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Lesson 3 Navigate Through a Document INDESIGN 1-21 5. Drag the View box in the Navigator palette to scroll around the page. 6. Click the Zoom Out button five times. The magnification is reduced to 125%. 7. Click the Navigator palette list arrow, then click View All Spreads. The palette now shows all spreads, as shown in Figure 27. 8. Close Dessert Menu.indd. You used the Navigator palette to enlarge and reduce the view of the document and to scroll around the document. FIGURE 27 Navigator palette showing all spreads Palette list arrow LESSON 4 What You’ll Do INDESIGN 1-22 Exploring the InDesign Workspace Accessing InDesign Help Help! At some point we all need it. When you do, you can use it to search for answers to your questions using the InDesign Help command on the Help menu. InDesign Help is an online resource. When you click InDesign Help the Adobe Help Center window opens, showing the Adobe InDesign CS2 page, as shown in Figure 28. You can also access help for Adobe Illustrator CS2 and Adobe Photoshop CS2 from this window. Click the View Help info for this product list arrow, then choose the product you’d like help with. This site con- tains all the information in the user guide, plus keyboard shortcuts and additional information. QUICKTIP The Help menu also contains commands for registering your software, finding out if there are any updates to the software, and viewing the InDesign page of the Adobe Systems Web site. The Online Support command brings you to the support page for InDesign where you can read about top issues and access tutorials, forums, and announcements. You can find information quickly by con- ducting a search using keywords. To do so, type your keyword(s) into the text box at the top of the window, then click Search. Searching for information this way is more powerful than using a soft- ware manual. In this lesson, you will access help using the Adobe Help Center. ▼ USE INDESIGN HELP Lesson 4 Use InDesign Help INDESIGN 1-23 FIGURE 28 Adobe Help Center FIGURE 29 "Guides" search results The Web site offers you the power to do much broader searches and to view a number of different topics at a glance that relate to your search. For example, if you search for information about guides, you are given a very thorough list of topics relating to guides, as shown in Figure 29. Compare that to using the traditional index in a book and you will probably agree that this is a much more comprehensive and effec- tive solution for accessing information. View Help info for this product list arrow Type keywords into this text box CHAPTER SUMMARY CHAPTER SUMMARY In this chapter, you explored the work- space in InDesign CS2; you learned how to open, close and save a document and how to work with palettes. You explored the Toolbox, viewing the various tools at your disposal when you work in InDesign CS2. Experimenting with palettes, you learned how to group and dock them to manage your workspace. You also learned how to restore the default arrangement of palettes by clicking Window on the menu bar, pointing to Workspace, then clicking [Default]. You learned how to change document views, how to use the Zoom and Hand Tools, how to use the Navigator and Pages palettes, and how to access InDesign Help. What You Have Learned • The InDesign CS2 workspace • How to start InDesign CS2 • How to open and save a document • The identity of important tools in the Toolbox • How to group and dock palettes • How to restore the default workspace • How to create new windows and change document views • How to use the Zoom and Hand Tools • How to use the Navigator palette • How to use the Pages palette to move between pages in the document • How to access InDesign Help Key Terms Workspace The arrangement of win- dows and palettes that you see on your monitor, where you work on InDesign documents. Pasteboard The blank white area sur- rounding the document. Docking palettes Connecting the bot- tom edge of one palette to the top edge of another palette, so that both move together. Grouping palettes A way to combine multiple palettes in a single palette win- dow to conserve workspace. Spread A set of two document pages that face each other. Toolbox The box that contains all the tools available in InDesign. Pages palette The palette that shows icons for every page in a document; used to navigate quickly through document pages easily. Navigator palette An excellent resource for viewing and moving through a document. INDESIGN 1-24 Exploring the InDesign Workspace [...]... are spaced further apart Tracking text Without kerning, some letters are very close Kerned text with no tracking After Kerning, all letters are evenly spaced INDESIGN 2-6 FIGURE 5 Tracked text with greater space between characters Working with Text InDesign measures both kerning and tracking in increments of 1/1000 em, a unit of measure that is determined by the current type size In a 6-point font, 1... command FIGURE 6 Identifying a superscripted character Superscripted character Superscript Command Lesson 1 Format Text INDESIGN 2-7 Modify text attributes FIGURE 8 Units & Increments section of the Preferences dialog box 1 Open ID 2-1.indd, then save it as Min-Pin Intro 2 Click Edit (Win) or InDesign (Mac) on the menu bar, point to Preferences, then click Units & Increments 3 In the Keyboard Increments section,... makes the selected text appear smaller Of the two, Subscript is used less often Though it is seldom used for footnotes, many designers use Subscript for trademarks and register marks Underlining Text InDesign offers many different options, commands, and dialog boxes for creating rules—horizontal, vertical, or diagonal lines—and for underlining text That said, when you want simply to underline selected... above insertion point [Shift][Ctrl] (Mac) (Win) or [Shift] One paragraph below insertion point [Shift][Ctrl] (Mac) (Win) or [Shift] Lesson 1 Format Text [A] (Mac) 12 pt text with 8 pt leading Leading INDESIGN 2-5 Scaling Text Horizontally and Vertically When you format text, your most basic choice is which font you want to use and at what size you want to use it Once you’ve chosen a font and a font... click 18 pt Font Size list arrow TIP If the Garamond font is not available to you, use a similar font 10.Click the Selection Tool , then note that the text frame is highlighted, as shown in Figure 10 INDESIGN 2-8 Working with Text Text frame 11.Click Object on the menu bar, click Text Frame Options, click the Align list arrow, click Center, then click OK Text frame handles You used keyboard commands... value to -30 7 Click the Selection Tool Your headline should resemble Figure 12 You used the Character palette to modify tracking and kerning values applied to text Decreased kerning Lesson 1 Format Text INDESIGN 2-9 . Help command on the Help menu. InDesign Help is an online resource. When you click InDesign Help the Adobe Help Center window opens, showing the Adobe InDesign CS2 page, as shown in Figure 28. You. manual. In this lesson, you will access help using the Adobe Help Center. ▼ USE INDESIGN HELP Lesson 4 Use InDesign Help INDESIGN 1-23 FIGURE 28 Adobe Help Center FIGURE 29 "Guides" search. the Navigator and Pages palettes, and how to access InDesign Help. What You Have Learned • The InDesign CS2 workspace • How to start InDesign CS2 • How to open and save a document • The identity