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Monday, September 23 :: The basics of using text!

NO CELL PHONE DAY!

(That means put them away!)

Expectations:

C: Voice Level 2 (only the people next to you can hear you and no shouting across the room)

H: Ask your team, elbow partner or raise hand

A: Work on the assignment

M: Stay in your assigned seat

P: Work till assignment is completed

S: Finishing your work

Gum was found on the SEAT of a chair!

NO GUM in the classroom!

Get to know InDesign!

What you NEED to know!!!!

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: InDesign and the yearbook!

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Adobe InDesign is the industry-leading layout and page design software for print and digital media. This desktop publishing software is popular among designers, artists, editors, and illustrators because it allows you to design, preflight, and publish a vast range of content for print, web, and mobile apps. We’re talking flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, books, and YEARBOOKS!

HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: You will perform a series of lessons and we will create our yearbook!!

Add Text

Learn the basics of using text in your Adobe InDesign documents, including adding text, creating columns of text, importing text, and flowing text from one frame to another.

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We need to grab a few files first!

Click each Downloadable Image!

Left click the DOWNLOAD button on the top right

This will save the file to your YEARBOOK folder!

Open InDesign

Click the windows icon on the bottom left of your screen and a list of programs will appear

Click on Adobe InDesign

OPEN the file (in your yearbook folder) Understand_frames

Make sure you have your PROPERTIES PANEL open

Click the WINDOW tab on top and select PROPERTIES (it will have a check mark if it is open!)

Understand frames in InDesign

Let's explore the different types of frames you can use in InDesign.

Frames in InDesign are the building blocks for your layouts.

They can contain images, text and design elements like a shape with a fill color like in the document we are using today.

To see the entire page, choose VIEW (tab on top)> FIT PAGE IN WINDOW

NOTE the SHORTCUT!

If you want to add text to your design or you want to import an image, you will either need to create a frame to hold that content or let InDesign create the frame for you as you import or place text images.

We will be using the gray area to the left side of the page.

If you can't see the gray area, choose VIEW (tab on top)> ZOOM OUT (this can be done multiple times!

NOTE the SHORTCUT!

To add text, you can create frames by selecting the type tool in the tools panel on the left.

Then press and drag to create an area where the text will go.

After drawing a text frame a cursor will appear in the frame so you can add text

Draw a text frame in the gray area to the left of your page.

Rectangle Frame Tool (F)

Press and hold down on the rectangle frame (or right click) tool:

The frame tools found in the tools panel are used to create placeholder frames usually for graphics like a picture or logo

If you press and hold down on the rectangle frame (or right click) tool you'll see three frame shape tools you can draw with.

Frames drawn with any of these tools will have an X in the middle usually to indicate that a graphic will go there.

Draw a image frame in the gray area to the left of your page under the text frame we just created

Rectangle Tool (M)

Press and hold down on the rectangle (or right click) tool:

The shape tools below the frame tools in the tools panel are used to create shapes that can be used as graphic elements like a shape filled with a color they're called unassigned frames since they don't contain text or graphics but you can add text or a graphic to them later.

You can draw empty placeholder shapes using these drawing tools and later insert content into these frames.

Draw a unassigned (shape) frame in the gray area to the left of your page under the image frame we just created.

To ensure that you can see the whole page, choose VIEW (tab on top)> FIT PAGE IN WINDOW

NOTE the SHORTCUT!

Selection Tool (V)

Select the colored box:

Select the Selection Tool (the black Arrow) in the tools panel on the left and then click to select the second colored box (THE GRAIN text is on top)

All frames have eight handles (the dots) around the edge of the frame.

These are used to control the size rotate it and more!

Click and pull up on bottom center handle to make box shorter:

Move the pointer over the BOTTOM MIDDLE HANDLE of this frame and then drag it up to make it a little bit shorter.

The blue colored box is used to anchor the frame to other frames

All frames you select also have these color boxes.

The blue one is used to anchor the frame to other frames.

The yellow colored box is used to change the corner radius (in other words round the corners)

The yellow colored box is used to change the corner radius (in other words round the corners).

Click to select the text frame...

Click to select this paragraph of text over here to select its frame.

You can tell a frame is meant to hold text because besides the eight handles there are additional small boxes in the upper left and lower right corners.

The box in the upper left corner is called the import and the box in the lower right corner is called the out port.

They're used to connect frames together so that you can flow text from one frame to another. (called threads)

Select the background image:

Click the image in the background (the bowl) to select it.

Graphics are placed in frames and can be cropped or masked by the frame resized and a whole lot more by adjusting the handles of the frame.

To deselect the image choose edit>deselect all or click in the GRAY AREA!

To DESELECT:

Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!!

Open the file: Add text

Let's learn how to add text to your InDesign projects.

Select the TYPE Tool:

Select the Type Tool in the Tools panel on the left.

On the document, press and drag to create an area for text. This is called a Text Frame.

After you draw a text frame, a cursor will appear in the text frame,

In capital letters (hold the shift key down) type DESIGN TALKS

Select the Selection Tool:

White cursor and Green line shows alignment:

Select the Selection Tool (the black Arrow) in the tools panel on the left and move the pointer over the text.

Drag the text so it lines up at the left edge of the orange line.

The pointer should turn white and a green line might appear on the left edge of the frame, telling you it's aligned with that line.

The GREEN line is a SMART guide which is useful when aligning content.

Text will wrap when text frame is too narrow to fit in one line.

Red + shows telling you the text no longer fits:

Click and drag the lower right corner of the text frame.

Pull the bottom right handle to the left, narrow enough to make the text "wrap".

If you drag and make the text frame too small to fit the text, a red plus (+) will show in the lower right corner, telling you the text no longer fits.

This is called Overset Text.

Drag the bottom right corner to the right to snap with the edge of the line. Smart guides should show!

Drag that same handle to make the frame larger so you can see all of the text and so that the right edge snaps with the right edge of the line below it.

You should see smart guides help while doing so!

Double click the text to switch to the Type Tool