The Process Manual

• To print a document without a certain layer, hide that layer. Only layers that are showing will print. • To lock a layer and thereby lock access to certain page elements, click the lock icon (to the right of the eye icon). Clicking here will toggle locking on and off. • Links Located at Windows > Links, this palette shows all of the linked files that have been placed in your InDesign document. You can relink files, find the path to files or update graphic files from this palette. • Pages Access your master pages, move from page to page, add pages to your document, and change your starting page number from this dialog. • Pathfinder Located at Windows > Object & Layout, this palette allows you to quickly alter compound path types. • Stroke Set line weight and other options in this palette. • Swatches This palette contains swatches for colors that can be applied to page elements. Buttons at the top left of the palette allow you to apply a color to the fill and/or stroke of an element and/or text. The Tint drop down menu allows you to set a certain percentage of a color that you wish to apply. See the Working with Color section of this manual for more information about using the Swatches palette. • Tools Opens the Tools palette. • Transform Located at Windows > Object & Layout, the Transform palette allows you to change the width and height or location of a page element by entering specific coordinates. You can also change the percentage of enlargement, rotation and skew. • Text Wrap In this palette, set the type of text wrap you wish to apply and the amount of offset. The following palettes are found under Window > Type and Tables: • Character The Character palette allows you to set type characteristics such as font, size, leading and drop caps, among other options. • Index Lists all of the marked names in a document. See the Indexing instructions in the Submitting section for more information about indexing. • Glyphs Opens the Glyphs palette for the active font, giving you the option of pasting in any character from that font. • Paragraph Opens the Paragraph palette, allowing you to set text alignment and insets, among other options. • Story The Story palette allows you to turn Optical Marginal Alignment on and off. • Table Opens the Table palette, giving you options for creating tables in your document.

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