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    Adobe InDesign CS6 is a desktop publishing program used to layout documents like posters and newspapers. It is the newer version of Adobe PageMaker. Some key features of InDesign CS6 include customizable workspaces, opening and saving files, and creating new documents with specific page dimensions and margins. The document discusses the history of InDesign and QuarkXPress, starting InDesign CS6, the InDesign workspace, creating custom workspaces, opening existing files, and how to create a new document in InDesign CS6.

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    Lesson 6: Adobe Indesign Cs6

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    LESSON 6:

    ADOBE INDESIGN CS6


    What is InDesign CS6?

    Adobe InDesign is a newer version of


    Adobe PageMaker, a desktop publishing
    program for making any document that
    needs some creative layout, from posters
    to newspapers.
    Brief History

    • 1992: QuarkXPress 3.3
    • 1996: QuarkXPress 4.0
    • 1999: InDesign 1.0 code-named “K2”
    • 2002: First Mac OS X-native desktop
    publishing (DTP) software.
    Brief History

    • 2007: InDesign CS3


    • May 2012: Adobe InDesign CS 6
    Starting Adobe InDesign CS6

    1. Click the Start button/Windows button.


    2. Then click All Apps.
    3. Choose the Adobe Design Premium CS6.
    4. Select Adobe InDesign CS6.
    The InDesign Workspace
    CS Live button
    Application
    bar
    Workspace
    Control Panel
    Switcher

    Document
    Window Paste
    board

    Tools Panel Panels


    To create a custom workspace

    1. Move and manipulate the interface


    layout in InDesign to suit your needs.

    2. From the workspace switcher menu,


    select New Workspace. The New
    Workspace dialog box appears.
    To create a custom workspace

    3. Name your workspace and select


    the items to save in the workspace.
    To create a custom workspace

    Workspace switcher menu


    To create a custom workspace

    4. Click OK. The name of your new


    workspace appears in the workspace
    switcher.
    To create a custom workspace

    5. Choose Window > Workspace.


    Opening a File in InDesign

    • Document files use the extension .indd


    • Template files use the extension .indt
    • Library files use the extension .indl
    • Book files use the extension .indb
    To open an existing file

    1. Start InDesign.
    2. The Welcome screen appears. If you
    do not see the welcome screen,
    choose Help > Welcome Screen.
    To open an existing file

    3. This screen allows you to easily access:


    a. Recent items
    b. New documents
    c. Learning materials for getting
    started, understanding new
    features, and resources
    To open an existing file

    4. To open an existing InDesign


    document, click Open under Open A
    Recent Item, browse to the location of
    your file, and click Open.
    5. You can also select File > Open from
    the main menu.
    To open an existing file

    Adobe InDesign Welcome Screen


    About the Tools

    Hidden tools are indicated by arrows


    to the right of the tool icons. The name of
    the tool and its keyboard shortcut appear
    when you hold the pointer over the tool
    —this text is called a tool tip.
    About the Tools
    To create a new document

    1. Start InDesign and choose Edit >


    Preferences > Units & Increments
    (Windows), or InDesign > Preferences >
    Units & Increments (Mac OS).
    To create a new document
    To create a new document

    2. Select Inches in the Horizontal and


    Vertical pop-up menus.
    3. Leave other settings unchanged, and
    click OK to close the Preferences dialog
    box.
    4. Choose File > New > Document.
    To create a new document

    5. Deselect Facing Pages.


    6. In the Width box, type 3.5. In the Height
    box, type 2.
    7. Leave Number under Columns set to 1.
    8. In the Margins section, make sure that
    the chain icon for Make all settings the
    same is selected.
    To create a new document
    To create a new document

    9. Type .25 in the Top box and press the


    Tab key.
    10. Click OK. The new document opens in
    InDesign. Observe that the margins are
    marked by a margin guide. Also, the
    rulers along the left and across the top
    are marked in inches.
    To create a new document
    END OF DISCUSSION

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