging. This constrains
the movement to
horizontal, vertical,
and 45-degree angles.
Click and pause briefly
before moving the
graphic within a frame
to see the cropped
part of the graphic
ghosted but visible
outside the frame area.

11 Press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (macOS) to undo the image move.

The eventual position of the graphic should be where you placed it in step 6.
12 Choose File > Save.

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 Working with objects
The building blocks of InDesign pages are objects: text frames, graphics frames,
lines, and more. In general, you move and resize objects with the Selection tool.
Objects can have a fill color (background color) and a stroke color (outline or
border), which you can customize by specifying the width and style. You can move
objects around freely, snap them to other objects, and place them with precision
according to guides or values you enter. In addition, you can resize and scale objects
and specify how text wraps around them. Here, you will experiment with a few
object-related features, including adding a QR code for easy web access. You will
learn more about objects in Lesson 4, “Working with Objects.”

Moving and rotating an object

A flower graphic created by converting flower characters from the Zapf Dingbats
font into outlines (Type > Create Outlines) is on the pasteboard to the left of the
page. You will move this graphic to the right of the restaurant name, “edible blos-
soms.” Then, you will rotate the object and adjust its placement.
1 Choose View > Fit Page In Window to center the page in the document window.
If necessary, scroll left to see the flower graphic on the pasteboard.
2 Using the Selection tool ( ), click the flower graphic.
3 Drag the graphic to the right of the headline, “edible blossoms.”
With the object still selected, you will fine-tune the placement using the
Properties panel.

 Tip: When you enter 4 In the Transform controls of the Properties panel, click the More Options
values in the Properties button ( ) if necessary. To specify the object’s placement in relation to its
panel or Control panel
X and Y fields, the
reference point, type the following values in the fields:
object is repositioned X: 1.85 in
according to its
reference point. You Y: .05 in
can view and change
the reference point Rotation angle ( ): –10
( ) by clicking a box
immediately to the left
You can tab between the fields, and then press Enter (Windows) or Return
of the X and Y fields. (macOS) to apply the changes.

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5 Choose File > Save.

Changing an object’s stroke and fill

When an object is selected, you can change its stroke (outline or border) weight and
color. In addition, you can apply a fill (background) color.
1 Choose Edit > Deselect All to make sure nothing is selected.
2 To better focus on the objects, choose Type > Hide Hidden Characters.
3 Click the Direct Selection ( ) tool on the Tools panel, and then click the white  Note: The flower
flower in the graphic to select it. graphic is a group of
objects. The Direct
4 In the Appearance controls of the Properties panel, click the Fill box ( ) to Selection tool lets you
display the document’s swatches. Click the Green-Dark swatch. select a single object
within a group. You
can also select a single
object in a group by
double-clicking it with
the Selection tool.

5 Press the V key on the keyboard to switch to the Selection tool ( ). Click to
select the black horizontal line at the bottom of the page.
6 In the Appearance controls of the Properties panel, click the Stroke box ( )
to display the document’s swatches. Click the Green-Medium swatch.

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 7 Click the pasteboard to deselect all objects.
8 Choose File > Save.

Adding a QR Code
Consumers often expect advertising pieces to include a QR code so they can quickly
visit a website for more information. The code is a graphic (generated by InDesign)
that is inside a graphics frame. Here, you will add a QR code below the “see the full
menu” text in the lower middle part of the postcard.
1 Choose Edit > Deselect All to make sure nothing is selected.
2 Choose Object > Generate QR Code.
 Note: Because the 3 In the Content tab of the Generate QR Code dialog box, leave the Type setting at
postcard in this lesson is Plain Text. Type [Link] in the Content field.
for a fictional restaurant,
you will create a QR 4 Click the Color tab, and then select Green-Dark in the list of swatches. This
code to the main Adobe creates a QR code that matches the color theme of the postcard.
website. When creating
your own designs, you
may type or paste any
URL in the Content field.

5 Click OK to load the pointer with the QR code. Drag the pointer below the “see
the full menu” text to place the QR code. Keep the graphics frame selected so
you can fine-tune its placement.
 Note: Remember, 6 In the Transform controls of the Properties panel, type the following values in
you can tab between the fields:
the fields, and then
press Enter (Windows) X: 3.6 in
or Return (macOS) to
apply changes made in Y: 3.25 in
the Properties panel.
W: .5 in
H: .5 in
7 To resize the QR code and center it within the frame, click Fit Content
Proportionally ( ) in the Frame Fitting controls of the Properties panel.
8 Click the pasteboard to deselect all objects.
9 Choose File > Save.

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Working with object styles
As with paragraph and character styles, you can quickly and consistently format
objects by saving attributes as styles. In this exercise, you will apply an existing
object style to the two threaded text frames containing the body copy.
1 Choose View > Fit Page In Window.
2 Choose Window > Styles > Object Styles to display the Object Styles panel.
3 Using the Selection tool ( ), click the text frame at the left containing the
“Starters & Small Plates” subhead.
4 Click the Green Stroke And Drop Shadow style in the Object Styles panel.
5 Click the second text frame, which contains the “Entrées & Desserts” subhead.
6 Click the Green Stroke And Drop Shadow style in the Object Styles panel.

