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© 2011 Delmar, Cengage Learning Chapter 3 Setting Up A Document
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Create a new document and set up a master page Create text on master pages Apply master pages to document pages Modify master pages and document pages Place text and thread text Create new sections and wrap text Chapter Objectives © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page You create a new document in the New Document dialog box. Here you choose page size, margin size, gutter size and page orientation. © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Page size, also known as trim size, is equal to the width and height of the final document. Orientation refers to the page being tall (portrait) or wide (landscape). Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Portrait Landscape Enter number of pages in document Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Margins and columns are useful as layout guides, and they play an important role in flowing text Gutter refers to the space between the columns Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Master pages are templates that you create for a page layout. Once created, you apply the master page to the document pages you want to base on that layout. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Master pages are found on the Pages panel. The default master page is called A- Master. Master pages can be single pages or left and right facing pages. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Default master page Left and right master pages Delete selected pages button Create new page button Single master page Document pages based on the A- Master Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Everything on a master page is automatically placed on document pages based on that master. Use the Pages panel to add, delete, and reorder document pages and apply master pages to document pages. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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New masters based on others have all of the same master items. To override or unlock a master item, press and hold [Shift][Ctrl] to select those objects on the new master and make necessary changes. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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All objects on the master, such as text frames or graphic frames, are called master items and function as a place where objects on the document pages are to be positioned. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Guides are horizontal or vertical lines that you position on a page. Guides are used to help guide you in aligning objects on the page. When the Snap to Guides command is checked, objects adhere more readily to guides. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Guides Gutter Column Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Create guides manually by “pulling” them out from the horizontal and vertical rulers. Modify guide colors by selecting them, then clicking the Ruler Guides command on the Layout menu. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Modify the color of margins and columns in the Guides & Pasteboard section of the Preferences dialog box. The new color affects only new pages in the existing document. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Horizontal guide Guides have a horizontal or vertical location You can change and choose default colors for guides, margins, and columns You can lock Column Guides Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Use the Control Panel to access options based on the type of object select. Use the Line tool to make lines on a page. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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The Transform panel identifies a selected object’s width and height, and its horizontal and vertical locations on the page. You can select an object and change its size and location by changing values on the panel. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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The top left corner of this object is 1 inch horizontally and 1 inch vertically from the zero point of the page Zero point (default) Selected reference point X Location value Y Location value Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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When an object is selected, the X Location value is the horizontal location—how far it is across the page. The Y Location value is the vertical location—how far it is down the page. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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InDesign defines the position of an object using X and Y location values on the Transform panel. The zero point of the page is, by default, at the top-left corner of the page. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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It is important to remember that X and Y locations are relative to the selected reference point. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Selected frame is 1" × 1" Nine reference points Height text box Width text box Center point is the selected reference point Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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X and Y Location values for circles are determined by the reference points of the bounding box that is placed around circles when they are selected. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Object rotated from its Original position 90 degrees from its lower- left point Lower-left reference point Rotation angle Original position of object Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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The Transform Again command is a powerful command that repeats the last transformation executed. Create a New Document and Set Up a Master Page © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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You create new master pages by clicking the New Master command on the Pages panel menu. You can name the new master and change margin and column settings. Create Text on Master Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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You can base a master page on an existing master page. Any changes you make to the first master are updated on the masters based on it. You can also load a master page from another InDesign document. Create Text on Master Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Master pages with names Create Text on Master Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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It is a good idea to use automatic page numbering on your master pages. To use it, create a text frame, click inside the text frame, click Type, point to Insert Special Character, point to Markers, then click Current Page Number. Create Text on Master Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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The automatic page number represents the individual page numbers that will appear on every page. If you add or delete pages, the page numbering is updated automatically. Create Text on Master Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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In text boxes you can insert additional white space or dashes before or after a character. em space en space em dash en dash Create Text on Master Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Create Text on Master Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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To apply a master page to a document page, drag the master page icon on top of the document page icon. Apply Master Pages to Document Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Drag master page icon to a spread Drag master page icon to a page Apply Master Pages to Document Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Override a master item by pressing and holding [Shift][Ctrl] while clicking a master item. This unlocks the item for editing. This is referred to as a local change. Modifying Master Pages and Document Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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To remove an override, click the Pages panel list arrow, then click Remove All Local Overrides. Modifying Master Pages and Document Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Detach master items that you no longer want associated with master pages. First override the master item, then click the Pages panel list arrow, and click Detach Selection From Master. Modifying Master Pages and Document Pages © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Loaded text icon Click to place text in text frame Text frame filled with text Place and Thread Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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To place text, create a text box, click inside it, then click the Place command on the File menu. Find the text document that you want to place, then click Open. Click the loaded text icon inside the text box or drag to create a new text box. Place and Thread Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Threading text is linking text from one text frame to another. Text frames have an in port and an out port. Overset text is indicated by a red plus sign in the out port. Click the overset text icon to thread text to another text box. Place and Thread Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Overset text icon Place and Thread Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Text threads show how text is linked from one text box to another. To view text threads, click View on the Application bar, then click Show Text Threads. Place and Thread Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Text thread Place and Thread Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Sections are pages in a document where page numbering changes. To create new sections, click the page icon in the Pages panel where you want to new section to start. Choose the Numbering & Section Options command on the Pages panel menu. Create New Sections and Wrap Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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The New Section dialog box opens. Choose a number style and determine which page the new style should begin on. Create New Sections and Wrap Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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New section will begin by listing this number—in the style specified below—as the page number on the document page Style New Section dialog box Create New Sections and Wrap Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Wrapping Text Around a Frame –When you position a text frame or a graphics frame near another frame that contains text, you can apply a text wrap to the overlapping frame in order to force the underlying text to wrap around it. The Text Wrap panel offers many choices. Create New Sections and Wrap Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Wrap around bounding box button Wrap around object shape button No text wrap button Create New Sections and Wrap Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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Selected text frame with offset bounding box Offset section of Text Wrap panel Create New Sections and Wrap Text © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning
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