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INDESIGN 3-8 Setting up a Document the nine points available on a selected item’s bounding box. Clicking a reference point on the proxy tells InDesign that you wish to see the horizontal and vertical locations of that point of the selected object. When an object is selected, the X value is the horizontal location—how far it is across the page—and the Y value is the vertical location—how far it is down the page. The selected object in Figure 6 has an X location of 1 inch and a Y location of 1 inch. This means that its top left point is 1 inch across the page and 1 inch down. Why the top left point? Because that is what has been clicked in the proxy, also shown in Figure 6. QUICKTIP X and Y location values for circles are determined by the reference points of the bounding box that is placed around circles when they are selected. Be sure to note that the text boxes in the Transform palette are interactive. For example, if you select an object and find that its X coordinate is 2, you can enter 3 in the X Location text box, press [Enter] (Win) or [return] (Mac), and the object will be relocated to the new location on the page. You can also change the width or height of a selected object by changing the value in the Width or Height text boxes. QUICKTIP You can perform calculations in the text boxes in the Transform palette. For example, you could select an object whose width is three inches. By typing 3 - .625 in the W text box, you can reduce the object’s width to 2.375 inches. What a powerful feature! Using the Control Palette The Control palette, docked at the top of the document window by default, is similar to the Transform palette. It offers the same set- tings and ability to modify a selected object. For example, you can change the width and height of a frame using the Control palette, just as you can with the Transform palette. Unlike the Transform palette, the Control palette offers additional options for frames including changing the frame’s stroke weight and stroke style. The options in the Control palette change based on the type of object selected. For example, if a block of text is selected, the Control palette changes to show all of the type-related options for modifying text, such as changing the font or font size. In Figure 7, the Control palette shows options for a graphics frame. QUICKTIP The Info palette displays information about the current docu- ment and selected objects, such as text and graphics frames. For example, if you click inside a text frame with the Type Tool, the Info palette displays the number of characters, words, lines, and paragraphs in the frame. If you click the same text frame with the Selection Tool, you can find out the size and location of the text frame. The Info palette is avail- able only for viewing information. You cannot make changes to a selected object using this palette. FIGURE 7 Control palette Proxy X Location text box Y Location text box Height text box Width text box Stroke weight Scale Y Percentage text box Scale X Percentage text box Shear X Angle text box Rotation Angle text box Stroke type Lesson 1 Create a New Document INDESIGN 3-9 Using the Transform Palette to Transform Objects Transform is a term used to describe the act of moving an object, scaling it, skewing it, or rotating it. You can do all of the above in the Transform or Control palettes. Figure 8 shows a rectangular frame posi- tioned between two guides. In Figure 9, the same frame has been rotated 90 degrees— note the 90° value in the Rotation Angle text box in the Transform palette. Note also that the object was rotated at its center point. This is because the center reference point has been selected in the proxy as the point of origin for the transformation. Think of the point of origin as the point from where the transformation happens. Whichever reference point is selected on the proxy determines the point of origin for the transformation of the selected object. Figure 10 shows the frame from Figure 8 rotated 90 degrees. However, this time, the point of origin for the rotation was set at the lower-left corner of the object. Note how differently the rotation affected the object. Don’t trouble yourself trying to guess ahead of time how the choice of a point of origin in conjunction with a transforma- tion will affect an object. Sometimes it will be easy to foresee how the object will be transformed; sometimes you’ll need to use trial and error. The important thing for you to remember is that the point of origin determines the point where the transfor- mation takes place. FIGURE 8 Rectangle with its center point identified FIGURE 9 Rectangle rotated 90 degrees at its center point FIGURE 10 Rectangle rotated 90 degrees at its lower-left corner point X location Center reference point selected Y location Rectangle rotated 90 degrees Object rotated 90 degrees at lower-left point Rotation Angle text box X and Y location values remain the same when object is rotated at the center point Lower-left reference point selected Rotation angle INDESIGN 3-10 Setting up a Document Create a new document 1. Start InDesign, click Edit (Win) or InDesign (Mac) on the menu bar, point to Preferences, then click Units & Increments. 