1. MYGRAPHICSLAB: ADOBE INDESIGN CS6
TEXT BASICS
MYGRAPHICSLAB: ADOBE INDESIGN CS6
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2. 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
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3. 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
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4. CONVERT A FRAME TO A TEXT FRAME
Click the Type tool in any empty frame
The empty frame can be any shape
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5. 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
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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)
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7. FORMAT PARAGRAPHS WITH THE PARAGRAPH PANEL
Choose Type > Paragraph
Point at controls to display their tool tips
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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. SELECT ONE PARAGRAPH TO FORMAT
Click the Type tool in a single paragraph to select it
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11. 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
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12. FORMAT CHARACTERS WITH THE CHARACTER PANEL
Choose Type > Character
Point at controls to display their tool tips
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13. 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
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14. 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)
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15. 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)
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16. SPECIFY HOW TEXT WRAPS AROUND A SELECTED OBJECT
Choose Window > Text Wrap and set options for the selected object
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17. 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
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18. 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
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19. 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
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20. 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
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