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Quarter 3 – Module 6
WEEK 6
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After completing this section, Students will be able to: -
• define InDesign
• understand InDesign workspace
• understand pages panel
• describe paragraph styles, character styles and object styles

1.1 InDesign
InDesign is a sophisticated page-layout program. You can use it to createprofessional-looking documents,
including newsletters, books and magazines.You can also use it to create documents for distribution on a
tablet such as an ipad and even documents that includes interactivity or videos. It has evolvedinto a tool
that lets you publish content to just about any device or in print.For example, using InDesign you can
create a document and distribute content in print and then add hyperlinks, videos, and export it to PDF or
EPUB.

1.2 Workspace
The Workspace refers to how the entire InDesign window is configured
—the panels on the Panel Dock, the tools that are displayed on the top
level of the Toolbar, etc. There are several preset workspaces built into
InDesign that are geared for different kinds of projects, such as Digital
Publishing. Customized workspaces can also be created by users.
1- To select a preset workspace, click the Workspace menu at the upper
right of the InDesign window.
2- Choose Typography as can be seen in figure 6.0 to use as the base for
the custom workspace. Now bring out some additional panels by going to
the Window menu and, in this case, scrolling to Object & Layout and
choosing Align.

Do you know ?
Adobe launched InDesign in United Kingdom
through a series of promotinal presentations in
hotels. The marketing concentrated on new Figure 6.0
software architecture-a small central software
kernel (about 2Mb) to which add-ons would be
bolted as the program’s functionality expanded in
later versions.
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Figure 6.1

3- The panel opens in the middle

of the InDesign window. To
anchor it to the Panel Dock at the
right, click and hold on the bar at
the top of the Align Panel
groupand drag it underneath the
other panels on the dock so that a
blue highlight appears. This
indicates the panel will be
anchored to the dock.
4- This new configuration can
be saved by going back to the
Workspace menuand choosing
new Workspace.

Figure 6.3
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5- Name the workspace in the next dialog box and click OK.

Figure 6.4

6- The custom workspace now appears in the Workspace menu.

1.3 Pages Panel

Step 1: Locate/Open the Pages panel
When you click the OK button in the New Document window,
InDesign creates a blank document set up to your specifications. If
you’re used to working in a single-page programme like Illustrator or
Photoshop, or even a word-processing programme, like Microsoft Word Figure 6.5
orPages, the way that documents are laid out and navigated through in
InDesign can seem quite different and may not be immediately
intuitive.
Unless you have set your Preferences to open a pre-defined Workspace, InDesign will open the workspace
(the collection and arrangement of panels) in Essentials mode. You can view this, or alter the workspace to
suit your specific purposes, from the top right of the control panel running along the top of your screen as
can be seen in figure 6.6.
One of the most important, and useful, panels in InDesign is the Pages panel. This will open by default, or
you can find it in the Window menu (Window > Pages). You will seethat the panel is actually a group of
three panels: Pages, Layers and Links.

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The Layers panel allows you to manage layers in your document,

just as you would in Photoshop or Illustrator. You can choose to
View or Hide layers, and Lock or Unlock them,by clicking in the
two square spaces to the left of the layer’s name in the panel.

1.4 Paragraph Styles

Paragraph styles allow you to save and re-use specific text
formatting (e.g. font or size) and paragraph formatting (e.g. tabs,
indents or paragraph spacing) reference in figure.
Font family Figure 6.8
Font style
Font size
Leading
Spacing
Horizontal/vertical scale
Alignment
Indents
Space before/after
Tabs
Paragraph Colour