2. Click the Horizontal list arrow, click Inches, click the Vertical list arrow, click Inches, then click OK. 3. Click File on the menu bar, point to New, then click Document. 4. Type 12 in the Number of Pages text box, then verify that the Facing Pages check box is checked. 5. Type 8 in the Width text box, press [Tab], type 7 in the Height text box, then click the Landscape orientation button. TIP Press [Tab] to move your cursor for- ward from text box to text box in InDesign dialog boxes. Press [Shift][Tab] to move backward from text box to text box. 6. Type 5 in the Number text box in the Columns section, then type .25 in the Gutter text box. 7. Type .375 in the Top, Bottom, Inside, and Outside Margin text boxes so that your New Document dialog box resembles Figure 11. 8. Click OK, then look at the first page of the doc- ument, which should resemble Figure 12. 9. Save the document as Setup. You set the Units & Increments preferences to specify that you will be working with inches for horizontal and vertical measurements. You then created a new document using the New Document dialog box. You specified the number of pages in the document, the page size for each page, and the number of columns on each page. FIGURE 11 Entering values in the New Document dialog box FIGURE 12 Identifying basic elements on a page Columns Gutters between columns Landscape Orientation button Lesson 1 Create a New Document INDESIGN 3-11 Rename and modify the default master page 1. Close all open palettes except for the Toolbox and the Pages palette. 2. Looking at the Pages palette, as shown in Figure 13, note that the document contains the 12 pages that you specified in the New Document dialog box and that the default master page is named A-Master. TIP You may need to resize the Pages palette to see all of the page icons. 3. Click A-Master once to select it, click the Pages palette list arrow, then click Master Options for “A-Master”. 4. Type Chapter Right Page in the Name text box of the Master Options dialog box, then type 1 in the Number of Pages text box so that the dialog box resembles Figure 14. In this layout design, the chapter title page will always occur on a right-hand page. Therefore, this master needs to be only one page. 5. Click OK, then note the changes in the Pages palette. The default master page is now listed as a single page with its new title. You renamed the A-Master master page and rede- fined it as a single page. FIGURE 13 Identifying icons in the Pages palette FIGURE 14 Master Options dialog box 12 page icons Default A-Master master page INDESIGN 3-12 Setting up a Document Add guides to a master page 1. Double-click A-Chapter Right Page in the Pages palette, then note that the page menu at the lower-left corner of the document win- dow lists A-Chapter Right Page. A-Chapter Right Page is now the active page. 2. Click Window on the menu bar, point to Object & Layout, then click Transform. 3. If rulers are not visible at the top and left of the document window, click View on the menu bar, then click Show Rulers. 4. Click the Selection Tool , position the pointer over the horizontal ruler, then click and drag a guide down from the ruler about 1.5 inches down the page, as shown in Figure 15. TIP As you drag the new guide onto the page, the value in the Y Location text box in the Transform palette continually changes to show the guide’s current location. 5. Release the mouse button to position the guide at approximately 1.5 inches down the page. 6. Type 1.9 in the Y Location text box in the Transform palette, then press [Enter] (Win) or [return] (Mac). The guide jumps to the specific vertical loca- tion you entered. 7. Drag a second guide down from the horizon- tal ruler, then release the mouse button when the Y Location text box in the Transform palette reads approximately 5.9 in. (continued) FIGURE 15 Creating a horizontal guide Click in ruler and drag downward Cursor becomes double-sided arrow when creating a guide Y location of guide Using the Transform Again commands InDesign CS2 has incorporated one of the great and classic features of Illustrator: the Transform Again command. Now, in InDesign when you execute a transformation once, you can then use the Transform Again command to repeat it. This is an extremely useful command, and it's one you should learn how to use. The Object/Transform Again submenu features four commands that let you repeat trans- formations. Be sure to check out the Transform Sequence Again command. This command goes one step beyond Transform Again—it repeats entire