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Correcting Overset Text

03 Basic Competence in InDesign Working with Text

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

Updated 1 year ago by Maria Meschi

Group or Ungroup Objects

03 Basic Competence in InDesign Working with Objects

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

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Align or Distribute Objects

03 Basic Competence in InDesign Working with Objects

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

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Paragraph Spacing

03 Basic Competence in InDesign Working with Text

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

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Lock + Unlock Objects

03 Basic Competence in InDesign Working with Objects

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

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Access to InDesign, Libraries, and Assets

02 Getting Started with InDesign

Before you can use InDesign, you need to get added to the DORIS Adobe team, then download the app...

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Tutorials

02 Getting Started with InDesign

If you are opening InDesign for the first time or consider yourself an absolute beginner, these s...

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Setting Up Your Workspace

02 Getting Started with InDesign

To create and manage documents in InDesign (and other Adobe Creative Cloud applications), you can...

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Create a document from a template

02 Getting Started with InDesign

Directions About InDesign Templates Adobe InDesign template files are pre-designed layouts.  ...

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Styles

01 Hello, Adobe InDesign DORIS InDesign Standards

InDesign styles help maintain consistency throughout and across documents. Character Styles and ...

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Anatomy of a DORIS Document

01 Hello, Adobe InDesign DORIS InDesign Standards

Understanding the document grid A grid in graphic design is a foundational layout tool that orga...

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Understanding Tools

01 Hello, Adobe InDesign

Like all Adobe products, InDesign is robust and complicated. The same objective can be accomplish...

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Useful Shortcuts

01 Hello, Adobe InDesign

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of keyboard shortcuts for InDesign. These are just a few.  ...

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Glossary of InDesign Terms

01 Hello, Adobe InDesign

anchor point—a point on a path that indicates a change of direction. Paths are made up of one or ...

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Communications External Leadership

Old Versions of Stuff (Don't Use, Don't...

Usability Announcement  Subject: Solutioning Session  Hello!   One of our DORIS Researchers wil...

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Plan

Old Versions of Stuff (Don't Use, Don't...

1. Client leadership introduces the project and DORIS to participants Before DORIS sends any com...

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Establish participant communication processes with the client

Participant Communications

Purpose  To ensure we and the client are on the same page about participant communication.   Re...

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Patterns

Brand

This brand pattern may be used to add versatility and interest. The design draws upon the speech ...

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Icons

Brand

Icons simplify complex ideas and translate messages quickly. When designed with a similar style a...

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Typography

Brand

Whitney Whitney is the primary typeface for all DORIS materials. Whitney is available in many we...

Updated 1 year ago by Maria Meschi