How to Use Adobe InDesign CS3 →by erika hansen and morgan stackman← →oakton high school ←

What is InDesign? →publishing software used to create media such as magazines, books, and other publications →we use it to design all pages for yearbook and newspaper →each document with two facing pages is a spread →hundreds of spreads make up a yearbook/newspaper

→open InDesign through Adobe Products folder on desktop →new doc → file →new →document →save in proper deadline and spread folder →file →save as →4770-page#-page#- spreadname.indd →ex: crew.indd Opening Files and Documents

The Basics spread palettes toolbar

The Basics con’t grids: grey boxes are 2 pica x 2 pica white lines are 0p6 margins: anything outside will not be printed

The Basics con’t →two picas →pica: unit of measurement used in InDesign and Photoshop

The Basics con’t size of box in picas →when sizing pictures, round up to the next whole number → example: 22p5.93 is 23p must be 300 pixels per inch →use the rounded size of the box in InDesign to crop pictures in Photoshop

Numbering Pages → layout →numbering & section options →start page numbering at [insert first page #] →ok → numbers used in the production of the book → shows on final spread

The Toolbar selection tool → direct selection tool → text tool → line tool → picture box tool → rotation tool → *eyedropper tool → magnification tool → fill tool → helpful tip↓ *if you need to access more tools, click and hold down over a tool with an arrow

Selection Tools selection tool → direct selection tool → selection tool direct selection tool →used to move objects →select object before typing or placing photo →can be used for general selection throughout InDesign →used to move to pictures within the frame →helpful to indentify bad cropping

Text Tools text tool → →click and drag to create a text box →use the stroke drop- down menu to give or take away a border →text boxes should rarely have a border (0 pt stroke)

Text Tools con’t text tool → how to fill with placeholder text →select text box →type→fill with placeholder text ↑ the placeholder text will look like this

Text Tools con’t font font style (bold, italic, etc) font size leading (size of space between lines of text) style of text (subscript, superscript, etc) tracking (size of space between letters) vertical scale (stretches letters vertically) horizontal scale (stretches letters horizontally) skew (the tilt of letters in degrees)

Text Tools con’t paragraph style first line left indent left indent right indent last line right indent drop cap (in number of lines) drop cap (number of letters) hyphenate paragraphs columns

Eyedropper Tool eyedropper tool →used to pull color from pictures eyedropper tool → →click on tool to select a color: →place eyedropper over desired color →click (eyedropper should switch sides and turn black) →open swatches tab (on right toolbar) →click ‘new swatch’

Line and Rotation Tools rotate tool→ line tool → use to draw lines add a stroke to the line (how thick it is) → hold down the shift key to make a straight line change the line weight rotate tool → select picture then click rotate tool to turn the picture line tool →

magnification tool → fill tool → Other Tools magnification tool → to zoom out, hold down ‘alt’ and click (the ‘+’ should change to a ‘-’) fill tool → another way to make new swatches → change color of text → can input exact colors using RGB and CMYK

Pages master pages add pages delete pages select pages → use this to select which page you want to work on →double click on page to jump straight to it master pages → anything on master page appears on every spread in document (ex. pica boxes) →items on master are inaccessible during regular editing →double click on master page to access it

Links links →red stop sign – file is saved wrong →always remember to check your links! →yellow yield sign – file has been altered →if red or yellow signs show up, you MUST replace photo →make sure all files are named correctly (4770-page#-page#- spreadname.indd)

Stroke →when you create a picture box, there is no line, or stroke, around the edges

Swatches to select a color from the picture: →use eyedropper tool to pick color from picture fill border →double click on RGB Swatch →find color in swatches then can reuse color →can change the color of the fill and border

Character and Character Styles character → this can be used to change font instead of toolbar character styles → if prearranged fonts and types are set up, find them here → the styles have specified fonts, sizes and strokes assigned to them →highlight text →click on type you need

→always check to make sure the text is de-hyphenated →paragraph→uncheck hyphenate box Paragraph →see ‘text tools’ pages for more information