sequences. So if you make a series of transformations to a selected object, as long as you don't change the selection, the Transform Sequence Again will repeat the entire series of transfor- mations. Experiment with these very important—and fun—commands. Lesson 1 Create a New Document INDESIGN 3-13 8. Drag a guide from the vertical ruler on the left side of the document window, then release your mouse when the X Location text box in the Transform palette reads approxi- mately 2 in. 9. Click the first horizontal guide you posi- tioned at 1.9 inches to select it, double-click the Y Location text box in the Transform palette, type 2, then press [Enter] (Win) or [return] (Mac). The guide is moved and positioned exactly two inches from the top of the document. TIP Selected guides appear darker blue in color. 10.Change the location of the horizontal guide positioned approximately at 5.9 inches to 6 inches, then change the location of the vertical guide to 2.5 inches. As shown in Figure 16, the vertical guide is still selected. You positioned guides on the master page by dragging them from the horizontal and vertical rulers. You used the Transform palette to position them at precise locations. FIGURE 16 Viewing the master page with three guides Guides Selected guide Working with Frame-Based Grids A baseline grid represents the leading for body text in a document. Now, with InDesign CS2, every text frame can have its own baseline grid, independent of the document's baseline grid. To specify the baseline grid for a text frame, select the text frame, click Object on the menu bar, click Text Frame Options, and then click the Baseline Options tab. Here you can customize the baseline grid for the selected text frame. You can even apply specific colors for the grid, which will apply to that text frame only. In order to see a document's baseline grid or any grids within text frames, click View on the menu bar, point to Grids and Guides, and then click Show Baseline Grid command. INDESIGN 3-14 Setting up a Document Create placeholder text frames 1. Click the Type Tool , position the cursor approximately where the vertical guide inter- sects the top horizontal guide, then click and drag a text frame to the right margin. Your screen should resemble Figure 17. The text box should be approximately 1.25" in height. Your text frame may differ slightly from the figure; you can adjust it later. 2. Type Chapter X in the text frame, then select the text. 3. Display the Character palette, set the font to Garamond or a similar font, set the font size to 80 pt, then set the leading to 96 pt (if necessary). 4. Position the Type Tool cursor where the vertical guide intersects the bottom horizontal guide, click and drag toward the upper-right corner to create a text frame, then click the Selection Tool . As shown in Figure 18, the second text frame is selected. 5. Click the Type Tool , click inside the second text frame, type Chapter title must be two lines in the text frame, then select the text. 6. Set the font to Trebuchet MS or a similar font, set the font size to 32 pt, then set the leading to 33 pt. 7. Click the page to deselect the text so that your page resembles Figure 19. You created two text frames which will be used as placeholders for chapter numbers and chapter titles in the document. FIGURE 17 Drawing a text frame FIGURE 18 Viewing the second text frame FIGURE 19 Viewing the page with two placeholder text frames Top and left sides of text frame hidden behind guides Bottom edge of text frame Second text frame Lesson 1 Create a New Document INDESIGN 3-15 Change the color of guides, margins, and columns 1. Click Edit (Win) or InDesign (Mac) on the menu bar, point to Preferences, then click Guides & Pasteboard. 2. Click the Guides in Back check box to select it, then click OK. As shown in Figure 20, the text frame bor- ders are in front of the guides. 3. Click Edit (Win) or InDesign (Mac) on the menu bar, point to Preferences, then click Guides & Pasteboard. 4. In the Color section, click the Margins list arrow, then click Peach. 5. Click the Columns list arrow, click Peach, then click OK. 6. Click the Selection Tool , click the cyan vertical guide to select it, press and hold [Shift], click the top horizontal guide, then click the lower horizontal guide. All three cyan guides are selected and appear dark blue. 7. Click Layout on the menu bar, then click Ruler Guides. 8. Click the Color list arrow, click Grass Green, then click OK. 9. Click the pasteboard to deselect the guides, then compare your page to Figure 21. You changed the color of margins, columns, and guides to improve your ability to distinguish text frames from page guides. FIGURE 20 Viewing the page with guides in back FIGURE 21 Changing the colors of guides to better distinguish elements on the page Text frame borders are in front of guides Margins and column guides in peach Guides in grass green INDESIGN 3-16 Setting up a Document Use the Transform palette to transform text frames 1. Click the Selection Tool (if necessary), click anywhere in the lower text frame to select it, click Object on the menu bar, then click Text Frame Options. 