Adobe InDesign CC 2015 User Manual

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3What's NewLast updated 6/6/2015For more information, see the article on Publish Online (Preview).Enhancements to Creative Cloud LibrariesYou can

95Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Check out contentWhen you check out an item, a hidden lock file (.idlk) is placed on the file system. Onc

96Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Update assignment files (InDesign)You can save changes to assignments manually or when you close the curr

97Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/20153 Do one of the following:• To let InDesign update the links, click Fix Links Automatically.• To fix link

98Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Updating the layout in InCopy is useful for copyfitting tasks, because the latest appearance and line bre

99Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• To save the InDesign document under a new name with links to any existing InCopy files, choose File >

100Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Zoom in or out• To zoom in, select the Zoom tool and click the area you want to magnify. Each click mag

101Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Scroll the viewYou can easily adjust the degree to which pages or objects are centered in the document w

102Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015When you reopen the document, only the last-used window appears.• To create a new window for the same do

103Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• To use the current value as part of a mathematical expression, click before or after the current value

104Last updated 6/6/2015Workspace and workflowWorking with ToolsSetting preferences Setting preferencesToolboxToolbox

4What's NewLast updated 6/6/2015When you create a new character or paragraph style in InDesign, you can add it directly to a CC Library. Simple,

105Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 3: Layout and designGenerate QR codesAbout QR codesQR codes are machine readable printed representation of data for va

106Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015The Generate/Edit QR Code dialog box has two tabs – Content and Color.2 In the Content tab, select any one of

107Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Edit the content and color of the QR code1 Select the QR code object or the frame: double-click inside the fr

108Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Add basic page numberingYou can add a current page number marker to your pages to specify where a page number

109Layout and designLast updated 6/6/20155 Apply the master page to the document pages on which you want the page numbering to appear. To apply master

110Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015About tables of contentsA table of contents (TOC) can list the contents of a book, magazine, or other publica

111Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Generate a table of contentsBefore you generate a table of contents, decide which paragraphs should be includ

112Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Note: Avoid threading the TOC frame to other text frames in the document. If you replace the existing TOC, th

113Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Between Entry And Number Specify which characters you want between the table of contents entry and its page n

114Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Include Text On Hidden Layers Select this option only if you want the paragraphs on hidden layers to be incl

5What's NewLast updated 6/6/2015Color ThemesColor themes picked using the Color Themes tool can now be directly added to the CC Libraries Color T

115Layout and designLast updated 6/6/20156 For Leader, type a period (.).7 Select other style options as desired, and click OK.Update and edit a table

116Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Create footnotesA footnote consists of two linked parts: the footnote reference number that appears in text,

117Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Start At Specify the number used for the first footnote in the story. Each story in a document begins with t

118Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Allow Split Footnotes Select this option if you want footnotes to break across a column when the footnote ex

119Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015• If you clear overrides and character styles on a paragraph that includes a footnote reference marker, the f

120Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Footnotes in non-rectangular framesFor non-rectangular text frames, such as rounded corners, ovals, and circl

121Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Text variablesCreate and edit text variablesA text variable is an item you insert in your document that varie

122Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015If the document’s chapter number is set to continue from the previous document in the book, you may need to u

123Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015This variable inserts the name of the current file into the document. It’s commonly added to the slug area of

124Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Delete, convert, and import text variablesUse the Text Variables dialog box to delete, convert, and import te

6What's NewLast updated 6/6/2015The links to these placed graphics from CC Libraries will be displayed in the Links panel.For more information, s

125Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015About indexingYou can create a simple keyword index or a comprehensive, detailed guide to the information in

126Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015You’ll likely repeat these steps several times as you refine your index prior to publication.Index panel over

127Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Topics in the topic list appear in the New Page Reference dialog box as well. To create an index entry, simpl

128Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Edit an index topicUse the Index panel to edit entries before or after you generate an index. Changes you mak

129Layout and designLast updated 6/6/20155 Choose New Page Reference in the Index panel menu. (If this command does not appear, make sure Reference is

130Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Index a word, phrase, or list quicklyUsing an indexing shortcut, you can quickly index individual words, a ph

131Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Index every occurrence of a word automaticallyUsing the Add All option is an effective way to index all occur

132Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015For Next # Of Pages The page range extends from the index marker to the end of the number of pages specified

133Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Generate an indexOnce you’ve added index entries and previewed them in the Index panel, you’re ready to gener

134Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015To replace the entry separators (such as the values for Following Topic or Between Entries), select the exist

7What's NewLast updated 6/6/2015The benefit of using paragraph shading is that since the paragraph shading is applied on text, the shading will m

135Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Changing the sort order affects the sort order in the Index panel and in the index stories that are generated

136Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Sort By When you’re creating or editing an index entry, typing Chinese characters in the Topic Levels fields

137Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Locate index markers in a document1 Choose Type > Show Hidden Characters to display index markers in the d

138Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015A Start bracket B In port C Center bracket D End bracket E Out port indicating threaded text 1 Select th

139Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Delete type from a path1 Using the Selection tool or Direct Selection tool , select one or more type-on-a-p

140Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Note: If you apply a paragraph indent value, it’s measured from the start and end brackets.Slide type along a

141Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015A Rainbow effect B Skew effect C 3D Ribbon effect D Stair Step effect E Gravity effect • To keep charact

142Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Linked content behaves similar to traditional links. See Use the Links panel for an overview. You can designa

143Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Load Conveyor Use to load the conveyor with items.• Selection: Use this option to load all selected items•

144Layout and designLast updated 6/6/20153 Select the options as required:Update Link When Saving Document Enable this option to update the link when

8What's NewLast updated 6/6/2015Adobe Stock is a new service that sells millions of high-quality, royalty-free photos, illustrations, and graphic

145Layout and designLast updated 6/6/20151 Select a source document and Style type. 2 Click New Syle Mapping.3 Choose source and mapped styles or styl

146Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015A Page icons B Page with master “A” applied C Selected spread When you set the Binding option to Right To

147Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Target or select a page or spreadYou e it h e r select or target pages or spreads, depending on the task yo

148Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015For publishing for multiple formats and sizes, you can choose a design strategy that suits a project best: Ha

149Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015You can apply different rules to different pages, depending on the layout and the goals; only one liquid page

150Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Re-center All content on the page is automatically recentered no matter the width. Unlike Scale, the content

151Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Object-based You can specify liquid behavior for size and location relative to the page edge for each object

152Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Used in combination with Liquid Layout, you can significantly reduce the amount of manual work required to re

153Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Width and Height These fields display the size of the alternate layout. You can enter your own values, but t

154Layout and designLast updated 6/6/20151 Select the objects to align or distribute.2 Choose Window > Object & Layout > Align to display th

9What's NewLast updated 6/6/2015Note: Until InDesign CC 2014, these view options were only available in the Export to Interactive PDF dialog.For

155Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015A Spaces the objects evenly from their centers by a specified value B Changes the overall width of the objec

156Layout and designLast updated 6/6/20152 Move the pointer between two objects, and do any of the following actions:• Drag to move the gap and resize

157Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Create a new document1 Choose File > New > Document.The New Document dialog box combines the Document S

158Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015To set the default settings for all new documents, choose File > Document Setup, Layout > Margins and C

159Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Note: You can also click the Save Document Preset icon to save document settings for future use.Document wind

160Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015You can save a document preset to a separate file and distribute it to other users. To save and load document

161Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015When a frame grid with grid formatting is selected, the current grid format name is highlighted in the Named

162Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Applying a grid format causes grid format attributes to be set for text in the frame grid, but grid format at

163Layout and designLast updated 6/6/20152 Double-click the InDesign document containing the grid formats you want to import.When you import a grid fo

164Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015When text is pasted, a plain text frame is automatically created. You can also create an empty plain text fra

10Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 2: Workspace and workflowCreate new documentsPage design begins with the basics: starting a new document, setting up pa

165Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Tip: You can also double-click a handle on an overset text frame to expand the height or width to fit all tex

166Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Change text frame propertiesUse Text Frame Options to change settings such as the number of columns in the fr

167Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015A Original 2-column text frame B Resized with Fixed Column Width deselected (still 2 columns) C Resized wit

168Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Min Select a minimum value for the baseline offset. For example, if Leading is selected and you specify a mi

169Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Working with additional languagesYou can assign languages to different text. Assigning the appropriate langua

170Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015One of the documents added to a book file is the style source. By default, the style source is the first docu

171Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Save a book fileBook files are separate from document files. For example, when you choose the Save Book comma

172Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Be sure to select all styles included in the definition of other styles. For example, an object style may con

173Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Any master page items that are overridden on document pages after you synchronize masters for the first time

174Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015For numbered paragraphs (such as lists of figures), numbering is determined by the numbered list style defini

11Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Master Text Frame CS5.5 and earlier: Select this option to create a text frame the size of the area with

175Layout and designLast updated 6/6/20154 Select both Continue Numbers Across Stories and Continue Numbers From Previous Document In Book.5 Click OK.

176Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Columns Sets the color of the column guides for the page.Bleed Sets the color of the bleed area (which is s

177Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Columns Specify the number of columns.Select Horizontal or Vertical to specify the column direction. This al

178Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015• Use the Pen tool to draw a path in the shape you want, and then use the Paste Into command to paste the gra

179Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Create a clipping path automaticallyIf you want to remove the background from a graphic that wasn’t saved wit

180Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015that could not be eliminated by using the Threshold and Tolerance values. Enter a negative value to make the

181Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Testing a form in AcrobatThis tutorial shows you how InDesign form fields look in Acrobat or Reader. Then, le

182Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Making shiny graphics (PDF, 203 KB)Managing documents with multiple page sizes (PDF, 136 KB)A short tutorial

183Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Formatting gridsFormatting gridsFrame grid propertiesFrame grid propertiesGridsGridsGrouping, locking, and du

184Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Managing pages and spreadsManaging pages and spreadsMaster pagesMaster pagesNumbering pages, chapters, and se

12Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015A Spread (black lines) B Page (black lines) C Margin guides (magenta lines) D Column guides (violet li

185Layout and designLast updated 6/6/2015Working with files and templatesWorking with files and templatesWorking with frames and objectsWorking with f

186Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 4: TextThreading textThread text framesThe text in a frame can be independent of other frames, or it can flow between

187Tex tLast updated 6/6/20152 Position the loaded text icon over the frame you want to connect to. The loaded text icon changes to the thread icon.3

188Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Unthread text framesWhen you unthread a text frame, you break the connection between the frame and all subsequent frames

189Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Flow text manually or automaticallyYour pointer becomes a loaded text icon after you place text or click an in port or o

190Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Flow text automatically❖ With the loaded text icon displayed, hold down Shift as you do one of the following:• Click the

191Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015If your layout includes design elements specific to the right or left side of the spread, turn on this option. If your le

192Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Keeps text from appearing in any available space to the right or left of the frame.Jump To Next Column Forces the surrou

193Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Bounding BoxWraps text to the rectangle formed by the image’s height and width.Detect EdgesGenerates the boundary using a

194Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015If you manually change the shape of a text wrap path, User-Modified Path is selected in the Type menu and remains dimmed

Last updated 6/6/2015Legal noticesLegal noticesFor legal notices, see http://help.adobe.com/en_US/legalnotices/index.html.

13Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• Choose File > New > Document, and then choose a preset from the Document Preset menu in the New D

195Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Note: Text adjacent to an object is aligned to the left or top of the object when set to Align Left, to the right or bott

196Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Arabic and Hebrew features | CC, CS6New and improved features for working in Arabic and Hebrew are available in the Middl

197Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015If you have a mix of languages in the same paragraph, you can specify the direction of text at a character level. Also, t

198Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Automatic Kashida insertionIn Arabic, text is justified by adding Kashidas. Kashidas are added to arabic characters to le

199Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Diacritical marksIn the Arabic script, a diacritic or a diacritical mark is a glyph used to indicate consonant length or

200Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Default fontsWhen you install a Middle Eastern or North African version, the default typing font is set to the installati

201Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Hebrew text: Hyphenation is allowed. To enable hyphenation and customize settings, choose Paragraph panel > Panel menu

202Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Justification AlternatesA font can have alternative shapes of certain letters of the alphabet. These variations of the fo

203Tex tLast updated 6/6/20152 In the Insert Table dialog box, choose from the Direction list to select the table direction.To change the direction of

204Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015• Logical: The cursor moves according to the direction of the language typed. In Arabic and Hebrew, when the right arrow

14Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• Click Sync Settings Now to initiate the sync.• Click Disable Sync Settings to disable the feature.• Cli

205Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Anchored objectsAbout anchored objectsAnchored objects are items, such as images or text boxes, that are attached—or anch

206Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Create an anchored objectIf an object isn’t available to place into the document (for example, sidebar text that is not w

207Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Inline and Above Line position optionsWhen you choose Inline or Above Line from the Position menu in the Anchored Object

208Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Custom position optionsYou can use the following options when positioning a custom-positioned anchored object. You can sp

209Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Note: Depending on what you choose for X Relative To and Y Relative To, the Anchored Position Reference Point proxy displ

210Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Keep Within Top/Bottom Column Boundaries Keeps the object inside the text column if reflowing text would otherwise cause

211Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015A. Position object using use Page Margin or Page Edge for X and Y Relative To B. When text reflows, object does not follo

212Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Working with anchored objects using drag-and-drop (CS5.5)Working with anchored objects using drag-and-drop (CS5.5)You can

213Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015If you want to move an inline or above line object outside of the text frame, convert it to a custom-positioned object an

214Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015You can also add bulk content to an article. Adding selected content to selected article, or adding an entire document co

15Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Managing syncWhat gets synced• Wor ksp aces• Menu sets• PDF presets• Keyboard shortcuts• Glyphs setsChoos

215Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015• Choose Article Options from the Articles panel pop-up menu and then select Include When Exporting.Bullets and numbering

216Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015• Choose Bullets And Numbering from the Paragraph panel or Command panel. For List Type, choose either Bullets or Numbers

217Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Note: The Left Indent, First Line Indent, and Tab Position settings in the Bullets And Numbering dialog box are paragraph

218Tex tLast updated 6/6/20152 In the Bullets And Numbering dialog box, select Bullets from the List Type menu.3 Select a different bullet character,

219Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Defining listsA defined list can be interrupted by other paragraphs and lists, and can span different stories and differe

220Tex tLast updated 6/6/20153 Enter a name for the list, choose whether you want to continue numbering across stories, and continue numbering from pr

221Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Create multi-level listsA multi-level list is a list that describes hierarchical relationships between the list paragraph

222Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015• To create a number expression, enter punctuation, enter metacharacters, or select options on the Insert Special Charact

223Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Restart or continue numbering for a listInDesign offers commands for restarting a list and continuing a list:Restarting a

224Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015More Help topics Add paragraph and character stylesCreating a table ofcontentsCaptionsConvert style bullets and numbering

16Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Choose an option in case of conflictThere are situations when the system could detect sync conflicts. Syn

225Tex tLast updated 6/6/20153 Specify the range of your search from the Search menu, and click icons to include locked layers, master pages, footnote

226Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Find and change formatted text1 Choose Edit > Find/Change.2 If the Find Format and Change Format options don’t appear,

227Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Search the entire document or All Documents to search all open documents.StorySearch all text in the currently selected f

228Tex tLast updated 6/6/20152 At the bottom of the dialog box, specify the range of your search from the Search menu, and click icons to include lock

229Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015You can use the Found Text expressions to refer to these groupings. For example, $0 refers to all found text, and $2 refe

230Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015206 555 3982 = $1 $2 $3Additional GREP examplesExperiment with the examples in this table to learn more about GREP search

231Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Metacharacters for searchingMetacharacters represent a character or symbol in InDesign. Metacharacters in the Text sectio

232Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Any Page Number ^# ~#Current Page Number ^N ~NNext Page Number ^X ~XPrevious Page Number ^V ~V* Any Variable ^v ~vSection

233Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Quarter Space ^4 ~4Sixth Space ^% ~%Flush Space ^f ~fHair Space ^| ~|Nonbreaking Space ^s ~sNonbreaking Space (fixed widt

234Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015* Chapter number variable ^H ~H* Creation date variable ^S ~S* Modification date variable ^o ~o* Output date variable ^D

17Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015The name of the tool and its keyboard shortcut appear when you hold the pointer over the tool—this text i

235Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015* Can be entered in the Find What box only, not the Change To box.^ Can be entered in the Change To box, not the Find Wha

236Tex tLast updated 6/6/20154 On the left side of the Find Object Format Options dialog box, select a type of formatting, specify the format attribut

237Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Find and change fontsUse the Find Font command to search for and list the fonts used throughout your document. You can th

238Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015You can open the Find Font dialog box while preflighting a document. In the Preflight dialog box, switch to the Fonts tab

239Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Load queriesCustomized queries are stored as XML files. The names of customized queries appear in the Query list in the F

240Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Change the Glyphs panel view• Click the cycle widget (it’s located to the left of the word “Glyphs” on the Glyphs panel)

241Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Insert a recently used glyphInDesign tracks the previous 35 distinct glyphs you inserted and makes them available under R

242Tex tLast updated 6/6/20151 In the Glyphs panel, choose an OpenType font from the font list.2 Choose an option from the Show menu.The options displ

243Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015You can determine whether the font is remembered with the added glyph. Remembering fonts is useful, for example, when you

244Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Delete custom glyph sets1 Do one of the following:• From the Glyphs panel menu, choose Delete Glyph Set.• From the contex

18Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Select tools temporarily1 When one tool is selected, hold down the keyboard shortcut of a different tool.

245Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Insert white space charactersA white space character is a blank space that appears between characters. You can use white-

246Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Same width as a number in the typeface. Use a figure space to help align numbers in financial tables.Punctuation Space S

247Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015You can fine tune the rotated oblique effect for individual characters, after applying shatai to text. Rotate characters1

248Tex tLast updated 6/6/20152 Do one of the following:• Choose Tate-chu-yoko from the Character panel menu or Control panel menu. • Choose Tate-chu-y

249Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Note: In some instances, such as when applying a style that includes a variable, Ruby characters may be removed.1 Select

250Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Adjustment When Ruby Is Longer Than Parent• With Overhang, when the total Ruby width is greater than that of their parent

251Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Align Specify whether the kenten should be displayed in the center (Center) or to the left (Left) (above for vertical te

252Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Spell-checking and language dictionariesCheck spellingYou can spell-check a selected range of text, in all of the text in

253Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015• Select a word from the Suggested Corrections list or type the correct word in the Change To box, and then click Change

254Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015• Select Ignore All to ignore occurrences of this word in all documents. When InDesign is restarted, the word is flagged

19Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Gallery of selection toolsSelection tool lets you select entire objects.Direct Selection tool lets you se

255Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Create or add user dictionariesYou can create a user dictionary, or you can add user dictionaries from previous InDesign

256Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015• To change the order of the user dictionaries, drag and drop them. The order of the dictionaries in the list is the orde

257Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Export a word listYou can export word lists to a text file (.txt) and then import that list of words into a user dictiona

258Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Note: If you work with many different partners or clients, you might want to deselect the Merge User Dictionary Into Docu

259Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015A Original text frame B Text frame width increases C Column added to the Text Frame Choose Flexible Width from the Col

260Tex tLast updated 6/6/20153 Select an auto size option to apply when text is added or deleted:• Off• Height only• Width only• Height and Width• Hei

261Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015If the text you import into your document includes pink, green, or another color of highlighting, you likely have one or

262Tex tLast updated 6/6/20153 If you like, select text or click in a text frame. Otherwise, the text will be pasted into its own new frame.4 Do one o

263Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015You can also use a combination of these modifier keys. For example, to copy unformatted text to a new frame, hold down Al

264Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015About import filtersInDesign imports most character and paragraph formatting attributes from text files but ignores most

22Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Pen tool lets you draw straight and curved paths.Add Anchor Point tool lets you add anchor points to a pa

265Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Manual Page Breaks Determines how page breaks from the Word file are formatted in InDesign or InCopy. Select Preserve Pa

266Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Microsoft Excel import optionsYou can choose from these options when importing an Excel file:Sheet Specifies the workshe

267Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015the definition that already exists for that style in the InDesign document. Select Tagged File Definition to use the styl

268Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Link or embed imported text filesBy default, text you place in InDesign is not linked to the original text file. However,

269Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015• If the Triple Click To Select A Line option is selected, quadruple-click anywhere in a paragraph to select the entire p

270Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015List of hidden charactersHidden character What it representsEnd of ParagraphSoft return (line break)SpaceEnd of StoryDisc

271Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Frame BreakPage BreakOdd Page BreakEven Page BreakForced Line BreakInCopy NoteInCopy Note (in Story Editor)Position marke

272Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Add column, frame, and page breaksControl column, frame, and page breaks by inserting special break characters in the tex

273Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Use the Story EditorYou can edit text in InDesign either on the layout page or in the story editor window. Writing and ed

274Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015• Close the story editor window.• Choose the document name from the bottom of the Window menu.Show or hide Story Editor i

23Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Type tool lets you create text frames and select text.Vertical Type tools lets you create vertical text f

275Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015 Text Display Options Choose a display font, size, line spacing, text color, and background. You can also specify a diff

276Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015A “Mac” condition hidden B Hidden condition symbols Conditions can be applied only to text. You can make anchored objec

277Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015To avoid word spacing problems, such as having an unconditional space followed by a conditional space, set standards for

278Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Show or hide conditionsWhen you hide a condition, all text to which that condition is applied is hidden. Hiding condition

279Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015To delete multiple conditions, Shift-click to select contiguous conditions, or Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac

280Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015If you select the Conditions section in the Change Format Settings dialog box, the [Any Condition] makes no changes to th

281Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Note: When you generate a live caption that displays a long string of text, such as a Description, the caption does not b

282Tex tLast updated 6/6/20153 With the insertion point in the text frame, choose Type > Text Variables > Insert Variable, and then choose the c

283Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Turn on change tracking1 Choose Window > Editorial > Track Changes to open the Track Changes panel (InDesign), or c

284Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015• (InCopy) To disable tracking in all open stories in a multistory document, choose Changes > Disable Tracking In All

24Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Gallery of transformation toolsPolygon Frame tool lets you create a multi-sided shape placeholder.Rectang

285Tex tLast updated 6/6/20154 Select Prevent Duplicate User Colors to ensure that all users are assigned different colors.5 To show change bars, sele

286Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015• To convert the note to text, select the note bookends (in Story Editor).• To move the insertion point out of a note, pl

287Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Linked stories (CS5.5)Replicating content across various pages is no easy task; copy-pasting is error prone and time cons

288Tex tLast updated 6/6/20153 Select the options as required:• Update Link When Saving Document• Warn if Link Update will Overwrite Local Edits• Remo

289Tex tLast updated 6/6/2015Linking text stories (PDF, 217 KB)A short tutorial on the Place and Link Story feature in InDesign CS5.5.Linking text sto

290Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 5: StylesObject stylesAbout object stylesJust as you use paragraph and character styles to quickly format text, you ca

291StylesLast updated 6/6/2015Define object stylesYou can define a style based on the settings you’ve already applied to an object, or you can create

292StylesLast updated 6/6/2015Note: Object export options are used to specify export parameters required when you export to different formats such as

293StylesLast updated 6/6/2015A Turned on B Ignored C Turned off Note: Categories in which the settings can be turned on or off individually, such

294StylesLast updated 6/6/2015For each new document, the Object Styles panel lists a default set of object styles. Whenever you create an object, an o

iiiLast updated 6/6/2015ContentsChapter 1: What's NewNew features summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Gallery of modification and navigation toolsMore Help topics Selecting objectsUnderstanding paths and sha

295StylesLast updated 6/6/2015Break the link to an object styleYou can break the link between an object and the style applied to it. The object will r

296StylesLast updated 6/6/2015Redefine an object styleAfter you apply an object style, you can override any of its settings. If you decide you like th

297StylesLast updated 6/6/2015About character and paragraph stylesA character style is a collection of character formatting attributes that can be app

298StylesLast updated 6/6/2015Open the Paragraph Styles panel❖ Choose Type > Paragraph Styles, or click the Paragraph Styles tab, which appears by

299StylesLast updated 6/6/2015Styles you create appear only in the current document. If no document is open, the styles you create will appear in all

300StylesLast updated 6/6/2015Map styles to export tags | CC, CS6, CS5.5Introduction to export tagsUse Export Tagging to define how text with InDesign

301StylesLast updated 6/6/20154 In the Style Mapping dialog box, select the Word style, and then select an option from the menu under InDesign style.

