Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
• Choose Preview from the Screen Mode menu ( ) in the Application bar at the
top of the screen.
• Press the Tab key to hide all panels.
9.
Choose File > Save.
Congratulations, you have finished the lesson. To finalize this article, you would likely
spend time with an editor or proofreader to fix any tight or loose lines, awkward line
breaks, widows, and orphans.
Exploring on your own
Now that you have learned the basics of formatting text in an InDesign document, you're
ready to apply these skills on your own. Try the following tasks to improve your typo-
graphy skills.
1.
Place an insertion point in various paragraphs and experiment with turning hy-
phenation on and off in the Paragraph panel. Select a hyphenated word and choose
No Break from the Character panel menu to stop an individual word from hyphen-
ating.
2.
Experiment with different hyphenation settings. First, select all the text in the main
story. Then, choose Hyphenation from the Paragraph panel menu. In the Hyphena-
tion Settings dialog box, select Preview, and then experiment with the settings. For
example, Hyphenate Capitalized Words is selected for this text, but an editor
would probably want to turn it off to prevent the chef's name from hyphenating.
3.
Experiment with different justification settings. First, select all the text, and then
click Justify With Last Line Aligned Left ( ) in the Paragraph panel. Choose
Justification from the Paragraph panel menu. In the Justification dialog box, select
Preview and experiment with the settings. For example, look at the difference that
the Adobe Single-line Composer and the Adobe Paragraph Composer make when
applied to justified (rather than left-aligned) text.
4.
Choose Type > Insert Special Character and view all the options available, such as
Symbols > Bullet Character and Hyphens And Dashes > Em Dash. Using these
characters rather than hyphens significantly enhances how professional the typo-
graphy looks. Choose Type > Insert White Space and notice the Nonbreaking
Space. Use this to “glue” two words together so they cannot split at the end of a
line (such as “Mac OS”).
Review questions
1.
How do you view the baseline grid?
