Using InDesign Manual 2025

USING SELECTION AND DIRECT SELECTION TOOLS Note: To do all exercises, the Walsworth Enhancements from Support Download must be installed on each workstation, and the Using InDesign Activities folder must be copied to your desktop from Support Download. The Selection tool is used to move or resize objects. The Direct Selection tool is used to select objects found inside groups or frames. Practice using these tools and performing the different tasks that can be done with them. Practice Using the Selection tool 1. Open the file named L2X2A. 3. Click and drag the rectangle to a new location. Notice you must click and drag on the outside border to move the rectangle because it has no fill. 4. Resize the rectangle by clicking and dragging on one of the handles — the small square boxes on the frame. 5. Click the black circle with the Selection tool. Resize the circle from one of the handles. 6. Click on the image with the Selection tool. Crop the image from one of the outside handles. Practice Using the Direct Selection tool 1. Select the Direction Selection tool in the Toolbox. 2. Click on the black circle . 3. Locate one of the four anchor points on the bounding box. 4. Click and drag from one of these anchor points to reshape the circle. Experiment with the Direct Selection tool. 1. Click on the fish or the curved path object . 2. Click and drag on either the points or the curved lines to reshape the objects. Practice working with frame contents. 1. Click on the image with the Direct Selection tool. 2. Click and hold the image until the cursor changes to a hand and you see the ghosted version of the image. 3. Move the image within the frame to re-crop it. indd located on your desktop in the Using InDesign > Lesson 2 > InDesign CSx folder (x is your InDesign version). 2. Locate the rectangle in the top left page of the spread.

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