302StylesLast updated 6/6/20151 Select the paragraphs to which you want to apply the styles.2 In the Paragraph Styles panel, right-click (Windows) or

303StylesLast updated 6/6/2015Delete character or paragraph stylesWhen you delete a style, you can select a different style to replace it, and you can

304StylesLast updated 6/6/2015• To remove character overrides, but preserve paragraph formatting overrides, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac O

26Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Exporting content from InDesignExporting content from InDesign to InCopy establishes a link between the t

305Last updated 6/6/2015StylesMore Help topics Group stylesCreate nested stylesCreate named grid formatsDuplicate styles or style groupsPlace (import)

306StylesLast updated 6/6/20153 Specify the number of drop-cap lines and characters, and then choose the character style.4 If the drop cap is aligned

307StylesLast updated 6/6/2015Michael Murphy provides an article on nested styles at InDesign's Nested Styles Auto-Format Multiple Paragraphs. He

308StylesLast updated 6/6/20154 Do any of the following for each style, and then click OK:• Click the character style area, and then select a characte

309StylesLast updated 6/6/20154 Do either of the following:• For nested styles, click New Nested Style again, choose [Repeat] in the character style a

310StylesLast updated 6/6/2015If you don’t want the character to be included in the nested style formatted, choose Up To instead of Through when you d

311StylesLast updated 6/6/2015Create GREP stylesGREP is an advanced, pattern-based search technique. You can use GREP styles to apply a character styl

312StylesLast updated 6/6/2015More Help topics Use drop capsSearch using GREP expressionsWorking with stylesDuplicate styles or style groups❖ Right-cl

313StylesLast updated 6/6/2015Expand or collapse style groups• To expand or collapse only one group, click the triangle icon next to it.• To expand or

314Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 6: TypographyUsing fontsAbout fontsA font is a complete set of characters—letters, numbers, and symbols—that share a c

27Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015A InCopy content names B InDesign document name C Assignment Out Of Date status D Available And Text U

315TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015When you apply a bold or italic style to type, InDesign applies the typeface style specified by the font. In most ca

316TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015OpenType fontsOpenType fonts use a single font file for both Windows® and Macintosh® computers, so you can move file

317TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Note: OpenType fonts vary greatly in the number of type styles and kinds of features they offer. If an OpenType feat

318TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Tabular Oldstyle Varying-height figures with fixed, equal widths are provided. This option is recommended when you

319TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015If you don’t have access to the missing fonts, use the Find Font command to search for and replace missing fonts. Hi

320TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Some Type1 fonts are not available in the document. In addition, Mac OS fonts are not available when running InDesig

321TypographyLast updated 6/6/20152 Click to place an insertion point, or select the text that you want to format.3 In the Control panel, click the Ch

322TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Copy type attributes to selected text1 With the Type tool or Path Type tool , select the text to which you want to

323TypographyLast updated 6/6/20154 Select the item you want to apply, and then:• To apply a style, menu command, or variable, press Enter or Return.•

324TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015The Paragraph Composer approaches composition by identifying possible breakpoints, evaluating them, and assigning a

28Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• Page geometry, so InCopy users can see the layout of the frame and its content that they’re editing wit

325TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015• Press Ctrl+Shift+- (Windows) or Command+Shift+- (Mac OS) to insert a discretionary hyphen. Note: Entering a discre

326TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Another way to prevent a word from breaking is to place a discretionary hyphen at the beginning of the word. Press C

327TypographyLast updated 6/6/20153 Type values for Glyph Scaling Minimum, Desired, and Maximum. Then click OK.Glyph scaling can help in achieving eve

328TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Formatting charactersApply baseline shiftUse Baseline Shift to move a selected character up or down relative to the

329TypographyLast updated 6/6/20151 From the Character panel menu or the Control panel menu, choose Underline Options or Strikethrough Options.2 Do an

330TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Change the color, gradient, or stroke of textYou can apply colors, gradients, and strokes to characters and continue

331TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015You can choose Object if you want the effects you choose to apply to the text frame’s stroke and fill as well as the

332TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015If you select All Caps or Small Caps in an OpenType font, InDesign creates more elegant type. If you’re using an Ope

333TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015A Unscaled type B Unscaled type in condensed font C Scaled type in condensed font Adjust vertical or horizontal s

334TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Tracking scale changes to frames is useful if you have to revert a frame and the text inside it to their original si

29Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015The newly created assignment file includes any frames selected in the document window. Add content to exi

335TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Align or justify textText can be aligned with one or both edges (or insets) of a text frame. Text is said to be just

336TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Note: The baseline grid is visible only if the document zoom level is greater than the view threshold setting in Gri

337TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015A Heading that spans columns B Split column Span a paragraph across columns1 Place the insertion point inside the

338TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Vertical text alignment and justification is calculated from the baseline positions of each line of text in the fram

339TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015An easy way to adjust the Paragraph Spacing Limit value is to select Preview, and then click the up or down arrow ne

340TypographyLast updated 6/6/20152 In the Paragraph panel or Control panel, type a number for Drop Cap Number Of Lines to indicate the number of lin

341TypographyLast updated 6/6/20155 Select Preview to see what the rule will look like.6 For Weight, choose a weight or type a value to determine the

342TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Keep Options Choose Keep Options from the Paragraph panel menu to specify how many lines in the following paragraph

343TypographyLast updated 6/6/20151 Select a text frame, or click anywhere in the story.2 Choose Type > Story.3 Select Optical Margin Alignment.4 S

344TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Note: The Top Edge defaults to EmBox Top and the Bottom Edge defaults to EmBox bottom, respectively for the Japanese

30Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015All Spreads Exports all content in the InDesign document to the assignment file. This option provides th

345TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015The default auto-leading option sets the leading at 120% of the type size (for example, 12-point leading for 10-poin

346TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Tabs and indentsTabs dialog box overviewTabs position text at specific horizontal locations in a frame. The default

347TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015When the top of a horizontal frame is displayed, the Tabs dialog box will snap to the top of the current text frame,

348TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015• Type a position in the X box and press Enter or Return. If the X value is selected, press the up or down arrow key

349TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Delete a tab setting1 Click an insertion point in the paragraph.2 Do one of the following:• Drag the tab off the tab

350TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015• Is a special character located in the text, not in the Tabs dialog box. You add a right indent tab using a context

351TypographyLast updated 6/6/20152 Adjust the appropriate indent values in the Paragraph panel or Control panel. For example, do the following:• To i

352TypographyLast updated 6/6/20151 Type your paragraphs. In the last line of each paragraph, place the insertion point before the text to be indented

353TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Kerning and trackingAbout kerning and trackingKerning is the process of adding or subtracting space between specific

354TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015A Original B Kerning applied between “W” and “a” C Tracking applied How kerning and tracking are measuredYou can

31Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015When you export content, you see the Available icon on the text frame (InDesign and InCopy), and in the

355TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015Note: Optical Kerning is designed on the basis of Roman character forms. You can use this feature with CJK fonts, bu

356TypographyLast updated 6/6/2015• To multiply the kerning adjustment by 5, hold down Shift as you press the keyboard shortcut.More Help topics Adjus

357Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 7: TablesFormatting tablesFormatting tablesUse the Control panel or Character panel to format text within a table—just

358TablesLast updated 6/6/2015By default, row height is determined by the slug height of the current font. Thus, row height also changes if you change

359TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Add text before a tableA table is anchored to the paragraphs that immediately precede and follow it. If you insert a tab

360TablesLast updated 6/6/20153 Select a value for Rotation, and click OK.Change cell inset spacingYou can set the cell inset spacing for both text (c

361TablesLast updated 6/6/2015In the case of inline graphics or text with fixed leading, it is possible for the cell contents to extend beyond cell ed

362TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Tables flow with surrounding text just as inline graphics do. For example, a table moves through threaded frames when th

363TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Create a table from existing textBefore you convert text to a table, make sure that you set up the text properly. 1 To p

364TablesLast updated 6/6/2015You can also copy and paste tabbed text across a selection of table cells. This technique is a great way to replace cont

32Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• To save all open documents to their existing locations and filenames, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S (Windows)

365TablesLast updated 6/6/2015To number tables sequentially, such as Table 1A, Table 1B, add a variable to the table header or footer. (See Create run

366TablesLast updated 6/6/20153 The item row can be dragged and dropped. You can swap columns with rows. A dragged row only drops as a row, and a drag

367TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Table and cell stylesAbout table and cell stylesJust as you use text styles to format text, you can use table and cell s

368TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Table/Cell Styles panels overviewUse the Table Styles panel (Window > Styles >Table Styles) to create and name tab

369TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Load (import) table styles from other documentsYou can import table and cell styles from another InDesign document into

370TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Edit table and cell stylesOne of the advantages of using styles is that when you change the definition of a style, all o

371TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Override table and cell stylesAfter you apply a table or cell style, you can override any of its settings. To override a

372TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Selecting and editing tablesSelect table cells, rows, and columnsWhen you select part or all of the text in a cell, that

373TablesLast updated 6/6/2015• Drag the Type tool across the entire table.You can also select a table in the same way you select an anchored graphic—

374TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Insert a row or column by draggingWhen adding columns, if you drag more than one and one-half times the width of the col

33Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Save backwards to the previous InDesign versionTo open an InDesign CS6 document in InDesign CS5, in InDes

375TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Move within a table using arrow keysPress the arrow keys to navigate within and between table cells. If you press the Ri

376TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Combine tablesUse the Paste command to merge two or more tables into a single table. 1 In the target table, insert at le

