6 Grids, Guides and Aligning Objects

Chapter 6 Objectives Modify the default InDesign document setup preset. Create document presets, bleeds, and slugs. Place, remove, and modify attributes of guides. Create a newsletter that utilizes a baseline grid. Align and distribute objects. Manage object layers and group elements. Copy, cut, paste, paste into, and paste in place.

Terminology Review Landscape orientation Bounding box Glyph Monospaced type face Baseline Ascender X-height Indent to Here Point Pica Optical kerning Overset text Ruler origin point Repeating tab Ragged right Hanging indent Provide a short definition for these terms:

Toggle guides on and off: –Cmd+; (Mac) –Ctrl+; (Windows) Change a text frame to a graphics frame: –Object>Content –Or place a graphic in it Prevent an image from printing: –Attributes panel>Nonprinting Power user tips

Keyboard Shortcuts Review –Text frame options –Cell options –Table options –Tabs panel –Set a tab inside a table –Flush right tab –Indent to here

Measurements are the same– link is closed. Open link allows different settings in each field. This lesson focuses on these options. The New Document Window

Document with a Bleed

Slug: An area outside page boundaries for notations With this checked, slug area will be printed.

Summary Create document presets for specifications you frequently use. Preplan project to accommodate bleeds and slugs. Always use align and distribute functions rather than “eyeballing” objects. Remember to use paste in place when the object should be in the same position on another document.