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Lesson 1 Use the Pathfinder Palette INDESIGN 11-5FIGURE 1 Pathfinder palette FIGURE 2 Add pathfinder FIGURE 3 Subtract pathfinder FIGURE 4 Intersect pathfinder FIGURE 5 Exclude Overl

C H A P T E R S U M M A R Y

CHAPTER SUMMARY

Chapter 10 shows you how to create a

book from multiple documents You

learned how to add different InDesign files

to the Book palette, how to manipulate

the pagination and the order of

documents, and how to modify the page

range of individual documents You then

moved on to learn how to generate a table

of contents and how to use paragraph

styles to quickly format a table of

contents Then you jumped to the back of

the book and learned how to generate an

index You learned how to create index

entries, how to generate cross-reference

entries, and how to sort index entries

What You Have Learned

• How to create a book files

• How to add documents to the Book palette

• How to manipulate the order of documents

in a book file

• How to modify the page range of documents

• How to use paragraph styles to create a table of contents

• How to load paragraph styles

• How to maintain consistent styles between documents in a book

• How to generate a table of contents

• How to create index entries

• How to generate an index

• How to generate a cross-reference index entry

• How to sort index entries

Key Terms

Book A collection of two or more InDesign documents, in a file with an indb file extension, paginated consecu-tively throughout

Book palette The palette to which you add InDesign documents in order to create a book that is paginated consecu-tively throughout

Cross-reference Entries in an index that refer to other entries in the same

index, usually preceded with See or See also.

Sections Pages in a document where page numbering changes

ADOBE INDESIGN CS2

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1 Use the Pathfinder palette.

2 Create new stroke styles.

3 Create mixed ink swatches.

4 Work with nested styles.

5 Work with Object Styles.

EXPLORING ADVANCED

TECHNIQUES

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chapter

Welcome to the second-to-last chapter of

the book! By now, having been exposed to

so many of InDesign’s great features, you

are ready to explore some of the more

advanced options that the application has

to offer In this chapter, you’ll add to your

drawing skills by incorporating the

Pathfinder palette into your work This

palette helps you to create complex shapes

by overlapping simple objects It’s fun and

powerful!

You’ll delve deeper into the Stroke palette

and learn how to create and apply custom

strokes You’ll also create mixed ink

swatches, a very smart and fast way to cre-ate swatches that are mixtures of process and spot inks

You’ll be amazed by the power of nested styles, which allow you to apply multiple character styles to multiple paragraphs— simultaneously!

And finally, you’ll learn about Object Styles, a great new InDesign CS2 feature that lets you easily create styles that you can apply to graphics and text frames

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EXPLORING ADVANCED

TECHNIQUES

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11-3 Tools You’ll Use

L E S S O N 1

What You’ll Do

USE THE PATHFINDER

Using the Pathfinder Palette

The best way to think of the Pathfinder palette, shown in Figure 1, is as a draw-ing tool The Pathfinder palette helps you

to easily create new complex shapes by overlapping simple objects The palette does this by offering five buttons that work

as follows:

Add: Combines two or more overlapping objects into one object, as shown in Figure 2 With the Add pathfinder, the resulting object retains the color proper-ties of the frontmost object

Subtract: The frontmost object(s) “punch

a hole” in the backmost object, as shown

in Figure 3 With the Subtract path-finder, the resulting object retains the color prop-erties of the backmost object

Intersect: The resulting shape is the inter-section of the overlapping object(s) With the Intersect pathfinder, the resulting object retains the color properties of the frontmost object, as shown in Figure 4

Exclude Overlap: A hole is created where the two objects overlap, as shown in Figure 5 You can think of the Exclude Overlap pathfinder as the opposite of the Intersect pathfinder Again, the resulting object retains the color properties of the frontmost object

Minus Back: The backmost object

“punches a hole” in the object(s) in front,

as shown in Figure 6 You can think of the Minus Back pathfinder as the opposite of the Subtract pathfinder

In this lesson, you will use the Pathfinder

palette to create complex shapes from

overlapping objects.

