MYGRAPHICSLAB: ADOBE INDESIGN CS6 TEXT BASICS MYGRAPHICSLAB: ADOBE INDESIGN CS6 Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

CREATE A RECTANGULAR TEXT FRAME Click and drag with the Type tool to create a rectangular text frame Press the Shift key when dragging to create a square frame Press T to select the Type tool when any other tool is selected Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

TYPE TEXT INTO A TEXT FRAME If there is a blinking cursor in the text frame, just begin typing Click the Type tool in a text frame and start typing Cut, copy, and paste text using standard keyboard shortcuts and Edit menu commands Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

CONVERT A FRAME TO A TEXT FRAME Click the Type tool in any empty frame The empty frame can be any shape Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

IMPORT TEXT AT THE TEXT INSERTION POINT Click the Type tool in a text frame, then choose File > Place Import text files in Word or RTF format Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education CUSTOMIZE THE IMPORT Check Show Import Options to set options such as Import Styles Automatically Select a text file, and click Open Click OK to bypass any Missing Fonts alerts (generally, you specify different fonts in InDesign) Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

FORMAT PARAGRAPHS WITH THE PARAGRAPH PANEL Choose Type > Paragraph Point at controls to display their tool tips Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

FORMAT PARAGRAPHS WITH THE CONTROL PANEL Select the Type tool for formatting paragraphs and characters Click the Paragraph Formatting Controls button on the Control panel When the Character Formatting Controls option is selected, the paragraph formats shift to the right Point at controls to display their tool tips Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

ADDING PARAGRAPH STYLES A paragraph style is created to set basic paragraph formatting that will be consistently used throughout a document Common types of paragraph formatting include basic text formatting (font family, font, size, color) Additional options include alignment, tabs, hyphenation, justification, indentations, and spacing Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

SELECT ONE PARAGRAPH TO FORMAT Click the Type tool in a single paragraph to select it Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

SELECT MULTIPLE PARAGRAPHS TO FORMAT Drag the Type tool to highlight portions of multiple paragraphs Apply paragraph formats such as alignment to selected paragraphs The entire paragraph does not need to be selected Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

FORMAT CHARACTERS WITH THE CHARACTER PANEL Choose Type > Character Point at controls to display their tool tips Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

FORMAT CHARACTERS WITH THE CONTROL PANEL Click the Character Formatting Controls button on the Control panel When the Character Formatting Controls option is selected, paragraph formats shift to the right Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

ADDING CHARACTER STYLES A character style is created to set basic character formatting that will be consistently used throughout a document Common types of character formatting includes font family, font , style, size, color Additional options include leading, kerning, scale and more (found in your character panel) Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

SELECT CHARACTERS TO FORMAT Drag the Type tool to select characters to format Click twice to select a word Click three times to select a line Click four times to select a paragraph Click five times to select a story (all the text in a series of threaded text frames) Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

SPECIFY HOW TEXT WRAPS AROUND A SELECTED OBJECT Choose Window > Text Wrap and set options for the selected object Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

DIVIDE A TEXT FRAME INTO COLUMNS Select a text frame and choose Object > Text Frame Options (Ctrl + B) Use the Columns fields to specify the number of columns and space between them Use the Inset Spacing fields to control how far the text is inset from the edges of the text frame Choose an option from the Align menu to control how the text is spaced vertically within the frame Select Ignore Text Wrap to keep text in a selected frame from wrapping around objects Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

CHECK SPELLING IN A DOCUMENT Choose Edit > Spelling > Check Spelling Choose an option from the Search menu to specify the scope of the spelling check To underline possibly misspelled words, choose Edit > Spelling > Dynamic Spelling Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

SEARCH AND REPLACE TEXT Choose Edit > Find/Change Choose an option from the Query menu to set up common search-replace operations such as deleting multiple spaces Enter text in the Find What and Change To fields Choose an option from the Search menu to specify the scope of the spelling check Click the icons under the Search menu to turn on options such as Case Sensitive Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education

SEARCH AND REPLACE FORMATTING Choose Edit > Find/Change To include text in the search-and-replace operation, enter text in the Find What and Change To fields Specify the formatting to find and replace in the Find Format and Change Format fields You can Find/Change any combination of text and/or formatting Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education