Adobe InDesign CS3 manuel d'utilisation

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iv Spell-check ing and language dictionaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 F ootnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Chapter 6: Styles Par agraph and cha[...]

v Applying line (stroke) settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Compound paths and shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Chapter 12: Graphics Understanding graphics fo[...]

vi Chapter 17: T rapping c olor T rapping documents and books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 T rap presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 [...]

vii Chapter 23: Sharing con tent between InCop y and InDesign Understanding a basic managed-file workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 Sharing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

1 C ha pt er 1: G et tin g star t e d If yo u haven ’ t in stalled your new software, begin by r eading some informa tion on installation a nd other prelimi- naries. Before y ou begin working with y our software, take a few mo ments to r ead an overview of Ado b e® H elp and of the man y resour ces available to users. Y ou hav e access to instru[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 2 Read Me The installation disc co ntains the Read M e fi le fo r your software . (This f ile is also copied to the a pplica tion folder during p roduct installation.) Open the file to read importan t informa tion about the fo llowing top ics: • System r equirements • Ins tal la tion (including unin stalling the software[...]

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INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 29 Galler y of selection tools See also “T oolbo x over view” on page 26 “ S elect objects ” on page 358 “ O verview of select ion methods ” on page 358 Galler y of dra wing and type tools Selecti on tool lets yo u select ent ire object s. Dir ect Selectio n tool lets yo u select p o i n t so nap a t ho rc o n t [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 30 See also “T oolbo x over view” on page 26 “T ypes of paths a nd shapes ” on page 298 Galler y of transf ormation tools E r a s et o o ll e t sy o ud e l e t e d poin ts on a path. Li ne tool lets you d raw a line s egme nt. Recta ngle F rame t ool lets you cr eate a sq uar e or rectangle placeholder . Ellipse Fra [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 31 See also “T oolbo x over view” on page 26 “T ran sform objects ” on page 368 Galler y of modification and na vigation tools See also “T oolbo x over view” on page 26 V iewing the w orkspace Z oom in and out U se the Zo om tool o r the Z oom comma nds to magnify t he size of documents. See also “K eys for too[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 32 Z oom in or out • T o zo om in, select the Zoom tool and click the area you want to m agnif y . Each clic k magnifies the view to the next preset percen tage, cent ering the display ar ound the point yo u click. A t maximum magnifica tion, the center of the Zoom tool ap pears blank. T o zo om o ut, hold down Al t (Win d[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 33 I f y o ud e c i d et ov i e wa l ls p r e a d s ,v i e w i n gm a yb ee a s i e ri fy o ur e s i z e t h eN a v i g a t o rp a n e lt om a k ei tt a l la n dn a r r o w . Magnify or reduce the view using the N avigator panel ❖ Do an y of the f ollowing: • Click the Zoom In o r Z oom Out b utto ns at the bott om of th[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 34 • T o go to the first o r last page, click the First S pread bu tton or Last Spr e ad bu tton at the lower left o f the document window , o r choose Layo ut > First P age or Last P age. • T o go to a s p ecific page, ch oos e Layo ut > Go T o Pag e, specif y the page n umber , and c lick OK. Or , clic k the down[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 35 Y ou can ena ble or disable a nti-aliasing fo r each of the vi ew settings. Fo r examp le, you can ena ble anti-aliasing f or High Quality view and disable i t for F ast view . 3 Select Enable Anti-aliasing. Greek type When disp lay capab ilities are in suf ficient t o show text at a small size, I nDesign displays the tex[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 36 Enter values in panels and dialog bo x es Pa nels and dialog boxes use the measuremen t units and incremen ts defined in t he Edit > Pr eferences > U nits & Incr ements (W indows) o r InDesign > Prefer ences > U nits & Incr ements (Mac OS) dialog box. H ow e ver , you can specif y values usin g any o f[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 37 4 In the Scripting section, select Enable A ttach ed S cripts t o allow Ja vaScr ip t actions to be at tached to feat ures in InDesign. Y ou may wan t to turn off this option if y ou’ r e opening an I nDesig n document fro m an unknown source . 5 Click Reset All W arning Dialogs to displa y all warnings, even the ones y[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 38 • Crea ting transpar enc y flattener p resets. (See “Flatt ening transpar ent artwo rk ” on page 404.) • Crea ting table of con tents styles. (See “ Create o r import TOC styles ” on page 281.) • Savin g the workspace configura tion. • Creating documen t presets. (See “Define document pr esets” o n pag[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 39 • T o discard a utoma tically recover ed changes a nd use t he most r ecent versio n of the doc umen t that was explicitly saved to disk befor e the failure occurred, c los e the file wi thout saving it and open the file on disk, or choose File > Revert. Change the location of rec overed documents 1 Choose Ed it >[...]

