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Current Debates
InDesign provides a range of standard and non-standard document sizes to accommodate various publishing requirements.
Standard sizes, such as Letter (8.5" x 11"), A4 (210mm x 297mm), and Ledger (11" x 17"), are commonly used for business
documents, reports, and brochures. Non-standard sizes, such as magazine sizes (8.27" x 10.83" for standard US magazines) or
custom sizes for specialized publications, can be created to suit specific requirements.
Presets
Presets are pre-configured document settings that combine specific page sizes, orientations, margins, bleed, and column setups.
InDesign offers a variety of presets for common document types, such as brochures, flyers, newsletters, and books. These presets
save time and effort by eliminating the need to manually set up these parameters.
New file
Select this button to create a new document. You can create a document by
selecting one of the numerous templates and presets available in InDesign.
Open
Select this button to open an existing document in InDesign.
Home
Select this tab to view the files that you've recently modified.
Learn
Select this tab to open a list of basic and advanced tutorials on InDesign to get
started with the application.
Toolbox Explained
InDesign has several toolbars that contain tools for
creating, editing, and formatting your document.
The most common toolbars are the Standard toolbar, the
Control panel, and the Tools panel.
You can customize the toolbars by adding, removing, or
rearranging tools.
Type tools
Create and format type in standard or customized blocks or
paths.
Drawing tools
Draw and style simple and complex objects, including
rectangles, ellipses, polygons, and freeform shapes.
Selection tools
Select (activate) objects, points, or lines.
Transform tools
Reshape, reorient, and resize objects.
Navigation tools
Move around in, control the view of, and measure distances in
a document.
The Scissors tool
Splits paths and frames.
Selection Tools
Selection tool lets you select entire Direct Selection tool lets you select Page tool lets you create multiple Gap tool lets you adjust the space
objects. points on a path or contents within page sizes within a document. between objects.
a frame.
Drawing and Type Tools
Pen tool lets you draw straight and Add Anchor Point tool lets you add Delete Anchor Point tool lets you Convert Direction Point tool lets
curved paths. anchor points to a path. remove anchor points from a path. you convert corner points and
smooth points.
Drawing and Type Tools
Type tool lets you create text Type on a Path tool lets you create Pencil tool lets you draw a freeform Smooth tool lets you remove excess
frames and select text. and edit type on paths. path. angles from a path.
Drawing and Type Tools
Vertical Type tools lets you create Erase tool lets you delete points on Line tool lets you draw a line The Rectangle Frame tool lets you
vertical text frames and select text. a path. segment. create a square or rectangle
placeholder for image insertion
Drawing and Type Tools
Ellipse Frame tool lets you create a Polygon Frame tool lets you create Rectangle tool lets you create a Ellipse tool lets you create a circle
circle or oval placeholder. a multi-sided shape placeholder. square or rectangle. or oval.
Drawing and Type Tools