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Working with graphics

Adobe InDesign CS4 Digital Classroom

4 Choose File > Place. In the Place dialog box, navigate to the id01lessons folder and select

the  le Sidebar.txt. Press Open.

5 Choose the Selection tool ( ) from the Tools panel and con rm that the text frame is

selected. If necessary, click the frame to select it.

6 Choose Window > Object Styles to open the Object Styles panel. In the Object Styles

panel, choose Sidebar from the list. The entire frame, including the text, is formatted.

Object styles allow you to apply background colors, e ects, and nested styles to a frame

in a single click. This makes it possible to quickly apply repetitive formatting, and keep

your document design consistent.

Object styles format entire objects, including text.

7 Using the Selection tool, click in the middle of the frame and drag it to the column on

the right side of the  rst page, aligning the right and bottom edge of the frame with the

right and bottom margin guides.

Working with graphics

Graphics are an integral part of page design, and InDesign puts you in control of cropping,

sizing, borders, and e ects that control the appearance of images you place into your layout. You

can import a wide variety of graphic types into your layouts, including .pdf, .tif, .jpg, and .eps.

You can place native Creative Suite  les such as Photoshop (.psd), Illustrator (.ai), and InDesign

(.indd) into your InDesign layout.

Placing graphics

Graphics are placed inside of a frame when you import them into your layout. As you

discovered when you imported text, you can create the frame  rst, and then import the text.

Alternatively, you can de ne the frame at the same time you import the image, or you can let

InDesign create a frame for you.

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