1.5 Character styles

Character styles allow you to save and re-use
specific text formatting (e.g. font face or fon Figure
colour). Using a character style allows you to 6.9
customise specific text within a paragraph.
Reference in
figure. Font
family
Font style
Font
size
Leading
Spacing
Horizontal/vertical scale
Character Colour
As a general rule, you should have a lot more
paragraph styles defined than character styles.
Character styles are for the exceptions,
paragraph styles are for everything else.
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Use the Object Styles panel to create, edit, and apply object styles. For each new document, the panel
initially lists a default set of object styles. Object styles are saved with a document and display in the
panel each time you open that document. The Text Frame icon marks the default style for text frames; the
Graphics Frame icon marks the default style for graphics frames and drawn shapes.
Use the Object Styles panel to create, name, and apply object styles. For each new document, the panel
initially lists a default set of object styles. Object styles are saved with a document and display in the
panel each time you open that document. The Text Frame icon marks the default style for text frames; the
Graphics Frame icon marks the default style for graphic frames; the Grid icon marks the default style for
frame grids.

Figure 6.11
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After completing this section, Students will be able to: -
• define InDesign graphics, how to handle InDesign graphics
• define working and customizing the link panels, locate missing images, and adding
graphic layout.
• define auto fitting, using adobe bridge to import graphics, multiple graphics using mini
bridge, object style, wrapping text, clipping path and alpha channels
• understand to import PS file

1.6 Graphics in Adobe InDesign

In InDesign, you can bring raster images, like an image you take with your phone, or vector graphics,
like a logo, into your documents:
1- Choose File > Place to place a graphic (or multiple graphics) in your document.
2- Click Open. If a frame was selected before placing, the graphic is placed within the frame. You can
also click to place a graphic into an existing empty frame or create a frame as you place a graphic.
3- With the Selection tool in the toolbox, drag a corner point of a graphic frame to resize the frame and
toreveal or hide parts of the image.
4- Drag within the graphic area (not the center) to reposition the graphic and the frame.
Graphics placed in InDesign are linked by default to the original file outside InDesign. If a placed
graphic is updated outside InDesign in Adobe Photoshop for instance the graphic is automatically
updated in InDesign.
Choose Window > Links to see a list of all the graphic files placed in a document in the Links panel.
Each linked graphic is listed in the Links panel along with the number of the page it’s on.Select an image
in the Links panel and click the Go To Link button to select the image.Click the Relink button with a
graphic selected in the list and navigate to a replacement image. Any
transformations performed in InDesign are preserved.
When you open a document with missing or modified graphics, a
dialog box appears.
1- In the Links panel, a graphic with a stop sign means it’s
missing. To fix this issue, select the graphic in the Links panel,
and click the Relink button at the bottom of the panel or click the
Relink File button in the Properties panel.
2-A graphic with a yellow yield sign icon indicates it has been
modified. To fix this issue, select the graphic in the Links panel,
and click the Update Link button at the bottom of the Links panel
or click the Update File button towards the bottom of the
Properties panel.

1.7 Links panel overview

All files placed in a document are listed in the Links panel. These
include both local (on disk) files and assets that are managed on a
server. However, files that are pasted from a website in Internet
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In InCopy, the Links panel also displays linked stories. When you select a linked story in the Links panel,
theLink Info section displays information such as the number of notes, the managed status, and the status
of tracked changes.
A. Category columns B. Show/Hide Link Information C. One or more instances modified icon D.
Modified icon E. Missing-link icon F. Embedded-link icon.
Modified
This icon means that the version of the file on disk is more recent than the version in your document. For
example, this icon appears if you import a Photoshop graphic into InDesign, and then you or someone
else edits and saves the original graphic in Photoshop.
A slightly different version of the Modified icon appears when a graphic is modified and one or more
instances are updated while others are not.
Missing
The graphic is no longer in the location from which it was imported, although it may still exist somewhere.
Missing links can happen if someone deletes the original file or moves it to a different folder or server after
it’s been imported. You can’t know whether a missing file is up to date until its original is located. If you
print or export a document when this icon is displayed, the file may not print or export at full resolution.

