Summary of Contents for Adobe 17510676 - InDesign CS PageMaker Edition
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Move the pointer over any tool to display its name. • Want information on installing InDesign CS First, install InDesign CS PageMaker Edition from the Adobe InDesign CS PageMaker Edition Application CD. Then install the PageMaker plug-ins from the Adobe PageMaker Plug-in Pack CD. For more detailed information, see the HowToInstall file on the Adobe PageMaker Plug-in Pack CD.
“Using the PageMaker keyboard shortcut set” on page 73.) Want to import and export tagged text files Open the Tagged Text.PDF document, which is located in the Adobe Technical Info folder on the Adobe PageMaker Plug-in Pack CD. Want detailed information on creating scripts...
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement • Import graphics into your document. • Use optical margin alignment to control whether punctuation and edges of letters Add text frames to the pages of your document. • “hang” outside margins, thus making the edges Each connected set of text frames is a story.
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Learning About Adobe InDesign CS PageMaker Edition • To create a quick design element for your If you want to prepare your document for publication, use the Pen tool or Pencil tool to output draw new paths or to edit the paths from images •...
Adobe also provides several forms of automated and indexes. InDesign can easily preflight and technical support: package, print, or export to Adobe PDF all of the documents in a book list. InDesign See the ReadMe file installed with the program •...
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® a single record per page to create personalized Adobe PDF files. Dock the toolbar or let it float letters or tiling multiple records per page to over your document area. (See “Using the generate a catalog, produce business cards, and PageMaker toolbar”...
® ® to Adobe PageMaker, the tables below will help you quickly find what you need in Adobe InDesign PageMaker Edition. In some cases, you’ll find the equivalent to a PageMaker command in a palette or a palette menu. For more information about a specific InDesign command or palette, see InDesign Help.
CHAPTER 1 PageMaker Commands and InDesign Equivalents Layout menu commands and equivalents PageMaker command InDesign equivalent Additional information Layout > Go to Page Window > Pages Double-click a page icon in the Pages palette to jump to that page. You can also select or type a page number in the Page text box at the bottom of the document window.
ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Type menu commands and equivalents PageMaker command InDesign equivalent Additional information Type > Font Type > Font Type > Size Type > Size Type > Leading Type > Character or InDesign uses baseline leading by...
CHAPTER 1 PageMaker Commands and InDesign Equivalents Element menu commands and equivalents PageMaker command InDesign equivalent Additional information Element > Fill Window > Swatches or InDesign does not support patterned Window > Color fills. The Swatches palette in InDesign is equivalent to the Colors palette in PageMaker.
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement PageMaker command InDesign equivalent Additional information Element > Align Objects (Windows) or Window > Align Element > Align (Mac OS) Element > Text Wrap Window > Type & Tables > Text Wrap Element >...
CHAPTER 1 PageMaker Commands and InDesign Equivalents Utilities menu commands and equivalents PageMaker command InDesign equivalent Additional information Utilities > Plug-ins Help > Configure Plug-ins (Windows) or InDesign > Configure Plug-ins (Mac OS) Utilities > Find Edit > Find/Change You can perform Find/Change operations in layout view or story editor.
ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement View menu commands and equivalents PageMaker command InDesign equivalent Additional information View > Display Master Items View > Hide/Show Master Items View > Display Non-Printing Items Select Normal View Mode in the You can also create a layer for objects toolbox to view nonprinting items.
The InDesign work area is similar to the work area producing pages efficiently. Many of the in Adobe PageMaker. The first time you start tools and concepts in InDesign will be familiar to InDesign, a Welcome screen appears, along with a PageMaker users.
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18 CHAPTER 2 Making the Switch from PageMaker to InDesign The Control palette, which is located at the bottom of the application window in PageMaker, is docked at the top of the application window in InDesign. Other palettes, such as the Pages, Swatches, and Stroke palettes, are collapsed into tabs at the side of the application window (Windows) or screen (Mac OS).
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Using the palettes Using the Control palette InDesign uses palettes, rather than dialog boxes, to Both PageMaker and InDesign include a context- provide access to many features, such as indexing, sensitive Control palette that offers quick access to scripting, and paragraph styles.