2. In the Vertical Justification section, click the Align list arrow, click Bottom, then click OK. 3. Using Figure 22 as a guide, drag the top middle handle of the text frame down to the top of the text. 4. With the text frame still selected, click the middle-left reference point on the proxy in the Transform palette, as shown in Figure 23. TIP The selected reference point specifies the point of origin for the transformation. 5. Double-click the Width (W) text box in the Transform palette, type 3.875, then press [Enter] (Win) or [return] (Mac). The width of the selected text frame is reduced to 3.875 inches. Since the point of origin for the transformation was specified as the left edge, only the right side of the text frame moves when the new width is applied. (continued) FIGURE 22 Resizing the height of a text frame FIGURE 23 Selecting a reference point on the proxy Drag top middle point to resize text frame Middle-left reference point selected Lesson 1 Create a New Document INDESIGN 3-17 6. Click the “Chapter X” text frame, then click the center reference point on the proxy in the Transform palette. 7. Click the Transform palette list arrow, then click Rotate 90° CW. The text frame is rotated at its center point. 8. Drag the rotated Chapter X text frame to the same location shown in Figure 24, then adjust the frame size if necessary. 9. Display the Paragraph palette, then click the Align right button . 10.Click Edit on the menu bar, click Deselect All, click the Preview Mode button in the Toolbox, then press [Tab] to hide all palettes. Your page should resemble Figure 25. You used the Transform palette to change the width of one text frame and to rotate the other. FIGURE 24 Repositioning the text frame FIGURE 25 Viewing the page in preview mode [...]... characters and you’ll find that the dash created by pressing the dash FIGURE 28 Identifying an em space Em space INDESIGN 3-20 Setting up a Document key is not wide enough That’s because there is no dash key on a keyboard What you think of as a dash is actually a hyphen, and hyphens are shorter than dashes InDesign offers two types of dashes—the em dash and the en dash—that you can insert between words or characters... the usual way You must press and hold [Shift][Ctrl] (Win) or [Shift] (Mac) to select those objects on the new master InDesign does this so that you don’t accidentally move or delete objects from the previous master FIGURE 29 Identifying an en dash En dash Lesson 2 Create Master Pages INDESIGN 3-21 Create a new master page 1 Press [Tab] to show the palettes again, then click the Normal View Mode button... in Figure 27 A text frame on a master page containing an auto page number character Master pages with titles Auto page number character represents that of the master page Lesson 2 Create Master Pages INDESIGN 3-19 alignment that you desire On the document pages based on that master, the letter in the text frame will appear as the number of the page The page numbering is automatic This means that the... create new master pages In this lesson, you will create two new master pages, create placeholder text frames for body copy, create automatic page numbering, and create placeholder frames for graphics INDESIGN 3-18 by clicking the New Master command on the Pages palette menu When you create a new master page, you have the option of giving the master page a title This is often very useful for distinguishing... and in the same location on every page Imagine what would happen if you were to remove a page from or add a page to the middle of the document You’d need to go back and renumber your pages! Fortunately, InDesign offers a solution for this You can create placeholders for page numbers on your master pages Each newly That letter represents the page number You can format it using any font, size, and FIGURE... the B-Body Copy with Pics master page 7 Press and hold [Ctrl] (Win) or (Mac), then drag a horizontal guide onto the spread, positioning it one inch from the top of the page Master page name (continued) INDESIGN 3-22 Setting up a Document . point Lower-left reference point selected Rotation angle INDESIGN 3-10 Setting up a Document Create a new document 1. Start InDesign, click Edit (Win) or InDesign (Mac) on the menu bar, point to Preferences,. guide Using the Transform Again commands InDesign CS2 has incorporated one of the great and classic features of Illustrator: the Transform Again command. Now, in InDesign when you execute a transformation once,. INDESIGN 3-8 Setting up a Document the nine points available on a selected item’s bounding box. Clicking a reference point on the proxy tells InDesign that you wish to