1.8 Work with Links panel columns

You can display additional categories, such as Creation Date and Layer, in the Links panel to display
more information about the graphics. For each category, you can determine whether the information
appears as a column in the Links panel and in the Link Info section at the bottom of the Links panel.
Choose Panel Options from the Links panel menu.
Select the check boxes under Show Column to add columns in the Links panel.
Select the check boxes under Show In Link Info to display the information in the Link Info section at the
bottom of the Links panel.
Click OK.
You can change the order of columns by selecting a column and dragging it to a different location. Drag
the column boundaries to change the column width. Click a category title to sort the links by that category
in ascending order. Click again to sort in descending order.
Auto Fitting
The introduction of the Auto-Fit feature to
CS5 should not be over looked. By the end
of this Quick tip youthe designer will be
able to save some valuable time when
importing images and graphics. Follow the
steps mentioned: -
Setp 1: To open the Auto-Fit feature go to
Object > Fitting > Frame Fitting Options.
Setp 2: You will be presented with a
floating panel. The top section of the panel
controls how the images fit within the
frame. First tick the Auto-Fit box and then
select the fitting option you require from
the
drop down menu and fill Frame frame.
Proportionally and align to the centre of the
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Figure 6.13

Setp 3: Ok, let's begin by importing a number of images to work with.

Once the Auto-Fit feature is active, InDesign indicates this by a ticking a box in the control panel. You
can quickly turn Auto-Fit off by unticking the option box too. (Note: The Auto-Fit tick box will be only
visible when a frame is selected).

1.9 Importing graphics from Adobe Bridge

Select a graphic from Adobe Bridge, Explorer (Windows), the Finder (Mac OS), or your desktop, and
drag it into InDesign. The image must be in a format that InDesign can import.
After dragging a file from any location other than Illustrator, it appears in the Links panel in InDesign.
Using the Links panel, you can control versions and update as necessary.
Select the original graphic and Drag the graphic into an open InDesign document window.
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Once the Auto-Fit feature is active, InDesign indicates this by a ticking a box in the control panel. You
can quickly turn Auto-Fit off by unticking the option box too. (Note: The Auto-Fit tick box will be only
visible when a frame is selected).

6.9 Importing graphics from Adobe Bridge

Select a graphic from Adobe Bridge, Explorer (Windows), the Finder (Mac OS), or your desktop, and
drag it into InDesign. The image must be in a format that InDesign can import.
After dragging a file from any location other than Illustrator, it appears in the Links panel in InDesign.
Using the Links panel, you can control versions and update as necessary.
Select the original graphic and Drag the graphic into an open InDesign document window.

6.10 Multiple graphics using Mini Bridge

Adobe Bridge is a really useful tool for ‘bridging’ the content of your computer’s folders between your
Adobe design applications. You can use the programme to organize files, and create sophisticated
libraries of image sand text documents ready to use in your layout designs. Mini Bridge creates a
miniature version of Bridge within your Adobe application, allowing you to drop content into your
InDesign layouts quickly and easily.
Object Style
Object Styles is used to create, edit, and apply object styles. For each new document, the panel initially
lists a default set of object styles. Object styles are saved with a document and display in the panel
eachtime you open that document. The Text Frame icon marks the default style for text frames; the
Graphics Frame icon marks the default style for graphics frames and drawn shapes.
Object Styles panel is also used to create, name, and apply object styles. For each new document, the
panel initially lists a default set of object styles. Object styles are saved with a document and display in
the panel each time you open that document. The Text Frame icon marks the default style for text frames;
the Graphics Frame icon marks the default style for graphic frames; the Grid icon marks the default style
for frame grid

6.11 Wrap text around objects

1- To display the Text Wrap panel, choose Window > Text Wrap.
2- Using the Selection tool or Direct Selection tool , select the object you want to wrap text around.
3- In the Text Wrap panel, click the desired wrap shape.

