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InDesign Tutorial: The Paragraph Palette
With this tutorial you will learn how to use InDesign's Paragraph Palette. Here is an explanation of most of InDesign's Paragrah Palette's functions which should arm you with enough knowledge to do most design tasks you might need to do while laying out a design document.
Bruno, Elisabetta. Designorati (2005). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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InDesign is Adobe's replacement for the aging PageMaker application. In many ways, InDesign is very similar to PageMaker, but there are differences that can throw an experienced PageMaker user for a loop (albeit briefly). In this tutorial you will set up a simple layout and master page.
Iowa State University (2000). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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This tutorial goes through the different parts that compose InDesign's work area. If you want to drive a car, you want to make sure that you know where the break is, where your wheel is, where your indicator is and so on. The same is for InDesign. You want to know where you can find all the tools that you will be using to create your InDesign documents.
Bruno, Elisabetta. Designorati (2005). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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If you ever create multi page layouts such as brochures, newsletters or booklets there is an application that is made for you. InDesign, which can be purchased as a stand alone product or as part of the Adobe Creative Suite, has many, many tools for streamlining the process of setting up and working on these types of projects. In this article we will look at what InDesign is for and highlight some of the features that set it apart from other applications.
Dudley, Kim. Community MX (2006). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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New Uses for Old Clipping Paths
No one enjoys drawing clipping paths (or, if they do, they rarely admit it in public). The transparency features in Adobe® InDesign® spare you the headaches of drawing clipping paths because the program honors background transparency in Adobe Photoshop® files. However, there are still times when a clipping path comes in handy, so don’t throw the Bézier out with the bathwater.
Blatner, David. Adobe (2004). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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Whip that document into shape - master the master page in InDesign and PageMaker.
Kvern, Olav Martin. Adobe Magazine (2000). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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Replacing Gradient Colors With a Swatch 
InDesign shares a feature with Illustrator that enables you to select a color stop in a gradient and replace it by clicking on a color swatch in the swatches palette.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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If you use Microsoft Word, you are used to the fact that if when your text will get to the end of a page, another page will be automatically added. With InDesign and most layout programs, this is a little bit different. This is because layout programs work with text boxes (or tex frames) which allow you more freedom when you lay out your document.
Bruno, Elisabetta. Designorati (2005). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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The frame grid feature enables you to use multiple baseline grids on your pages.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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Unexpected White Outlines Around Graphics In InDesign
Sometimes when making PDFs from InDesign, white outlines appear around graphics. Here's why and how to solve it.
Bruno, Elisabetta. Designorati (2005). Design>Software>Document Design>Adobe InDesign
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Adobe InDesign 2 has some incredible features that aren't found in any other page-layout application and that's why so many designers are migrating to it. What's often overlooked, however, are the cool, subtle, yet powerful features for everyday production work.
White, Terry. Mac Design Magazine (2003). Design>Software>Document Design>Adobe InDesign
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Using OpenType Pro fonts in InDesign 1.x
This document is intended to serve as a brief introduction to both the new OpenType font file format, as well as the ways you take advantage of the advanced features of OpenType Pro fonts within InDesign.
Cole, Tim. Mac Design Magazine (2003). Design>Software>Document Design>Adobe InDesign
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Using Your Own Placeholder Text in InDesign 
The Fill with Placeholder Text command in the Type menu fills one frame or a series of linked frames with placeholder text. This text serves as a temporary substitute for the text that will actually appear in your finished document. You can use this placeholder text to create templates or serve as a placeholder for text content in a document that's in process. The placeholder text produced by InDesign is known as 'Lorem Ipsum,' and it's a faux Latin intended to represent the space real words would occupy (and that's all). With InDesign 2.0, however, you have the option of replacing InDesign's default Lorem Ipsum text with placeholder text of your own.
Cole, Tim. Mac Design Magazine (2003). Design>Software>Document Design>Adobe InDesign
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Word Spacing Keyboard Shortcut
Ever been copyfitting and wished there was a quick way to kern word spacing but leave letterspacing alone? There is.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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Working with Colour in InDesign CS
Explains the use of the Colour Palette and Swatches palette and how they relate to each other. It also briefly covers the Gradient Palette. Informative links explaining the difference between RGB, CMYK, hues, tints, etc. are also provided.
Bruno, Elisabetta. About.com. Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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Working With Graphics in Adobe InDesign CS
In this topic, you will place graphics on the page and then move, resize and crop them.
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Learn InDesign One Feature at a Time
There’s simply no way to learn InDesign (or any other major application) all at once. If you’re a frustrated newcomer to InDesign, or even if you’ve been using it for some time and want to expand your knowledge, here’s a suggestion: Set aside about 15-20 minutes every day to learn the basics of one feature. It doesn’t really matter what that feature is.
Levine, Bob. InDesign Secrets (2009). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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Working with InDesign is interesting. On the one hand, it’s not really a tool built for technical writers. It’s intended for people laying out magazines, brochures, other heavily designed print matter. As such, some things can be confusing. Cross references, figure references, a table of contents — get ready to search the help to figure these out. On the other hand, the power of the InDesign is somewhat captivating. You’re only limited by your own ignorance.
Johnson, Tom H. I'd Rather Be Writing (2009). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
