| How do I center
text? |
 Text
is centered (and otherwise aligned) relative to the
edges of its text block.
Select the text you want centered, then choose "Paragraph" from
the type menu and click on the appropriate alignment
icon. Back. |
You can also vertically
align text and use the "Align" pallete to
line up various objects such as text, graphic, etc.
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| Pasting images from Word |
I can explain this problem and give you a clunky
workaround, but I haven't yet found the elegant
solution that must be hidden somewhere in InDesign.
When you copy any content from Word, Indesign not
unreasonably assumes that you want to work with text
so it creates a text block and pastes your content
within that block. InDesign thinks that your image
is a text character; you
can move it back and forth or up and down with the
spacebar and return keys just like any other text.
The inelegant though fairly easy solution is this:
Once you have pasted the image, select and copy just
the image, then delete the textblock and paste the
image again. Suddenly you can drag it anywhere on
the page and life is good. Back |
When working with
high quality images, use "Place" under
the file menu to insert images.
Adobe
says that using place gives you the highest level
of support
for resolution, file formats, and color, via the
import options included with most file types. |
| New Color Swatches? |
The
color swatch panel is the best way to use color
in Indesign, but how do you add new swatches?
Click on the little triangle at the top of
the color switch panel., and select "New
Color Swatch..."
In the next dialog box, click
on the "Color Mode" drop down menu
and choose one of the preinstalled color swatch
libraries. "Pantone
Solid Matte" is a good first choice. Lots
and lots of colors will appear in the dialog
box. Pick one and click "OK". It will be added
to the swatch palette.
To use your new swatch,
pick some text or an object and drop your
swatch on it. Back
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Indesign
offers sixteen different libraries of color swatches.
of these, Pantone color swatches are good, safe choices.
Pantone
sells ink to printers based on these swatches so
a printer can easily and accurately match your colors
with their inks. |
