Wiley InDesign CS3 For Dummies 978-0-470-11865-8 User Manual
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Global tools include
General preferences and application preferences (see Chapter 2)
Master pages and libraries (see Chapter 6)
Character and paragraph styles (see Chapter 14)
Table and cell styles (see Chapter 20)
Object styles (see Chapter 10)
Sections and page numbers (see Chapter 4)
Color definitions (see Chapter 7)
Hyphenation and justification (see Chapter 15)
Master pages and libraries (see Chapter 6)
Character and paragraph styles (see Chapter 14)
Table and cell styles (see Chapter 20)
Object styles (see Chapter 10)
Sections and page numbers (see Chapter 4)
Color definitions (see Chapter 7)
Hyphenation and justification (see Chapter 15)
Styles and master pages are the two main global settings that you can expect
to override locally throughout a document. You shouldn’t be surprised to
make such changes often because, although the layout and typographic func-
tions that styles and master pages automate are the fundamental compo-
nents of any document’s look, they don’t always work for all the specific
content within a publication. (If they did, who’d need human designers?!)
to override locally throughout a document. You shouldn’t be surprised to
make such changes often because, although the layout and typographic func-
tions that styles and master pages automate are the fundamental compo-
nents of any document’s look, they don’t always work for all the specific
content within a publication. (If they did, who’d need human designers?!)
Local tools include
Frame tools (see Part III, as well as Chapter 17)
Character and paragraph tools (see Chapters 15 and 16)
Graphics tools (see Part V)
Character and paragraph tools (see Chapters 15 and 16)
Graphics tools (see Part V)
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Part I: Before You Begin
Keep your bearings straight
A powerful but confusing capability in InDesign
is something called a control point. InDesign
lets you work with objects from nine different
reference points — any of the four corners, the
middle of any of the four sides, or the center —
such as when positioning the object precisely
or rotating the object. You choose the active ref-
erence point, or
is something called a control point. InDesign
lets you work with objects from nine different
reference points — any of the four corners, the
middle of any of the four sides, or the center —
such as when positioning the object precisely
or rotating the object. You choose the active ref-
erence point, or
control point,
in the Control
panel or Transform panel, using the grid of nine
points arranged in a square.
points arranged in a square.
By default, InDesign uses the central reference
point as the control point, which is great for
rotating an object, but can lead to confusion
point as the control point, which is great for
rotating an object, but can lead to confusion
when you enter in the X and Y coordinates to
place it precisely. That’s because most people
use the upper-left corner of an object when
specifying its coordinates, not the center of the
object. Be sure to change the control point to
the upper-left reference point whenever enter-
ing X and Y coordinates in the Control or
Transform panels.
place it precisely. That’s because most people
use the upper-left corner of an object when
specifying its coordinates, not the center of the
object. Be sure to change the control point to
the upper-left reference point whenever enter-
ing X and Y coordinates in the Control or
Transform panels.
How do you change the control point? That’s
easy: Just click the desired reference point in
that preview grid. The control point will be
black, whereas the other reference points will
be white.
easy: Just click the desired reference point in
that preview grid. The control point will be
black, whereas the other reference points will
be white.
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