6.12 Clipping Path

Clipping paths are silhouettes around portions of images. They can be used to mask out opaque white
backgrounds, as well as create contours around portions of an image for text wraps to follow. Clipping
paths are often created using Photoshop, but InDesign can do it too, when there is enough contrast
between the image edges and the background.
1- For example, a clipping path will be used to remove the white background from the photo of a tea set.
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Figure 6.14

2- To create the clipping path, select the image, then go

to the Object menu. Scroll down to Clipping Path and
choose Options.

Figure 6.15

3- In the dialog box, check Preview,

then go to the Type menu and choose
Detect Edges. If there are areas inside
the silhouette of the image that should
be clipped, check Include Inside
Edges. Tolerance can be used to adjust
the tightness of the fit of the path.
Threshold is used to set the levels of
color contrast in the image to be
included or ignored.
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4- The white background is now removed.

6.13 Alpha Channel

An alpha channel is an invisible channel that defines transparent
areas of a graphic. It’s stored inside a graphic with the RGB or
CMYK channels. Alpha channels are commonly used in video-
effects applications. InDesign automatically recognizes Photoshop’s
default transparency (the checkerboard background) as an alpha
channel. If the graphic has an opaque background, you must use
Photoshop to remove the background, or create and save one or more
alpha channels with the graphic. You can create alpha channels
Background Eraser, or the Magic Eraser. Result of Alpha Channel
and Embedded path can be seen in figure.
Figure 6.17
6.14 Importing files from Photoshop
1- Have a layered Photoshop file ready to place.
2- Using InDesign, choose File Place.
3- Browse to the location of a layered image file, select the file you want to import, select the Show Import
Options check box, and then click Open. A dialog box appears.

Figure 6.18

4- Click the Layers tab and turn off and on the visibility of the layers you want to change or select a
saved layer comp from the Layer Comp drop-down list.
5- Click OK to close the Image Import Options dialog box.
 Section-III
After completing this section, Students will be able to: -
• understand table creation, copy/paste information into tables, converting text to table
and table to text.
• understand formation of row/column, and borders
• know formation of cells, text alignment, merging cells, and header cells.
• comprehend working with tables in story editors.

6.15 Table
A table consists of rows and columns of cells. A cell is like a text frame in which you can add text, inline
graphics, or other tables. You can create tables from scratch or by converting them from existing text.You
can also embed a table within a table.
When you create a table, the new table fills the width of the container text frame. A table is inserted on
the same line when the insertion point is at the beginning of the line, or on the next line, when the
insertionpoint is in the middle of a line.
Tables flow with surrounding text just as inline graphics do. For example, a table moves through
threadedframes when the text above it changes in point size or when text is added or deleted. However, a
tablecannot appear on a text-on-path frame.

6.16 Create a table

To create a table we will use insert text option.
1- To draw a table within an existing text frame use the Type tooland place the insertion point where you
want the table to appear.
2- Choose Table > Insert Table.
3- Specify the numbers of rows and columns.
4- If your table contents will continue on more than one column or frame, specify the number of header or
footer rows in which you want the information to be repeated.
5- Click OK.
The new table fills the width of the text frame.

6.17 Inserting Information (Text) into table

You can add text, anchored objects, XML tags, and other tables to table cells. The height of a table row
expands to accommodate additional lines of text, unless you set a fixed row height. You can not add foot
notes to tables.
1- Using the Type tool, do any of the following:
2- Position the insertion point in a cell, and type text. Press Enter or Return to create a new paragraph in
the same cell. Press Tab to move forward through cells (pressing Tab in the last cell inserts a new row).
Press Shift+Tab to move backwards through cells.
4- Copy text, position the insertion point in a cell, and then choose Edit > Paste.
5- Position the insertion point in a cell where you want to add text, choose File > Place, and then double
click a text file.