40 C ha pt er 3: L a yout The decisions you make when you first set up a document affect ho w eff iciently you ca n design and pr oduce pages. Pro per planning helps you a nd your vendor s save money and time. Crea ting documents Creat e new documents Pa ge design begins with the basics: s tart ing a new document, s etting up pages, a nd positionin[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 41 After you ’ ve creat ed a do cument, y ou can use the Pa ges panel to crea te spreads wi th more than two pag es or for ce the first two page s to open as a spread . Master T e xt Frame Select this option to cr eate a text frame the size of the a rea within the margin guides, mat ching the column s ettings you specified[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 42 Document window no tes: • Lines of other colo rs are ruler guides which, when pr es en t, appear in the lay er color when selected. • Column guides ap pe ar in fro nt of mar gin guides. When a column guide is exactly in fron t of a margin guide, i t hides the margin guide. See also “Pr evie w documents ” on page 5[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 43 See also “ Abou t aut omatic lay out adj ustment ” on page 77 Change page margin and c olumn settings Y ou can ch ange col umn and margin settings fo r pages and sp reads. When yo u chang e t he col umn and margin settings o n a master page, you chang e the set ting fo r all pa ges to which the master is applied . Cha[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 44 Dra g ging a c olum n guide to cre ate un equal co lumn widt hs T o crea te co lumns wit h unequa l gutters, cre ate evenl y spaced ruler gui des and th en dra g indi v idu al guides to th e desi red loca tion. (See “C rea te ruler guides ” on pa ge 52.) Crea ting custom page sizes Creating cust om page sizes If y ou [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 45 Creat e a document using a preset 1 Do one of the f ollowing:. • Choose File > Do cument P reset > [name o f prese t] . • Choose File > New > Docu men t, and then choose a preset from the Document Pr eset menu in the New Document dialog box. The N e w Document dialog box disp lays the pr es et la yout op t[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 46 The default uni ts o f measure fo r the rulers are p icas (a p ica eq uals 12 poin ts). H owever , you can cha nge custom ruler units and co ntrol wher e the major tick marks a ppear on a ruler . F or examp le, if you cha nge the custom ruler units for the v ert ical ruler to 12 points, a major ru ler increm ent ap pe ars[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 47 Kerning Con trols the incremen t for kerning usin g the key board s hortcuts. 6 Click OK. Y ou can also cha nge ruler un its b y right-cl icki ng (W i ndows) or Contr ol-cl icki ng (M ac OS) a ruler a nd choo sing t he un its from t he con text men u. By righ t-cli cki ng or Con tro l-clic kin g at th e int ersection o f [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 48 Adjust the zer o point When yo u move the zer o p oin t, it mov es to the same rela tive location in all spr eads. For exam ple, if yo u move the zer o poin t to the to p left co rner o f the seco nd pa ge o f a pag e spr ead, it will a ppea r in tha t pos ition on the second pa ge of all other spr eads in t he document. [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 49 After you use the M easure tool to measur e an item, the line or lines r emain visible until yo u take another measuremen t or select a dif feren t tool. Measure the distance betw een two points 1 Make sur e the Info panel is visible (W indo w > Info). 2 Select t he M easure tool . (Click an d hold the Eyedr opper tool[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 50 • The names o f any swa tches. Y ou can displa y color -space values instead b y clicking the small triangle next to the fill or strok e icon. • I n f o r m a t i o na b o u tt h ec u r r e n td o c u m e n t ,s u c ha sl o c a t i o n ,l a s tm o d i f i e dd a t e ,a u t h o r ,a n df i l es i z e ,w h e nn o t h i [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 51 3 Fo r Start, type a value to offset the grid from either the to p of the page or the t op margin o f the page, depending o n t h eo p t i o ny o uc h o o s e f r o mt h eR e l a t i v eT om e n u .I fy o uh a v et r o u b l ea l i g n i n gt h ev e r t i c a lr u l e r t ot h i sg r i d ,t r y starting wi th a value of z[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 52 Show or hide grids • T o show o r hide the b aseline grid, choose V iew > Grids & Guides > Show/H ide Bas eline Grid. • T o show o r hide the do cument grid, choose V iew > Grids & Guides > Sho w/Hide Doc ument G rid. Snap objects to the document grid 1 Choose V ie w > Grids & Guides a nd ma[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 53 3 Do one of the f ollowing: • T o crea te a page guide, position the poin ter inside a horizon tal or vertical ruler and then drag to the desired l o c a t i o no nt h et a r g e ts p r e a d .I fy o ud r o pt h eg u i d eo n t ot h ep a s t e b o a r d ,i ts p a n st h ep a s t e b o a r da n ds p r e a d ;i tw i l l a[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 54 Ruler guid es evenly spac ed within pa ge margins (left) a nd page edges (righ t) 6 T o delete an y existing guides (including guides on locked o r hidden la yers), select Remove Existing R uler Guides. 