What is Adobe InDesign?
• InDesign is:
– a desktop publishing software application
– Produced by Adobe Systems
– Introduced on the market in 1987
• Successor of Adobe PageMaker
• QuarkXPress vs. Adobe InDesign
Examples of documents you
can create with InDesign
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Books
Magazines
Newspapers
Newsletters
Catalogs
Annual reports
Directories
Business cards
Stationery
Labels
Brochures
Magazine and newspaper ads
Websites
eBooks
Navigate the Work Environment
Navigate the Work Environment
• Tools
• Panels
• View
– View menu
– Zoom level list and text box
– Zoom tool (zoom in and zoom out)
– Measurements
Navigate the Work Environment
• Rulers
– Unit of measurements (preferences)
• Extras
• Grids and Guidelines
– Guides
– Document Grid
– Snap to Guides
– Snap to Document
Navigate the Work Environment
• Screen mode:
– Preview
– Presentation
Navigate through Multiple
Documents
• Two open documents at a time
• Resizing a document window
Navigate through a Document
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Page menu
View menu
Layout menu
Page panel
– Page attribute
Smart Guides and Objects
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Resizing an object
Duplicating an object
Lock an object
Group objects
Practice – Skills Review on pages 1-42
and 1-43 (#20 to #42)