7 Choose Edit > Deselect All.

8 Click the Object Styles panel’s close box, and then choose File > Save.

Preflighting as you work

Whenever you start working on a document—whether you’re creating a document
from scratch or revising an existing document—you will need to know the intended
output of the document (print and/or display) and keep an eye on output issues. For
example, are all the lines in the document thick enough to print, and will the colors
display and print properly? You will learn more about all of these issues throughout
the lessons in this book.
In publishing, the process of evaluating a document for potential output issues is
known as preflighting. The InDesign Live Preflight feature lets you monitor documents
as you’re working to prevent problems from occurring. To customize Live Preflight,
you can create or import production rules (called preflight profiles) against which
InDesign checks your documents. The default profile supplied with InDesign flags
issues such as missing fonts (fonts that are not active on your system) and overset text
(text that does not fit in its frame).

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 In this lesson, you will check the document against the embedded Mailhouse profile,
which the printer supplied to prevent common issues, such as the use of RGB colors
in documents intended for CMYK output on a printing press.
 Tip: Keep an eye on 1 Choose Window > Output > Preflight to open the Preflight panel; the Mailhouse
the lower-left corner of profile is selected.
the document window
to see if any preflight Using the Mailhouse preflight profile, InDesign finds errors, as indicated by the
errors arise. You can red Preflight icon ( ), which displays in the lower-left corner of the Preflight
double-click the word
“error” to open the panel. According to the Error list in the Preflight panel, the problems are in the
Preflight panel for COLOR category.
details on any errors.
2 To view the error, click the arrow next to
COLOR in the Preflight panel.
 Tip: To quickly 3 Click the arrow next to Color Space
navigate to the object Not Allowed, and then click the first
with the error, click the
page number link in the
instance of Text Frame in the list.
Preflight panel. 4 To display details for the error, click the
arrow next to Info at the bottom of the
Preflight panel.
The Problem is reported as “Text
Content Uses RGB.” The Fix area offers
the following suggestion: “Apply a
swatch that uses a supported color
space or mode, or edit the current swatch and specify a different color mode.”
5 Choose Window > Color > Swatches to display the document’s color swatches.
6 Double-click the Red-Bright swatch. In the Swatch Options dialog box, select
CMYK from the Color Mode menu (scroll up to locate the CMYK option if
necessary). Click OK.

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 InDesign now reports No Errors in the Preflight panel and in the lower-left
corner of the document window.

7 Close the Preflight panel and the Swatches panel, and then choose File > Save.

Viewing the document in Presentation mode

In Presentation mode, the InDesign interface is hidden entirely, and the document Tip: You cannot
fills the whole screen. This mode works well for presenting design ideas to clients. edit documents in
Presentation mode,
1 Press and hold down the but you can make
Screen Mode button ( ) at edible changes in any other

blossoms
screen mode.
the bottom of the Tools panel,
and select Presentation ( ). Bistro & Bar
Relax in our elegant dining room or charming patio and
enjoy the creations of our bartender, chef and gardener!

2 After viewing the document, Our irresistible appetizers, seasonal entrées and home-
made desserts feature fruits, flowers and herbs grown
right here in our stunning Urban Oasis Gardens.

press Esc (Escape) to exit Starters & Small Plates Entrées & Desserts

Presentation mode. The

Sip a rosé martini, try Indulge in our chef’s daily
zucchini blossom fritters or creations, such as lavender
braised dandelion greens honey grilled chicken or
for appetizers, and share fresh basil pesto and be

document displays in its

see the full menu
small plates such as orange sure to leave room for
ginger seared scallops or scrumptious violet mac-
chive flower flatbread. arons or candied pansies.

previous screen mode, Normal.

3 To view the document without
layout aids, choose View > Screen Mode > Preview.
4 Choose View > Actual Size to see the document at its output size.
5 Choose File > Save.
Congratulations! You’ve learned many InDesign basics.

Exploring on your own

To learn more about InDesign, try the following within the postcard layout:
• Change the text formatting by choosing other options in the Properties panel.
• Apply different paragraph and character styles to text. Apply the object style
to different objects.
• Move and resize objects and graphics.
• Modify a paragraph, character, or object style and change its formatting. Notice
how the change affects the text or objects to which the style is applied.
• Create a QR code that links to your favorite restaurant. You can test the QR code
by pointing your smartphone camera at the screen.