7 If yo u like, select Preview to see t he effect of yo ur s ettings o n the page, and then click O K. Not e: The Cr eat[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 55 See also “P aste objects in to differen t layers ” o n page 72 Move ruler guides ❖ U s ing Select ion t o ol or the Direct Sele ction tool , do any of the f ollowing: • T o mov e a ru ler guide, drag i t. • T o mov e multiple ruler guides, shift-select the guides you wan t to mov e, and then drag them. Mo ve sel[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 56 Change ruler guide stacking order By defaul t, r uler guides appear in fron t of all other guides and objects. Ho wever , some ruler guides may block your view of such ob jec ts as lines with narr ow strok e widths. Y ou can c hange the Guides in Back p refer ence to display ruler guides in f ro nt of o r behind all other[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 57 P ages and spreads About pages and spreads When you sele ct the F acing P ages op tion in the File > Doc ument Setup dialog box, document pages are arranged in spreads . A spread is a set of pages viewed tog ether , such as the two pa ges visible whenever you o pen a b ook or magazine. E ver y InDesign spread incl udes[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 58 T a rget or select a page or spread Yo u e i t h e r se lect or target pages or sp reads, depending on the task you a re performing. Some commands a f fect the currently selected page or s pread, while others a f fect the target pag e or spr ead. For exam ple, yo u can drag ruler guides only to the target page or s pread,[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 59 Add ne w pages to a document ❖ Do an y of the f ollowing: • T o add a page after the activ e page or spr ead, click the New P age but ton in the P ages panel or choose Layo ut > Pa ges > Add P age. The new page uses the same master as the exis ting act ive pag e. • T oa d dm u l t i p l ep a g e st ot h ee n d[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 60 • Select a p age o r spread, a nd then choose Duplicat e Page o r Duplicat e Spread in the P ages panel men u. The new page or sp read appears a t the end of the document. • Pres s Alt (W indows) or Op tion (Mac OS) as yo u drag the page icon or pag e range n umbers under a spr ead to a new location. Not e: Dupl icat [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 61 • T o allow the crea tion of spr eads of more tha n two pages in the entir e doc umen t and to pr eser ve those spreads when you add, r emove, or arran ge preceding pages, deselec t Allow Document Pag es T o Shuffle o n the P ages panel menu . I nDesign will preserve spreads of mo re than two pages while letting two-pa [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 62 4 Choose t he destina tion doc ument na me f ro m the Mov e T o menu. 5 Fo r Destination, choose where yo u want to m ove the pages, a nd specif y a page if necessary . 6 If yo u want to r emove the pag es from the original document, select Delete Pag es After Mo ving. Not e: Whe n you copy pa g es between documents, thei[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 63 Tips and guidelines f or masters • Y ou can co mpare al ternative design ideas b y creating a va riety of masters and a pplyin g them in turn to sample pages co ntaining typ ical conten t. • T o quickly la y out new documents, yo u can save a set of mas ters in a document tem plate, alo ng with paragra ph and cha ract[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 64 A n yo b j e c t so nt h eo r i g i n a lp a g eo rs p r e a db e c o m ep a r to ft h en e wm a s t e r .I ft h eo r i g i n a lp a g eu s e dam a s t e r ,t h en e w master is based on the original page ’ s master . Cr eatin g a new master s pread base d on anot her page or sp read Base one master on another Y ou ca n[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 65 See also “ Synchro nize book do cuments ” o n page 275 “I mport a master from a nother document” o n page 68 Cop y a master within a document ❖ I n the Page s panel, do one of the f ollowing: • Drag the page name o f a master spread to the N ew Page b utton a t the bottom o f the p anel. • Select the page na[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 66 • Choose Ap ply Mast er T o Pages fro m the Pages panel me nu, select a master for A p ply Master , ma ke sure that the page ranges in t he T o Pages option are