Class 2

InDesign CS2
CLASS II

Guides & Pasteboard Preferences Changing Colors Vertical Offset Baseline Grid Grid Preferences Exercise One Make a new document with the specifications: 8.5" x 11" 0.325" margins all around 3 column with 0.125" gutter 0.125" bleed 2" lower slug 6 pages Turn on Document grid Use preferences to change colors. Turn off document grid. Turn on Baseline grid. Use preferences to adjust the grid. Controlling Windows Viewing New Windows Cascade Tile Exercise Two Open several sample documents. Create at least one New Window for each open file. Cascade windows. You may need to 'make a mess' of the windows. Tile the windows. Drawing Shapes Numerically Constraining From Center (option) Using guides to draw circle, where you want it. Polygon Sides Star inset Exercise Three Create a letter sized document. Add several perfect circles. Add several perfect squares. Add 2 rectangles that are 5x3. Add 4 polygons with differnt numbers of sides. Use guides to place a circle right where you want it. Frames Explained (containers) Text Frames Drawing rules apply (shift, option) Selecting word line paragraph frame shift arrow right, left Exercise Four Create a text frame. Fill with placeholder text. Use the various selection methods by clicking with text tool. Text Menu Font Size Text Palette Font Size Line Height Tracking Kerning Vertical & Horizontal Scale Baseline Skew Exercise Five Create several text frames with placeholder text. Change the font and size using the menu bar method. Experiment with text palette controls. Type out the name of each palette option and exmplify its degree of control. Character size: each letter a different size. Line height: repeat on several lines with different heights. Etc... Paragraph Palette (simple justification) Text Styles Character Palette Menu Caps Super - Sub Underline Strikethrough Exercise Six Create a new document that is one page and a landscape orientation. PART A Create a single line of text that exemplifies each text style. PART B Create a city out of text frames and placeholder text. Use the paragraph justifications to create square structures. Experiment with case and text options. Give your city a headline all caps and by line small caps. Bonus: Include shapes. Customizing Underline Strikethrough Effect Tricks Highlight "Framing" Exercise Seven Create 4 text frames Add underline to 1 and adjust with customizing options. Add strikethrough to 1 and adjust with customizing options. Add underline and strikethrough to 1 so that it appears framed by the styles on top and bottom. Add underline to 1 so that it appears highlighted by a color of your choice. Glyphs Inserting (double-click) Creating Set Editing Viewing Deleting Exercise Eight Add several glyphs to your page. Create your own Glyph set. View and edit the set. Add at least 5 glyphs. Delete your set. Tool Bar Tools Scale Rotate Shear Free Distort Exercise Nine Add several objects to your page. Scale, rotate and shear the objects. Try the free distort feature. Selection Tools Select Direct Select Exercise Ten Create several objects. Move the objects with the select tool. Reshape the objects with the direct select tool.