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 InDesign best practices
While completing the postcard in this lesson, you experimented with the basic
building blocks of a document and the best practices for creating a document.
When you create a document following best practices, the document is easy to
format, revise, and replicate consistently. Some of these techniques are listed here.
• Avoid stacking objects. Format one object rather than using multiple objects.
For example, the two text frames containing the postcard’s body text have a text
inset, stroke weight, stroke color, and drop shadow applied. A new user might
be tempted to create this look by stacking multiple frames. Using multiple
objects creates extra work when moving, aligning, and formatting objects.
• Thread text frames. New InDesign users are often tempted to place or paste
text into separate, freestanding text frames. The text in these frames needs to be
selected and formatted individually. If you flow the text through threaded frames,
it remains as a single body of text called a “story.” Among other benefits of working
with a story as opposed to disjointed frames of text, you can select all the text
in a story for formatting and limit the use of Find/Change and Check Spelling to
the text in a story. When you’re working on a longer document, such as a book,
threading text frames is crucial to controlling the text placement.
• Use styles for all formatting. InDesign provides styles for formatting objects,
paragraphs, lines within paragraphs, characters, tables, and table cells. With
styles, you can quickly and consistently format everything in a document. In
addition, if you decide to change a format, you can update the style to make a
global change. For example, in the postcard, if you wanted to change the font
used in the body copy, all you would need to do is edit the character formats of
the Body Copy paragraph style. Styles can be updated to reflect new formatting,
and styles can be shared among documents as well.
• Preflight early and often. As soon as you receive a document to work on, find
out how it will be used (print and/or display) and use the Preflight feature to
make sure the document will output correctly. For example, if the document is
missing a font, you will need to acquire that font before you continue working
on the document.
• Try to automate repetitive tasks. InDesign has many sophisticated features
whose purpose you may not understand until you need them. For example,
if you’re constantly having to change the format of phone numbers (from
using parentheses to hyphens), you can do that automatically using Wildcards
in Find/Change. If you need to build a table of contents or index, you’ll find
features to help with both. Whenever you find yourself doing anything tedious,
the InDesign Help file, or even a simple Google search, can help you find a
better way.
You will learn more about all these features as you work through the lessons.

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Review questions
1 What tool allows you to create text frames?
2 What tool allows you to thread text frames?
3 What symbol indicates that a text frame has more text than it can display—that is,
overset text?
4 What tool allows you to move both frames and graphics within frames?
5 Where is the command for creating a QR code?
6 How can you tell if an aspect of a layout will cause output problems?

Review answers
1 You create text frames with the Type tool.
2 You thread text frames with the Selection tool.
3 A red plus sign in the lower-right corner of a text frame indicates overset text.
4 The Selection tool lets you drag a graphics frame (and its graphic) to move it, and it lets
you move a graphic within its frame.
5 The Generate QR Code command is in the Object menu.
6 The Preflight panel reports errors when something in the layout does not comply with
the selected preflight profile. For example, if the selected profile specifies no RGB
color usage but an RGB color or image is used in the document, an error is reported.
Preflight errors are also reported in the lower-left corner of the document window.

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 INDEX

A Articles panel, 383

Autocorrect option, 199–200
Adjust Layout feature, 77 Auto-Fit option, 107
Adobe Acrobat Reader, 397–398 autoflowing text, 173–174
Adobe Add-ons, 5 semi-autoflow method, 170
Adobe Authorized Training Centers automating repetitive tasks, 54, 121
(AATCs), 5 Auto-Size feature for text frames,
Adobe Bridge, 109, 305–306 166–167
Adobe Capture app, 160
Adobe Color website, 160
Adobe Fonts service, 2, 204, 211, 379
B
Adobe Media Encoder application, 416 Background layer, 93, 96, 331, 332
Adobe Paragraph Composer, backgrounds
225, 227, 235 dropped, 308–311
Adobe Single-Line Composer, transparent, 310–311
225, 227, 235 Background Tasks panel, 374
Adobe Support Community, 5 Balance Ragged Lines feature, 225
Advanced workspace, 14, 18, 21 baseline grid, 181–184
alert icon, 196, 297, 299, 300 basic styles, 239
Align panel, 115, 119, 417 bitmap images, 295, 296, 338
aligning bleed area, 37, 60, 81, 374
multiple objects, 119–120, 129, 417 bleed guides, 81–83
paragraphs, 220–222 Bleed view mode, 37, 372
tabs used for, 228–229 blending modes, 334, 335–336
text in frames, 102, 181–184 Body Paragraphs style, 177–178
anchor points, 98–99, 315 borders, table, 281–282
anchored graphics frame, 312–315 break characters, 101, 180
Animated Zoom, 25, 26 Bridge program, 109, 304–306
Animation panel, 405 bulleted lists, 231
animations, 404–408 buttons
adjusting timing of, 407–408 animation, to play, 408–413
buttons for playing, 408–413 for interactive PDFs, 392–393, 395–
custom motion paths for, 411–413 396, 398
motion presets for creating, 404–407 navigation, 413–414
previewing, 405–406, 411, 412, 413 multimedia, to play, 416–419
property settings for, 426 pop-up caption, to trigger, 414–415
Appearance options (Interface), 31 sound, to play, 420–421
Arrange command, 95, 321, 355, 420 Buttons And Forms panel, 390–396,
arrowheads on lines, 125 409–415, 418, 421