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6.18 Add information (graphics) to a table

1- Place the insertion point in the table cell into which you want to add the image.
- Choose File > Place, and select one or more graphic files.
- Select and drag-and-drop one or more graphic from the Graphics category in the CC Libraries panel.
2- To place the image or images, click inside each table cell.
Note:
You cannot drag-and-drop InDesign snippets from the Graphics category in the CC Libraries panel.
When you add a graphic that is larger than the cell, the cell height expands to accommodate the graphic,
but the width of the cell doesn’t change—the graphic may extend beyond the right side of the cell. If the
row in which the graphic is placed is set to a fixed height, a graphic that is taller than the row height
causes the cell to be overset.
Convert tables to text
1- Using the Type tool , place the insertion point inside the table, or select text in the table.
2- Choose Table > Convert Table To Text.
3- For both Column Separator and Row Separator, specify the separators you want to use.
4- For best results, use a different separator for columns and rows, such as tabs for columns and
paragraphs for rows. Click OK.

6.19 Convert text to table

The text that needs to go in a table often already exists, usually in a tab-delimited format (meaning that
the cells of information for the table are separated by tabs and paragraph returns). You do not need to
retype this text into a new table; you can easily convert it into a table. To do this:
1- If necessary, import the text into a text frame.
2- Choose Type > Show Hidden Characters to determine how the text is currently separated Usually,
you will see tabs between "columns" of information and paragraph returns between "rows" of
information.
Check that all the columns have the same number of tabs between them; it doesn't matter if the tab don't
line up and the text looks messy. All that matters is consistency in the separation characters used.
3- Select the Type tool and select the text to convert to a table.
4- Choose Table > Convert Text to Table.
5- In the Convert Text to Table dialog box, confirm the selections for the Column Separator and Row
Separator.
If necessary, you can change the separators by choosing Tab, Comma, or Paragraph from the menus or
entering a different separation character (such as a semicolon) in the fields.

6.20 Insert a column

1- Place the insertion point in a column next to where you want the new column to appear.
2- Choose Table > Insert > Column.
3- Specify the number of columns you want.
4- Specify whether the new column or columns should appear before or after the current column, and then
click OK.
5- The new cells have the same formatting as the text in the column in which the insertion point was placed
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6.21 Insert multiple rows and columns

1- With the insertion point in a cell, choose Table > Table Options > Table Setup.
2- Specify a different number of rows and columns, and then click OK.
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6.22 Insert Table strokes (Border)

1- With the insertion point in a cell, choose Table > Table Options > Table Setup.
2- Under Table Border, specify the desired weight, type, color, tint, and gap setting.
3- Under Stroke Drawing Order, select the drawing order from the following options:
Best Joins
If selected, row strokes will appear to the front at the points where strokes of different colors cross. In
addition,when strokes such as double lines cross, the strokes are joined and the crossing points are
connected.
Row Strokes In Front
If selected, row strokes appear in front.
Column Strokes In Front
If selected, column strokes apear in front.

6.23 Text Alignment

With Adobe InDesign, you can align text horizontally as well as vertically within a text frame on the
page. Aligning text horizontally gives you the ability to justify the text to the left, center or right of the
frame, while vertical alignment pushes text to the top, center or bottom of the frame. Use InDesign's
“Text Frame Options” tool to achieve the text alignment that you require for your document.
Align Text Vertically
1. Launch Adobe InDesign. Open the document containing the text that you want to align vertically.
2. Click the “Type” tool, which is represented by the “T” icon in the toolbar. Click on a text frame to
highlight the item. Alternately, click the “Selection” tool, represented by the bar icon in the toolbar, and
then select and highlight the text in a text frame.
3. Click “Object” in the main menu. Select “Text Frame Options” from the context menu to open the Text
Frame Options dialog. Locate the “Vertical Justification” section in this box.
4 Click the “Top” option to vertically align the text from the top of the text frame. Select the “Center”
option to vertically align text in the center of the frame. Choose the “Bottom” option to align the text from
the bottom of the frame. To evenly space text lines between the top and bottom of the frame, click the
“Justify” option.
5 Click the “OK” button to save your changes.
Align Text Horizontally
1 Select the text frame with the "Type" tool or "Selection" tool from the toolbar.
2 Click the button for the preferred alignment from the options in the “Control” or “Paragraph” panels.
Select from any of the standard horizontal alignment options of “Align Left,” “Align Center” and “Align
Right.” You can also use the text alignment and justification options to align and justify text. Options
include “Left Justify,” “Center Justify,” “Right Justify” and “Full Justify.” Additional options include
“Align Toward Spine” or“Align Away From Spine” to align the text flow toward or away from the spine
edge of the page.
3 Click “OK” to save your changes.
Merge Cells
You can combine two or more cells in the same row or column into a single cell. For example, you can
merg the cells in the top row of the table to create a single cell to be used for the table title.
1- Using the Type tool , select the cells you want to merge.
2- Choose Table > Merge Cells.
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6.24 Unmerge cells

