2. Getting to Know InDesign

Lesson Overview

In this quick tour, you’ll get an overview of the key features of InDesign, including:

• Using Adobe Bridge to access files.

• Checking on potential production issues with the Preflight panel.

• Viewing and navigating a document.

• Typing and styling text.

• Importing text and threading text frames.

• Importing, cropping, and moving graphics.

• Working with objects.

• Automating formatting with paragraph, character, and object styles.

• Previewing a document in Presentation mode.

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This lesson will take approximately 60 minutes.

The building blocks of an InDesign layout are objects, text, and graphics. ...

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