Adobe InDesign
CS2—Revealed
EXPLORING THE INDESIGN
WORKSPACE
OVERVIEW
Chapter Objectives
Explore the InDesign workspace
Change document views
Navigate through a document
Use InDesign Help
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Workspace:
– the arrangement
of windows and
palettes on your
computer screen
Toolbox
Pasteboard
Palettes
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Document window
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Toolbox
– contains 30 tools
– some are hidden
– click black triangles
to expose hidden
tools
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Click to expose
hidden tools
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Toolbox
– each tool has a
corresponding
quick key
Corresponding quick key
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Toolbox
– position pointer
over tool to
expose tooltip
– tooltip shows tool
name and quick
key
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Tooltip shows tool name
and quick key
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Palettes
– InDesign features 38 palettes
– accessed from the Window menu
– offer controls for modifying and
manipulating your work in InDesign
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Palettes
– grouped with
other palettes
based on
categories
– can be ungrouped
and grouped with
other palettes
– can be docked or
undocked
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Palettes
– click palette name tab to activate
palette
– select palette from Window menu if its
name tab is not along right side of
document window
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LESSON 2
Change Document Views
Zoom Tool
– enlarges and reduces the view of the
document
– press [Alt] (Win) or [option] (Mac) to
access the Zoom- (minus) Tool
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LESSON 2
Change Document Views
Hand Tool
– scroll around an document that has been
enlarged with the Zoom Tool
– press [Spacebar] to access Zoom Tool
– often a better choice for scrolling than the
scroll bars or arrows
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LESSON 2
Change Document Views
Hand Tool
The Hand Tool becomes
a fist when clicked and
dragged
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LESSON 2
Change Document Views
Create multiple views of the same document
– use the New Window command on the
Window menu to create a new window
– use the Tile command on the Window
menu to view both windows
simultaneously
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LESSON 3
Change Document Views
Navigating to pages in a document
– use the Pages palette
– click a page icon in the Pages palette
A spread is a term that describes two facing
pages in a document
– double-click spread page numbers to view a
spread
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LESSON 3
Change Document Views
Using the Pages palette
Page
Spread
Double-click spread
numbers to view spread
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LESSON 3
Change Document Views
Navigator palette
– an excellent resource for moving
through a document
– you can enlarge and decrease page
view using controls in the Navigator
palette
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LESSON 3
Change Document Views
Navigator palette
View box
Zoom text box
Zoom Out button
Zoom Slider
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Zoom In button
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LESSON 4
Use InDesign Help
InDesign Help is an online resource
– click InDesign Help on the Help menu
– Adobe Help Center opens
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LESSON 4
Use InDesign Help
Adobe Help Center
– use Index, Search, or Contents
– access help for Illustrator or Photoshop
using View Help info for this product list
arrow
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LESSON 4
Use InDesign Help
Adobe Help Center
View Help info for this product list arrow
Search text box
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Quick Tips
Shortcut keys are not case-sensitive.
You can temporarily hide all open palettes
and the Toolbox by pressing Tab. Press
tab again to show them.
Double-clicking the Zoom tool in the
Toolbox changes the view to 100% (actual
size.
Double-clicking the Hand Tool in the
Toolbox changes the view to fit the page
or spread in the document window.
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