Indesign Workshops

InDesign workshop 21st Feb

Cmd + N = New document

Facing Pages = Next to each other

This is what comes up when i press cmd+n and so I need to change this to what I want it to be for what I am working on.

This is an example of how you change the margin and the gutter size.

This has two columns, a gutter size of 5mm and all four margins the size of 15 mm.

To change the workspace you are using you need to follow the above steps. The workspace you select will prioritise certain features to enable you to carry out the task requested.

This is the workspace you get for 'Essentials'

And this, is what you get for 'Digital Publishing'. You can see the dramatic difference.

We made a master page and then made a 24pp 120mm2 document. Our name was written in the master page, replicating it 24 times.

We were then asked to use the skills we had learned and test the effects of space using the kerning, tracking and word spacing and also the lowercase, uppercase, italics and boldness. This has been a really useful skill to learn for current projects I am working on. 

InDesign Workshop 28th Feb

Object > Text Frame > Centre

Fill with placeholder text = fill a text box when you need something to work with.

Applying a character style to the text.

Window > Info (F8)

Linking Text boxes

Select red box once and then again to drag the missing text into the next text box.

Drag and hover over text box and drop.

All Documents = Useful Options

14th March

Indesign A6 Document

9pt size & 9 pt leading > No space between lines of text.