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C coated vs. uncoated paper, 364
Color panel, 141–142
Caption Setup dialog box, 109 Color Settings dialog box, 135
captions color settings file (CSF), 135
metadata, 109–110 color swatches. See swatches
pop-up, 414–415 Color Theme tool, 156, 157
Case Sensitive option in Find/Change, 195 color themes, 156–160
CC Libraries adding to Swatches panel, 157–158
color themes added to, 158–160 extracting from an image, 159, 234
creating and using, 324 options for managing, 160
styles added to, 252, 265 sharing to your CC library, 158–159
See also InDesign libraries tool for creating, 156
CC Libraries panel, 159–160, 324 viewing, 157
Cell Styles panel, 258, 259, 289 colorizing images, 332
cells (table) colors, 132–160
fill color, 280 applying, 145–149, 332
graphics added to, 282–286 creating, 139–143
merging adjacent, 277 finding and changing, 150, 366–367, 370
modifying fit of text in, 275–277 groups, 155
strokes, 280–281 management of, 133–136, 365–370
styles for, 256–259, 287–290 Mixed Ink, 144
See also tables onscreen proofing of, 136
chain icon, 170 output requirements for, 137–139
Change Format Settings dialog box, 195–196 specifying settings for, 135
Character panel, 39, 212, 213, 224 spot vs. process, 144
Character Style Options dialog box, 245–246 themes, 156–160
character styles, 42, 245, 253 viewing environment for, 134
applying, 44–45, 247 columns
creating, 44, 245–246 adjusting, 179–180, 219
formatting text for, 43–44 creating, 101, 171, 218
nesting inside paragraph styles, 247–251 flowing text across, 41, 168–169
Character Styles panel guides, 63, 70
applying styles in, 44–45, 245–247 straddle head spanning, 219
creating new styles in, 44, 245–246, 248–249 tables, in, 274–277
characters combo boxes in forms, 394, 396
formatting options, 39 compound shapes, 113–114, 320
fraction, 216–217 content grabber, 47, 94, 106, 117, 118, 302, 303
hidden, 37, 101, 228, 313 Content-Aware Fit option, 303–304
special, 214 context menus, 29, 65, 185, 199
styles applied to, 42, 43–45 Control panel, 14, 39
check boxes in forms, 393–394, 396, 399 floating and docking, 22
Check Spelling dialog box, 197–198 math calculations in, 66, 108, 127
check spelling dynamically, 199 scaling graphics in, 302
circular frames, 12, 114 Convert Direction Point tool, 99, 114
Classroom in a Book training series, 1 Convert Text To Table dialog box, 271–272
Clear Effects button, 353 converting
Clear Overrides button, 43, 244, 253, 256, 259, 261 frame shapes, 114
clipping paths, 308–310 table cells for graphics, 282–283
CMYK color mode, 140, 141–143, 144, 363, 364, text to a table, 271–272
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 corners, rounding, 116 spell check features for, 197–200
Create Guides command, 63 Story Editor used for, 201–202
Creative Cloud desktop application, 2 tracking changes and, 202–203
Creative Cloud Libraries. See CC Libraries educator resources, 5
crop marks, 374, 375, 377 effects, 342–353
cropping graphics, 47, 302–303 applying multiple, 346–347
Current Screen Mode button, 126 copying between objects, 347–348
customizing the workspace, 23, 389 drop shadow for text, 345
editing and removing, 352–353
D feathering, 342–345
layered images and, 350–351
Defaults file, 4–5 transparency, 343, 349
Detect Edges, 111, 315 Effects dialog box, 342–348, 352
dictionary, spelling, 198 Effects panel, 333–337, 340, 344, 347–348, 353, 354
Direct Selection tool, 49, 98–99, 114, 122, 315, 332 Ellipse Frame tool, 12, 13
display performance settings, 134–135, 301, 337, 360 em space, 65
Distribute Space options, 115, 128 embedded files, 295, 300, 417
docking panels, 22, 389 entering text, 38, 190–193
document pages, 61–62, 72–73 EPUB files. See fixed-layout EPUBs
document windows, 15–17 EPUB Interactivity Preview panel, 405–407, 409,
documents 415, 419, 421, 427
adding pages to, 73 Essentials workspace, 9, 36, 39
Adjust Layout feature for, 77 expanding panels, 19
creating new, 59, 60–61 exporting
magnification controls for, 24–26 fixed-layout EPUB files, 422–423
navigating through, 27–28 graphics for digital use, 381–384
packaging, 379–381, 385 interactive PDF files, 397–398
preferences specific to, 30 PDF files, 372-375
preflighting, 51–54, 137–139, 359–361 publishing EPUBs online, 424-425
Presentation mode, 53 extracting from images
presets created for, 59–61 color themes, 159
previewing, 156, 266, 372 fonts, 234
printing, 376–379 eye icon, 92, 312, 318, 351, 363
double arrow button, 19, 20, 21 Eyedropper tool, 141, 157
double arrow icon, 117, 121, 275, 309
dragging and dropping
F
editing text by, 200–201
graphics into a frame, 304–306 feathering, 342–345
table rows, 275 edges of images, 342–343
drop cap, 222–223, 235 gradient effect, 343–345
Drop Cap paragraph style, 178, 184 fills
drop shadow effect, 254, 335, 343, 345, 349 color, 145–147, 332
dynamic spelling feature, 199 graphic, 320–321
object, 49, 145–147
E table, 279–280
text, 148–149, 216
Edit Original feature, 307 Find/Change dialog box, 150, 176–177, 194–196,
editing text, 193–203 366–367, 370
dragging and dropping for, 200–201 finding/changing
Find/Change options for, 193–196 colors, 150, 366–367, 370

