Using InDesign Manual 2025

NO HARD HAT NEEDED IN THE INDESIGN WORK AREA Once you learn the concepts of good page design, and you learn how to use InDesign, you are limited only by your imagination. Page creation software has inherent abilities to create great effects. But like hammering a nail, you need to know how the tool — the hammer — works to properly drive in the nail. In this case, the tool is InDesign. When opening InDesign for the first time, you will see a lot of buttons, some menu items, a floating toolbar and some boxes on the right side that appear to be slightly hidden. If you have installed the Walsworth Enhancements, you will also see the Enhancements Control Center floating on the desktop. To better understand the InDesign features, let’s take a closer look at the work area. InDesign main menu Like most software applications, InDesign has a main menu at the top of the workspace. If you click on File, you see the Open, Close, Save and Exit menus. If you click on Edit, you see the Cut, Copy and Paste menus. To access the InDesign palettes, click the Window menu. Add special effects, such as shadows and feathers, which can be found under the Object menu, or by using the fx button on the Effects palette. Use the keyboard shortcut command under each menu as you gain more experience.

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LESSON 2

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