Adobe CS5.5 (v.7.5) Windows Upgrade NO 65103934 User Manual
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65103934
Top 10 differences
you need to understand
When you start using InDesign
, you’ll quickly find a number of
similarities between it and QuarkXPress: Both programs display spreads
on individual pasteboards; both have standard methods for saving and
opening documents and templates; each has a “toolbox” and floating panels.
InDesign was built to be intuitive and easy for QuarkXPress users to learn.
However, there are some significant differences between the two programs
that you must understand if you want to be proficient in InDesign.
Modify dialog box replacements
In QuarkXPress, the Modify dialog
box contains controls for modify-
ing items, and most users open this
dialog box frequently as they build
pages. InDesign doesn’t have a com-
parable dialog box. Instead, controls
for modifying objects are available in
the Control panel, as well as in other
panels such as the Swatches, Text
Wrap, and Stroke panels.
To modify the placement of text
To modify the placement of text
within a text frame—including num-
ber of columns, text inset values, and
placement of the first line of text—
choose Object > Text Frame Options.
Frames are frames
InDesign has graphic, text, and unas-
signed frames, similar to those in
QuarkXPress. You can easily convert
a frame from one type to another. For
example, if you select a text frame,
choose File > Place, and choose an
image, InDesign changes the frame
to a graphic frame and replaces any
text with the placed image.
Similarly, if you click with the Type
Similarly, if you click with the Type
tool on an empty graphic frame or
unassigned frame, InDesign converts
it to a text frame. If you prefer that
InDesign not do this, open the Pref-
erences dialog box (Command+K/
Ctrl+K), choose the Type pane, and
deselect the Type Tool Converts
Frames To Text Frames option.
Here are several more facts about
frames that you should note:
■ The Rectangle Frame tool creates
graphic frames; the Rectangle tool
creates unassigned frames.
■ Unassigned frames that have a
fill color of None are “empty,” so
you can click through them to
objects behind them. To learn how
to select objects behind text and
graphic frames, see “Selection tool
■ Any path can be a frame. For
example, you can draw an open
U-shaped path with the Pencil tool
or the Pen tool, and then place text
or a graphic inside the shape.
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