430 INDEX
 extra paragraph returns, 176–177 tab order setting for, 395
formatting, 195–196 testing in Acrobat Reader, 397–398
text, 193–196 text fields on, 390–391
fixed-layout EPUBs, 402–427 types of fields for, 396
animations added to, 404–408, 426 workspace setup for, 389
buttons configured for, 408–414 fraction characters, 216–217
exporting, 422–423 Frame Fitting Options dialog box, 311
hyperlinks created in, 419 frame fitting options, 303–304, 311
new documents created for, 403 frames
pop-up captions for, 414–415 placeholder, 68–69
Publish Online feature for, 424–425 rounded corners added to, 116
reflowable EPUBs vs., 403–404, 427 shape changes for, 112–114, 126-127
slideshows added to, 417–419 tools for creating, 12–13
sounds added to, 420–421 See also graphics frames; text frames
videos added to, 416–417
Flattener Preview panel, 371 G
Flip Horizontal button, 321
floating panels, 20, 21 Gap tool, 108
flowing text, 165–175 gear icon, 14
adding pages while, 175 glyphs, 212–214, 217, 235
along a path, 123–124 Glyphs panel, 214, 217
automatically, 173–174 Go To Link button, 297, 299, 301
creating text frames while, 170–171 Go To Page dialog box, 28
existing frames used for, 165–167 Go To Page, 178, 182, 184
manual process of, 168–169 GPU card, 26, 301
Font menus, 215 Gradient Feather tool, 344
fonts Gradient Swatch tool, 153–154
adding from Adobe Fonts, 211 gradients, 152–154
applying and styling, 212–214 adjusting direction of, 153–154
extracting from images, 234 creating and applying, 152–153
finding in Font menu, 215 feather effect for, 343–345
indicators of missing, 204 graphics, 45–47, 294–327
lesson file use of, 2 animation, in, 426
OpenType, 212, 213–214 clipping paths for, 308–310
packaged, 380 cropping, 302–303
footers, 61–63, 67 display settings for, 134–135, 301
tables, rows in, 286, 291 dropped backgrounds in, 308–311
formatting editing original file for, 307
finding/changing, 195–196 exporting for digital use, 381–384
objects for a style, 254 filling type with, 320–321
overriding manual, 252–253 finding spot colors in, 370
styles used for, 54, 238–266, 364 importing, 78–79, 302–306, 312, 316–318
tables, 279–282 InDesign libraries for, 322–323
text, 39, 43–44, 177–179 links to, 295–298
forms, 388–399 native formats for, 312
check boxes on, 393–394 placeholder frames for, 69
combo boxes on, 394 placing, 46, 79, 103–105, 302–304
radio buttons on, 392–393 positioning, 45–47, 303–304, 306, 311
Submit button on, 395–396 rotating, 117–118, 310
scaling, 46, 298, 302–304, 306, 309, 311, 317

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 graphics (continued) I
table cells with, 282–286
transparency applied to, 336–340 IDML files, 380, 381, 385
updating revised, 299–300 Illustrator
vector vs. bitmap, 295–296 importing files from, 316, 326
wrapping text around, 110–112, 314–315, layered files from, 316–318
318–320 transparency in files from, 339–340
See also images images
graphics frames, 103–110 adjusting display quality, 301
anchored, 312–315 bitmap, 295–296, 336
drawing new, 103 clipping paths for, 308–310
fitting content into, 303–304 display settings, 134–135, 301
grid created of, 105 extract from, 159, 234
metadata captions added to, 109–110 feathering edges of, 342–343
moving and resizing images within, 106–107 identifying imported, 296–297
placing graphics into, 103, 105, 303–304 placing in graphic cells, 283–284
rotating contents of, 118 resizing, 106–107, 302
sizing/resizing, 104 resolution of, 134–135, 298
space adjusted between, 108 rotating, 118, 310
grayscale images, 331–332 See also graphics
grid, baseline, 181–183 Import Options dialog box, 278
groups importing
color, 155 graphics, 78, 302–306, 312
object, 122–123, 129 Illustrator files, 316–318, 326
panel, 20, 21, 33 snippets, 71, 79–80
style, 178 styles, 264–266, 267
guides tables, 278
bleed, 81–83 text, 40, 78, 165, 192–193
deleting unneeded, 65 InDesign
dragging from rulers, 63–64 appearance preferences, 31
parent page, 62–63 best practices, 54
Smart Guides feature, 100, 120–121, 302, 340, Defaults file, 4–5
391 installing, 2
Step And Repeat technique, 64–65 training resources, 5
viewing in documents, 37, 331 InDesign libraries, 322–323
gutter settings, 60, 101 See also CC Libraries
Info panel, 18
Ink Manager, 368–369, 385
H Insert Break Character option, 219
Hand tool, 11–12, 28 Insert Pages dialog box, 73
hanging indents, 231 Inset Spacing options, 102
headers Interactive For PDF workspace, 388–389
parent page, 63–67 Interface preferences, 30–31
table, 286–287 Item Information dialog box, 323
Help menu, 5, 32
hidden characters, 37, 101, 176, 228, 271, 313 J
Home screen, 8
HTML Export Options dialog box, 383 jump lines, 184–186, 187
hyperlinks, 419 justified text, 225
hyphenation settings, 225–226

