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Chapter 4
Working with Frames
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Chapter Objectives
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Align and distribute objects on a page
Stack and layer objects
Work with graphics frames
Work with text frames
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
• A fill is a color you apply that fills an object.
• A stroke is a color that you apply to the outline
of an object.
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
• To apply a fill or a stroke to an object, first select
it.
• Click the Fill button or the Stroke button on the
Tools panel to activate one or the other.
• Clicking the Fill or Stroke button brings it in front
of the other button.
• Clicking a color in the Swatches panel, changes
the fill or stroke to that color.
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
Fill button is in front of the Stroke button
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
Swatches panel
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
• Once a stroke is applied, you can modify the
stroke weight—how heavy the outline appears—
using the Stroke panel.
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
10 pt stroke on object
Stroke panel list
arrow
Stroke weight (in points)
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
• The Step and Repeat command allows you to
copy and move a selected object or objects with
precision.
• Use the Step and Repeat dialog box.
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
Number of copies
Horizontal Offset
Vertical Offset
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Preview check box
Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
2 in.
2 in.
Copied squares
Results of the Step and
Repeat command
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
• All objects on the master are called master
items and function as a place where objects on
the document pages are to be positioned.
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
• The Align panel is used for aligning and
distributing multiple objects on a page.
• To align objects is to position them by their tops,
bottoms, left sides, right sides or centers.
• To distribute objects is to space them equally
on a page horizontally, vertically, or both.
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
• Use the Align panel to align and distribute
Align left edges button
objects.
Align horizontal centers button
Align right edges button
Align top edges button
Align vertical centers button
Align bottom edges button
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
Objects are aligned
by their tops
Align top edges button
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
QUICKTIP
The Align panel has four choices for aligning objects. In
addition to aligning objects using the boundaries of the
selection, you can also align one or more objects to the
page, the margins, or the spread.
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
• You use the Distribute Objects section of the
Align panel to distribute objects.
• To distribute objects is to space them equally on
a page horizontally, vertically, or both.
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Align and Distribute Objects on a Page
Distribute Objects section
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Stack and Layer Objects
• The stacking order refers to how objects are
“stacked.”
• Every object that you create is on its own
hierarchical level.
• Use the Arrange commands to change the
stacking order of selected objects.
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Stack and Layer Objects
QUICKTIP
Use the word “level” when discussing the
hierarchy of the stacking order, not the word
“layer.” Layers in InDesign are very different
from levels in the stacking order.
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Stack and Layer Objects
• The Layers panel is a smart solution for
organizing and managing elements of a layout.
• You can assign an object or objects to a layer on
the Layers panel.
• Layers are given descriptive names.
• You can put similar items on individual layers
– All text on one layer, for example
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Stack and Layer Objects
• You can lock layers and hide layers. Locking
and hiding layers allows you to focus on specific
areas of your document.
• You can move layers up or down in the panel to
change the order of layers.
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Stack and Layer Objects
• Only one layer can be active at a time.
• Selecting a layer to activate it is called targeting
a layer.
• Newly created or placed objects are placed on
the active layer.
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Stack and Layer Objects
• Each layer has a selection color assigned to it.
• You can change the selection color by doubleclicking a layer in the Layers panel, then
choosing a new color from the Color list arrow in
the Layer Options dialog box.
• Objects on a layer share the same selection
color as the layer.
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Stack and Layer Objects
Toggles visibility button (on state)
Indicates current drawing layer icon
Delete selected layers button
Create new layer button
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Stack and Layer Objects
QUICKTIP
• You can merge the contents of two or more layers by selecting the layers on
the Layers panel, clicking the Layers panel list arrow, then clicking Merge
Layers. The first layer that you click upon selecting the layers to be merged
becomes the resulting merged layer. Flattening a document refers to
merging all of the layers on the Layers panel.
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Stack and Layer Objects
• When an object is selected, the Indicates
• selected items button appears to the right of the
name of the layer.
• You can click and drag the Indicates selected
items button and move the object to another
layer.