the ones you want, and click OK. Y o u can apply a master to multiple pages at once. F or example, you can typ e 5, 7-9, 13-16 to a pply the same master to pag [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 67 2 Do one of the f ollowing: • Drag a selected master page o r spread icon t o t he Delete ico n at the botto m of the panel. • Click the Delete icon a t the bottom o f the panel. • Choose Delete Master S pread [spr ead na me] in the panel menu. O verride or detach master items When y ou app ly a master page t o a do[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 68 Detach a master item • T o detach a single master i tem from its master , f irst override it b y pressing C trl+Shift (Windo ws) or Command+Shift (Mac OS) a nd clicking the item o n a doc umen t page. Then choose Detach Selec tion F rom Mas ter in the Pages pa nel menu. • T o deta ch all ov erridde n ma ster ite ms on[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 69 3 Determine what should occur if a loaded master has the same name as a master in the curren t doc ument. • Choose Replace Master P ages if yo u want the masters fr om the source to o verride t he destina tion doc umen t’ s masters wi th the same name s. If your destina tion doc umen t do es not ha ve an y overridden [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 70 The Layers pa nel lists la yers with the fro ntmos t layer appea ring at th e top of the pa nel. Fo r a video on using la yers, see ww w .ado be.com/go/vid0074 . Creat e layers Y o uc a na d dl a y e r sa ta n y t i m eu s i n gt h eN e wL a y e rc o m m a n do nt h eL a y e r sp a n e lm e n uo rt h eN e wL a y e rb u t [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 71 Suppress T e xt Wrap W hen Layer Is Hidden Select this op tion if yo u wa nt text o n o ther laye rs t o flo w n ormally whe n the lay er is hidden and it con tains ob je cts with text wra p app lied. Assign a lay er color Assignin g a color to a la yer makes it easier to dis tinguish the layers o f dif fer ent selected o[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 72 Selec t, mo ve, and c opy objects on layers By default , you can sele ct any objec t on an y l ayer . I n th e Layers panel, dot s mark layers that contain s elec ted obj ect s. T h el a y e r ’ ss e l e c t i o nc o l o rh e l p sy o ui d e n t i f ya no b j e c t ’ sl a y e r .T op r e v e n ts e l e c t i n go b j [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 73 Duplicate a la yer When yo u duplica te a lay er , you co py its co nten ts and settings. The du plicate la yer then ap pe ar s above the original lay er in the L ay ers panel. Any d uplica ted f rames tha t were thr eaded to other frames on the lay er remain threaded. Duplica ted frames whose originals were threaded to f[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 74 Set a lay er as nonprinting 1 Select t he la yer in the Layers panel . 2 Choose L ay er Options fro m the L ay ers panel men u. 3 T o pr event the laye r f ro m being printed, deselect Print La yer , and then c lick OK. Not e: When yo u print or exp or t to P DF , you will stil l have the o ption o f printi ng hidden a nd[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 75 Not e: If y ou merge la yers con tain ing a m ix of page o bjects and m aster it ems, the master i tems move t o the back o f the resulting me rged layer . 1 In the Layers panel , select an y co mbinatio n o f layers. Be sure to incl ude the la yer y ou want to tar get as the mer ged lay er . If y ou’ r e flattening the[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 76 T ext f rame (left) an d empty grap hics fra me (right) If yo u don ’ t see the cros sbar inside an em pty graphics frame , the f rame edg es display ma y be turned off. Fo r a video on workin g with objects, see w ww .ado b e.co m/go/vid0071 . See also “U nderstandin g paths and sha pes” o n page 298 Show or hide f[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 77 Fo r example , you might use an y of these strategies: • Draw text fram es using the T ype tool, an d draw graphics frames usin g the drawing tools. Thr ead empty text frames together so that im porting final text ta kes j ust one step . • Draw em pty placeholder sha p es using dra wing tools. When yo u’ r e ready t[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 78 Pa ge designe d ver tica lly , fo r print (left); pa ge orienta tion cha nged fo r on-screen viewing, wi th layou t auto matic ally r efitted by t he Layou t A djustme nt fea ture (righ t) Y ou can modify the r ules in the Layou t Adj ustment dialog box. The Layo ut Ad justment f eature a ttem pts to app rox- imat e the p[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 79 Allow Ruler Guides T o Move Select this option when yo u want ruler guides to be reposition ed by the Layou t A djustmen t featur e. Ignore Ruler Guide Alignments Select this option when ruler guides are no t well positioned fo