InDesign It’s one of the applications in the Adobe suite, it’s used to produce print documents. Who uses it? The Duke, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, book authors, magazines,…. It is sometimes called a desktop publishing app.

Examples

Examples…

Where Shutterstock Istock Bigstock Many (some) are free Many (most) are for-pay…so much for each different size image Can often use but big watermark

Workflow We typically do the page layout in InDesign, and import (place) the text from a Word document. The layout uses a master page (or pages) That’s exactly what we’ll do in this module. (You can create all the text in InDesign)

Set up your preferences Edit>Preferences>Units & Increments…choose inches for horizontal, vertical

Goal

Essentials workspace

New Document

Terms Facing pages Gutters Margin sizes

Open some panels Transform Character Paragraph Dock character onto Paragraph

Text Frame/box Draw one in each column Takes up all the space Don’t worry about the exact size and location: we will use the Transform tool to modify them.

So far

Sizing and positioning columns Use the Selection tool and select the text frames, one at a time Use the Transform panel to size them Make them both 3.5”wide x 8” tall

Y values Let’s position the tops of the two text frames to be 2” down from the top of the columns (i.e.“Y” values) Select any of the top row reference points and set Y values to 2” (Both text frames)

X values Select Frame 1 What was the left margin size? Choose any reference in column 1. Type X = .6” (so text isn’t right up against the right margin) Note: Margin was .5”, add .1 to keep content away from the margin; “x” value = .6 Frame 2: Choose any ref point in rightmost column

Questions: Q : How wide was the complete page? Q: How big was the right margin?

Frame # 2:: x value The right edge of the right text frame should have x value of 8.5”-.6”...let InDesign do the math for you!

Threading Text Did with Illustrator File>Place Click inside column 1 Place the Word document Did all the text get placed? How do you know?

Column 1 All Fit? Click outport

Click anywhere inside column 2

Little formatting: Use the text tool to add blank lines between paragraphs… (note: Specify the line beginning with Ramos as a paragraph ) Add a new text frame that spans A the top of both of the two columns, leave some breathing room:

New frame Across both columns Draw:

Text-character 24 point, impact

center Type : “My First InDesign Document” Use the Paragraph panel to center the text inside the box

So far

Baseline Lower the Baseline of the text by about 20 points (-20) Select the new text, then type

Drop cap formatting Add a Drop Cap (Who will pick the hat up!!) to the first paragraph   Select the first letter, “O” and use the Paragraph panel to drop a single character (the letter “O”) cap by 3 lines

Font Use the Type Tool to select all the text in the two columns Use the Character panel to change the font to 12 pt Times New Roman Note: (Use the Hand tool to move the artboard)

Indenting Indent the first line of each paragraph –except the first paragraph - Click inside the second paragraph with the Type tool In the Paragraph panel, choose to indent the first line by .2” Repeat for other paragraphs

Leading Let’s space the text a bit by increasing the leading. What’s that? Select all the 2-column text Use the Character panel and change the leading to 17 points:

Wrapping text around an object Place the picture of a girl, in column 1 and wrap the text around it The problem with the image we’ll use is it’s actually a white square with a photo inside it…we have to find the picture only .

Wrapping Click inside column 1 Choose File>Place and select girl3.tif

Drop Uncheck Replace Selected Item…don’t worry if it’s grayed out Once you choose “place”, the cursor switches to have the girl attached to it… Click inside column 1 Drop the girl3.tif file inside column 1…

Pictures… Select the image We want to wrap the text around the edge of the girl., not the box.. (the actual picture is a rectangle with a white background) Open the Window>Text Wrap panel

Look at options: Try using the first two options: Either one works

Clipping Path… Select the girl image Select Object>Clipping Path>Options

Clipping Choose Detect Edges and check Preview, in the dialog box that opens

Wrap… Change the tolerance as needed Click OK : Back to text wrap panel Choose the third option :

Spacing

Adjust spacing Space around the girl

Done Try different views (View>screen Mode >preview and …Mode>Normal Go over printing again END