Indesign CS3 is desktop publishing (DTP) software that allows users to combine text, images, and illustrations into a single document. It provides tools for laying out pages, including options for single or double page views. Common tools include selection, text, and shape tools for working with frames. Panels can be customized and positioned on the screen. Basic functions covered include importing and placing images, formatting text styles for consistency, creating books from multiple documents, and exporting to PDF.

1. Indesign CS3 - basics Patrick Van den Broeck

3. Existing files New files

5. Same for all Different

6. Tool panel

7. Menu

8. Control panel

9. Custom panels

10. Document window

11. Document window Page

12. Document window Page Pasteboard Pasteboard

14. Position Dimensions Rotate – shear – flip object scale object

15. Click to open panel >> = Collapse panel Contextual menu

16. Contextual menu

17. t Additional Panels (menu – window)

18. Move Panels / panel groups close minimize Move group Move single panel

19. Move Panels / panel groups Drag to another group <<<<<< Blue = release

20. Move Panels / panel groups Drag to panel dock >>>>>>> Blue = release

21. Select text tool (T) Draw text frame Adding text

22. Fill with text

23. Text overflow Text oveflow Click + and draw another text frame

24. text connection Menu – view - show text threads Text oveflow

25. Right mouse button On text frame Text frame options

27. Add pictures

28. Add pictures Fit content Fit frame Change existing picture: Select image box File – place (ctrl+d)

31. Export -> pdf

32. High quality = Print Smallest File Size = Screen / web Export -> pdf

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