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CHAPTER 2 Making the Switch from PageMaker to InDesign Using the pasteboard Preferences and defaults Both InDesign and PageMaker provide a InDesign includes many of the same preferences as pasteboard area where you can place objects PageMaker. The Preferences commands are prior to positioning them on your pages.
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Settings. individual points on a path. These tools are nearly To specify preferences for Layout adjustment identical to tools found in Adobe Illustrator. (See automatic layout adjustment, choose Layout > “Understanding frames” on page 23.) Layout Adjustment. To specify preferences for trapping, use Trapping the Trap Presets palette (Window >...
InDesign users InDesign has multiple levels of Undo and remembers everything you’ve done since the last You can share Adobe InDesign CS PageMaker time you saved your document. This means you Edition documents with other InDesign users,...
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Working with pages and spreads • To transform the contents of a frame without affecting the frame, use the Direct Selection You can add, sort, delete, and navigate pages and tool to select the graphic. You can then drag spreads using the Pages palette in InDesign.
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CHAPTER 2 Making the Switch from PageMaker to InDesign Custom frames Placeholder frames A. Applied to graphics frame B. Applied to text frame A. PageMaker B. InDesign Use the Object > Fitting commands to center For more information about laying out pages •...
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement In InDesign, you can also create columns within a single text frame. This lets you create columns of text quickly—without adding and threading a text frame for each column—and lets you vary the number and arrangement of columns that appear in different areas of a page or spread.
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InDesign just as you do in PageMaker: by adding using scripting to create running headers and page-number markers and text to master pages in footers, see the Scripting Guide in the Adobe your document. To insert a page-number marker InDesign Technical Info folder on the InDesign in InDesign, you can use a command (Type >...
ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Working with books For more information about indexing, see InDesign Help. You can save a collection of documents as a book in InDesign using the Book palette. This palette is similar to the Book Publication List in PageMaker.
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CHAPTER 2 Making the Switch from PageMaker to InDesign You can also create master text frames—text Importing text frames placed on the master page, rather than To import text, copy and paste it from another a document page—when you create a new application, or use the Place command.
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Finding and changing text InDesign lets you perform Find/Change operations on text in either Layout view or story editor. In addition, you can search for and change fonts, text formatted a certain way, or other items, such as OpenType fractions and swashes.
CHAPTER 2 Making the Switch from PageMaker to InDesign Wrapping text around objects • To prevent text above a wrap object from wrapping, use the Text Wrap Only Affects Text Like PageMaker, InDesign lets you apply text wrap Beneath preference in the Preferences > Text to objects to prevent text from flowing over and dialog box.
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement In InDesign, the options displayed in the Control palette’s Paragraph mode match the is is one of the most pleasant variations I options in the Paragraph palette; the options ed, the lemon is a perfect complimen displayed in the Control palette’s Character mode...
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CHAPTER 2 Making the Switch from PageMaker to InDesign To apply underline and strikethrough type styles, Troubleshooting missing fonts choose Underline Options or Strikethrough With PageMaker’s font-matching system, an alert Options from the Control palette menu (in message appears when you open a publication that Character mode).
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PageMaker’s text composition. The Using the built-in table functionality in InDesign, Adobe Paragraph Composer looks at entire you can create, edit, and format tables directly in paragraphs when deciding where to break lines.
These tools cherries meal 1 teaspoon 2/3 cup sugar 4 tablespoons flour cinnamon are similar to the tools found in Adobe Illustrator. 2 tablespoons corn 2 teapoons starch chopped pecans 2 tablespoons 3 tablespoons sugar...
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InDesign retains transparency in imported A. Optimized B. Typical C. High Quality graphics and lets you import alpha channels embedded in Adobe Photoshop files. You can also For more information about controlling create clipping paths in InDesign to mask parts of...
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CHAPTER 2 Making the Switch from PageMaker to InDesign Resizing and cropping graphics Aligning objects The Position tool in InDesign is similar to the PageMaker and InDesign use similar commands Crop tool in PageMaker. (See “Using the Position to group and ungroup objects, lock them, and tool”...
A. Gradient fill B. Gradient applied to a path color in new ways. You can also import gradients created with Adobe Working with colors and swatches Illustrator and edit them directly in InDesign.
