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SECTION I So you want to learn InDesign
Create and hide or show the guides
SECTION II Designing with Text
What a difference a letter space makes
Understand the auto kern pairs
Manual kerning the space between letters
Tracking the space between letters
If you really have to make it fit . . .
Advanced tips: Paragraph-specific letterspacing
Things you should know about tabs and indents
Right-aligned tabs with leaders
Right- and left-align the text
Automatic bullets and numbering
Panels and menus for formatting a table
Table formatting and cell formatting
Standardize the column or row sizes
Add rows at the end of a table as you type
Add rows or columns anywhere in a table
Add a pattern of color to rows or columns
Merge and split cells in a table
Use a table instead of tabs and indents
A quick example of paragraph style sheets
The basic steps to create style sheets
Take advantage of “Next Style”
Be careful with the “Based On” feature!
Create and use character styles
Import style sheets along with a Word doc
SECTION III Play with Graphics and Color
The Polygon tool is crazy wild
Reposition a graphic within its cropped frame
Linked images and the Links panel
Adjust images in the original application
Process color versus spot color
A really important thing to remember!
The Color panel versus the Swatches panel
Working with the colors Registration, Black, None, and Paper
Take advantage of the Eyedropper tool
SECTION IV Fun and Useful Extras
Drop shadows and other effects
Outline the text for graphic possibilities
Printing to your desktop printer
Preparing your files for a commercial press
Save a file for earlier versions
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