Adobe InDesign

Anmerkungen:

• When placing graphics, DO NOT copy and paste. Instead go to: "File > Place"  and choose your images.
• Shortcut: Ctrl + D (PC)                Cmd + D (Mac)

Anmerkungen:

• To have text flow around an image, go to: "Window > Text Wrap" Select the image you want to wrap the text around. Select "Wrap around bounding box" in the text wrap panel. Click and drag to move the image into the body of text.

Anmerkungen:

• The circle in the middle is called the "content grabber" - if selected, an orange border appears and the cursor will become a hand. You can expand or contract by pressing and holding the "shift" key on the keyboard and dragging content using the orange boxes/handles (shift keeps the content proportional). Click and hold to move the content around so that it looks correct in the frame. When done press "Escape" on the keyboard.

Anmerkungen:

• Select the image's frame (blue outline). In the formatting bar, check the "Auto-Fit" box. Grab corner boxes/handles to resize the media centre image to take up more area on the page.

Anmerkungen:

• All pages in a multi-page document are listed under "pages" panel. Double click on page to jump to that page.

1. Adding Pages

   Anmerkungen:

   • Select the "Create new page" button at the bottom of the panel.
2. Deleting Pages

   Anmerkungen:

   • Select the pages and then click the "Delete selected pages" in the bottom of the panel.

Anmerkungen:

• Go to: "Window > Workspace" and select "Interactive for PDF" to change the workspace.
• Note: most interactive features don't show up in InDesign until you export to a PDF.

1. 1. Hyperlinks

      Anmerkungen:

      • Select the information you want to create a hyperlink for. Click on the "Hyperlinks" panel. From the bottom of the panel, select the little page icon "Create a new hyperlink" From the drop down menu select "URL" Insert the URL you wish to use. Click "OK"
      • Select the information you want to create a hyperlink for. Click on the "Hyperlinks" panel. From the bottom of the panel, select the little page icon "Create a new hyperlink" From the drop down menu select "URL" Insert the URL you wish to use. Click "OK"
      1. Hyperlink Between Pages in a Document

         Anmerkungen:

         • Select the object you want to add a hyperlink too. Click on the "Hyperlinks" panel. From the bottom of the panel, select the page icon to create a new hyperlink. From the drop down menu select "Page" Select which page to jump to. Change the Zoom Setting drop down to "Fit in Window" Click OK

Anmerkungen:

• (As an Adobe PDF File) First put it in to preview mode (View > Screen Mode > Preview) to make sure everything looks correct. Go to "File > Export" Name the file. Under "Format" select "Adobe PDF (Print)". Under Adobe PDF Preset select "[High Quality Print]". If you used hyperlinks, make sure to select "Hyperlinks" from the Include section at the bottom left of the export dialogue. Press "Export" Locate the PDF file and open to double check the final document.

Anmerkungen:

• Open InDesign. Create a new file: "File > New > Document". Select document specifications such as height, margins, etc.

Anmerkungen:

• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/03/17/indesign-tips-i-wish-i-d-known-when-starting-out/
• http://help.adobe.com/archive/en/indesign/cs6/indesign_reference.pdf
• http://www.itc.edu.kh/bib/ebook/storage/AdobeInDesignCS6.pdf