The Process Manual

CREATING TABLES Though tables aren’t the first thing you think of when you need help creating your yearbook, they can help you set up important items such as scoreboards, contents pages or infographics. 1. To create a table, you must first draw a text frame. 2. With the Type tool selected, go to Table > Insert Table . 3. In the dialog that appears, set the number of rows and columns you want. A blank table is then created. 4. Format your table by going to Table > Table Options > Table Setup . 5. In this dialog, use the tabs to set the stroke and fill for your columns and rows. Once your table is created, you can place images or text in it. The best way to use this feature in your yearbook is to set the row and column lines to 0 pt., which lets you take advantage of the alignment and neatness of tables without your element looking like a table. NOTES ABOUT PALETTES: • Palettes with a double-arrow beside the name have collapsed and expanded views, allowing you to choose the options that show. Click the double-arrow to expand or collapse the palette. • Almost all palettes contain a palette menu, represented by a triangle in the upper right or left corner of the palette. Click on the arrow to view the available palette options. • Palettes can be docked to each other, or palettes can be combined to save space. To dock one palette to another, click, hold and drag one palette tab to the bottom of another. The palettes will be docked. To combine two palettes, click, hold and drag one palette tab over another palette tab. The palettes will be combined. OTHER FEATURES OF THE INDESIGN WORKSPACE Rulers When you open an InDesign document, you can see rulers at the top and left of the workspace. These rulers can help you align objects on your page. As a further help, ruler guides can be dragged out of the rulers. To apply a guide to that page only, drag a guide onto the page. To apply a guide to an entire spread, drag a guide to the pasteboard or hold down the Ctrl key (Windows) or the Command key (Mac) as you drag.

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You can also place Excel spreadsheets in your InDesign document. Just use the File > Place command as you would with any other item you wanted to place.

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