• How do I rearrange my pages into a foldable booklet?
  After making a publication you naturally want to print it, probably into the form of...
• How can I create colored boxes and other shapes to put in the background?
  We learned earlier how to make lines and apply colors and weights to them. We...
• If multiple people are working on project and each of them saves their own page as a separate document, how do they stick it all together?
  One way of having multiple people make a publication is as follows: The layout team designs...
• How do I create and apply text and paragraph styles?
  A paragraph style lets you create a specific set of fonts, font sizes, font styles,...
• Can I rearrange the order of pages after I have created them?
  To rearrange the order of pages, go back into the Pages palette. Click on the...
• How can I use Templates and Masters to do a collaborative project where multiple people may be working on the same publication?
  Having multiple people working on a single publication can be quite challenging to organize. You...
• Is there any way to group objects?
  When you have a lot of objects that are really all parts of a bigger...
• How do I make guides to and force text to snap to them?
  Making guides is easy and very important. A guide is simply a faint blue line...
• Can I get rid of all the guides and drag lines and just see a preview of what my final document will look like?
  To make all of the guides and object boxes disappear you can easily go into...
• How can I change the text wrap so that it isn’t just a simple circle or box? I want to make it follow the outline of an image.
  With InDesign you can actually do a lot of very sophisticated text wrapping by customizing...
• How do I make text wrap around images?
  First import your image into InDesign. Then go to Window / Text Wrap. When you...
• How do I create lines and change their style and color?
  Lines are a great way of separating sections in a magazine or newspaper. Creating lines...
• How do I resize my image?
  InDesign is kind of funky in that images can be played with in different ways....
• How do I add an image to my page?
  The best way to add an image to a page is simply to go to...
• How do I make text automatically jump to the next column on a page without creating new text boxes and manually fitting things into columns?
  When you create a document with columns, you’ll want the text to run down one...
• How do I import text into my page from another program?
  For most publications you will have all of your text already written in another program,...
• How do I create text (like a title) on my page?
  To create text from within InDesign all you have to do is choose the text...
• How do I choose which page uses which Master?
  When you create a new page you can choose which master you would like the...
• How do I add page numbers to my document?
  InDesign allows you to add a text box to mark where page numbers should go...
• What is the difference between a Master and a Template?
  A master is a basic page layout that includes elements you would like to have...
• How do I create a Master?
  A master is a sample page that includes some basic layout features that you want...
• How do I make and save a new publication?
  Start up InDesign and go to File then New, and select New Document. In the...
• How do I create new pages?
  Once you have made a new document, go to Window then Pages. The pages palette...

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