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Friday, August 17, 2012

Indesign


Layers
One of InDesign features is it's layers.  On the right side panel you will see the layers (the red box).


Parts of the document (e.g. picture, text, everything!) can be put in layers.  These layers can then be arranged from on top of the document to the bottom.  It is also useful to help select the part of the document you want when you have a complicated page.  

Character and Paragraph Styles
Another feature in 'Indesign' is the character and paragraph styles(shown in red).  

These are used to create and save either a character style or paragraph style which can then be easily used somewhere else in your document.  Character styles can include things like font, size, colour and alignment.  A paragraph style will include things like line spacing and bullet points as well as the things in character styles.  They can be based on character styles.  

Naming
It is important that the styles are named appropriately so you can easily refer back to them and see where they were used.  This is also the same for things like swatches.  When you make your own swatch, you need to name it according to what it is being used for, not just the default setting.  

Colour Types
When making a document, the colour and image file types used depend on what the document is being made for.  CMYK should be used for printing because those are to colour that the printer will use to print it.  RGB should be used for things such as web pages because that will give you the best colour.  Refer to previous blog for colour types to be used.  

Shortcuts
Shift, W = Presentation view
Shift, + = Zoom in
Shift, - = Zoom out
Ctrl, R = Rulers on/off
Shift, F11 = Character styles
F11 = Paragraph styles










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