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Self study

Adobe InDesign CS4 Digital Classroom

Self study

Place some of your own graphics into the newsletter that you just created, then practice

cropping and repositioning the graphics within their frames. Move objects to other layers and

create your own layer to further re ne the organization of the  le.

This lesson has given you an overview of the essential capabilities available in the latest version

of InDesign. For more in-depth instructions on how to perform many of these tasks in detail,

read and work through the other lessons in this book.

Review

Questions

1 What does a red plus sign in the lower-right corner of a text frame indicate?

2 What tool is used to reposition an image inside of a frame?

3 How can you ensure that if you reposition the panels in InDesign to your liking, you

could always bring them back to that state?

4 If you cannot see panels that you need to use, how can you display these panels?

Answers

1 There is more text in the frame than can be displayed within the current frame. This is

called overset text. You can  x this by linking the text to another frame, editing the text

so that it  ts within the existing frame, or enlarging the size of the frame.

2 The Direct Selection tool is used for manipulating images within a frame.

3 Save a custom workspace by choosing Window > Workspace > New Workspace.

4 When the workspace is changed, the list of available panels also changes. Use the

Advanced workspace to view all the panels. All panels can also be found under the

Window menu. Simply choose the panel you want to use from the list and it will display.

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