Operation Manual

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Workspace and workflow
Last updated 11/30/2015
Start workspace
The Start workspace is displayed when:
• InDesign is launched
• No documents are open
Use the Start workspace to:
• Get started quickly
• Click Recent Files to view the files that you have recently modified. You can set how many files must be displayed
from the Preferences dialog (InDesign > Ctrl/Cmd + K > File Handling & Clipboard > Files area > Number of
Recent Files to Display text box).
• Click CC Libraries to view a list of Libraries associated (own and shared) with your Creative Cloud account. The
assets in your Libraries are displayed in the integrated Libraries panel.
• Click Presets to view the available starter templates for new InDesign documents. Click a template to start a new
document with a predefined canvas size.
• View assets conveniently
• List view . view a list of asset names.
• Thumbnail view . View thumbnails of assets.
• Interact with your Libraries
• Use the integrated Libraries panel to quickly view, work with, or edit assets in your own or shared Creative Cloud
Libraries.
To disable the Start workspace feature from the Preferences dialog, deselect the checkbox Show Start workspace when
no documents are open (InDesign > Ctrl/Cmd + K > General tab). The previous keyboard shortcuts Ctrl/Cmd + O and
Ctrl/Cmd + N continue to be available for use.
Recent Files workspace
The Recent Files workspace is displayed when you press Ctrl/Cmd + O when one or more documents are already open.