InDesign includes built-in trapping and support the ability to preview color separations on-screen. for Adobe In-RIP Trapping. Trap presets offer fine This section highlights new printing features and control over trapping settings such as join and end...
ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement For more information about working with InDesign also provides helpful information about trap presets, using sliding traps, or trapping a document or book, such as the inks it uses, the imported bitmap images, see InDesign Help.
InDesign includes defined PDF Presets with The ASN Basic Program is a free Adobe service for settings optimized for different output formats, print service providers and includes many including commercial printing and the Web. You resources.
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• files, movies, and other items that can be reused in InDesign document, and then export the tagged Adobe GoLive, Adobe’s Web production software. content to an XML file. This allows you to reuse content from documents Content tagged for XML appears in the Structure designed for print to create new designs that work pane of the InDesign document window.
If you have a problem converting a large InDesign can convert document and template PageMaker document, convert portions of the files from Adobe PageMaker. When you open a PageMaker file separately to isolate the problem. PageMaker file, InDesign converts the original file information to native InDesign information.
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Note the following: publication. • All master pages and layers are converted to InDesign uses the Adobe Paragraph Composer • InDesign masters and layers. Master pages in for all paragraphs, causing some text to reflow. PageMaker convert to master pages in InDesign...
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InDesign does not support OLE (object linking • For information about other PageMaker and embedding). Consequently, when you open conversion issues, check the support documents files that contain OLE graphics, those graphics on the Adobe Web site. will not appear in the InDesign document.
Chapter 3: PageMaker Plug-in Pack Features The PageMaker Plug-in Pack includes a set of new features designed to facilitate the transition from PageMaker to InDesign. Even if you’ve never used PageMaker, you’ll find the following features helpful in improving your productivity: •...
46 CHAPTER 3 PageMaker Plug-in Pack Features About bulleted and numbered Creating a bulleted or numbered list lists A quick way to create a bulleted or numbered list is to type the list, select it, and then click the In bulleted lists, each paragraph begins with a Bulleted List or Numbered List buttons in the bullet character.
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement • Apply a paragraph style that includes bullets or numbering. (See “Creating a paragraph style Cooking Instructions that includes bullets or numbering” on page 50.) 1. Mix the cherries, sugar, corn starch and orange in a large saucepan.
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Left Indent Note: An option name in parentheses, such as and First Line Indent Values. (Adobe Garamond Pro) or (12 pt), indicates the default formatting using the first character of the paragraph. You can override this default by selecting Editing and adding bullet characters a specific font setting.
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Click Add. When you’re finished adding bullet characters, click Done. Then click OK. Note: The list of bullet characters is stored in the document, like paragraph and character styles. When you paste or load paragraph styles from...
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CHAPTER 3 PageMaker Plug-in Pack Features • By default, the numbering uses the same font Note: If you change the Start At number for a attributes as the first character in the paragraph. paragraph, and then decide you want to make that For example, if you italicize the first word, the paragraph part of the list’s automatic sequence, number and separator are also italicized in that...
ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Specify other paragraph style attributes for the style, and then click OK. For details on working with styles, see InDesign Help. Using InBooklet The InBooklet SE plug-in creates printer spreads for professional printing. Printer spread refers to two or more pages that fall next to each other on a sheet of paper.
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CHAPTER 3 PageMaker Plug-in Pack Features • Use the Printing panel to fine-tune the output The following options appear in the Layout panel settings before entering the InDesign Print of the InBooklet dialog box: dialog box. (See “InBooklet printing options” Creates two-page, side-by-side 2-up Saddle Stitch on page 55.)
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Creates two-page, side-by- Creates a two-, three-, or four-page 2-up Perfect Bound Consecutive side printer spreads that fit within the specified panel appropriate to a foldout booklet or signature size. These printer spreads are brochure.
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CHAPTER 3 PageMaker Plug-in Pack Features Specifies the Specifies the amount of space used to Top, Bottom, Left, and Right Margins Crossover amount of space that surrounds the actual printer allow page elements to encroach the gap in Perfect spread after trimming. You can specify margin Bound printer spread styles.
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement If the creep value in this example is 24 points, the Select the following options in the Printing panel creep increment will be 8 points per sheet (24 in the InBooklet dialog box. Once you specify divided by 3).
