Control Palette
Zero Point
Tools Palette
Rulers
Window Palettes
Palette Options
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D MODIFICATION & NAVIGATION TOOL
A SELECTION TOOLS Selection (V)
Note
Direct Selection (A)
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Page (Shift+P)
Eyedropper (I)
Gap (U)
Measure (K)
Hand (H)
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Zoom (Z)
B DRAWING & TYPE TOOLS Type (T)
E FILL & STROKE OPT
Type on a Path (Shift+T)
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Fill (X)
Line (\)
Pen (P)
Stroke (X)
Add Anchor Point (=)
Default Fill a
Delete Anchor Point (-)
Swap Fill and
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Smooth
Apply Color (,)
SELECTION TOOLS A Erase
Apply Gradient (.) D MODIFICA
NAVIGATI Apply None (/)
Selection (V) Rectangle Frame (F)
Page-Turning Buttons
Page Margins
Page Boundary
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TOOLSColumn Gutters D MODIFICATION A SELECTION Note Columns Direct Selection (A) Ellipse Frame A NAVIGATION TO Selection (V) Eyedrop Page (Shift+P) Polygon Frame F VIEW MODES Note Direct Selection (A) M Gap (U) Rectangle (M) Normal (W) Eyedropper (I) Page (Shift+P) Hand (H Ellipse (L) Preview (W) Measure B Gap (U) Zoom ( Polygon Bleed B DRAWING & TYPE TOOLS Hand (H)
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PALETTE Type (T)
Slug Zoom (Z)
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TOOLS B DRAWING & TYPETOOLS MODIFICATION & D MODIFICATION E Presentation A SELECTION TOOLS A SELECTION D FILL & STR C TRANSFORMATION Type on a Path (Shift+T) TOOLS & NAVIGATION TOOLS C Type (T) NAVIGATION fill --------------------------------- Fill (X) Selection (V) selection ------------ Selection (V) scissors ------------------ Scissors (C) TOOLS Line (\) E FILL & STROKE O D MODIFICATION & stroke ---------------------------A SELECTION TOOLS Note Type on a Path (Shift+T) Direct Selection (A) free transform ----------Note Stroke ( Free Transform (E) Pen (P) direct selection NAVIGATION TOOLS C A ---- Direct Selection (A) Fill (X) Selection (V) Eyedropper (I) Line (\) Page (Shift+P) Eyedropper (I) D fill & stroke ----------------- Rotate (R) default Add Anchor Point (=) page ----------------- Page (Shift+P) rotate ---------------------------D Note Stroke (X) Direct Selection (A) Measure (K) Pen (P) Measure (K) A Gap (U) Sw scale ----------------------------fill & stroke ------------------- Scale (S) swap Delete Anchor Point (-) Gap (U) gap ------------------ Eyedropper (I) Default F Page (Shift+P) Hand (H) Add Anchor Point (=) Fo D Hand (H) shear --------------------------- Shear (O) affects container ----- formatting Convert Direction (Shift+C) Measure (K) B Swap Fill Gap (U) Zoom (Z) Delete Anchor Point (-) Zoom (Z) Fo gradient swatch -------- Gradient Swatch (G) formatting affects text ------------- Pencil (N) & TYPE TOOLS B DRAWING B &DRAWING Hand (H) INDESIGN TIPS TRICKS & TYPE TOOLS Formattin Convert Direction (Shift+C) color ---------------------- Apply C gradient feather --------- Gradient Feather (Shift+G) apply Smooth B Type (T) Type (T) Zoom (Z) E Pencil (N) Formattin DRAWING E & TYPE B apply FILL &TOOLS STROKE OPTIONS Erase gradient ----------------- Apply G E FILL & STROKE OPTIONS Type on a Path (Shift+T) Type on a Path (Shift+T) Apply Color (,) Smooth C Apply N Type (T) ------------------apply none -------------------- Fill (X) Rectangle Frame (F) E Fill (X) type Line (\) Line (\) Apply Gradien Erase FILL & STROKE OPTIONS Type on a Path (Shift+T) type on a path ----------- Stroke (X) DE Stroke (X) TOOLS MODIFICATION & Ellipse Frame A SELECTION CS5 Pen (P) Pen (P) * Keyboard shortcuts appear C Apply None (/) 08.2010.JEE NAVIGATION TOOLS F Rectangle Frame (F) Fill (X) Line (\) line ------------------- Default Fill and Stroke (D) Selection (V) Default Fill and Stroke (D) Polygon Frame Add Anchor Point (=) Add Anchor Point (=) F VIEW MOD D note ------------------- Ellipse Frame Stroke (X) Note Pen (P) pen ------------------ Swap Fill and Stroke (Shift+X) Direct Selection (A) Swap Fill and Stroke (Shift+X) Rectangle (M) Delete Anchor Point (-) Delete Anchor Point (-) Normal A F Polygon Frame eyedropper --------- Default Fill and Stroke (D) Eyedropper (I) F VIEW MODES Add Anchor Point (=) add anchor point ------- Formatting affects container Formatting affects container Page (Shift+P) Ellipse (L) Convert Direction (Shift+C) D Convert Direction (Shift+C) Preview Rectangle (M) normal view ------------ Normal (W) measure -------------------Swap Fill and Stroke (Shift+X) Measure (K) Delete Anchor Point (-) delete anchor point Gap (U) ---- Formatting affects text Formatting affects text Polygon
