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CHAPTER SUMMARY CHAPTER SUMMARY In this chapter, you explored many tech- niques for working with frames – position- ing them on a page, using the Align and Distribution palette to position frames with an exact relationship to one another, and you learned how to use the Step and Repeat command to create multiple copies of an object at with a specific offset. You used the commands under the Arrange menu and explored the concept of the stacking order. You then went directly into a study of layers and worked with the lay- ers palette. Working with graphics frames, you learned how to place bitmap graphics and how to manipulate them using the Direct Selection Tool and the Transform palette. You also used the Text Wrap palette to wrap text around a frame. Finally, you worked with text frames, learning the many ways to flow text. You learned to add a column break and how to insert a page continuation notation What You Have Learned • How to apply fills and strokes • How to use the Step and Repeat command • How to align objects • How to distribute objects • How to change the stacking order of objects • How to create new layers in the Layers palette • How to position artwork on a specific layer • How to move artwork between layers • How to change the order of layers in the Layers palette • How to Place a graphic • The difference between the graphics frame and the graphic itself • The difference between the Selection Tool and the Direct Selection Tool • How to move a graphic within a graphics frame • How to resize a graphic • How to use the Fitting commands • How to wrap text around a placed graphic that has a clipping path • Various methods for flowing text • How to insert a column break • How to insert a “Continued on page . . .” notation Key Terms Distributing Positioning objects on a page so that they are spaced evenly in relation to one another Flattening Merging all layers in a lay- ered document. Offset The distance an object is moved or copied. Soft return In typography, using the Shift key in addition to the Enter [Win] or Return [Mac] key to move text onto the following line without creat- ing a new paragraph. Spreads Two pages in a layout that face each other, as in an open magazine, book, or newspaper. Stacking Order Refers to how objects are “stacked.” When you create multiple objects, every object is on its own hierar- chical level. Step and Repeat A dialog box in which you can specify the number and offset value of copies of a selected object. Stroke A color applied to the outline of an object INDESIGN 4-46 Working with Frames [...]... swatch Lesson 1 Work with Process Colors You saved an unnamed color in the Swatches palette, created a tint swatch based on that swatch, then reverted the document INDESIGN 5-11 L E S S O N 2 APPLY COLOR What You’ll Do Applying Color to Objects InDesign offers a number of options for applying fills and strokes to objects The most basic method is to select an object, activate either the Fill or the Stroke... created a new tint swatch You then modified the original swatch on which the tint swatch was based, noting that the tint swatch was automatically updated You also rearranged swatches in the Swatches palette INDESIGN 5-9 Use the Color palette 1 Verify that the Fill button in the Toolbox is activated 2 Click the Selection Tool if necessary, click the cyan-filled frame that surrounds the image on the page, click... 20%, then drag the Yellow and Black sliders to 0% You selected an object, then used the Color palette to change its fill to a variety of process colors, none of which were saved in the Swatches palette INDESIGN 5-10 Working with Color Save an unnamed color in the Swatches palette FIGURE 13 Viewing an unnamed color added to the Swatches palette 1 Drag the Fill color from the Toolbox into the Swatches... Pink, type 20 in the Magenta text box, type 0 in the Cyan, Yellow, and Black text boxes, then click OK Three new colors Your Swatches palette should resemble Figure 9 You created three new process colors INDESIGN 5-8 Working with Color Create a tint swatch and modify the original color swatch FIGURE 10 Viewing the new tint swatch 1 Click Blue in the Swatches palette, click the Swatches palette list arrow,... or Stroke button in any palette, it will be activated in all the palettes that have Fill and Stroke buttons In this lesson, you will explore various techniques for applying and modifying color swatches INDESIGN 5-12 Keyboard shortcuts also offer useful options Pressing [X] once toggles the activation between the Fill and the Stroke buttons In other words, if the Stroke button is activated and you press . applied to the outline of an object INDESIGN 4-46 Working with Frames