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K Links panel, 296–300
caption options, 109
Keep Options dialog box, 209 detaching from panel group, 297
kerning, 223–224, 235 link status icons in, 300
key objects, 119, 129 list of linked files in, 295
keyboard shortcuts managing links in, 296–298
magnification controls, 24, 97 relinking files in, 300, 307
number pad used for creating, 246 replacing images in, 299–300
single-letter for tools, 11 updating revised files in, 299, 300
styles applied with, 244 list boxes in forms, 394–396
text formatting with, 240 lists, numbered/bulleted, 231
troubleshooting, 26 Live Preflight feature, 51–53
Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box, 32 Load Styles dialog box, 264–265
loaded graphics icon, 46, 103, 302, 331
L loaded text icon, 40, 165, 170–171, 173
Layer Options dialog box, 95 local overrides, 43, 244, 253
layers, 91–96 Locate Color feature, 150, 366–367, 370
creating new, 95 locked layers, 97
effects applied to, 350–351
explanation of, 91–92 M
hiding or displaying, 92 magnification controls, 24–26, 33, 97
Illustrator files with, 316–318 margins
moving items between, 93, 96 hanging punctuation outside, 221–222
naming/renaming, 95 specifying settings for, 60, 68
Photoshop files with, 312 mask shapes, 308
reordering, 95 math calculations, 66, 108, 127–128
selecting objects on, 93 Measure tool, 74–75
working with, 92–96 measurement units, 59, 313
Layers panel, 91–93 Media panel, 416, 420
leaders, tab, 229, 235 Medium Light interface, 8, 30
lesson files, 3 Menu Customization dialog box, 32
Levels setting, 334 menus
libraries context, 29
Creative Cloud, 158–160, 324 customizing, 23
InDesign, 322–323 panel, 29–30
swatch libraries, 369 Merge Cells option, 277
ligatures, 214 metadata
line breaks, 225–226 caption, 109–110
line styles (nested), 250 EPUB file, 422–423
Line tool, 11, 125 Missing Fonts dialog box, 192, 204–205
lines missing links, 300, 322, 360
arrowheads on, 125 Mixed Ink colors, 144
drawing, 11, 125 modified link icon, 299, 322, 327, 360
linked files monitor calibration, 136
listed in Links panel, 295 motion paths, 411–413, 427
relinking multiple, 307 motion presets, 404–407
revealing the location of, 298 movies in EPUBs, 416–417
viewing information about, 297–298, 300 multicolumn text frames, 101, 218
multimedia in EPUBs, 415–419, 420–421
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 N OpenType fonts, 212, 213–214
optical margin alignment, 221–222
navigating documents, 27–28 output requirements, 137–139
navigation buttons, 413–414 overriding manual formatting, 253
nested styles, 42, 247–251 overset text, 40, 55, 165, 166, 169, 170, 173, 187, 193,
character styles created for, 248–249 202, 210, 360–361
creating within paragraph styles, 250–251
individual line styles as, 250
prerequisites for creating, 267
P
New Character Style dialog box, 44, 248–249 packaging files, 379–381, 385
New Color Group dialog box, 155 page numbering, 62
New Document dialog box, 61, 403 changing the scheme for, 87
New Document Preset dialog box, 60 folding brochure and, 297
New Object Style dialog box, 255 jump lines added with, 184–186, 187
New Paragraph Style dialog box, 242–243 parent page marker for, 65, 87
New Section dialog box, 75–76 placement of, 67
New Swatch icon, 142, 143 pages
New Table Style dialog box, 260 adding new, 73, 175
New Tint Swatch dialog box, 151 deleting, 73
New Workspace dialog box, 23 flowing text into, 175
Next Page button, 27, 110, 406 navigating, 27–28
Normal view mode, 37, 85 numbering, 62, 65, 75–76, 87
Notes panel, 32, 203 parent, 61, 62–72
numbered lists, 231 rearranging, 73
numbering pages. See page numbering resizing, 74–75
Pages panel, 19, 61
O navigating pages in, 27, 76
page numbering in, 62, 75–76
Object Layer Options dialog box, 312, 318, 350, 351 parent pages applied in, 72
Object States panel, 418, 427 panel icons, 19
object styles, 42, 51, 254–256, 267 panels, 18–22
Object Styles panel, 51, 255, 391 creating grouped, 20, 21, 33
objects, 10, 48–50 expanding and collapsing, 19
aligning multiple, 119–120, 129 hiding and redisplaying, 83
colors applied to, 145–147 menus related to specific, 29–30
effects applied to, 346–348 moving the Tools and Control, 21–22
grouped, 122–123, 129 opening and closing, 18
InDesign libraries for, 322–323 rearranging and customizing, 20–21
key, 119, 129 See also specific panels
moving, 48 PANTONE colors, 140–141, 363, 364, 368–369, 370
multi-state, 417–418 Paragraph panel, 39, 183, 220, 262
parent page, 66, 87 Paragraph Rules dialog box, 263
rotating, 48, 117, 118 paragraph rules, 233
scaling multiple, 120 Paragraph Style Options dialog box, 250–251
stroke and fill changes, 49–50 paragraph styles, 42–43, 241–244, 253
styles applied to, 42, 51, 254–256 applying, 42–43, 166, 177–179, 243–244
transforming multiple, 121 creating new, 241–243
warning about stacking, 54 jump lines formatted with, 185
Opacity slider, 335, 353 nested styles within, 42, 247–251
opacity values, 334, 335, 337 updating, 183–184

