What is Adobe InDesign?

• InDesign is:– a desktop publishing software application– Produced by Adobe Systems– Introduced on the market in 1987

• Successor of Adobe PageMaker• QuarkXPress vs. Adobe InDesign

Examples of documents you can create with InDesign

• Books• Magazines• Newspapers• Newsletters• Catalogs• Annual reports• Directories• Business cards• Stationery• Labels• Brochures• Magazine and newspaper ads• Websites• eBooks

Navigate the Work Environment

Navigate the Work Environment

• Tools

• Panels

• View– View menu– Zoom level list and text box– Zoom tool (zoom in and zoom out)– Measurements

Navigate the Work Environment

• Rulers– Unit of measurements (preferences)

• Extras

• Grids and Guidelines– Guides– Document Grid– Snap to Guides– Snap to Document

Navigate the Work Environment

• Screen mode:– Preview– Presentation

Navigate through Multiple Documents

• Two open documents at a time

• Resizing a document window

Navigate through a Document

• Page menu

• View menu

• Layout menu

• Page panel– Page attribute

Smart Guides and Objects

• Resizing an object

• Duplicating an object

• Lock an object

• Group objects

• Practice – Skills Review on pages 1-42 and 1-43 (#20 to #42)