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