377TablesLast updated 6/6/2015More Help topics Keys for tablesResize columns, rows, and tablesTable and cell stylesTable strokes and fillsAbout table

378TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Add stroke and fill using Cell OptionsYou can determine which cell lines are formatted with a stroke or fill by selectin

379TablesLast updated 6/6/20153 Click in the Gradient Ramp to apply a gradient to the selected cells. Adjust the gradient settings as necessary.Add di

380TablesLast updated 6/6/2015Add alternating strokes to a table1 With the insertion point in a cell, choose Table > Table Options > Alternating

381Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 8: InteractivityForms | CC, CS6 Forms workflowYou can design forms in InDesign and export them directly to PDF. InDesi

382InteractivityLast updated 6/6/20151 Place a frame at the location where you want to place the form field.2 Open the Buttons and Forms panel (Window

383InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Use Articles to specify tab order1 Open the Articles panel (Window > Articles).2 Drag the form fields to the A

384InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015A source is hyperlinked text or a hyperlinked graphic. A destination is the URL, file, email address, page, text

34Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Many of the powerful Adobe Bridge features that allow you to organize, search, and keep track of your fil

385InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015You can also use the Buttons feature to link to web pages. (See Create buttons.)Note: In InDesign CC, hyperlinks

386InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Create a hyperlink to an email message1 Select the text, frame, or graphic you want to be the source of the hyper

387InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Hyperlink destinations you create do not appear in the Hyperlinks panel; they appear in the dialog box that appea

388InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Hyperlink appearance optionsThe options determine the appearance of the hyperlink or cross-reference source in th

389InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Edit hyperlinks1 Right-click the hyperlinked text or object, and then choose Hyperlinks > Edit Hyperlink. -OR-

390InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Editing hyperlinks imported from WordWhen a Microsoft Word document with hyperlinks is imported into an InDesign

391InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015When working on buttons and designing dynamic documents, select the Interactivity workspace. Create a button1 Use

392InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Use the Preview panel to test the button. Convert a button to an objectWhen you convert a button to an object, th

393InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Add actions to buttonsYou can assign actions to different events. For example, in an exported PDF file, you can s

394InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Video Lets you play, pause, stop, or resume the selected movie. Only movies that have been added to the document

ivINDESIGNContentsLast updated 6/6/2015Creating documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Export metadata as an XMP fileYou can save metadata in an XMP file to share with other users. These XMP f

395InteractivityLast updated 6/6/20154 Select one of the open InDesign documents from the Documents menu, or click the folder icon to the right of the

396InteractivityLast updated 6/6/20154 With Rollover still selected, change the appearance of the button.• To change the color, choose a swatch from t

397InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015The images appear as states in the Object States panel, and a dashed frame borders the selected images.4 Create n

398InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Display a hidden image on rolloverOne way to achieve a “hot spot” effect is to apply an image to the Rollover sta

399InteractivityLast updated 6/6/20153 Select each button you want to move and drag it to its new position, or click the Move Up and Move Down buttons

400InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015A Selected destination paragraph B Click here to create or edit cross-reference format. 1 Place the insertion p

401InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Using cross-reference formatsSeveral cross-reference formats appear in the New Cross-Reference dialog box by defa

402InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Creating cross-references to partial paragraphsYou can design cross-reference formats to include only the first p

403InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015When you insert the Partial Paragraph building block, you must do two things. First, specify the delimiter betwee

404InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015In InCopy, you can import cross-reference formats only in standalone documents. You cannot import formats from an

36Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Understanding a basic managed-file workflowSharing contentThe Adobe InCopy LiveEdit Workflow plug-ins let

405InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Relink cross-referencesIf the missing destination text has been moved to a different document, or if the document

406InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015A Export directly to SWF B Export to FLA for editing in Flash Professional Create interactive SWF (Flash) files

407InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015A Document in InDesign before SWF export B Interactive SWF file in web browser 1 Create or edit the InDesign do

408InteractivityLast updated 6/6/20153 In the Export SWF dialog box, specify the options, and then click OK. See SWF export options.When you export a

409InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015If you notice a loss of image quality in transparent images when you export to SWF, choose PNG (Lossless) to impr

410InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015A Document in InDesign before FLA export B FLA file opened in Flash Pro 1 Create or edit the InDesign document

411InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Rasterize Pages This option converts all InDesign page items to bitmap. Selecting this option results in a large

412InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Buttons, page transitions, hyperlinks, animation, and media files can be included in exported SWF and FLA files.

413InteractivityLast updated 6/6/20153D attributes 3D attributes are not supported in the exported SWF and FLA files.AnimationAnimation effects let y

414InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015To remove animation from an object, select the object and click the Delete icon in the Animation panel.Note: When

37Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Open assignment packagesThe assignment packages workflow is especially useful when designers and writers

415InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Choose To Current Location to use the current object’s properties as the starting point of the animation and the

416InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Saving motion presets as XML files is useful if you want to share a motion preset with other InDesign users or op

417InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015You can change the animation order, have objects play at the same time, and delay animation.1 Choose Window >

418InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Page transitions Page transitions apply a decorative effect, such as a dissolve or wipe, when you turn the page

419InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Creating PDF forms (CS5.5 and CS5)Although InDesign does not provide tools for adding form fields, Adobe Acrobat

420InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Edit Preview settings1 Choose Edit Preview Settings from the Preview panel menu.The Preview Settings dialog box s

421InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Adding structure to PDFsWhen you export to Adobe PDF with the Create Tagged PDF option selected in the General ar

422InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015For people who are not able to see or decode the visual appearance of documents, assistive technology can access

423InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Tag page itemsYou can tag text frames and graphics automatically or manually. After you tag page items, you can u

424InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Tag page items manually1 Choose Window > Utilities > Tags to display the Tags panel.2 Choose View > Stru

38Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Open InDesign documents that have linked InCopy filesTo see all page items in the context of an entire la

425InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015The Alt text attribute lets you create alternate text that can be read in lieu of viewing an illustration. Actual

426InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Apply page transitionsYou can apply page transitions to individual spreads or to all spreads in the document. Pag

427InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Viewing page transitions in a PDFTo include page transitions when you export the PDF document, select a page tran

428InteractivityLast updated 6/6/20152 In the Media panel, do any of the following:Play On Page Load Play the movie when someone turns to the page on

429InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Choose Image Lets you select an image to use as the poster. Double-click the image you want to use. You can sele

430InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015A Poster B Movie object C Frame ❖ Do any of the following:• To resize the movie object, poster, and frame, use

431InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Entries in a generated table of contents are automatically added to the Bookmarks panel. In addition, you can fur

432InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015• To move a bookmark out of a nested position, select the bookmark or range of bookmarks you want to move. Drag t

433InteractivityLast updated 6/6/2015Creating rich interactive documents (PDF, 6.7 MB)Learn how to create rich interactive documents using InDesign.Cr

434Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 9: Drawing and paintingDrawing with lines and shapesDraw basic lines and shapes1 In the toolbox, do one of the followi

39Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• Notify InCopy users when the associated InDesign layout is outdated.• Identify the user working on a fi

435Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/20152 Begin dragging. While still holding down the mouse button, do any of the following actions:• Press the L

436Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015Applying line (stroke) settingsSet strokesYou can apply strokes, or line settings, to paths, shapes, text

437Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015Creates semicircular ends that extend half the stroke width beyond the endpoints. Projecting cap Creates

438Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015Create arrows using start and end shapesUse the Start and End menus in the Stroke panel to add an arrowhea

439Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/20156 For Pattern Length, specify the length of the repeating pattern (dashed or dotted styles only). The rule

440Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/20153 Specify a name and location for the stroke style (.inst) file, and click OK.To load a custom stroke styl

441Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015Copy a path❖ Select a path or segment with the Selection tool or Direct Selection tool and do one of the f

442Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015Note: You can also apply a transformation, such as scaling or rotating, to a segment or anchor point.Delet

443Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015Move or nudge anchor points or segments using the keyboard1 Select the anchor point or path segment.Note:

444Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015Convert between smooth points and corner pointsPaths can have two kinds of anchor points—corner points and

40Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Managed-file workflow examplesWhen you establish workflow management between InCopy and InDesign, writers

445Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015To convert points, you can also use the Direct Selection tool to select a point, and then choose a command

446Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/20155 To change the amount of smoothing, double-click the Smooth tool and set the following options:Fidelity

447Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/20151 Select the Pen tool.2 Position the Pen tool where you want the straight segment to begin, and click to d

448Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015A Positioning Pen tool B Starting to drag (mouse button pressed) C Dragging to extend direction lines 4

449Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015Note: To close a path in InDesign, you can also select the object and choose Object > Paths > Close

450Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015A Positioning Pen tool B Dragging direction line C New curve segment completed Draw curves followed by

451Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015A Dragging a new smooth point B Pressing Alt/Option to split direction lines while dragging, and swinging

452Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015A Selected (solid) endpoint B Selected anchor point C Unselected anchor point D Curved path segment E

453Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015A smooth point always has two direction lines, which move together as a single, straight unit. When you mo

454Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015Draw with the Pencil toolThe Pencil tool works primarily the same way in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. I

41Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Regardless of whether the content files are packaged, InDesign users can work on the document layout; the

455Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/20154 After you begin dragging, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS). The Pencil tool displays a small

456Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015About compound pathsYou can combine several paths into a single object, called a compound path. Create a c

457Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015Note: If one or more selected objects have contents, such as text or imported images, the attributes and c

458Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015Create compound shapesYou create compound shapes using the Pathfinder panel (Window > Object & Layo

459Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/20151 Choose Window > Object & Layout > Pathfinder to open the panel.2 Select the objects you want t

460Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015A Type character before conversion to text outline B Text outline with image pasted into it C Text outli

461Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015A Fancy corner effect with no stroke B Same effect with 1-point stroke C Same effect with 4-point stroke

462Drawing and paintingLast updated 6/6/2015• If a corner effect significantly changes the path by, for example, creating a bulge inward or outward, i

463Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 10: ColorApplying colorApply colorAdobe InDesign provides a number of tools for applying color, including the Toolbox,

464ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Select a color with the Color PickerThe Color Picker lets you choose colors from a color field or specify colors numerica

42Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Note: The Out Of Date icon on the Available, In Use, Editing, Text Content, and Graphics Content icons in

465ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Remove fill or stroke color1 Select the text or object whose color you want to remove.2 In the Toolbox, click the Fill bu

466ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Edit the fill or stroke color1 Select the object or text you want to change.2 If the Color panel is not displayed, choose

467ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Add these colors to the layout, add them to the Swatches panel. You can also save them to your Creative Cloud libraries .

468ColorLast updated 6/6/2015A Click to view all themes B Add the current color theme to swatches C Save to the current CC Library Click B to add t

469ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Apply colors using the Eyedropper toolUse the Eyedropper tool to copy fill and stroke attributes, such as color, from an

470ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Adding and managing color groupsColor groups enable you to organize your color schemes better and to exchange frequently

471ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Various operations to manage color groupsFollowing operations can be performed to manage color groups.• Add a swatch to a

472ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Load and save swatches from an ASE fileASE files help import and export color swatches across applications like Adobe Ill

473ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Support of legacy behaviorIf you open a .idml file with color group information in previous versions, the Swatches panel

474ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Keep the following guidelines in mind when specifying a spot color:• For best results in printed documents, specify a spo

43Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Workspace overviewYou create and manipulate your documents and files using various elements, such as pane

475ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Comparing colors in InDesign and IllustratorAdobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator use slightly different methods for apply

476ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Create and edit tintsYou can adjust the tint of an individual object, or create tints by using the Tint slider in the Swa

477ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Create and edit mixed ink swatchesWhen you need to achieve the maximum number of printed colors with the fewest number of

478ColorLast updated 6/6/2015For instance, when mixing and matching process color cyan’s 4 tints (20%, 40%, 60%, 80%) and 5 spot tints (10%, 20%, 30%,

479ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Convert a single mixed ink swatch to a process colorYou can convert mixed inks to process colors to reduce printing costs

480ColorLast updated 6/6/20155 For Stop Color, do one of the following:• To choose a color that’s already in the Swatches panel, choose Swatches, and

481ColorLast updated 6/6/2015A Gradient fill B Gradient type menu C Reverse button D Starting color stop E Midpoint F Ending color stop Note: If

482ColorLast updated 6/6/2015You can also drag a swatch from the Swatches panel onto the gradient bar in the Gradient panel to define a new color stop

483ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Applying gradients to textWithin a single text frame, you can create multiple ranges of gradient text alongside default b

484ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Working with swatchesSwatches panel overviewThe Swatches panel (Window > Color > Swatches) lets you create and name

44Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015A Tabbed Do cum ent w indow s B Application bar C Workspace switcher D Panel title bar E Control pan

485ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Customize swatch displayYou can control the size of swatches and whether the name displays with the swatch.1 In the Swatc

486ColorLast updated 6/6/20157 Do one of the following:• Click Add to add the swatch and define another one. Click Done when finished.• Click OK to ad

487ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Edit a swatchYou can change individual attributes of a swatch by using the Swatch Options dialog box. Additional options

488ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Delete all unused swatches1 Choose Select All Unused in the Swatches panel menu. Only swatches that are not currently use

489ColorLast updated 6/6/20152 Choose Other Library from the Color Mode list, and then select the file from which you want to import swatches.3 Click

490ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Focoltone Consists of 763 CMYK colors. You can use Focoltone colors to help avoid prepress trapping and registration pro

491ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Inks, separations, and screen frequencyMixing inksUsing colors from imported graphicsUsing colors from imported graphicsI

492ColorLast updated 6/6/2015Change an imported spot color to a process colorWhen you import an EPS, PSD, TIFF or PDF graphic containing a spot color

493Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 11: TransparencyAdding transparency effectsWhen you create an object in Adobe InDesign, by default it appears solid; t

494TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015A Blending mode B Levels C FX icon D Clear effects E FX button Blending ModeSpecifies how colors in transpare

vINDESIGNContentsLast updated 6/6/2015Glyphs and special characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

45Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015(Illustrator) Adjust panel brightness❖ In User Interface preferences, move the Brightness slider. This c

495TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015Apply transparency effects1 Select an object. To apply effects to a graphic, select the graphic with the Direct Se

496TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015• To copy effects between objects selectively, use the Eyedropper tool . To control which transparency stroke, fi

497TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015Outer Glow and Inner Glow Add glows that emanate from the outside or inside edges of the object, stroke, fill, or

498TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015Drop ShadowThe Drop Shadow effect creates a three-dimensional shadow. You can offset the drop shadow along the x o

499TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015The Shading settings determine how light interacts with the object:Angle and Altitude Sets the height of the ligh

500TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015Gradient FeatherUse the Gradient Feather effect to soften the areas of an object by fading them to transparent.Gra

501TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015Applying transparency to groupsBesides applying transparency effects to single objects, you can apply them to grou

502TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015Stop displaying transparencyTo improve display performance, you can turn off the display of transparency. Turning

503TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015For more information on transparency output issues, see the Print Service Provider Resources page of the Adobe Sol

504TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015Note: The flattening settings are used only if the artwork contains transparency or if Simulate Overprint is selec

46Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• To remove a panel or panel group, drag it out of the dock by its tab or title bar. You can drag it into

505TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015Flatten an individual spreadYou can apply flattener settings to individual spreads in a document, overriding the f

506TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015Outlined Strokes Highlights all strokes that will be outlined if involved in transparency or because Convert All

507TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015Note: Some print drivers process raster and vector art differently, sometimes resulting in color stitching. You ma

508TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015In Illustrator and Acrobat, to magnify the preview, click in the preview area. To zoom out, Alt-click/Option-click

509TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015If you apply transparency to objects on a spread, all colors on that spread convert to the transparency blend spac

510TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015To prevent problems in these cases, use the Ink Manager to convert spot colors to process color equivalents as nec

511TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015• In the Transparency area of the Effects dialog box, choose a blending mode from the menu.Blending mode optionsTh

512TransparencyLast updated 6/6/2015Luminosity Creates a color with the hue and saturation of the base color and the luminance of the blend color. Th

513TransparencyLast updated 6/6/20151 Apply the blending modes and opacity settings to the individual objects that you want to knock out.2 Using the S

514Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 12: Exporting and publishingPublish Online (Preview)This feature is available in North America (en_US) and UK (en_GB)

47Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) while moving a panel to prevent it from docking. Press Esc while

515Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Export As Specify how pages will be displayed online in web browser.Pages Displays a single page at

516Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/20156 Click Close to minimize this dialog box to the Publish Online button in the App bar.Note: Minimizing

517Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015A (Toggle Thumbnails) Show/Hide the thumbnail dock that displays the thumbnails for all the pages in

518Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/20152 In the Preferences dialog, go to the Technology Previews tab.3 To remove the user interface referenc

519Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015The .epub file is essentially a .zip file. To view and edit the contents of an EPUB file, change the e

520Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015The Conversion Settings section of the EPUB - Fixed Layout Export Options dialog box includes the foll

521Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015The Metadata section of the EPUB - Fixed Layout Export Options dialog box includes the following optio

522Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Javascript Specify the URL of an existing JavaScript. InDesign does not check whether the JavaScript

523Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015EPUB General optionsThe General section of the EPUB Reflowable Layout Export Options dialog box includ

524Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Based on Page Layout The location of the items on the page determines the reading order.If Based On P

48Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• To collapse or expand all panel icons in a column, click the double arrow at the top of the dock.• To e

525Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Conversion Settings > GIF Options (Palette) Lets you control how InDesign handles colors when opti

526Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Generate CSS Specify whether you want InDesign to generate an external CSS for the exported file. If

527Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Security Adds security to the PDF file. Security options are not available when you create or edit a

528Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015General options for PDFsClick the General category in the Export Adobe PDF dialog box to set the follo

529Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Note: If Compatibility is set to Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5) or later, tags are compressed for smaller file si

530Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015The interpolation method you choose determines how pixels are deleted:Average Downsampling ToAverages

531Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Tile Size Determines the size of the tiles for progressive display. This option is only available whe

532Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Include Tagged Source Profiles Leaves device-dependent colors unchanged and preserves device-independ

533Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015OPI Lets you selectively omit different imported graphics types when sending image data to a printer

534Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015to change the file’s Security and Permissions settings. If the file is opened in Illustrator, Adobe Ph

49Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/20153 (Photoshop, InDesign) Under Capture, select one or more options:Panel Locations Saves the current pane

535Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015When a font cannot be embedded due to the font vendor settings, and someone who opens or prints a PDF

536Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Options for omitting graphicsCustomize Adobe PDF presetsExport content to HTML Exporting to HTML is an

537Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015If Based On Page Layout is selected, InDesign determines the reading order of page objects by scanning

538Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Image Conversion Lets you choose whether the optimized images in your document are converted to GIF,

539Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015About Adobe PDFPortable Document Format (PDF) is a universal file format that preserves the fonts, ima

540Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015When you select the Adobe PDF (Print) option, you cannot include interactive elements in the PDF. To e

541Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015• In the Compression area, downsample images to 72 pixels per inch, select automatic compression, and

542Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015PDF/X-3 This preset creates a PDF based on the ISO standard PDF/X-3:2002. The PDF created in this set

543Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/20152 Do one of the following:• To create a new preset, click New. If you want to base the new preset on a

544Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015The file becomes selected in the list of Adobe PDF presets.Background Tasks panelWith the ability to e

50Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Displays artwork in a standard window with all visible grids and guides showing, non-printing objects sho

545Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015• Baseline displays a JPEG image after it has been downloaded completely.8 Select or type the resoluti

546Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015EPUB resourcesUse the following links to learn about EPUB format.• For more information on the EPUB fo

547Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Bullets Select Map To Unordered List to convert bullet paragraphs into List Items, which are formatte

548Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015downloaded. (Files created with this option are slightly larger and require more RAM for viewing.) Cho

549Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015• Choose content and order - Use the Articles panel to choose the content to export and order in which

550Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Choose image If this option is selected you can specify an image on your computer to use as the cover

551Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Image Size Specify if image size must remain fixed or resized relative to the page. Relative to Page

552Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Include Embeddable Fonts Includes all fonts that are embeddable, in the eBook. Fonts include embeddin

553Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015HTML export optionsIn the HTML dialog box, specify the following options.General optionsThe General ar

554Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Image optionsCopy Images Specify how images are exported to HTML.Original Exports the original image

51Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015As the options in the Control panel change, you can get more information about each option by using tool

555Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Use the Advanced area to set CSS and JavaScript options.CSS Options Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are

556Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/20155 In the General tab of the Export XML dialog box, choose any of the following:Include DTD Declaration

557Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Interlace Downloads every other line of the image with each pass, instead of downloading the entire i

558Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Adding audio and video content to EPUB (video 02:46)In this video tutorial, see how simple it is to em

559Exporting and publishingLast updated 6/6/2015Styles mapped to tags in InDesign for improved EPUB export (video 05:13)In InDesign CS5.5 and later, y

560Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 13: PrintingPrinting bookletsImpose a document for booklet printingThe Print Booklet feature lets you create printer s

561PrintingLast updated 6/6/20154 To change settings such as printer’s marks and color output, click Print Settings. Using the options on the left, ch

562PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015If a booklet has a color cover and black-and-white insides, you can create two separate impositions from the same docu

563PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015same document), you can enter a Space Between Pages value to specify a starting creep for spreads that belong to diffe

564PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Preview or view a summary of booklet printingThe Preview area of the Print Booklet dialog box lets you review color th

52Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/20152 Click the right mouse button.Note: (Mac OS) If you don’t have a two-button mouse, you can display a con

565PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Printing oversized documentsAlthough you can create InDesign documents as large as 18-by-18 feet, most desktop printer

566PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015The size and shape of the area InDesign prints is determined by the current paper size and orientation.3 Choose File &

567PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015From InDesign, you can export your document to a composite PDF file called a digital master. These digital masters are

568PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015For detailed information about preparing InDesign documents for high-resolution PDF output, see the Adobe InDesign CS

569PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Note: Unless you are using a color management system (CMS) with accurately calibrated ICC profiles and are sure that y

570PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015A Selected error B Click page number to view page item C Info area offers suggestions for fixing the selected error

571PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Embed and unembed profilesWhen you embed a profile, you make the profile part of the document. Embedding profiles is e

572PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015• To output only certain pages, you can limit preflight checking to a page range. Specify a page range at the bottom o

573PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Limit the number of rows per errorYou can keep your error lists more manageable by limiting the number of rows per err

574PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Resolve preflight errors in a bookWhen a red dot appears to the right of a document name in the book panel, the docume

53Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Default keyboard shortcutsAdobe InDesign CS5 provides shortcuts to help you quickly work in documents wit

575PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Include Fonts And Links From Hidden And Non-Printing Content Packages the objects located on hidden layers, hidden co

576PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Repair links and imagesThe Links And Images area of the Package Inventory dialog box lists all links, embedded images,

577PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015A Crop marks B Registration mark C Page information D Color bars E Bleed marks F Slug area 1 Choose File > Pr

578PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Registration Marks Adds small “targets” outside the page area for aligning the different separations in a color docum

579PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Separation workflowsAdobe InDesign CS4 supports two common PostScript workflows; the main difference is where separati

580PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015You can color artwork with process colors, spot colors, or a combination of both. When printing separations, you can c

581PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015• Any overprinting options that you’ve selected in the document will print correctly on a printer that supports overpr

582PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015• To view all process plates at once, click the CMYK icon .• To view all separations at once, click and drag the poin

583PrintingProofing color separationsPrint or save separationsSeparate spot colors as processMixing inksPrinter’s marks and bleedsAbout halftone scree

584PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015The detail in a printed image results from a combination of resolution and screen frequency. The higher an output devi

54Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for selecting and moving objectsThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists onl

585PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015• Select a page spread2 Right-click on the selection and choose Print Page or Print Spread (depending on your selectio

586PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Options for printing objectsThe General area of the Print dialog box contains options for printing elements usually vi

587PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015• When Section Numbering is selected in the Preferences dialog box, you can enter pages and page ranges exactly as the

588PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Note: The preview in the lower-left area of the Print dialog box indicates whether you have enough space to include al

589PrintingLast updated 6/6/20154 To specify width and height, do one of the following:• To let InDesign determine the smallest paper size needed for

590PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Printing to non-PostScript language printersYou can print a document on a non-PostScript language printer. However, be

591PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015A Default B Spreads C Orientation D 2-by-2 Thumbnails Text view Lists the numerical values for certain print sett

592PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015About printer driversA printer driver lets you directly access printer features from applications on your computer. Ha

593PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Create print presets❖ Do one of the following:• Choose File > Print, adjust print settings, and click Save Preset.

594PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Creating PostScript or EPS filesAs an alternative to printing a document to a printer, you can save a PostScript-langu

viINDESIGNContentsLast updated 6/6/2015Interactive web documents for Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

55Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for transforming objectsThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only those

595PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015The PPD used by the selected printer appears in the PPD text box at the top of the Print dialog box.About device- and

596PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015• The color output is always composite CMYK, but it also includes spot colors. As a result, it has to be separated in

597PrintingLast updated 6/6/20155 Click Document Options, click PostScript Options, and then choose Optimize For Portability in the PostScript Output

598PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015CMYK Creates a separable file by representing all color values using the gamut of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black pr

599PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Trap presetsTrap Presets panel overviewA trap preset is a collection of trapping settings you can apply to a page or r

600PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Duplicate a trap preset❖ Do one of the following:• In the Trap Presets panel, select a preset and choose Duplicate Pre

601PrintingLast updated 6/6/20154 Click Assign, and then click Done.To disable a trapping page range, choose Assign Trap Preset in the panel menu, typ

602PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Trap thresholdsStep Specifies the color change threshold at which the trapping engine creates a trap. Some jobs need

603PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Neutral Density applies the same trapping rules as used elsewhere in the document. Trapping an object to a photograph

604PrintingLast updated 6/6/20152 In the Trap Width section, for Black, enter a distance (in points) for how far you want other colors to spread into

56Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for editing paths and framesThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only th

605PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Most traps employ spreading—expanding a light object into a dark object. Because the darker of two adjacent colors def

606PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015To trap documents using the Adobe In-RIP Trapping engine, you need the following software and hardware:• An Adobe Post

607PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Trapping textBoth the Adobe In-RIP and built-in trapping engines can trap text characters to other text and graphics.

608PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015If the processing of a job that uses built-in trapping is interrupted or exhausts your disk space, trapping data may b

609PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015All Sends full-resolution data, which is appropriate for any high-resolution printing, or for printing grayscale or c

610PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Note: InDesign cannot always change the data format used by EPS or DCS graphics files. If you experience problems send

611PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Your design workflow may require a certain color to be set to overprint. For example, you want to print all the text i

612PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015• When using a stroke to trap two spot colors or a spot and a process color, you usually apply the lighter color to th

613PrintingSimulate overprinting of spot inksOverprint simulation is useful for simulating the effects of overprinting spot inks with different neutra

614PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Adjusting ink neutral density valuesBy adjusting the ink neutral density (ND) values that the selected trapping engine

57Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for finding and changing textThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only t

615PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015Opaque Use for heavy, nontransparent inks to prevent trapping of underlying colors but allow for trapping along the i

616PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015A Process ink B Aliased Spot ink C Spot ink Open the Ink ManagerDo one of the following:• From the Separations Prev

617PrintingLast updated 6/6/20152 (InDesign only) To use the Lab values of a spot color rather than CMYK definitions, choose Use Standard Lab Values F

618PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015A 65 lpi: Coarse screen for printing newsletters and grocery coupons B 85 lpi: Average screen for printing newspapers

619PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015A Positive image B Negative C Negative with emulsion side down Note: The emulsion and image exposure settings in th

620PrintingLast updated 6/6/2015For assurance that the file will print correctly, consider saving the separations as a PostScript file, converting the

621Printing7 Choose any other print options.8 Do one of the following:• To print to an output device, click Print.• To print to a file, click Save and

622Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 14: Digital publicationsDigital Publishing Suite overviewDigital Publishing Suite overviewThe Adobe Digital Publishing

623Digital publicationsLast updated 6/6/2015Using basic Liquid Layout rules: Scale, Recenter, and Based on MasterDiscover how to apply None, Scale, an

624Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 15: AutomationData mergeAbout data mergeTo create form letters, envelopes, or mailing labels, you merge a data source

58Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Basic letter group setting or detail setting Shift+Ctrl+X or Shift+Alt+Ctrl+X Shift+Command+X or Shift+O

625AutomationLast updated 6/6/2015<<Company Name>><<Address>><<City>>, <<State>><<Postal Code>

626AutomationLast updated 6/6/2015You cannot insert a line break within a field in the data source file. If it’s necessary to split a field across dif

627AutomationLast updated 6/6/2015When you merge data, InDesign creates a new document that replaces the fields with the data you designated in the da

628AutomationLast updated 6/6/20152 Place the insertion point in the text frame where you want the field placeholder to appear, or select the text you

629AutomationLast updated 6/6/2015The changes will be reflected in the Data Merge panel. If the changes are not reflected in the document after updati

630AutomationLast updated 6/6/2015• To delete a placeholder, select the placeholder and press Backspace or Delete.Note: In Story Editor view, text pla

631AutomationLast updated 6/6/20156 If you selected Multiple Records on the Records tab, click the Multiple Record Layout tab, and specify the followi

632AutomationLast updated 6/6/2015The report displays each overset instance in a numbered list showing the page number the text appears on, overset ch

633AutomationLast updated 6/6/2015• Web Hyperlink: URL:<url> (For example “URL:http://www.google.com”)• Text Message: SMSTO:<Phone number>

634AutomationLast updated 6/6/2015Integration with Creative Cloud Add-ons via the Browse Add-ons menu You can search and install plug-ins, extensions,

59Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for navigating through and selecting textThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It

635AutomationLast updated 6/6/2015You can then double-click a script in the Scripts panel to run it, or you can run scripts using Quick Apply.The Scri

636AutomationLast updated 6/6/2015For more information on installing and using these sample scripts, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_id_scripting_readme_cs

637Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 16: AccessibilityCreating accessible PDF documents (PDF, 2.6 MB)Creating accessible PDF documents (PDF, 2.6 MB)

638Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 17: System requirementsSystem requirements for IndesignSystem requirements for Indesign

60Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for viewing documents and document workspacesThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts.

61Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for working with XMLThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only those shor

62Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for panelsThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only those shortcuts that

63Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for type panels and dialog boxesThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists onl

64Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for the Tabs panelThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only those shortc

viiINDESIGNContentsLast updated 6/6/2015Exporting XML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

65Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for the Color panelThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only those short

66Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Keys for the Transform panelThis table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only those s

67Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Set general preferencesThis section covers preference settings in the General tab of the Preferences dial

68Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015It’s a good idea to make a backup copy of the preference files called InDesign Defaults and InDesign Save

69Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• Creating stroke styles. (See Define custom stroke styles.)In general, change the feature settings in th

70Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Solve problems before converting a fileDamaged Adobe PageMaker or QuarkXPress® files usually remain damag

71Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015To view additional information about an InDesign document, hold down Ctrl and choose Help > About InDe

72Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015To specify how many recent documents are displayed, choose Edit > Preferences > File Handling (Wind

73Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• Perform automated tasks, such as batch commands.• Synchronize color settings across color-managed Creat

74Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015You can export the InDesign document to PDF and use Adobe Acrobat to set up an e-mail review or a shared

1Last updated 6/6/2015Chapter 1: What's NewNew features summaryAdobe InDesign CC 2015 includes new features and enhancements to make your design

75Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015You can customize the main menu, context menus, and panel menus. Context menus appear when you right-clic

76Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• Choose Window > Workspace, and select a different workspace (Advanced shows all menu items).• Choose

77Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/20153 For Product Area, select the area containing the command you want to define or redefine.4 In the Comman

78Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Recovery and undoRecover documentsInDesign guards your data against unexpected power or system failures u

79Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Undo mistakesIf necessary, you can cancel a lengthy operation before it’s completed, undo recent changes,

80Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Save a QuarkXPress template as an InDesign template1 Open the template in InDesign.2 Choose File > Sav

81Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Before opening the document in InDesign, you may want to do the following:• If the PageMaker file or its

82Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• All objects designated in PageMaker as Non-Printing are converted with Nonprinting selected in the InDe

83Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015• Tints are converted as percentages of the parent color. If the parent color isn’t in the Swatches panel

84Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015PageMaker Edit menu commandsFile > Export File > ExportFile > Links Manager Window > LinksFil

2What's NewLast updated 6/6/2015Publish Online is a new technology preview for CC members. With Publish Online, you can repurpose your documents

85Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015PageMaker Layout menu commandsPageMaker Type menu commandsEdit > Edit Original Edit > Edit Origina

86Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015PageMaker Element menu commandsType > Character Type > CharacterType > Paragraph Type > Parag

87Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015PageMaker Utilities menu commandsElement > Text Wrap Window > Text WrapElement > Group Object &g

88Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015PageMaker View menu commandsUtilities > Show Index Index panel in Reference mode (Window > Type &am

89Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015PageMaker Window menu commandsAssignment packagesCreate and send packages (InDesign)Under ideal circumsta

90Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015You can attach the package file to an e-mail message, upload it to an FTP server, or copy it to a disk or

91Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Open a package (InCopy)❖ To open an InCopy package (*.icap or *.incp), do any of the following:• Launch t

92Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Update assignment files (InDesign)Unlink content files (InDesign)Adjusting your workflowMove content betw

93Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015Re-create the assignment file in the original location❖ In the Assignments panel, do one of the following

94Workspace and workflowLast updated 6/6/2015You can also unlink by deleting a frame, or using the InDesign Links panel to relink a content file to an