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Stack and Layer Objects
Indicates selected items button
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Work with Graphics Frames
• In an InDesign document, the term graphic
usually is referring to bitmap images or vector
graphics.
• Bitmap images are images that consist of pixels
created in a program, such as Adobe
Photoshop.
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Work with Graphics Frames
• Vector graphics are usually illustrations created
in and imported from drawing programs like
Adobe Illustrator.
• To place graphics, use the Place command on
the File menu.
• You can place a graphic on the page or in a
frame.
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Work with Graphics Frames
• If you place a graphic in a frame, it will fill the
frame from the top-left corner of the frame. If the
frame is smaller than the graphic, the graphic
will be cropped.
• If you place a graphic on the page, a frame will
appear around it. The frame will be the same
size as the graphic.
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Work with Graphics Frames
Graphics frame is selected
Selection tool
Transform panel values
refer to selected graphics frame
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Work with Graphics Frames
• You can select the graphic (and not the frame)
using the Direct Selection tool.
• The Direct Selection tool is the white arrow on
the Tools panel.
• Once selected, you can view the graphic's size
in the Control panel or the Transform panel.
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Work with Graphics Frames
Direct Selection tool
Graphic is selected
Border of graphic image
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Work with Graphics Frames
QUICKTIP
• When you click a graphic with the Direct
Selection tool, a small plus sign appears beside
the X and Y values on the Transform panel,
indicating that the X and Y locations refer to the
graphic within the graphics frame.
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Work with Graphics Frames
• You can move a graphic in a frame by pressing
and holding the Direct Selection tool over the
graphic until it turns into a black arrow, then
dragging the black arrow.
• A dynamic preview is the part of the graphic
outside of the frame as you drag.
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Work with Graphics Frames
• A dynamic preview helps you to see what part of
the graphic is being cropped.
• You can scale the graphic using the X+ and Y+
values on the Transform or Control panel.
• You can also use the Fitting commands on the
Object menu.
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Work with Graphics Frames
• The Fitting commands allow you to fit the image
to the frame or the frame to the image,
depending on your needs.
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Work with Graphics Frames
QUICKTIP
The Fill Frame Proportionally command resizes the placed graphic to a size
that is guaranteed to fit the frame, with no white space around it. This
means that some of the graphic may not be visible if it exceeds the size of
the frame. In any case, the graphic will not be distorted to fit the frame.
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Work with Graphics Frames
• A clipping path is a graphic that you draw in
Photoshop that outlines the areas of the image
that you want to show when the file is placed in
a layout program like InDesign.
• When you save the Photoshop file, you name
the clipping path and save it with the file.
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Work with Graphics Frames
• To work with a clipping path, you must first apply
a text wrap to the graphics frame using the Text
Wrap panel.
• You can manipulate the clipping path with the
Pen tools.
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Work with Graphics Frames
Relocated points and path
Original clipping path
Path created
in InDesign
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Work with Text Frames
• To flow text, there are many options
• Semi-autoflowing text is useful for flowing text
into more than one text box.
• Press and hold [Alt] (Win) or [option] (Mac) and
then click the text frame.
• Text will flow into the text frame, but the loaded
text icon will remain active for the next text box.
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Work with Text Frames
• You can also autoflow text, which is a powerful
option for quickly adding text to your document.
• Press [Shift] when you click the autoflow loaded
text icon in a column.
• InDesign creates text frames within column
guides on that page and all subsequent pages,
and flows the text into those frames.
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Work with Text Frames
• A column break is a typographic command that
forces text to the next column.
• The Column Break command is located within
the Insert Break Character command on the
Type menu.
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Work with Text Frames
• You can create "continued on" and "continued
from" notations in a document.
• Create a small text box at the top or bottom of
the page, making sure that it touches the text
box with the continuous story.
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Work with Text Frames
• Click inside the box, type a prefix such as
"Continued on page", and then select the Next
Page Number command.
• The Next Page Number command is located
within the Insert Special Character command
under Markers on the Type menu.
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