Place the insertion point in the merged cell and choose Table > Unmerge Cells.
Header Cells
When you create a long table, the table may span more than one column, frame, or page. You can use
header rows to repeat the information at the top or bottom of each divided portion of the table.
You can create Header Rows in InDesign when you insert a table:
1- Place your cursor where you’d like to add the table
2- Table > Insert Table
3- Choose how many Header Rows you’d like and click OK
Or you can convert Body Rows to Header Rows once the table has been imported into InDesign from
Word Select the rows at the top of the table to create header rows, or at the bottom of the table to create
footer rows Choose Table > Convert Rows > To Header
Story Editor
When you choose Edit > Edit In Story Editor, tables and their contents appear in Story Editor. You can
edit tables in Story Editor.

Figure 7.19

1- To expand or collapse the table in Story Editor, click the triangle to the left of the table icon at the top
of the table.
2- To determine whether the table is sorted by rows or columns, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac
OS) the table icon and choose Arrange By Rows or Arrange By Columns.
3- Use Layout view to modify and format the table. You cannot select columns or rows in Story Editor.
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After completing this section, Students will be able to: -
• comprehend coloring to frame and text, live corner effects, new swatch creation, and tint
reduction
• explain gradient (radial/ linear)
• know use of eyedropper tool to copy frame attribute
• Export files in different formats.

6.25 Color to Text Frame

Adobe InDesign provides a number of tools for applying color, including the Toolbox, the Swatches panel,
the Color panel, the Color Picker, and the Control panel.
When you apply a color, you can specify whether the color applies to the stroke or fill of an object. The
stroke is the border or frame of an object, and the fill is the background of an object. When you apply a
color to a text frame, you can specify whether the color change affects the text frame or the text inside the
frame. 1-Select the object you want to color by doing one of the following:
For a path or frame, use the Selection tool or the Direct Selection tool , as necessary.
For a grayscale or monochrome (1-bit) image, click the Content Grabber or use the Direct Selection tool.
You can apply only two colors to a grayscale or monochrome image.
For text characters, use the Type tool to change the text color of a single word or the entire text within a
frame.
2- In the Toolbox or in the Color or Swatches panel, select the Formatting Affects Text or Formatting
Affects Container to determine if color is applied to the text or the text frame.
3- In the Toolbox or in the Color or Swatches panel, select the Fill box or the Stroke box to specify the fill
or stroke of the object. (If you selected an image, the Stroke box has no effect.)

6.26 Live Corner Editing

Use Live Corner Editing
1. Select View>Extras>Show Live Corners.
2. Select a rectangular frame with the Selection tool. A yellow square will appear on the upper right side
of the frame edge.
3. Click the yellow square to enter Live Corner Editing mode. You’ll see yellow diamonds at each corner.
4. Drag any of the yellow diamonds to change the frame’s corner effect. Dragging away from the corner
reduces the size, while dragging toward the frame center increases the size.
Live Corner Editing screenshot
5. Hold the Shift key while dragging to change the radius of a single corner. OPT-click (ALT-click on a
PC) on a yellow diamond to toggle among the available corner shapes.
When you’re done editing the corner, click away from the frame to exit Live Corner Editing mode, and the
yellow squares will disappear.

