03 Basic Competence in InDesign

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Views and Layout Aids

Views: Normal vs. Preview

Preview mode in Adobe InDesign displays a document as it will appear after exporting, hiding non-...

Parent Pages

What's a parent page? A parent page is like a background that you can quickly apply to many page...

Working with Text

General rules for editing text

About the template text strategy Placeholder text or text that should be reviewed is displayed...

Correcting Overset Text

What is overset text? Overset text will vanish from your content if it can't fit into a certain ...

Paragraph Spacing

Several terms describe space between and around text (leading, kerning, and tracking). The DORIS ...

Adding and Managing Images

Linked and Embedded Images

When you place an image, you see a version of the file in the layout so that you can view and pos...

Graphics + Frames

Insert a graphic Choose File > Place to place a graphic (or multiple graphics) in your documen...

Working with Objects

Group or Ungroup Objects

You can combine several objects into a group to treat them as a single unit. You can then move or...

Align or Distribute Objects

You use the Align panel (Window > Object & Layout > Align) to align or distribute objects horizon...

Lock + Unlock Objects

You can use the Lock command to specify that you don’t want certain objects to move in your docum...

Saving, Printing, and Exporting Projects

Exporting Files

Export an open document to PDF for printing Choose File > Export. Specify a name an...

Edit PDF view settings

Most DORIS documents are designed to be viewed as a spread: two portrait pages next to each other...