Reno InDesign User Group

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Monday, May 3, 2004

Allycia got the meeting started after all had a wonderful sandwich dinner.

Lisa Forrester from Adobe showed how to create a brochure in InDesign®. Lisa started off by talking about InDesign preferences. InDesign is now at 3.0.1-Update. You can nest graphics into text converted to outlines, as Lisa demonstrated.

Tips and Techniques

Scaling: Scale objects and frame at the same time (Command + Shift) then drag frame to scale. With direct-select tool, scale only the object and keep the frame the same size. Change the shape of a frame by using the direct-select tool, and then move the points to create the desired shape.

Eyedropper Tool: Double-clicking on tool will bring up the Options window.

Customizing your workspace: Show the palettes you use most often to save working area.

Palettes: A right-side arrow pulls up the fly-out menu, which allows you to customize the palette and access additional palette options.

Master pages: You can have multiple masters. You can also use another master as a base.

Customize keyboard shortcuts: There are shortcuts for PageMaker 7.0 (if you use the Pagemaker® Plug-in Pack or InDesign CS PageMaker Edition) and QuarkXPress 4.0.

Text import options: Allows you to customize text import options, including platform and dictionary.

Text threading view > show text threads: Allows you to view where the text is flowing. Clicking in the outport allows you to thread text frames. Keyboard modifiers of Option/Alt allow semiautomatic flow, and shift allows for autoflow.

PDF/X-1a: Best for sending to a commercial printer that you don’t know (preferred file format). Embed all fonts and graphics and do not set images in RGB color mode.

PDF/X-3: Allows color profile embedding. Acrobat 6.0 layers-outputs it in individual layers to be turned off and on in the PDF file.

Separations preview: Allows you to see what colors are in your document as you roll over objects.

Flattener preview: Shows the effects of transparency in a document prior to printing it.

Transparency blend space: Make sure it’s CMYK.

Support for Service Providers

You can contact Adobe, via email, for support in outputting InDesign files.

Email Adobe at:
sp-resources@adobe.com

Raffle Drawing

Thanks to Adobe and Adobe Press for the prizes. Thanks for supporting the Reno chapter of the InDesign user group by purchasing raffle tickets for the prizes.

InDesign Swiss army knife winners:
Dennis
Tim

Books:
Illustrator WOW — Robin
Elements Idea Kit — Jane
Photoshop® book — Tim
Illustrator Idea Kit — Dennis

T-shirt winners
Robin
Dennis

InDesign CS prize winner
Eric

The meeting concluded at 9:30 p.m.

Thanks to Truckee Meadows Community College for the meeting room and thanks to Dan for his assistance in obtaining the room.

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