r layou t adjustmen t. Objects will still align to column an d margin guides and to pag e edges[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 80 If the a utoma tic page num ber is on a master page, it dis plays the master page p refix. On a document page, the au toma tic page number disp lays the page n umber . On a pasteboar d, it displa ys PB. 1 If ne cessary , create a new text frame large eno ugh to ho ld the lo ngest pa ge num ber and a ny t ext you want to a[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 81 Change the format of page and chapter numbering 1 Choose L ay out > N umbering & Sec tion Optio ns. 2 U nder Pa ge Num ber ing o r Chapter N umbering, select a new number forma t for S ty le. 3 Click OK. Define section numbering By defa ult, page num b ers in a book ar e numbered con se cutivel y . U sin g Num b er[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 82 Creat e headers and footers Headers a nd footers run thro ugh t he to p and botto m of the pages in your documen t, providin g important backgro und inf ormation. They can incl ude s uch i tems as page, ch apter , or sec tion n umbers; title o r heading text; the au thor’ s name; a nd the doc ument ’ s filename and cr[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 83 Document numbering options Y ou can ch ange document n umbering options when y ou choose Layou t > Numbering & Section Options o r when you c hoos e Document N umbering Options fro m the B ook panel men u. Automa tic Page N umbering Select i f yo u wan t th e pag e nu mbers of th e curr ent section to f ollo w the [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 84 Display absolute or section numbering in the P ages panel The Pa ges panel can displa y abs olu te n umbering (labeling all pages with co nsecutive num bers, starting at the first page of the document) o r sectio n numbering (labeling page s by sect ion, as s p ecified in the Se ction Option s dialog box). Changin g the n[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 85 Previous P age N umber Inserts the number of the pag e containin g t he st or y’ s p r e vious frame . U se t his cha racter when crea ting a “ c ontin ued from ” j um p line. The page n umber auto matically u p da tes to reflect the current locatio n of the next or p revious frame of the st or y . 5 T o prevent the[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 86 Differen t option s are a vailable depending o n the variable type you select. T e xt Before / T e x t After F or all va riable types (except Custo m T ext) you can specif y t ext that will be added befor e or a f t e rt h ev a r i a b l e .F o re x a m p l e ,y o uc a na d dt h ew o r d“ o f ”b e f o r et h eL a s tP[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 87 File N ame This variable inserts the name of the curren t fi le int o the do cument. I t ’ s commonly added to the slug a rea of the d o c u m e n tf o rp r i n t i n go ru s e di nh e a d e r sa n df o o t e r s .I na d d i t i o nt oT e x tB e f o r ea n dT e x tA f t e r ,y o uc a nc h o o s et h e follo wing optio n[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 88 Running Header (Par agraph or Character Style) By defa ult, the Running H eaders variables insert the first or last occurrence (on the page) o f the text to which the specified sty le is a pplied. See “Cr e a te variables for running headers a nd footers ” on page 88 f or a description of Runnin g Header variable op t[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 89 T h ev a r i a b l ea p p e a r so nt h ep a g ea si fy o u ’ dt y p e di ti nt h ed o c u m e n t .F o re x a m p l e ,t h eC r e a t i o nD a t ev a r i a b l em i g h t ap p ear as December 22, 2007. If y ou choose T yp e > S how Hidden Character s, the va r iabl e ins tance i s surr ounded by a box using the curr[...]

90 C ha pt e r 4: W o rking w ith doc umen ts Open, save, a nd export Adobe InDesign CS3 co nten t using a variety of differ ent forma ts. If yo u’ r e switchin g to InDesign from Quar kXPress or A dobe Pa geMaker, learn the best way t o conv er t yo ur f iles. W orking with files and templa tes Recommended w orkflow for InDesign documents Y ou c[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 91 Save documents Sav e do cuments freq uently , a nd creat e backup co pies of im p ortan t fi les. Y ou can clear unnecessary data from a document by using the Sa ve As co mmand. When yo u use t he Sa ve command, I nDesign appends new informa tion to the document bu t doesn ’ t remo ve ou tdated data, suc h as informa ti[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 92 Y ou can also use the File > Open command to o pen f iles from I nDesign 1.x and later (inc luding Asia n-language versio ns), InDesign In terchan ge (.inx) files, A dobe P ageMaker 6.0 and later , QuarkXPr ess 3.3 a nd 4.1, a nd QuarkX- Pres s Passport 4.1. I n addition, other software v endors may mak e plug-in softw[...]

