The document discusses various tools and skills used in Adobe InDesign. It describes the toolbar on the left side of the page that contains tools like the selection arrow, text tool, and rectangle tool. It explains how to use these tools to move objects, create and format text boxes, and draw and color rectangles. The document also provides instructions for importing images from Photoshop into InDesign, such as saving images with transparent backgrounds and using keyboard shortcuts to manipulate placed images.

1. In design skills
Thaddeus O’Connor-Dunphie

2. • There are so many tools and buttons on in design that it can be
very confusing and hard to understand but throughout my time
on my level 2 course of Media and a brief introduction on level
3 I have learnt lots of In design skills, in addition to this I had a
lesson where Richard taught the class a lot of skills.

3. This is the tool bar on In design it is located on the left hand side of the page, as
you can see there many different tools which can be used, I do not know all of
them yet but I have some skills with these tools. The very first tool which is called
the black arrow is the main tool that you use in InDesign, this tool allows you to
move objects around and click onto different objects. The 6th
tool is the Text tool
which is represented by a capital T, and this tool allows you to make text boxes
which you can manipulate the size of and this tool allows you to type. You can
increase the sixe of your writing by using the tool at the top of the page
This allows you to change the font of the text add effects to it such as a
shadow and also allows you to increase the length and width of the text it
is very useful.

4. • The 11th
tool down is the rectangle tool, this tool is also very useful it
allows you to create rectangles and boxes which you can also colour
in using swatches which are found on the right side of the page.
You can colour in the rectangles by using swatches,
there are many colours to choose from and the ones
which are shown are just the default colours but you
can actually manipulate the colours and change the
shading and much more etc.

5. • And with the stroke tool you can manipulate the
outside lines of the rectangle you can make them
thicker or thinner, darker or lighter and much more.
Also if you want to add a image into InDesign which you
got from the internet you must first save the image as
JEPEG and open it up in Photoshop, you then use the
quick selection tool on Photoshop to copy and paste the
image the make two of the images.

6. • Then you have to delete one of the layers and take out the
background so that the Picture is left on a background with black and
white squares, you then save the image as a whole new Photoshop
document and open InDesign back up. You then go to file and choose
place which allows you to paste the image anyway on the screen you
can manipulate the image by holding Ctrl shift and putting your
cursor over it you can flip it, shrink it, increase it and stretch it.

7. • Then you have to delete one of the layers and take out the
background so that the Picture is left on a background with black and
white squares, you then save the image as a whole new Photoshop
document and open InDesign back up. You then go to file and choose
place which allows you to paste the image anyway on the screen you
can manipulate the image by holding Ctrl shift and putting your
cursor over it you can flip it, shrink it, increase it and stretch it.