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Paragraph Styles panel PNG file format, 381, 383, 422
choosing styles in, 177–179 pop-up captions, 414–415
creating new styles in, 242 positioning graphics, 46–47
rearranging and customizing, 20–21 preferences
redefining styles in, 264 application-specific, 30
paragraphs Autocorrect, 199–200
alignment changes, 220–221 document-specific, 30
changing extra returns for, 176–177 Guides & Pasteboard, 100
formatting options, 39, 42, 181–184, 209, 219, Interface, 30–31
225, 226, 228, 232, 235, 313 Spelling, 199
horizontal rules applied to, 233 User Interface Scaling, 31
hyphenation settings, 225–226 Preferences dialog box, 30–31
shading applied to, 232 preferences file. See Defaults file
spacing changes between, 210 Preflight panel, 51–52, 55, 137–138, 359, 361
styles applied to, 42–43, 166, 177–179, 243–244 preflight profiles, 137–138, 362, 385
Parent Options dialog box, 68 preflighting documents, 51–53, 54, 137–139,
parent pages, 61, 62–72 359–361
applying to document pages, 72 Presentation mode, 37, 53
creating additional, 69–70 presets
guides added to, 62–63 Adobe PDF, 373, 374–375
naming/renaming, 68 motion, 404–407
overriding items on, 70, 78–80 new document, 59–60
parent-child structure for, 69–70, 71, 87 print, 378
placeholder frames added to, 68–69 sharing, 376
snippets used in, 71 press-ready PDFs, 374–375, 385
text frames created on, 65–67 pre-threading text frames, 168
Paste In Place command, 65 Preview mode, 37, 83, 126
Paste Remember Layers command, 93 previewing
pasteboard, 15, 45, 63 animations, 405–406, 411, 412, 413
Pathfinder features, 126–127 documents, 156, 266, 372
paths separations, 361, 363–364
clipping, 308–310 spreads, 83, 126
flowing type along, 123–124 transparency effects, 371
PDF Comments feature, 374 Previous Page button, 27
PDF files Print Booklet feature, 378–379
creating press-ready, 374–375, 385 Print dialog box, 376–378
exporting interactive, 397 printing
form fields added to, 390–396 documents for proofing, 376–378
proofs created as, 372–374 requirements for, 137–139
pen icon, 93, 95, 331 saving presets for, 378
Pen tool, 125, 315 setting options for, 376–378
Pencil tool, 412 process colors, 144, 161, 368–369, 370
Photoshop proofing
clipping paths from, 308–310 booklets, 378–379
layered files from, 312 colors, 136
transparent backgrounds from, 310–311 PDFs created for, 372–374
Place dialog box, 40, 192, 316 Properties panel, 9, 10
Place PDF dialog box, 316–317, 339 Align options, 119
placeholder frames, 68, 69 Appearance area, 241, 246
placeholder text, 80 Character controls, 39, 246
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 Publish Online feature, 424–425 shapes, 112–116
punctuation compound, 113–114
hanging outside margins, 221–222 converting, 114
styles applied to, 45 repeating and distributing, 115
shapes used for changing, 112–113
Q wrapping text around, 110–111
sharing
QR code, 50, 55 color themes, 158–160
Quick Apply dialog box, 240 presets, 376
styles, 252, 264–265
R signature fields, 396
slideshows in EPUBs, 417–419, 427
radio buttons, 392–393, 396, 399
Slug view mode, 37
Rectangle Frame tool, 12, 69, 100, 103, 310, 410, 413
Smart Guides feature, 100, 120, 340, 391
Rectangle tool, 69, 112, 114, 391
Smart Text Reflow feature, 175
Redefine Style option, 240, 264
snapping guides, 64
reference point locator, 117, 118
snippets, 325
reflowable EPUBs, 403–404
creating, 71, 325
Relink button, 299, 300, 327
importing, 71, 79
relinking files, 300, 307
placing, 80, 325
resolution of images, 134, 298
soft proofing, 136
Reveal In options, 298
software updates, 5
reverse type, 148
sounds in EPUBs, 420–421
RGB image alert, 379
spacing
Rollover appearance, 396
between-paragraph, 210
rotating
vertical, 181, 209–210
images, 118, 310
Span Columns controls, 219
objects, 48, 117
special characters, 214
spreads, 84
spell check features, 197–201
rounding corners, 116
adding words to dictionary, 198
rulers, dragging guides from, 63–64
Autocorrect option, 199–200
rules, paragraph, 233
Check Spelling dialog box, 197–198
dynamic spelling, 199
S spot colors, 140–141, 144, 161, 363, 368–369, 370
Sample Buttons And Forms panel, 389 spreads
scaling previewing, 83, 126
graphics, 46–47, 302–304, 311 rotating, 84
multiple objects, 120 square frames, 12
text frame and text, 98–99 stacked panels, 21
Screen Mode button, 37, 53 Step And Repeat technique
section options, page numbers, 75–76 for guides, 64–65
selecting for shapes, 115
content vs. frames, 311 stop markers, 152
grouped objects, 122, 129 stories, text as, 40, 54
objects on layers, 92 Story Editor, 201–203
tools, 11, 33 straddle head, 219
Selection tool, 10–13, 28, 33, 55, 98, 129, 311 Stroke/Fill box, 145
Send To Back option, 321 strokes
Separations Preview panel, 361, 363–364, 368 color, 147–148
shading paragraphs, 232 object, 49

