Adobe InDesign

Introduction

Objectives
Understand the uses and benefits of InDesign
Create a basic layout using InDesign and its various
functions

What is InDesign?
Adobe InDesign is the industrystandard publishing application
for print publications, interactive
PDF documents, digital
magazines, and EPUBs.
Create :
Posters, Flyers, Brochures,
Magazines, Newspapers,
Books

Why Choose InDesign?

Adobe InDesign is a page layout program used to create
booklets, brochures, newsletters and any printable
document containing large amounts of text. It offers a
wide range of tools to construct complex documents
consisting of text and graphics. InDesign works closely
with other Adobe products (such as Photoshop and
Illustrator) making it easy to use the various software,
depending on the task.

History
INDESIGN IS THE PREDECESSOR TO PAGEMAKER.
InDesign is the successor toAdobe PageMaker, which was
acquired with the purchase ofAldus (software companythat
developeddesktop publishing (DTP)software)in late 1994.
INDESIGN WAS INTRODUCED TO THE MARKET IN
1999. Adobe continued to work on a new page layout
application. The project had been started by Aldus and
was code-named "Shuksan". It was later code-named "K2"
and was released as InDesign 1.0 in 1999.

History

Versions

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1.0 (codenamed Shuksan, then K2)

1.0J (codenamed Hotaka)
1.5 (codenamed Sherpa)
2.0 (codenamed Annapurna)
CS (codenamed Dragontail)
CS2 (4.0) (codenamed Firedrake)
Server (codenamed Bishop)
CS3 (5.0) (codenamed Cobalt)
CS3 Server (codenamed Xenon)
CS4 (6.0) (codenamed Basil)

Versions

InDesign
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CS4 Server (codenamed Thyme)

CS5 (7.0) (codenamed Rocket)
CS5.5 (7.5) (codenamed Odin)
CS6 (8.0) (codenamed Athos)
CC (9.2) (codenamed Citius)
CC 2014 (10) (codenamed Sirius)
CC 2014.1 (10.1)
CC 2014.2 (10.2)
CC 2015 (11.0)
CC 2015.1 (11.1)
CC 2015.2 (11.2)

How to Create New

Document?

CHOOSEFILE>NEW>DOCUMENT.
TheNew Documentdialog box combines theDocument
Setupand theMargins And Columns dialog boxes, so that
you can set up the page size, margins, and page columns all
in one place. You can change these settings at any time.

Toolbars
The tool bar is located on the left hand side of the screen.
If it is not visible, go to: window > tools
Some of the tools have small arrows at the bottom right
corner. This indicates there are more than one to select
from. Hold the mouse over the tool and the others will be
displayed.
Each tool has its own shortcut, e.g. the pen tools shortcut
is the letter P. Make sure you are not using the text tool
when attempting to use shortcuts, otherwise it will be
added to the text box selected.

Toolbars

Content Collector
TheContent Collectoris a new tool introduced
forInDesignCS6. A pop up conveyer that appears at
the bottom of the screen, it allows the user to grab
multiple pieces of contentand repurpose throughout the
same or separate documents using theContent
Collectortool.

Content Collector

Selection Tools

Selection tool lets

you select entire
objects.

Direct Selection
Page tool lets you
tool lets you select
create multiple
points on a path or page sizes within a
contents within a
document.
frame.

Gap tool lets you

adjust the space
between objects.

Drawing and Type Tools

Pen tool lets you

draw straight and
curved paths.

Add Anchor Point

tool lets you add
anchor points to a
path.

Delete Anchor
Point tool lets you
remove anchor
points from a
path.

Convert Direction
Point tool lets you
convert corner
points and smooth
points.

Drawing and Type Tools

Type tool lets you Type on a Path

create text frames tool lets you
and select text.
create and edit
type on paths.

Pencil tool lets you Smooth tool lets

draw a freeform
you remove
path.
excess angles
from a path.

Drawing and Type Tools

Erase tool lets you Line tool lets you

delete points on a draw a line
path.
segment.

Rectangle Frame
tool lets you
create a square or
rectangle
placeholder.

Ellipse Frame tool

lets you create a
circle or oval
placeholder.

Drawing and Type Tools

Polygon Frame
tool lets you
create a multisided shape
placeholder.

Rectangle tool lets Ellipse tool lets

Polygon tool lets
you create a
you create a circle you create multisquare or
or oval.
sided shape.
rectangle.

Transformation Tools

Free Transform
tool lets you
rotate, scale, or
shear an object.

Rotate tool lets

you rotate objects
around a fixed
point.

Scale tool lets you

resize objects
around a fixed
point.

Shear tool lets you

skew objects
around a fixed
point.

Modification & Navigation Tools

Eyedropper tool
lets you sample
color or type
attributes from
objects and apply
them to other
objects.

Measure tool
measures the
distance between
two points.

Gradient Swatch
tool lets you
adjust the
beginning and
ending points and
angle of gradients
within objects.

Gradient Feather
tool lets you fade
an object into the
background.

Modification & Navigation Tools

Scissors tool cuts

paths at specified
points.

Hand tool moves

the page view
within the
document window.

Zoom tool
increases and
decreases the
view
magnification in
the document
window.

Note tool lets you

add comments.

Thank you!