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Working with graphics
27Lesson 1, InDesign CS4 Essential Skills
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1 Double-click on page 4 in the Pages panel to display page 4 of the document, then
choose Edit > Deselect All so that no other objects are selected in the layout. If Deselect
All is not available, then no objects are selected.
2 Choose File > Place. In the Place dialog box, navigate to the id01lessons folder and
select the  le cyclist.psd; then press Open. Because no frame has been selected, InDesign
displays a loaded cursor indicating that the image is ready to be placed in the document.
3 Click once in the upper-left corner of the workspace where the red bleed guides
intersect, outside of the page area. This places the image at its full size.
4 If the upper-left corner of the image is not correctly positioned at the intersection of
the bleed guides, use the Selection tool (
) to click and drag the image to the correct
position. Next you will resize the image to cover the top half of the layout and extend
(bleed) o the edges.
5 Press and hold Shift+Ctrl (Windows) or Shift+Command (Mac OS), then click and
hold the lower-right handle of the frame. After pausing for a brief moment, continue to
hold the keyboard keys and drag down and to the right until the image extends o the
page and the right edge aligns with the bleed line. You have scaled the frame and image
proportionately.
Generally you should limit scaling to within 20 percent of the original size of an image so that it
remains clear when printed or distributed. Increasing the scaling too much will cause many images to
become pixilated or bitmapped, and they will appear to be unclear and of poor quality when printed
or converted to PDF.
Scaling the image and the frame proportionately.
6 Continuing to use the Selection tool, click and drag upwards on the middle handle
located along the bottom of the frame. Drag up until the bottom edge of the frame snaps
to the guide located in the middle of the page.
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