6.27 Swatches panel overview

The Swatches panel (Window > Color > Swatches) lets you create and name colors, gradients, or tints,
and quickly apply them to your document. Swatches are similar to paragraph and character styles; any
change you make to a swatch affects all objects to which the swatch is applied. Swatches make it easier to
modify color schemes without having to locate and adjust each individual object.
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Create color swatches

1- Choose New Color Swatch in the Swatches panel menu.
2- For Color Type, choose the method you’ll use to print document colors on a printing press.
3- For Swatch Name, do one of the following:
If you chose Process as the color type and you want the name always to describe the color values, make
sure that Name With Color Value is selected.
If you chose Process as the color type and you want to name the color yourself, make sure that Name With
Color Value is deselected, and type a Swatch Name.
If you chose Spot, type a Swatch Name.
4- For Color Mode, choose the mode you want to use in defining the color. Avoid changing the mode
after you define a color.
5- Do one of the following:
Drag the sliders to change the color values. You can also enter numeric values in the text boxes next to the
color sliders.
For spot colors, choose from color libraries in the Color Mode menu.
6- If an out-of-gamut alert icon appears, and you want to use the
in-gamut color closest to the color you originally specified, click the
small color box next to the alert icon.7-Do one of the following: Click
Add to add the swatch and define another one. Click Done when
finished.Click OK to add the swatch and exit the dialog box.
(Referrence present in Figure 6.20)

6.28 Gradient
A gradient is a graduated blend between two or more colors or tints of
the same color or different colors. You can use gradients to create
color blends, pie-charts, add volume to vector objects, and adda light
and shadow effect to your designs.
Linear gradient
Indesign shades from the starting point to the ending point in a straight
line.
Radial gradient
Indesign shades from the starting point to the ending point in a circular
pattern.
Angular gradient
Indesign applies a fill with color gradients that sweep around a shape
from the center of a circle.
Figure 6.20
Example of Gradients can be seen in figures below:

Figure 6.21: Radial Gradient Figure 6.22: Linear Gradient

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Figure 6.23: Angular Gradient

6.29 Tints
A tint is a screened (lighter) version of a color.
Tinting is an economical way to make additional
spot color variations without having to pay for
additional spot color inks. Tinting is also a quick
way to create lighter versions of process colors,
although it doesn’t reduce the cost of printing
process colors. As with non-tinted colors, it’s best
to name and store tints in the Swatches paneso that
you can easily edit all instances of that tint in your
document, Referrence in figure.
Create and edit tints
You can adjust the tint of an individual object, or Figure 6.24
create tints by using the Tint slider in the
Swatchespanel or Color panel. The tint range is from 0% to 100%; the lower the number, the lighter the
tint will be.
Because colors and tints update together, if you edit a swatch, all objects that use a tint of that swatch
update accordingly. You can also edit the base swatch of a named tint using the Swatch Options
command in the Swatches panel menu; this updates any other tints based on the same swatch.
Create a tint swatch using the Swatches panel
1- In the Swatches panel, select a color swatch.
2- Select the arrow next to the Tint box.
3- Drag the Tint slider, and click the New Swatch button or select New Tint Swatch in the Swatches
panel menu.

6.30 Eyedropper
Eyedropper tool is used to copy type attributes such as character, paragraph, fill, and stroke settings, and
then apply those attributes to other type. By default, the Eyedropper tool copies all type attributes. To
customize the attributes you want to copy with the Eyedropper tool, use the Eyedropper Options dialog
box.
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The Eyedropper tool is available only in Layout

