Archives for April, 2010
Adobe Indesign CS4 – Adding a stroke to the frame
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Now you’ll change the color of the text frame so that the stroke, which appears as a border, matches the color of the red star. The Swatches panel lets you efficiently apply, edit, and update colors for all objects in a document.
This magazine article is intended for printing at a [...]
Adobe Indesign CS4 – Threading text in frames
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Now that you’ve formatted the text, you’ll add a travel article to the document. Because it’s long, not all of the article will fit on the page. You’ll thread the text so that it flows correctly throughout the document.
Placing and flowing text
You’ll start by selecting an article describing the trip [...]
Adobe Indesign CS4 – Adding text
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
With Adobe InDesign CS4, text is always contained by a frame or flows along a path. You can either add text to a frame that has already been created, or you can create the frame while you import text.
You’re ready to start working on the magazine layout and its copy. [...]
Adobe Indesign CS4 – Preflighting as you work
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
New to Adobe InDesign CS4, Live Preflight lets you monitor documents as you create them to prevent potential printing problems from occurring. In publishing, preflighting is the process of ensuring that a document is created properly for its intended output. For example, preflighting can ensure that a [...]
Getting Started with Adobe InDesign CS4
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
You’ll start the tour by opening a partially completed document. You’ll add the finishing touches to this six-page article on Mexican folk art, written for an imaginary travel magazine. In the process, you’ll organize your work and try different techniques for creating a layout and adjusting its [...]