PALETTE

Lesson 1 Use the Pathfinder Palette INDESIGN 11-5

FIGURE 1

Pathfinder palette

FIGURE 2

Add pathfinder

FIGURE 3

Subtract pathfinder

FIGURE 4

Intersect pathfinder

FIGURE 5

Exclude Overlap pathfinder

FIGURE 6

Minus Back pathfinder

Add button Minus Back button

Subtract button

Intersect button

Exclude Overlap

Original Subtract

Back

Original Exclude

Overlap

Negative space

INDESIGN 11-6 Exploring Advanced Techniques

Use the Add pathfinder

1 Open ID 11-1.indd, then save it as Add and

Subtract.

2 Click the Selection Tool if necessary,

click the green circle, click Object on the

menu bar, point to Transform, then click Move.

3 Type 2 in the Horizontal text box, then click OK.

4 Click the yellow circle, click Object on

the menu bar, point to Transform, then

click Move.

5 Type -2 in the Horizontal text box, then click

OK so that the objects are positioned as

shown in Figure 7.

6. Select all three objects—the green and

yel-low circles and the red square.

7 Click Window on the menu bar, point to

Object & Layout, then click Pathfinder.

8 Click the Add button in the Pathfinder

palette.

The three objects are combined into a single

object, as shown in Figure 8.

TIP When objects are added, the resulting

object assumes the color of the topmost of

the original objects.

You used the Move command to align three

objects, selected them, then combined them into

one object using the Add pathfinder

FIGURE 7

Aligning objects with the Move command

FIGURE 8

Combining objects with the Add pathfinder

Combined object takes

on color of topmost object, the green circle

Using the Convert Shape feature

In this version of InDesign, Adobe has added the very cool Convert Shape feature

to the Pathfinder palette The options that the Convert Shape section offers couldn't

be more useful or easier to use Create a frame of any shape and size, then click any

of the buttons in the Convert shape section

of the palette The selected frame will then change to that shape The bottom right buttons let you convert paths.Give it a try!

Lesson 1 Use the Pathfinder Palette INDESIGN 11-7

Use the Subtract pathfinder

1 Click the red circle, click Object on the menu bar, point to Transform, then click Move.

2 Type 1.5 in the Horizontal text box, then click OK.

3 Click the blue circle, click Object on the menu bar, point to Transform, then click Move.

4 Type -1.5 in the Horizontal text box, then click OK so that the objects are positioned as

shown in Figure 9.

5. Select all three objects—the red and blue circles and the black rectangle.

6 Click the Subtract button in the Pathfinder palette.

The two front objects—the circles—“punch holes” in the backmost object, leaving negative space in place of the circles, as shown in Figure 10.

TIP When the Subtract pathfinder is used

on multiple objects, the backmost object retains its original fill color.

7 Click the green heart shape, click Object

on the menu bar, point to Transform, then click Rotate.

8 Type 180 in the Angle text box, then click OK.

(continued)

FIGURE 9

Aligning objects

FIGURE 10

Using the Subtract pathfinder to create a new shape

Negative space

INDESIGN 11-8 Exploring Advanced Techniques

9. Reposition the green heart shape in relation

to the black shape as shown in Figure 11.

10 Select both objects, click the Add button

in the Pathfinder palette, deselect, then

compare your work with Figure 12.

11.Save your work, then close Add and

Subtract.

You aligned three objects, selected them, then

used the Subtract pathfinder to transform the

backmost object into an entirely new shape You

combined that object with another using the Add

pathfinder to create a spade shape.

Use the Intersect and Minus

Back pathfinders

1 Open ID 11-2.indd, then save it as Intersect

and Minus Back.

2 Click the Selection Tool if necessary,

then move the green circle so that it

over-laps the red square, as shown in Figure 13.

3 Select both objects, then click the Intersect

button in the Pathfinder palette.

The resulting single object is the intersection

of the two overlapping objects.

(continued)

FIGURE 13

Overlapping objects

FIGURE 11

Repositioning an object

FIGURE 12

Combining objects with the Add pathfinder

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4. Move the light blue circle so that it overlaps the blue square, as shown in Figure 14.

5 Select both objects, click the Minus Back

button in the Pathfinder palette, deselect, then compare the shapes in your document to Figure 15.

Where the two objects overlap, the backmost object “punches a hole” in the frontmost object.

6. Save your work, then close Intersect and Minus Back

You used the Intersect and Minus Back pathfinders

to create new shapes from two overlapping objects.

