“To make my meal in a box taste better, I decided to tweak the logo, rather than the

ingredients.” - Jarod Kintz

INDESIGN

ADOBE INDESIGN

Agricultural communicators know how to create visually appealing layouts for print and electronic media

Adobe InDesign is the industry standard for the creation of digital layout

CREATING A DOCUMENT

Open Adobe InDesign.Choose Create New>Document.

Click OK.Save as Project_Name.indd.

Guides allow for precision in creating layouts in InDesign

Guides can be used to line up objects, texts, and images

RULERS AND GUIDES

MAKE RULER VISIBLE

Right click at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical axis.

If the ruler is not showing click CTRL+R.Select “Inches.

horizontal and vertical axis

MAKE GUIDES VISIBLE

Click on the View tab.Highlight Grids & GuidesSelect “Snap to Guides”

Snap to Guides

MAKE GUIDES VISIBLE

Click on the ruler at the top of the workspace.Drag the guide down to line up with 3.5 inches on your left

ruler.Click and drag the ruler on the left.

Line up the guide with 4.25 inches on your top ruler.

3.5 inches

4.25 inches

TEXT FRAMES

Choose the Type Tool.Click and drag to create TWO separate text boxes.

Choose the Selection Tool.Click on the outline of the textbox to reposition.

type tool

selection tool

text box

PLACING TEXT

Select the text frame with the Selection Tool.Choose File>Place>browse until you find you story.

Select OKClick at the top left of the text box to place the text in the

frame.

FITTING TEXT

Note the red + sign at the bottom right of the text frame.This indicates there is additional text within the frame.

Click the red box.Click at the top left of the second text box

to place the remainder of the text.

additional text

PLACING IMAGES

Choose File>Place> browse until you find your image.Select OK

Click to place the image where you would like.To resize the image, hold Control+Shift while dragging the

top left corner of the image.

LET’S REVIEW!

1. Why are rulers and guides

used?

2. Why do you place images and text rather than copy and paste?

LET’S REVIEW!

3. What does the red + mean when you place text in a text box?

4. When resizing images what keys do you hold down?