Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Overriding master page items on document pages and placing text and
graphics
Now that the framework of the 12-page publication (the eight-page guide and four-page
insert) is in place, you're ready to lay out document pages. To see how the work you've
done setting up the document's master pages affects the document pages, you'll add text
and graphics to the spread on pages 2 and 3. You'll learn more about creating and modify-
ing objects in
Lesson 4
, so for this lesson, we've simplified the layout process to minimize
your work.
1.
Choose File > Save As, name the file
03_Newsletter.indd
, navigate to the
Lesson03 folder, and click Save.
2.
In the Pages panel, double-click the page 2 icon (not page ii), and then choose
View > Fit Spread In Window.
Notice that since the A-3-column Layout master is assigned to pages 2 and 3, these
pages include the guides, headers and footers, and placeholder frames from the
A-3-column Layout master.
To import text and graphics created with other applications, such as a text file from
Microsoft Word or an image from Adobe Photoshop, you use the Place command.
3.
Choose File > Place. If necessary, open the Links folder in the Lesson03 folder,
located inside the Lessons folder within the InDesign CIB folder. Click the
Article1.txt file, and then Shift-click the Graphic2.jpg file. Four files are selected:
Article1.txt, Article2.txt, Graphic1.jpg, and Graphic2.jpg. Click Open.
Tip
Parentheses are displayed when InDesign recognizes a preexisting frame
beneath the loaded text icon or the loaded graphics icon when importing
text or graphics into a layout. If you click within an existing frame,
InDesign uses that frame rather than create a new text or graphics frame.
The pointer changes to a loaded text icon ( ), with a preview of the first few lines
of the Article1.txt text file that you are placing.
4.
Position the loaded text icon over the placeholder text frame on page 2, and then
click to place the Article1.txt text into the frame.