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INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 346 See also “ Abo ut links and embedded graphics ” on page 349 “P asting Illustrat or graphics in to InDesign ” o n page 330 Cop y and paste graphics When cop ying a nd pasting a grap hic from a nother document in to a n I nD esign document, I nDesign does not crea te a link to the graphic in the Links panel . The g[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 347 See also “ Abo ut XML ” on page 510 “ Add a n object or page to a lib rar y” on pag e 355 Add snippets t o a document 1 Choose File > Place. 2 Select one or mor e snippet (*.INDS) files. 3 Click the loaded snippet cursor where y ou want the u pper left corner of the snip p et file to be. All objects rema in s [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 348 3 W ith the Selection tool or Direct Selection tool , select an imported gra phic. 4 Do one of the f ollowing: • Select Object > Display P erformance, a nd choose a display settin g. • Right-click (W indo ws) or Contro l-click (Mac OS) the imag e , and choose a displa y s etting fr om the Displa y Pe r fo r m an c[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 349 4 Fo r Adj ust V iew Settings, choose the display op tion you wa nt to custom ize, and then move the s lider for Raster Imag es or V e ctor Gra phics to the desired setting. Each displa y option has separa te settings for ras ter (bitma p) images, vector gra phics, and transpar enc y effects. Managing graphics links Abou[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 350 Li nks panel A. Linked g raph ic file name B. Page con taining l inked graphic C. Embedde d-link icon D. Modified- link icon E. I mage from linked .indd f ile F. Miss ing-li nk icon G. Layer V isib ility Override icon H. A dobe Stock P hotos Com p icon I. Relink button J. Go T o Link b utton K. Upd at e Li nk butto n L. [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 351 The Link Needed section specifies whether a link to a full-resolution v ersion of the file is needed. Files that a re au tomaticall y embedde d at im port (those under 48K and text files) don ’ t r equire links. Not e: If yo u work with files fro m an A dobe V e rsio n Cue pro ject, the L inks pan el displa ys addi tio[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 352 • Click the Relink bu tton or select Relink in the Links panel men u. 3 Choose to link the file to the original fi le or to a f older InDesign crea tes from the embedded da ta stored in the document. Updating , restoring , and replacing links U se the Links panel to check the s tatus of a ny link, or t o replace files [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 353 2 In the dialog box tha t appear s, lo ca te and double-c lick a file. Not e: I fa l lo ft h em i s s i n gf i l e sa r e i nt h es a m ef o l d e r ,y o uc a nr e s t o r ea l lo ft h e ma to n c e .F i r s ts e l e c ta l lt h em i s s i n gl i n k s (or se lect noth ing) a nd res tor e one li nk. All o f the rem ain i[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 354 O bjec t libr aries About object libraries Object libraries help y ou organize the gra phics, text, and page s you use most often. Y ou can also add ru ler guides, grids, drawn shapes, and gr ouped images to a lib rar y . Y ou can cr eate as many lib raries as yo u need—for exa mple, you can crea te differen t object l[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 355 Creat e an objec t library An ob jec t li brar y exists as a named file o n disk. When yo u creat e an object library , you specify where to sto re i t. When yo u ope n a l ibra r y , it ap pears as a pa nel that you can gr ou p with an y oth er pa nel; the ob ject lib rary’ s file n ame ap pears in its panel tab . Clo[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 356 Add an object from a library to a document ❖ Do o ne of the follo wing: • Drag an ob je ct from the Ob je ct Library panel to a document window . • In the Object Libra r y panel, select an object, and choose Place I tem(s) in the Object Library panel menu. This method places the object at its o rigina l X,Y coordin[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 357 V iew , add, or edit library information W ith large o r numero us object libraries, library informatio n can be cataloged using the displa y objects’ na mes, by type of object, or wo rds in a description. 1 In the Ob je ct Library panel, do o ne of the follo wing: • Double-click a ny object. • Select an object, an[...]