FIGURE 14

Overlapping objects

FIGURE 15

Viewing two shapes created from pathfinders

L E S S O N 2

What You’ll Do

CREATE NEW

Creating Stroke Styles

The Stroke palette offers a number of stroke styles that you can apply to objects

You can also create and customize your own stroke styles and make them available for use in the Stroke palette

InDesign allows you to create and cus-tomize three types of stroke styles:

Dashed, dotted, and striped To create one

of these stroke styles, you simply access the Stroke Styles dialog box by clicking the Stroke palette list arrow

Creating a Dashed Stroke Style

To create a new dashed stroke style, open the New Stroke Style dialog box by click-ing New in the Stroke Styles dialog box, then choosing Dash from the Type list, as shown in Figure 16 First, enter a descrip-tive name in the Name text box Next, enter a measurement in the Length text box to specify the length of the dash, then enter another measurement in the Pattern Length text box to specify the intervals at which the dashes will occur

You can add additional dashes to the pat-tern Simply click the white space in the ruler, as shown in Figure 17 You can change the length of the new dash by dragging the two white triangles (PC) or black triangles (Mac) above the dash

As you modify the new dashed stroke style, you can see what it looks like in the pre-view window at the bottom of the dialog box Using this dialog box, you can create dashed stroke styles that are complex and visually interesting

Creating a Dotted Stroke Style

To create a new dotted stroke style, open the New Stroke Style dialog box and choose Dotted from the Type list As with dashed strokes, you can add additional dots to the stroke pattern Enter a value in the Center text box to specify where the additional dot will be positioned horizon-tally in relation to the original dot Enter a value in the Pattern Length text box to specify the intervals at which the dot pat-tern will occur See Figure 18

In this lesson, you will create new

stroke styles using the New Stroke Style

dialog box.

STROKE STYLES

Lesson 2 Create New Stroke Styles INDESIGN 11-11

Creating a Striped Stroke Style

To create a new striped stroke style, open

the New Stroke Style dialog box and choose

Stripe from the Type list, as shown in

Figure 19 By default, a striped stroke style

begins with two stripes, as shown in the

figure Enter a value in the Start text box to specify where the stripe will be positioned

on the vertical axis Enter a value in the Width text box to determine the width—

from top to bottom—of the stripe

Click anywhere in the white space to add additional stripes As shown in Figure 20, you can specify additional stripes as having different widths, thus creating a style that

is unique and visually interesting

FIGURE 16

New Stroke Style dialog box

FIGURE 17

Adding a second dash to the stroke style

FIGURE 18

Creating a dotted stroke style

FIGURE 19

Creating a striped stroke style

FIGURE 20

Adding two new stripes to a stroke style

Drag

triangle to

change

center

location

Type list arrow

Length text box

Pattern Length text box

Drag triangles

to modify length of dash

Preview window Click to add

new dash

Drag triangles

to modify width Click to add new stripe

2 new stripes

INDESIGN 11-12 Exploring Advanced Techniques

Create a new dashed

stroke style

1 Open ID 11-3.indd, then save it as Custom

Strokes.

2 Click Window on the menu bar, click Stroke

if necessary, click the Stroke palette list

arrow, click Stroke Styles, then click New.

3 Type Custom Dash Style in the Name text

box, then verify that Dash is listed in the

Type text box.

4. Select the value in the Pattern Length text box,

then type 5.

TIP If your measurement reverts to 0p3

after you press [Tab], verify that you typed

the inch abbreviation after 25 (You can

also type the letter "i" instead of "in".)

Then all future measurements will be in

inches To change back to picas, type the

measurement using "p" to indicate picas,

such as 0p3.

5. Select the value in the Length text box, type

.25, then compare your dialog box to

Figure 21.

6 Click anywhere in the white space in the ruler to

the right of the black dash to add a new dash.

7 Type 35 in the Start text box, press [Tab],

type 1 in the Length text box, press [Tab],

then note the change in the preview window

in the dialog box

8 Click OK.

The new stroke style is listed in the Stroke

Styles dialog box, shown in Figure 22.

You created a new dashed stroke style using the

New Stroke Style dialog box.

FIGURE 21

Defining a new dashed stroke style

FIGURE 22

Viewing the new stroke style in the Stroke Styles dialog box

New custom stroke style

Click to add new dash

The preview weight only affects the preview size of the new stroke style, not the actual weight of the stroke