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Ellipse (L) preview ------------------ Preview (W) hand ------------------- Apply Color (,) Formatting affects container Hand (H) Smooth Convert Direction (Shift+C) convert direction ------- Apply Color (,) Smooth Sl BE Polygon Formatting affects text bleed --------------------------zoom ----------------- Zoom (Z) Bleed Pencil (N) pencil Erase ---------------- Apply Gradient (.) Apply Gradient (.) Erase Pr C TRANSFORMATION TOOLS & TYPE TOOLS B DRAWING Apply Color (,) slug ---------------------------- Slug Smooth Apply None (/) smooth ------------------- Apply None (/) Rectangle Frame (F) Rectangle Frame (F) E Scissors (C) Type (T) Apply Gradient (.) presentation Presentat Ellipse Frame Erase erase Ellipse Frame ---------------------- E FILLC& TRANSFORMATION STROKE OPTIONS TOOLS----------------- Free Transform (E) Type on a Path (Shift+T) Apply None (/) Rectangle Frame (F) CF ---- rectangle frame Scissors (C) Polygon Frame Polygon Frame F VIEW Fill (X) MODES Rotate (R) Line (\) F VIEW MODES Ellipse Frame ellipse frame ------------ Free Transform (E) Rectangle (M) Rectangle (M) Normal (W) Stroke (X) Scale (S) Pen (P) Normal (W) F Ellipse (L) Polygon Frame polygon frame ----------Rotate (R) F Preview (W) VIEW MODES Ellipse (L) Default Fill and Stroke (D) Shear (O) Add Anchor Point (=) Preview (W) D Rectangle (M) rectangle ------------ Scale (S) Polygon Normal (W) Bleed Polygon Swap Fill and Stroke (Shift+X) Gradient Swatch (G) Delete Anchor Point (-) Bleed Ellipse (L) ellipse --------------------- Shear (O) Slug Preview (W) Formatting affects container Gradient Feather (Shift+G) Convert Direction (Shift+C) Slug Polygon polygon ------------------- Gradient Swatch (G) Presentation Bleed TRANSFORMATION TOOLS Formatting affects text Pencil (N) Presentation C TRANSFORMATIONCTOOLS Gradient Feather (Shift+G) Slug Apply Color (,)
INDESIGN CONTROL PALETTES reference point
rotate 90 degrees clockwise
constrain proportions for width and height width
x location
rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise
rotation angle x%
shear x angle
y%
y location height
fill frame proportionally fit content proportionally fit content to frame fit frame to content center content
select container select previous object
constrain proportions for scaling
stroke weight
fill
align left edges align horizontal center
corner options
opacity
stroke
flip state
apply effect to object drop shadow add effect
stroke style
text wrap
resize content when frame size changes
select next object select content
align to selection align right edges align bottom edges align vertical center align top edges
flip vertical flip horizontal
character formatting controls
vertical scale
font type
font size
font style
leading
all caps superscript underline
character style
kerning
tracking strikethrough subscript small caps
space before
paragraph formatting controls
horizontial scale
drop cap # of lines
left indent
stroke
right indent
last line right indent
align away from spine justify all lines justify with last line center justify with last line left
baseline shift
do not align to baseline grid span columns
paragraph style
quick apply
column #
numbered list
gutter
hyphenation drop cap one or more characters
1st line left indent
language
bulleted list space after
align left align center align right align toward spine
fill
skew
more options
align to baseline grid
Showing Panels Click Window menu a Select panel name (Color, Links, etc.) HIDing Panels Click double arrows in dark gray area OR double-click title tab setting Panel options Expand panel a Select panel options button on right side a Select command from list setting up margins & columns Click Layout menu a Select margins and columns a Specify the following: • Number of columns • Gutter space between columns • Top, bottom, inside, and outside margins
horizontal cursor position
change document options Click file menu a Select document setup a Specify the following: • Number of pages • Start page number • Facing pages • Preset page size • Custom page size • Page orientation change display view Click screen mode button at bottom of tools panel a Select *normal, preview, bleed, slug, or presentation view
*only normal view shows guides
inserting images/text Click File menu a Select Place a Find desired file you wish to place into document a Click Open