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 table cell, 280–281 creating new, 290
text, 216 deleting rows and columns from, 274
style overrides, 253 fill patterns and colors for, 279–280
styles, 41–45, 238–267 formatting options for, 279–282
basing on existing styles, 252, 255 graphics added to cells in, 282–286
best practices for, 252–253 header rows created for, 286–287
breaking links to, 252 importing from other apps, 278
cell, 256–259, 287–290 rearranging rows and columns in, 275
character, 42, 43–45, 245–247 styles for cells, 256–259, 287–290
creating and applying, 239–240, 241–247 tabs, 228–231
formatting with as best practice, 54 aligning text to, 228–229
globally updating, 262–264 controls for working with, 230
groups of, 239, 243, 252 hanging indents and, 231
loading or importing, 264–265 leaders used with, 229
modifying and redefining, 240 text, 38–41, 190–203
nested, 42, 247–251 adding text, 38–39
object, 42, 50–51, 254–256 aligning to grid, 181–184
overview about, 239–240 colors applied to, 148–149
paragraph, 42–43, 166, 183–184, 241–244 context menu, 29
Quick Apply feature for, 240 dragging and dropping, 200–201
sharing, 252, 264–265 editing, 190–203, 205
table, 256, 259–261, 287–289 filling with graphics, 320–321
Subject-Aware Text Wrap, 318–320 finding/changing, 176–177, 193–196
Submit button in forms, 395–396, 399 flowing, 165–175
Swash feature, 213–214 fonts applied to, 212–214
Swatch Options dialog box, 52, 139, 142 form fields for, 390–391, 396
swatches formatting options, 39
CMYK color, 141–143 importing, 40–41, 78, 165, 192–193
color mode conversion, 139 inset spacing for, 102
color theme, 157–160 paragraph styles applied to, 42–43, 166, 177–179
deleting, 155, 365 path-based, 123–124
gradient, 152–154 placeholder frames for, 68
libraries of, 369 placing in documents, 40, 78–79
PANTONE color, creating, 140–141 replacing placeholder, 80
naming/renaming, 143 stroke and fill for, 216
tint, 150–151, 353 styling, 39, 42–45, 213
Swatches panel, 30, 141, 151, 157–158, 365–368 tables created from, 272
transparency applied to, 340–341
T vertical spacing of, 181, 209–210
wrapping around graphics, 110–112, 314–315,
Tab Order dialog box, 395 318–320
Table Options dialog box, 279, 281–282 See also typography
Table Styles panel, 259, 261 Text Frame Options dialog box, 41, 101, 167
tables, 270–291 text frames, 96–102
adding rows and columns to, 272–274 aligning text in, 102
adjusting rows and columns in, 275–277, Auto-Size feature, 166–167
284–285 columns in, 41, 101, 218–219
borders added to, 281–282 creating, 96–98, 170–173
cell strokes edited in, 280–281 formatting options, 39
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 text frames (continued) fraction characters, 216–217
inset spacing options, 102 line break adjustments, 225–226
parent page, 65–67 paragraph alignment, 220–222
reshaping, 98–99 paragraph rules, 233
resizing, 98, 99, 166–167 shading paragraphs, 232
threaded, 54, 171–173 stroke and fill effects, 216
Text Wrap panel, 111–112, 314–315, 318–319 tab settings, 228–231
threaded text frames, 54, 171–173 tracking and kerning adjustments, 223–224
TIFF file format, 331 vertical spacing adjustments, 209–210
Timing panel, 407–408, 427 See also text
tint swatches, 150–151, 353
Tool Hints, 32 U
tool tips, 9, 10, 11, 194, 239, 253, 398
tools Undo command, 8, 10, 11
displaying info about, 32 Update Link button, 299, 300, 322, 327
overview of using, 10–13 updating
selecting, 10–13, 33 InDesign program, 5
viewing hidden, 12–13 revised graphics, 299–300
Tools panel, 9, 10, 21–22 styles, 183–184, 262–264
tracked changes, 202–203 User Interface Scaling, 31
tracking, typographical, 223–224
training resources, 5 V
Transform panel, 63–64
Variable Font format, 212
transforming objects, 121
vector graphics, 295, 296, 336–337
transparency, 330–355
Vertical Justification options, 39, 66, 102, 181, 209
effects utilizing, 342–353
vertical spacing adjustments, 181, 209
graphics settings for, 336–338
videos in EPUBs, 416–417
Illustrator files with, 339–340
view commands, 24
overview of features for, 333–336
View Threshold menu, 182
Photoshop backgrounds with, 310–311
viewing environment for color, 134
previewing, 371
printing files with, 377
settings and options for, 349 W
text settings for, 340–341 Web Edition of book, 3
using tints vs., 353 workspace, 9
viewing pages with, 352 creating your own, 23, 32, 389
Transparency Flattener settings, 375 customizing, 23
trifold layout, 85 Interactive For PDF, 9, 23, 388, 389
Type On A Path tool, 123–124 Workspace Switcher menu, 23
Type tool, 11 wrapping text, 110–112, 314–315, 318–320
editing text with, 38–39, 191–193
formatting text with, 166 Z
loading with multiple files, 169
tables and use of, 271, 290 zoom animated, 26
typography, 208–235 Zoom tool, 16, 25–26, 33
column options, 218–219 zooming in/out, 24, 97
composition methods, 227
drop cap creation, 222–223
fonts and type styles, 211–214

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