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TC 424: The Computer in TC (Winter 2008)

TC 424: The Computer in TC (Winter 2008). Week 5 : Getting Started with Adobe InDesign. What will we cover today?. Simple introduction to the reasons for using Adobe InDesign CS Hands-on introduction to the InDesign UI. Smackdown: InDesign vs. Frame. When do I get to play with it?.

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TC 424: The Computer in TC (Winter 2008)

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  1. TC 424: The Computer in TC(Winter 2008) Week 5: Getting Started with Adobe InDesign

  2. What will we cover today? Simple introduction to the reasons for using Adobe InDesign CS Hands-on introduction to the InDesign UI

  3. Smackdown: InDesign vs. Frame

  4. When do I get to play with it? Right now! …but first, a word about InDesign templates versus FrameMaker “templates” Now, from the Start menu, select All Programs, open the Adobe folder, and find InDesign on your computer Let’s walk through the menu options, toolbars and palettes (we’ll convert your FrameMaker file for importing into InDesign later)

  5. Preparing your FrameMaker contentfor InDesign Launch FrameMaker and open your project content file From the File menu, select Save As… In the Save as type: dropdown, select the Microsoft RTF1.6 (*.rtf) option, and save your file to your project folder

  6. Getting your content into InDesign Launch InDesign (if it’s not already open) Create a new document From the File menu, select New, then select Document (CS3 will provide additional options). Now we’ll discuss the New Document dialog From the File menu, select the Place… command (or use the Ctrl+D keyboard shortcut) In the Place dialog, locate the RTF file you saved from FrameMaker (be careful not to select any of the Word RTF files you created at the beginning of the course), click on the Show Import Options checkbox. Now we’ll discuss the Import Options dialog

  7. Getting your content into InDesign (continued) Now we can start playing with the formatting!

  8. What should I do for next time? Continue exploring your formatting options for paragraphs and characters (we’ll cover more advanced formatting techniques next week) Suggested readings; Gruman, Galen, Adobe InDesign CS2 Bible Adobe Creative Team, Adobe InDesign CS2 Classroom in a Book Feel free to contact me; jim.kramer@jdkds.com

  9. More than you ever wanted to know…

  10. What did we cover today? An introduction and overview of the InDesign UI Importing content into InDesign, and some basic formatting techniques There’s much more to letter forms than their point size Bonus question: anyone know wherethe term ‘leading’ originated?

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