1. ADOBE INDESIGN CS3 Chapter 9 WORKING WITH TABS AND TABLES

2. Chapter 92 Work with Tabs Using tabs Use tabs to position text at specific horizontal locations within a text frame Left edge of white ruler in Tabs dialog box aligned with left edge of text frame If you scroll up or down, or resize page or text frame, text will no longer be aligned with Tabs dialog box To realign click Position Panel above Text Frame button on Tabs dialog box Once aligned on tab, moving tab moves text To delete tab, drag it off ruler LESSON 1 2

3. Chapter 93 Work with Tabs Using different tab alignments The Tabs dialog box offers four types of tab buttons for aligning text Left-Justified Tab Center-Justified Tab Right-Justified Tab Align to Decimal Tab To create tab in tab ruler: Click tab ruler, then click location on ruler Or click tab button, then enter location in X text box in Tabs dialog box LESSON 1 3

4. Chapter 94 Work with Tabs LESSON 1 4 Left-justified tab Left edge of tab ruler aligns with left edge of text frame Text that is left aligned is placed to the right of tab Tab ruler

5. Chapter 95 Work with Tabs When Align To Decimal Tab button is used, text can be aligned to characters other then decimal E.g., hyphen (–), star (  ), bullet (  ) Click the Position Panel Above Text Frame button to align Tab ruler with left edge of text frame LESSON 1

6. Chapter 96 Work with Tabs LESSON 1 Align to Decimal Tab button Text is aligned on decimal point Use the Align to Decimal Tab button

7. Chapter 97 Work with Tabs Adding rules above or below paragraphs InDesign regards rules above or below text as paragraph attributes Part of text formatting If you resize text, ruler adjusts If you move text, ruler moves with it Rules for text defined in Paragraph Rules dialog box LESSON 1

8. Chapter 98 Work with Tabs Adding Rules above or below paragraph defined in Paragraph Rules dialog box LESSON 1 Click to active a rule

9. Chapter 99 LESSON 1 9 Example of tabs used in InDesign Work with Tabs

10. Chapter 910 Create and Format a Table Working with tables A table helps to efficiently communicate large amounts of information Tables consist of rows and columns made up of cells InDesign regards tables as text Tables can only be created in text frames LESSON 2 10

11. Chapter 911 Create and Format a Table Creating tables First create text frame Click Table on menu bar, then click Insert Table Insert Table dialog box allows you to specify number of rows and columns Default width of cells is the width of text frame divided by number of columns LESSON 2 11

12. Chapter 912 LESSON 2 12 Create and Format a Table Choose settings in the Insert Table dialog box

13. Chapter 913 Create and Format a Table Formatting tables Table panel is command central for manipulating table Modify number of rows and columns using Table panel Once table created, determine width of columns and height of rows Determine size of all cells simultaneously by selecting them and entering values in Table panel Can also select a single column or row LESSON 2 13

14. Chapter 914 Create and Format a Table Table cells can contain text and graphics You can apply shading to each cell You can format the text in each cell LESSON 2 14 Example of an InDesign table

15. Chapter 915 Apply Strokes and Fills to a table Select single cell, multiple cells, or entire row or column Use Type Tool to select elements of table Use Swatches panel to add stroke or fill color Use Stroke panel to modify weight of strokes Use Table menu to apply or alter fills and strokes LESSON 2 Create and Format a Table

16. Chapter 916 LESSON 2 16 Create and Format a Table Number of rowsNumber of columns Row height Column width Align text buttons Text inset buttons Text rotation buttons

17. Chapter 917 Entering text in a table Enter text in table by selecting Type Tool and begin typing Press [Tab] to move from column to column Use arrows to move to cells in any direction Modify text using Character panel Select text and change its alignment using alignment buttons in Paragraph panel LESSON 3 Format Text in a Table

18. Chapter 918 Modifying a table to fit text One way to modify a table is to select row or column and enter greater height for rows or width for columns Another is to drag a cell border left or right to increase or decrease Drag cell border up or down Changing border in one row or column changes entire table LESSON 3 Format Text in a Table

19. Chapter 919 Insetting text within a cell Cell inset text boxes in Table panel allows control of text inset on all four sides of cell LESSON 3 Format Text in a Table

20. Chapter 920 Format Text in a Table LESSON 3 20 Insetting text within a cell Cell inset text boxes in Table panel allows text inset to be adjusted Top Cell Inset text box Bottom Cell Inset text box Right Cell Inset text box Left Cell Inset text box

21. Chapter 921 LESSON 3 21 Example of a formatted table Format Text in a Table

22. Chapter 922 Place Graphics in a Table Placing graphics in a table To place graphic in table cell, click in cell and use the Place command If graphic too large for cell, red circle will appear Only option is to increase size of cell or decrease graphic size Replace text in cell with graphic Select graphic in pasteboard with Selection Tool Copy it Select text in cell with Type Tool and paste graphic LESSON 4 22

23. Chapter 923 Place Graphics in a Table LESSON 4 23