View.
Copy type attributes to unselected text
1-With the Eyedropper tool , click the text that is
formatted with the attributes you want to copy. (The
text can be in another open document.) The
eyedropper pointer reverses direction, and appears
full , to indicate that it’s loaded with the attributes
you copied. When you position the eyedropper Figure 6.25
pointer over text, an I-beam appears next to the loaded eyedropper.
2-With the Eyedropper tool, select the text you want to change.
The selected text takes on the attributes loaded in the eyedropper. As long as the Eyedroppe tool is
selected, you can continue to select text to apply formatting.
3-To deselect the Eyedropper tool, click another tool. (Referrence can be seen in figure below)

6.31 Exporting files

You can save all or part of an InDesign story in file formats that you can open later in other applications.
Each story in a document exports to a separate document.
InDesign can export text in several file formats, which are listed in the Export dialog box. The formats
listed are used by other applications, and they may retain many of the type specifications, indents, and
tabs set in your document.
You can save sections of commonly used text and page layout items as snippets.
1- Using the Type tool , click in the story you want to export.
2- Choose File > Export.
3- Specify a name and location for the exported story, and select a text file format under Save as
Type (Windows) or Format (Mac OS).
If you don’t see a listing for your word-processing application, you can save the document in a format
the application can import, such as RTF. If your word-processing application doesn’tsupport any other
InDesign export formats, use a text-only format. Note, however, that exportingin text-only format
removes all character attributes from the text.
4- Click Save to export the story in the format you’ve selected.
Select the most suitable option. EXERCISE
1. Adobe InDesign is used to create .
a) Newsletter b) Vectors Images c) Logo d) 3D Objects

2. The pre-built preset workspace is .

a) News Publishing b) Web Publishing c) Digital Publishing d) none

3. Each Document Contains .

a) One Layer b) Two Layers c) Three Layers d) Four Layers

4. A Master Page is
a) First Page b) Last Page c) Background d) None

5. Text Formatting contains .

a) Word formatting b) Character Formatting c) Paragraph Formatting d) B and C

6. Text Frames Contains .

a) Frame Grids b) Frame Patterns c) Frame Border d) Outlines

7. Page Size refer to .

a) Publication Area b) Printing Area c) UI Design d) Resolution

8. Each Document has a .

a) Disclosure Triangle b) Disclosure Circle c) Disclosure Square d) None

9. Objects on Masters Appear At the of each layer.

a) Top b) Middle c) Bottom d) None

10. Character Styles Allow you to save and re-use specific .

a) Text Formatting b) Font Face c) Font Style d) Font Color1

11. Paragraph Formatting Allow you to Save and re-Use .

a) Tabs b) Indents c) Font Styling d) A and B

12. Tool is used to select individual points on a path

a) Selection Tool b) Direct Selection Tool c) Position Tool d) None

13. Objects on Master Page will appear on .

a) First Page b) Last Page c) All Pages d) none
14. Merging Master Items will move master items
a) Behind Document Page Object b) On Top of The First Layer
c) Behind Second Layer d) None
 15. A paragraph in InDesign is any text that ends with .
a) Full Stop b) Hard Return c) Question Mark d)
Semi Colon

Answer the following questions briefly.

1. What are tints and Gradients? Differentiate.
2. What are different File Formats that Indesign can support?
3. Which paragraph styles are present in adobe InDesidgn?
4. Which character styles are available in InDesign?
5. What do you mean by color to text frame in InDesign?
6. Define gradient, How many types of gradients there are?

Write answers of the following questions in detail.

1. What is Adobe InDesign ? Explain it’s workspace.
2. What are different Paragraph and Character Styles and also name them?

ACTIVITIES

1. Design a 10 pages fashion magazine by using different style, text, and format.
2. Design a magazine by customizing the link panels, locate missing images, and
adding.
3. Design a table of content for a book.
4. Make a colorful magazine keeping in mind color harmony.
5. Create a Workspace in Indesign.
6. Edit Corners of a Square using Live Corners.
7. Create a Color Swatch of five different colors.
8. Create a Table and merge two cells.
9. Use eyedropper tool to copy a style of frame.
10. Make different color gradients.
11. Export files in different formats.