InDesign details that can save you 20% of your time

Year-old friend said: Now, many friends are using InDesign for typesetting work. Compared with the traditional PageMaker, InDesign's typesetting function is indeed much enhanced. However, to really use InDesing well, you need to think carefully. Among them, it is very important to pay attention to details. There is a saying: Wan Juanchengshui eventually converges into a river, and the improvement of work efficiency often lies in the grasp of details.

Today, we publish a use experience of Mr. Duan Lian here, mainly talking about the details of InDesign using skills. I hope to help friends.

As IndesignCS2 is gradually used by a large number of design, publishing and printing companies, its convenient and efficient features are gradually being discovered, and it is particularly convenient to use. However, some of the very subtle details of IndesignCS2 are still not noticed by many friends. I often have friends call to ask me some small questions, such as where is the "superscript" and "subscript". Wait, now I will tell you some of the details to save you 20% of the time. Is there really that much? You know it with just one use.

Relative to Pagemake, some small details in the IndesignCS2 toolbar have been transferred to make room for more important functions, but they are still there.

Below I will give you some small details in IndesignCS2.

(1) Details of the tool board

1. Commonly used "superscript" and "subscript"

In IndesignCS2, according to different tool choices, the content in the "tool board" will be adjusted accordingly, so please pay more attention to the changes in details during use, which will save a lot of time for searching.

In the "select tool" state, many details of the "tool board" have not yet appeared

The details of the "toolboard" only appear in the "text tool" state, and the "superscript" and "subscript" are here.

2. Where are "underline" and "italic"?

In IndesignCS2, according to different tool choices, the content in the "tool board" will be adjusted accordingly, so please pay more attention to the changes in details during use, which will save a lot of time for searching.

In the "select tool" state, many details of the "tool board" have not yet appeared

The details of the "tool board" only appear in the "text tool" state, and the "underline" and "italic" are here.

3. No need to find menu commands, directly flip the image

There is a command in the tool board of Pagemake that directly flips the image, but it is not in Indesign, but the command is not found in the menu, is it? of course not.

In addition to being found in the toolboard menu, there are more convenient methods.

Select the image you want to flip and drag the picture frame in the opposite direction. Easy!

4. Details of some commonly used tool boards

The state when no object is selected

The state of the selected object, which contains and many options that can change the characteristics of the object, can be quickly changed.

Status when "Character Format Control" is selected

Status when "paragraph format control" is selected

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(2) Details of the forms that were ignored by you

Forms are always regarded as Excel's strengths, but in graphic design, it is inevitable to deal with forms. Sometimes, many complicated forms have to be moved to the design file. In the past, either rearrangement or loss of many features were required. It is also very troublesome to modify, so many designers shook their heads as soon as they heard of tables, but the powerful table function of IndesignCS2 would make the layout and modification of imported tables a pleasant entertainment.

However, some of the very subtle details of the IndesignCS2 table function are still not noticed by many friends. I often have friends call to ask me some small questions, such as: "Add a slash in the first grid". You do n’t have to paint yourself again!

Of course not, IndesignCS2 has already thought about it for you!

Below I will look for some small details in the IndesignCS2 form function.

1. The commonly used "first line plus a slash"

In IndesignCS2, the table is built on the basis of text, so the selection of the table usually must first select the text tool before editing the table, please be careful.

The options in the table in "Toolboard Details" are displayed only when in the "Text Tool" state

Select "Diagonal" in "Cell Options", and select "Add a diagonal line in the first cell" here. There are four states, depending on which one you use

2. IndesignCS2 = Excel?

Select "Columns of Table"

Select "Table Rows"

Select "All Forms"

Adjust the row width of the table

Adjust the column width of the table

Some important options of the table tool, such as: merge cells, split cells, evenly distribute cells, etc., make your work more efficient.

IndesignCS2 provides a powerful enough professional form tool to make editing and making forms on Mac computers a pleasant job. Put your forms in peace and bold and experience the details and surprises brought by IndesignCS2.

(3) Pay attention to the subtle changes in the toolbar

IndesignCS2 has hundreds of functions, whether it is the first contact or the veteran of Pagemake will frown, usually what I hear is "so complicated, how to learn!" In fact, the time to get started with IndesignCS2 is more than the time to get started with a large game Short, believe it or not, but only if you sit down and use it.

The most fundamental reason that makes IndesignCS2 very easy to use is its excellent UI design (user interface design). Many small changes will bring unexpected and quick work to you.

Below I will list the changes in the IndesignCS2 toolbar.

Toolbar with no selection

Select the toolbar after placing the image, there are shortcut options for content and container

Toolbar after selecting text tool

Toolbar after selecting text tool

Tool board morphology changes

IndesignCS2's floating tool board and menu bar are quite coordinated and adjustable to meet your usage habits. Just double-click the top of the tool board to change the tool board. There are three forms for selection.

Toolboard and floating menu bar hiding

The usual tab key will hide all the tool boards and floating menu bars, but if you modify them, you need to select the display tool from the menu bar if you change the tool. If you use Shift + tab, you can leave the tool board and put away other floating toolbar , So as to avoid the trouble of choosing back and forth.

Toolbar after selecting grid tool

Select the free transform tool, select the toolbar after the object

Select the scissors tool, the tool bar when cutting the path

When selecting more than two objects, the alignment options are displayed in the toolbar

When selecting a table with the text tool, the shortcut options of the table are displayed in the toolbar

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