358 C ha pt er 13: F rames a nd o b jects Laying ou t your artwo rk in Adobe InDesign CS3 is made easy using t o ols tha t let you select, stack, and transf orm objects precisely . Creat e complex sha pes and ap p earances b y comb ining or masking objects. Selec ting objec ts O verview of selection methods InDesign pr ovides the follo wing select [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 359 Pa th with bou ndin g box sele cted (left), path se lected (m iddle), and p ath with a nchor po int se lected (righ t) • Y ou can use the Sele ction tool to sele ct the object’ s b ounding bo x for performing general la yout tasks, such as positionin g and sizing objects. • Y ou can use the Direct Selection tool to[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 360 Not e: F or mor e pre cise moving a nd scal ing, a nd for o ther mod ifica tions s uch as ro tat ion, use the Co ntr ol pan el or th e T r ansf orm pane l. ❖ U s ing the Selec tion tool , do one of the follo wing: • Click the object. If the o bject is an unfi lled path, click i ts edge. • Drag a dot ted s election [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 361 Select an objec t inside a frame ❖ Do an y of the f ollowing: • Click the object using the Direct Selection tool . The Direct Selection tool au tomaticall y changes t o the Hand tool when placed ov er a graphic ob je ct inside a frame (bu t not when placed ov er a non-graphic o bject , such as a path ). • W ith a f[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 362 Y ou con trol selectio ns in nest ed gro ups using the Dir ect Selectio n an d Selectio n too ls, as well a s the Sel ect Con ten t and Sele ct Con t ainer but tons. Y ou can select text characters usin g the T y pe tool a t an y time, no matt er how deeply a text frame is nest ed. Select nested, grouped, or ov erlapping[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 363 Select multiple nested objec ts 1 U sing the Dir ec t Selection tool , click the nest ed object. 2 Ho ld down Shift as yo u click each additional nest ed object you wan t to select. Selection options Option s on the Select submen u (choos e Object > Select or choose Select on the con text menu) he lp you select overla[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 364 T ransforming objects T r ansform panel ov er view U se the T r ansfo rm panel to view or specify geometric informa tion for an y selected object, includin g values for position, size, ro t ation, and shearing. Commands in the T r ansform panel men u pr ovide additional op tions and quick ways t o rotat e or reflect obje[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 365 Refere nce poin t moved to cen ter (left), and o bject scaled (righ t) ❖ Do o ne of the follo wing: • T o specify a different r eference poin t for the selected ob jec t, click a ny of the nine poin ts on the re ference poin t locato r in t he T r ansfo rm or Control pa nel. As y ou clic k diff erent reference points[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 366 Object ’ s r ota tion an gle displa yed re lati ve to paste board If you prefer , you c an des elec t th e T ransformations Are T otals c ommand to s ee t he same i nformat ion relative to t he nested ob je ct ’ s container . In the examp le above, if yo u deselec t T r ansfo rmations Ar e T o tals, the T ra nsform p[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 367 Pa rent fra me ’ s po sition d isplayed r ela tive to zero po int of docu ment Ne sted obje ct’ s positio n displa yed rela tive to zer o poin t of documen t Ne sted ob ject’ s positi on displa yed rel ative t o conta iner fra me I fS h o wC o n t e n tO f f s e ti ss e l e c t e d ,t h eXa n dYv a l u e so ft h ee[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 368 Not e: T his option does not change how stroke weights ar e affected when scaling a frame, onl y whether any cha nges affect measu rements. ❖ I n the T ra nsform or Con trol panel men u, do one of the f ollowing: • Select Dimensio ns Incl ude Stroke W eight when you wan t panel measuremen ts to represen t the outer e[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 369 See also “ Change transf ormation settin gs” o n page 364 “ Galler y of transfo rmation tools ” on pag e 30 “K eys for transfo rming objects” o n p age 636 T ransf orm objec ts with the T ransf orm panel InD esig n n o longe r in clude s a T ransfor m C ontent c ommand. Inste ad, us e t he s ele ct ion to ols[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 370 • T o reflect objects, drag a handle of the bounding bo x past the opposite edge o r handle, until the ob jec t is a t t he desired level of r eflec tion. • T o shear objects, begin dragg ing a handle, a nd then hold down Ctrl (W indo ws) or Command (Mac OS). H old down Al t+Ctrl (W indows) or Comman d+Option to