The Process Manual

• Find Next Finds the next occurrence of a find request. • Spelling Checks the spelling in all text frames of a document. • Dictionary Use this command to specify how InDesign handles hyphenation and dictionaries. • Keyboard Shortcuts Use this to specify your own shortcuts. • Preferences Customize various document and application properties here, including Text, Composition, Units and Measurements, Grids, Guides and Dictionary. On Mac computers, Preferences is located under the InDesign menu. LAYOUT > • Margins and Columns Sets margin and column guides for your document. • Ruler Guides Choose the color of guides you drag from InDesign’s rulers. • Create Guides Automatically place guides in rows and columns, setting the amount of space you want in between. You can also clear guides from this dialog. • Layout Adjustment Automates how objects on the page interact with guides. • Numbering & Section Options Use this dialog to change the starting page number of your document. Click the Start Page Numbering radio button to enter your starting page number. You must have the Pages palette open (Window > Pages) to access this command. TYPE > • Font Opens a menu to select a typeface. • Size Opens a menu to select a type size. • Character Opens the Character palette. • Paragraph Opens the Paragraph palette. • Tabs Opens the Tabs palette, allowing you to set tabs and indents. • Glyphs Opens the Glyphs palette, allowing you to see all possible characters for a given font. • Story Opens the Story palette, allowing you to turn Optical Marginal Alignment on or off. • Character Styles Opens the Character Styles palette, allowing you to create and apply character styles. • Paragraph Styles Opens the Paragraph Styles palette, allowing you to create and apply paragraph styles. Character styles can be applied to any selected text, including individual words or characters. Paragraph styles are applied to paragraphs or ranges of paragraphs and include paragraph attributes such as alignment.

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