What is Adobe InDesign? InDesign is: – – a desktop publishing software application – Produced by Adobe Systems – Introduced on the market in 1987 Successor of Adobe PageMaker QuarkXPress vs. Adobe InDesign
Examples of documents you can create with InDesign Books Magazines Newspapers Newsletters Catalogs Annual reports Directories Business cards Stationery Labels Brochures Magazine and newspaper ads Websites eBooks
Navigate the Work Environment
Tools Panels View – View menu – Zoom level list and text box – Zoom tool (zoom in and zoom out) –Measurements
Navigate the Work Environment Rulers –Unit of measurements (preferences) Extras Grids and Guidelines –Guides –Document Grid –Snap to Guides –Snap to Document
Navigate the Work Environment Screen mode: –Preview –Presentation
Navigate through Multiple Documents Two open documents at a time Resizing a document window
Navigate through a Document Page menu View menu Layout menu Page panel –Page attribute
Smart Guides and Objects Resizing an object Duplicating an object Lock an object Group objects Practice – Skills Review on pages 1-42 and 1-43 (#20 to #42)