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CHAPTER 3 PageMaker Plug-in Pack Features Select this to print the file Page Information Sample imposition scenarios name, page number, current date and time, and To use InBooklet effectively, you should color-separation name in the upper left corner of understand the types of imposition it offers. each sheet of paper or film.
ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement To create printer spreads for a Black-and-white 28-page saddle stitch with color Consecutive If a booklet has a color cover and black- cover traditional six-panel, trifold brochure, choose and-white insides, you can create two separate...
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A data source file is made up of fields and records. Fields are groups of specific information, such as company names or zip codes, whereas records are rows of complete sets of information, such as a Adobe Systems, Inc. 345 Park Avenue San Jose, CA 95110 dotPS Document Production Services 6365 Santana Row company’s name, street address, city, state, and zip...
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Select the data source using the Data Merge Working with data source files palette. (See “Selecting a data source for the target The data source typically originates from a document” on page 60.) spreadsheet or database application, but you can create your own data source file using InDesign or...
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CHAPTER 3 PageMaker Plug-in Pack Features Pathnames, which are case-sensitive, must follow Locate the data source file, and click Open. the naming conventions of the operating system In the Select Data Source Type dialog box, on which they’re stored. specify whether the data is a Comma Separated or Tab Delimited file, and click OK.
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Inserting data fields in the target Text fields appear in the target application within double angle brackets (<<Name>>) using the document current formatting attributes (such as font and When you select the data source, a list of data field size).
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field names. For example, instead of seeing • Placeholders replace the preview content when <<Company>>, you might see Adobe Systems, Inc. the Preview Record option is not selected. If you You can use the navigation buttons on the Data delete an image as well as the frame containing Merge palette to cycle through the records.
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement • Changes in the Content Placement Options dialog box are not reflected until you click OK. Also, if the Preview Record option is selected, the data will not reflect the updated placement settings until you deselect and select the option again.
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CHAPTER 3 PageMaker Plug-in Pack Features For Records per Document, do one of the Click the Options tab and specify the placement following: options. (See “Setting placement options” on page 64.) • Choose Single Record so that each record starts at the top of the next page.
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement • Fit Images to Frames to scale the image so that Notes on using data merge its aspect ratio is identical to the frame’s aspect Note the following: ratio. If you send a merged document created in •...
CHAPTER 3 PageMaker Plug-in Pack Features Using the Template Browser • The Contents area displays a large thumbnail view (default) of each template within a selected palette category. You can change the thumbnails in the The Template Browser palette helps you organize Contents area to small, medium, large or and manage your InDesign templates and detailed.
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Template Browser A. Preview area B. Contents area C. Template Browser palette menu D. Metadata area Viewing templates To show or hide the Template Browser panels: Do one of the following: The Contents area helps you manage and organize your templates.
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XMP (eXtensible Metadata Platform). XMP You can work in the untitled copy just as you work facilitates the exchange of metadata between in any other document. Adobe applications and across publishing workflows. To open a template from the Template Browser palette: Do one of the following: Double-click a template.
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Organizing InDesign templates In the Template Browser palette, you can manage your template files by adding, deleting, and moving them. You can also add categories to the Categories list for quick access to your most frequently used folders.
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CHAPTER 3 PageMaker Plug-in Pack Features Do one of the following: To delete a category: Select the category you want to delete. Select Rename from the Template Browser • palette menu. Choose Delete Category from the Template Browser palette menu. In the Metadata area, highlight the template •...
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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Select one of the following options: To search for a template: Do one of the following: Select Prompt for Name and Category. This • option causes InDesign to open a dialog box Choose Search from the Template Browser •...
CHAPTER 3 PageMaker Plug-in Pack Features Using the Position tool Setting Position tool mask options When using the Position tool to move a The Position tool in InDesign functions graphic, you can hold down the mouse button for similarly to the Crop tool in PageMaker. The a few seconds to display a dynamic graphics Position tool works in conjunction with the preview (a ghosted-back image) of any part of the...
ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION User Guide Supplement Using the PageMaker keyboard shortcut set InDesign provides many shortcuts to help you quickly maneuver through and alter a document. You can use the default InDesign shortcut set, select the PageMaker 7.0 shortcut set, or create your own shortcut set.
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