INTRO
TO TEXT INDESIGN
Created by Rob Roach 2020
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ALT SPACE SHIFT
CMD
Universal Short Cuts
Core InDesign Short cuts
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V F A W Standard Selection Tool Rectangle Frame Tool Direct Selection Tool Quick preview toggle = = = = SPACE ALT ALT ALT CMD CMD CMD CMD Click and drag SHIFT CMD CMD CMD SHIFT SHIFT +1 0 3 C X V V 4 Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom to 100% Zoom to show full page Move around document Screen shoot Copy Cut Past Past in Place Screen shoot selection (Drag to select) CMD CMD CMD + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + = = = = = = = = = = =
Type tools are found under the “T” tool on the left tool bar. Remember you will need to use the frame tool to make a frame you can turn into a text box.
Once you have turned the frame into a text box, you can type into it. Remember, in the same way images can be bigger than the frame they are in text can be the same, there can be too much text within the frame or the font can be to bigger to fit as well.
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W hen the text frame is activated on the top bar there are two panels of tool for formation text.
Character formatting Controls
This panel give you all the formation options to work with individual characters within a frame
Paragraph formatting Controls
This panel give you all the formation options to work with the multiple Paragraphs within a frame.
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Quick Formatting
Drop Caps number of lines and number of characters
All caps
Character formatting and dictionary
Paragraph indentations
pg. 15 pg. 15
Paragraph Spacing
Bullet points Numbering
Small Caps
SuperscriptSubscriptUnderline
Strike throw
Character / paragraph option
pg. 11
Stretching textRise up selectedSkew (Italics)
pg. 14
Font Justifications
pg. 13
ColourFill (Shape)Stroke
Fonts and wattages
pg. 10
Font size and line spacing
pg. 12
Kerning Adjusting the spacing between
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Fonts and wattages Sizes and line spacing
pg. 10
pg. 11
Quick FormattingAll capsSmall CapsSuperscriptSubscriptUnderlineStrike throw
Columns formatting
Character formatting and dictionary pg. 14
Drop Caps number of lines and number of characters
Borders and Shading
pg. 15
pg. 15
Removing Hyphenate
Align to base line grid
Font Justifications
Paragraph indentations
pg. 15
Paragraph Spacing
Bullet points Numbering
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Examples of what the tool
Defining the style/ formate for a paragraph, this can be done by going to “Type” at the top in InDesign then down to paragraph styles.
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You can define the basic paragraph along with creating paragraph styles that you can apply to different text boxes.
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Fonts and wattages
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Baskerville, Regular, 12pt
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Baskerville, Italic, 12pt
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Baskerville, SemiBold, 12pt
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Baskerville, SemiBold Italic, 12pt
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Baskerville, Bold, 12pt
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Baskerville, Bold Italic, 12pt
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Quick Formatting
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
The quick brown fox jumps over The lazy dog
All Caps
Small Caps
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Superscript
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Subscript
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Underline
Strike throw
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Kerning set to +100
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Kerning set to +50
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Kerning set to 0
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Kerning set to -50
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Kerning set to -100
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Kerning
The quick brown fox
Bebas Neue, Regular, 56pt, FIll Colour
The quick brown fox
Bebas Neue, Regular, 56pt, FIll (Shape) Colour
The quick brown fox
Bebas Neue, Regular, 56pt, FIll (Shape) & Shape Colour
Fill using colour chart
Stroke using colour chart
Fill (Shape) using swatches
Stroke using swatches
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Colour
Fonts Justification
Font Justifications
Erum nia alique necum inis ut resciuntem quiassunt.
Ebis alicaecaerro del et aut licia dolecer spedis ea volorer spelend ictur?
Font Justifications
Erum nia alique necum inis ut resciuntem quiassunt.
Ebis alicaecaerro del et aut licia dolecer spedis ea volorer spelend ictur?
Font Justifications
Erum nia alique necum inis ut resciuntem quiassunt.
Ebis alicaecaerro del et aut licia dolecer spedis ea volorer spelend ictur?
Font Justifications
Erum nia alique necum inis ut resciuntem quiassunt.
Ebis alicaecaerro del et aut licia dolecer spedis ea volorer spelend ictur?
Font Justifications
Erum nia alique necum inis ut resciuntem quiassunt.
Ebis alicaecaerro del et aut licia dolecer spedis ea volorer spelend ictur?
Font Justifications
Erum nia alique necum inis ut resciuntem quiassunt. Ebis alicaecaerro del et aut licia dolecer spedis ea volorer spelend ictur?
Font Justifications
Erum nia alique necum inis ut resciuntem quiassunt.
Ebis alicaecaerro del et aut licia dolecer spedis ea volorer spelend ictur?
Font Justifications
Erum nia alique necum inis ut resciuntem quiassunt.
Ebis alicaecaerro del et aut licia dolecer spedis ea volorer spelend ictur?
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left
Align Left
Justify
Center Justify to spine
Align Centre
Justify
All Lines Justify away from spine
Align Right
Justify
Paragraph indentations
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dogCiur sam nus nonse nim quia volescim quia cor arum excesed mollore strunt quunt a qui ini dolum, si aut ea quiderio dolliat atendae lab ium et, conseris nihilibus platquam reperep erferatur, officiumquam voleseque
Paragraph indentations
Drop Caps
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dogCiur sam nus nonse nim quia volescim quia cor arum excesed mollore strunt quunt a qui ini dolum, si aut ea quiderio dolliat atendae lab ium et, conseris nihilibus platquam reperep erferatur, officiumquam voleseque
Drop Caps, 1 Character
Hyphenates
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dogCiur sam nus nonse nim quia volescim quia cor arum excesed mollore strunt quunt a qui ini dolum, si aut ea quiderio dolliat atendae lab ium et, conseris nihilibus
With Hyphenates Without Hyphenates
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dogCiur sam nus nonse nim quia volescim quia cor arum excesed mollore strunt quunt a qui ini dolum, si aut ea quiderio dolliat atendae lab ium et, conseris nihilibus
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