shea[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 371 2 Do one of the f ollowing t o open the Rotate dialog box: • Choose Object > T ra nsform > Ro tate. • Double-click the Ro tate tool . • Select t he Rota te tool and Al t-click (W indows) o r Option-click (M ac OS) on or near the ob je ct to select a new ref erence poin t. 3 Ente r the rota tion angle, in degr[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 372 • T o mov e an object by dragging, drag the ob jec t to a new position. S hift-drag to constrain the mo vemen t of the object horizon tally , vertically , o r diag onally (in multi ples of 45˚). Move objects by a pr ecise amount Y o uc a n u s et h eM o v e c o m m a n dt om o v ea no b j e c tb yas p e c i f i ca m o[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 373 Resize objects When yo u drag the handle of a frame tha t includes con tents, such as a n imported graphic, y ou may expect the con tents to be resized as w ell. I t’ s important to under stand that the con tent a nd the container frame a re separate item s, each with its own boundin g box. Simp ly dragging the frame o[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 374 By defa ult, InDesign scales strokes. F or exam ple, if you scale a selected object with a 4-point s troke b y 200%, the Stro ke panel indicat es an 8-point str oke and the stro ke visibly doub les in size. Y ou can chan ge the default str oke behavio r by deselecting Ad just Stro ke W e ight Wh en S caling in the T r an[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 375 2 Do one of the f ollowing to o pen the S cale dialog box: • Choose Object > T ra nsform > Scale. • Double-click the Scale tool . • Select t he Scale tool and Alt- click (W indows) or Optio n-click (Mac OS) o n or near the object to select a new ref erence poin t. 3 T y p e a percen tage value in the Scale X [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 376 Original o bject (top) r ef lected us ing Fli p Horizon tal (m iddle) and Fl ip V ertic al (bottom) The flip/rota te indicato r (P) in the middle of the C on trol panel a ppears white with a black o utline if an object is flipped. If the ob je ct is not flipped, the indica tor is solid black. 1 Sele ct an object to flip.[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 377 2 I fy o uw a n tt ou s ead i f f e r e n tr e f e r e n c ep o i n tf o rt h es h e a r i n g ,c l i c kw h e r ey o uw a n tt h er e f e r e n c ep o i n tt oa p p e a r . 3 Do one of the f ollowing: • T o shear selected objects by dragging, select the Shear t o ol . Then positio n the Shear tool a way from the refe [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 378 • T o shear the object, click OK. • T o shear a cop y of the object, click Copy . Repeat transf ormations Y ou can r epeat tran sformatio ns, su ch as movin g, scaling, r otating, resizing, reflecting, s hearing, and fittin g. Y ou can repeat either a sin gle t ransf ormation o r a s equence of tra nsformatio ns, and[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 379 Ali gn panel A. V e r tica l align ment butt ons B. V ertical d istribu tion bu ttons C. Use S pacing d istribut ion D. H orizont al align ment bu ttons E. Hor i z on tal distr ibution button s F. Alignmen t locatio n options See also “U se keyboard s hortcut sets ” on page 25 Align or distribute objects Y ou can use[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 380 U sing t he Distribu te H orizonta l Centers op tion fo r even spacin g A. Cr eates ev en spacing be tween the cen ters of each o bject B. Keeps t he overa ll width the sa me as before t he tra nsformat ion • T o set the space between objects, either cent er to center o r e dge to ma tching edge , selec t U se Spacing [...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 381 U sing t he Distribu te Ho rizonta l Space op tion an d addin g a value for U se Sp acing A. Cr eates s paces of a spe cified value betwe en each obje ct B. Changes t he overal l w idt h of the obje cts as a whole When y ou use spacing with vertical distributio n, selected objects are spaced from t op to botto m, startin[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 382 If yo u’ r e not s ure if a n object is pa rt of a group , se lect it usi ng the Sele ction too l and look a t the Obje ct menu. I f the Ob ject > U ngrou p comm and is a vaila ble, you ’ ve se lected a gro up . See also “ Arrange ob jec ts in a stack ” on pag e 363 “ S elect nested or o verlap ping ob je ct[...]

INDESIGN CS3 User Guide 383 Duplicate objects into row s or columns U se the S tep and Repeat command t o ins tantly creat e r ows or column s o f d uplicat es. F or exam ple, you can fill a page with evenly spaced du plicates o f a single business car d design. 1 Select t he ob je ct or ob je cts you wa nt to du plicate . 2 Choose Edit > Step a[...]