Using InDesign Manual 2025

Move multiple points. 1. Click on the roof of the house with the Direct Selection tool. 2. Click and drag a lasso around the two points on the top of the roof so they both are selected. 3. Press the up/down arrow keys on the keyboard to raise or lower the roof. 4. Click File > Save As > SelectionA.indd and save it to the Using InDesign > Lesson 2 folder on your desktop. Change the location of certain objects on the page coordinate system using the Control Panel. 1. Open lesson file L2X2B.indd located on your desktop in the Using InDesign >

Lesson 2 > InDesign folder (x is your InDesign version). 2. Select the five-pointed star with the Selection tool. Note its X, Y location in the Control Panel. Change the value of X to -23p and press Enter . Notice the shape goes from one side of the spread to the other.

3. Select the folio text boxes with the Selection tool. In the Control Panel, change its X value simply by adding a negative sign in front of the existing value. This should swap it to the other side of the page. Repeat the process with the folio page number. Change the dimensions of objects by changing their height and width in the Control Panel. 1. Select the center of the collage image with the Direct Selection tool.

2. On the Control panel, make sure the constrain proportion chain link is connected so the image will stay in proportion. Enter a value of 35p in the Width field and press Enter .

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