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Adobe InDesign
L/O: to know how to use the tools in InDesign in order to create and
design ancillary texts
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Task -
• As you learn this, make a powerpoint which documents the tools/features
• Screen grabs with arrows and annotations!
Like this!
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Powerpoint
• Due next week
• I will give you a grade, no drafts
• You will be able to use this as evidence for technology
• (for evaluation)
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Purpose
• InDesign is a program to design print layouts such as:– Posters– Brochures– Magazine spreads– Leaflets– Stationary – etc
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Location on network
• Start• All programs• Media• InDesign CS3
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Setting up files
– Opening files/setting up– Saving files– Exporting PDF– …– …
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Creating a file• Choose create new
document
• (don’t ever need to choose book/library)
• Or you can open an existing file
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Creating/setting up a new file• -click off facing pages
• Page size = A4 (just leave on this – or A3)
• Orientation – portrait or landscape
• Leave columns
• Leave gutter
• Can change margins if you wish
• (chain icon means to keep proportion)
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Once open, it will look like…
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Rulers/grids/guides Grids/guides on page
Quick tools(such as text stuff, opacity,Effects etc.
windowstoolbar
Options(file, edit, Layout, Notes etc.)
How to view whole page
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To discuss…..
• Windows & dock
– Expanding dock/windows– Moving windows
• Multiple pages (master/none)– Shortcuts and trashcan
• Using rulers/grids/guides– Right click– View = hide frame edges/hide grids– Grids & guides
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Toolbar and it’s tools• Black arrow (direction selection tool)• White arrow (indirect selection tool)• Pen tool• Text tool• Pencil tool• Line tool• Rectangle/ellipse/polygon frame tools (placing images)• Rectangle/ellipse/polygon tools
– Alignment – transform– arrange– grouping– locking
• Rotate tool• Scale tool• Eyedropper tool• Hand tool • Zoom tool
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Other stuff with toolbar
You will see little black arrows, click and hold and you will get more options
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Other stuff with toolbar
Fill colour Switch pages
outlines
Switch the pages
text
Red line through something means not visible(i.e. = this means no fill colour)
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Text tools
– Titles– Paragraphs– Size– Style– Colour of text– Tracking/Kerning– Creating outlines
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Other stuff…
• Stroke• Placing images• Making backgrounds• Making shapes
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Colours• Anything print = printers are CYMK (called a 4 colour process)
Cyan (blue) YellowMagenta (pink)Black
You MUST make all colours CMYK before printing….
• Using colours – Choosing– Changing– CMYK