Class 3

InDesign CS2
CLASS III

Text Flow Linking between frames View>Show Text Threads Creating frames right from the overflow symbol Exercise One PART A Make several text frames. Fill one with placeholder text. Shrink the frame to half its original size so the text overflows. Link it to another frame. Thread the text through several other frames. Show the text thread. Resize the frames and watch what happens with the text. Delete all the frames. PART B Repeat the exercise starting with one text frame and creating all other necessary frames just from the overlow symbol. Text Frame Options Object>Text Frame Options General Columns Inset Spacing Vertical Justification Paragraph Spacing Limit (for vertically justified text only) Exercise Two Create 4 text frames. Fill each with placholder text. Give each a different column and inset setup. Give each a different vertical justification. Using additional text boxes label each type of paragraph justification. Text Frames Options Available in Options (Control) Bar From Select Tool From Text Tool More Paragraph Controls Space Before Space After Bringing up Palettes related to what is selected (Option bar button) Exercise Three Create a letter sized document. Add several text frames. Fill them with placeholder text and break into several paragraphs. Create several different paragraph spaces variations for each frame. Adjust the text frame options for each frame from the control bar (options bar). More with Manipulating Shapes Tranform Moving Scaling Rotate Shear Duplicate Step & Repeat Exercise Four Open SF sample file. Move Palm Tree -100 mm horizontally. Step and repeat the Palm Tree image 6 times every 25 mm. Scale up the bottom two photos by 15% and stagger the placement. Readjust the text frame to restore balance. Rotate the title "san francisco" 5 degrees. Adjust the placement. Shear the bridge picture frame by -10 degrees but not the content. Select vs. Direct Select Content vs. Frame Direct Select then switch to select tool to get scale and control handles. Transform Palette Adjustments with palette controls Direct select transforms (frame or content) Select transforms (frame and content) Exercise Five Go to pages 2 and 3 of the SF Brochure. Don't adjust the oval picture. Change the size of several rectangular pictures by shrinking them. Try shrinking the frame and the content together. Try shrinking just the content and then adjust the frame. Rotate, scale and shear the images to "loosen" up the layout. Adjust text as needed. Transform Palette More Options Flipping Content Reference Point Options Bar Exercise Six Navigate to Page 4 PART A Flip several images horizontally. Loosen up the layout rotating and scaling with the free transform tool. Try changing the reference point. Now try shearing with a change of reference point. PART B Use direct select to reshape the frames and further loosen up the layout. Duplicate and flip the title vertically, change the color and shear so it appears to be reflection or shadow.