The Process Manual

BASIC INDESIGN Before you begin creating your yearbook, it is helpful to familiarize yourself with Adobe InDesign’s capabilities and features. If using a version of Adobe InDesign CC, the default workspace color is dark. INDESIGN TOOL PALETTE The first thing you should know about InDesign is how to use the tools to create page elements. When InDesign is open, you will see the Tool palette. Click on a tool to select it. The following is a description of each tool and how it can be used in yearbook production. Many of the tools in the InDesign Tool palette have other tools occupying the same space. On any tool with a small triangle in the lower right corner, click and hold to see the other tools available in the fly-out. It is important to remember that InDesign considers everything a frame. Text, images and even page elements themselves are considered the contents of the frame. InDesign has two tools that work with item selection: the Selection tool, which is used to work with frames, and the Direct Selection tool, which is used to work with the contents of frames. SELECTION TOOL • Use to select frames by clicking on them. • Click, hold and drag a marquee around a group of frames to select them. • Hold down the Shift key and click to select multiple items. • Click on an object, hold and drag to move it on the page. • Click on an object’s handle, hold and drag to resize the object’s frame. DIRECT SELECTION TOOL • Use to select the contents of frames by clicking on them. • Click, hold and drag a marquee around a group of frames to select multiple contents. • Click on an object, hold and drag to move it on the page. • Click on an object’s handle, hold and drag to resize the contents of the frame.

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