YCC Adobe Creative Suite 2013

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

INDESIGN - Master Pages - Running Headers

If you want the running header at the top of your pages to change with every chapter, then this is the procedure to follow.
It's slightly trickier than the preceding two, but when you have done it a couple of times you will get the hang of it.

1 Double Click on A Master in the Pages Panel

2 Draw a text box at the top of the right hand page

3 Go Type > Text Variables > Insert Variable > Running Header

4 Go to Object > Text Frame Options

5 Set Vertical Adjustment - Align to Centre

Now in the Pages Panel click on the page where the title of the first chapter will appear.

1 Draw a Text Frame and type in the title of the chapter.

2 Click on the Flyout Menu at the top right of the Paragraph Style panel

3 Click New Paragraph Style

4 Call it Chapter Header

5 Click OK

6 Make sure Chapter Header style is applied to the title of the chapter

7 Go to Type > Text variables > Define

8 Double Click on Running Header

9 Set Style to Chapter Header

10 Set Use to First on Page

11 Click OK

The running header on each right hand page will now be the title of your chapter.
Don't forget when you start the next chapter, to apply Chapter Header style to the chapter title, to ensure the Running Header changes.

INDESIGN - Master Pages - Page Numbers

1 Double click on the A Master in the Pages Panel.

2 At the bottom of the left hand page draw a text frame.

3 Go to Type > Insert Special Character > Markers > Current Page Number

4 The letter A will appear. This tells you that you have set up page numbering for the A Master.

5 Go Object > Text Frame Options.

6 Set Vertical Adjustment - Align to Centre

INDESIGN - Master Pages - Headers

To create a header which will run unchanged at the top of every page in the book.

1 Double click on A master in the Pages Panel to ensure that you are working on the A Master

2 Select the Type Tool and draw a text frame at the top of the left hand page.

3 Type in the name of the book, authors name or whatever you desire

4 Go to Object > Text Frame Options.

5 Set Vertical Justification - Align to Centre

INDESIGN - PARAGRAPH JUSTIFICATION

Indesign's default setting for justified type can be altered to create a more visually pleasing result.

We will create a new Paragraph Style which alters the space between the letters in any line of type as well as the space between the words.

Click Window > Styles > Paragraph Style

1 Click Indents and Spacing.

2 Choose left Justify

3 Click Justification

4 Change the settings to the following.

word 75 100 125

letter -5 0 5

glyph 98 100 102

Don't for get to name your new Paragraph Style

You can now click OK

The new style will appear in the Paragraph Styles panel

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Illustrator - Image Trace

In Illustrator go to the File Menu

File > Place..

Find your image and click OK

When your image has opened in Illustrator go to the Window menu.

Window > Image Trace

These are the optimal settings for tracing the scan we have created: