Adobe InDesign L/O: to know how to use the tools in InDesign in order to create and design ancillary texts
Adobe InDesign
L/O: to know how to use the tools in InDesign in order to create and
design ancillary texts
Task -
• As you learn this, make a powerpoint which documents the tools/features
• Screen grabs with arrows and annotations!
Like this!
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)
Purpose
• InDesign is a program to design print layouts such as:– Posters– Brochures– Magazine spreads– Leaflets– Stationary – etc
Location on network
• Start• All programs• Media• InDesign CS3
Setting up files
– Opening files/setting up– Saving files– Exporting PDF– …– …
Creating a file• Choose create new
document
• (don’t ever need to choose book/library)
• Or you can open an existing file
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)
Once open, it will look like…
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
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
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
Other stuff with toolbar
You will see little black arrows, click and hold and you will get more options
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)
Text tools
– Titles– Paragraphs– Size– Style– Colour of text– Tracking/Kerning– Creating outlines
Other stuff…
• Stroke• Placing images• Making backgrounds• Making shapes
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