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Indesign Basics
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.
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Overview of the presentation topic and presenter, focusing on InDesign CS3 basics.
Overview of DTP software: Illustrator for illustrations, Photoshop for photos, Word for text, and InDesign for integration.
Discussion on managing existing and new files within InDesign.
Introduction to various panels such as tool panels, menus, control panels, and custom panels essential for navigation.
Details on the document window and features like page layout, pasteboard, and various tools available in InDesign.
Comprehensive list of tools in InDesign including selection and editing tools, along with instructions for panel and group management.
Guide to using the text tool, creating frames, and managing text overflow effectively in documents.
Instructions on adding and fitting images within text frames and filing options for images.
Highlighting the creation and management of styles in InDesign for efficient document formatting.
Strategies for handling large documents, including pagination and synchronizing collections of documents.
Instructions on exporting documents to PDF with options for print quality and file size for screen/web use.
End of presentation with contact information for further queries regarding InDesign.
Indesign Basics
- 1. Indesign CS3 -basics Patrick Van den Broeck
- 2. Indesign = DTPsoftware Illustrator – Illustrations Photoshop – Photos Word – Composing text Indesign – Putting it all together
- 3. Existing files Newfiles
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- 5. Same for allDifferent
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- 12. Document window PagePasteboard Pasteboard
- 13. Single / doublecolumn view Selection tool Direct selection tool Pen tool Text tool Pencil tool Line tool Rectangle frame tool Rectangle tool Button tool Scissors tool Rotate Scale Gradient swatch Transform Note tool Eyedropper tool Pane tool Zoom tool Fill / stroke Container / text Color Preview mode
- 14. Position Dimensions Rotate– shear – flip object scale object
- 15. Click to openpanel >> = Collapse panel Contextual menu
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- 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
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- 23. Text overflow Textoveflow Click + and draw another text frame
- 24. text connection Menu– view - show text threads Text oveflow
- 25. Right mouse buttonOn text frame Text frame options
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- 28. Add pictures Fitcontent Fit frame Change existing picture: Select image box File – place (ctrl+d)
- 29. Styles Create styles!Easy DTP To create t.o.c. Easy to make changes
- 30. Book Seperate fileCollection of documents Easy pagenumbering Adding blank pages Synchronizing between documents Large documents Combining different formats
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- 32. High quality =Print Smallest File Size = Screen / web Export -> pdf
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