tailieunhanh - Real World Adobe InDesign CS4- P2

Real World Adobe InDesign CS4- P2: The book uses Robert Slimbach’s Minion Pro, an Adobe OpenType face, which was particularly useful when moving files across platforms. Code samples are set in Lucas de Groot’s TheSansMonoCondensed. A few other fonts were used for example characters. | 18 REAL WORLD ADOBE INDESIGN CS4 Path-drawing and editing tools the Pen Add Point Delete Point Convert Point Pencil Eraser Smooth and Scissors tools draw paths point by point or in the case of the Scissors tool delete points or split paths . Transformation tools the Rotate Shear Scale and Free Transform tools change the rotation angle size and skewing angle of objects on your pages. Text editing tools the Type tool and Path Type tool give you a way to enter and edit text the latter along a path . The Notes tool adds non-printing notes to text. Navigation tools the Zoom and Hand tools help you move around in your publication. Object formatting tools the Fill and Stroke selectors the Gradient tool and the Gradient Feather tool provide ways to apply formatting to objects. The tool descriptions below are brief and are only intended to give you a feeling for what the different tools are and what they do. To learn more about entering text with the Type tool see Chapter 3 Text. For more on drawing objects with the drawing tools see Chapter 5 Drawing. For more on working with the Transformation tools see Chapter 8 Transforming. Talking about InDesign s tools and their use can get a little confusing. When you select a tool in the Tools panel or press the keyboard shortcut to select a tool what does the cursor become In this book we will sometimes use phrases like select a tool and drag or drag the tool on the page. We hope this is clear from our point of view the cursor is the tool. Hiding the Tools Panel. Sometimes you want to hide all of the panels except the Tools panel. To do that make sure that the cursor isn t in a text frame and then press Shift-Tab. InDesign hides all open panels but leaves the Tools panel open. If you ve hidden all of the panels including the Tools panel you can display it by choosing Tools from the Window menu. Changing the Tools Panel View. You can display the Tools panel in three different arrangments single column double column and single row .