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Chapter 1: Understanding InDesign Ingredients
Figure 1-5:
The col-
lapsed dock
controls are
the default
display (left),
but you can
expand
them to see
their options
(right).
Working with workspaces
Although you can rearrange InDesign’s panels to suit your needs, rearranging
again and again as you switch from one task to another can be a real chore.
For example, you may open several of the table- and text-oriented panels
when working on text, but then close them and open the graphics- and
positioning-oriented panels when refining layout placement.
That’s why InDesign lets you create workspaces, which are essentially
memorized panel collections. Display the panels you want, where you want
them, and create a new workspace by choosing Window➪Workspace➪New
Workspace. (Note that this menu option has been called Save
Workspace in previous versions.) Give the workspace a name that
makes sense, such as Text Panels. That workspace is now available via
Window➪Workspace➪workspace name, automatically displaying just those
saved panels in their saved locations.
Not only can you save workspaces, you can also tell InDesign CS4 to save any
menu customizations made along with the currently opened selection panels
into that workspace. (Chapter 2 covers menu customization.)
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