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Working with panels

11Lesson 1, InDesign CS4 Essential Skills

1 Choose View > Grids & Guides > Hide Guides, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+;

(Windows) or Command+; (Mac OS), to hide all the guides in the open document.

2 Choose View > Grids & Guides > Show Guides, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+;

(Windows) or Command+; (Mac OS), to show all the guides in the open document.

You can show or hide guides by toggling back and forth using these options.

Viewing modes

You can also use viewing modes to hide guides and other items that will not display when the

 nal document is printed or distributed.

Just as you can hide guides, you can also have InDesign hide content that is positioned on the

pasteboard. The viewing modes option lets you choose whether all content and guides display,

or whether InDesign displays only content that is positioned on the page and will print. Next

you’ll explore the various viewing modes.

1 At the bottom of the Tools panel, click and hold the Mode button ( ), and choose

Preview from the available modes. Notice that the entire pasteboard displays as gray and

all elements located on the pasteboard are hidden.

2 Click and hold the Mode button again and choose Bleed from the menu. This shows the

allowable bleed area that was speci ed when the document was created. Bleed is an area

outside of the page that is intentionally used by designers so that any inaccuracies in the

cutting, trimming, and binding process do not create a visible white space along the edge

of an object that is intended to print all the way to the edge of a document. This mode

is useful when you need to make sure that all the elements on your page extend to a

speci c bleed value.

3 Click and hold the Mode button again and return to Normal.

You can also use the shortcut key W to toggle between Preview and Normal modes in InDesign or you

can use the Screen Mode button in the Application bar. Keep in mind that keyboard shortcuts do not

work if you are using the Type tool and working with text inside a text frame.

Working with panels

Now that you understand the di erent parts of the workspace, you can begin working with

the interface to learn more about the di erent panels. You can access panels by clicking

on their name in the panel docking area, or choose the panel you want to access from the

Window menu.

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