design practice,: Workshop,InDesign,

When setting up a document in InDesign, the page size is based on the finalised, trimmed size of the final print.

Any element of the document that hits the edge of the page when printed, should 'bleed' over the desired print area, to ensure full coverage of the page after cutting down the document to size. This bleed area should usually allow 3mm.
The 'slug' is the area that allows for printing marks, not entirely necessary but useful nonetheless.

Where books are concerned, 'facing pages' become relevant; two pages on the inside of a document, inserts appropriate number of margins.

Everything working within InDesign needs to be 'framed', click and drag the text tool to get a frame to start writing content.

To quickly make decisions about font and format, once a box is created I can fill it with a random body of text that has no meaning.

To link text boxes, allowing text to flow throughout, a small box sits at the bottom left of each text frame, clicking this allows us to replicate the text frame and continue writing seamlessly.

'W' is used to flip between preview and editor easily.

When working on an InDesign file, make sure to keep everything used for the document in a folder specifically for that document, including the saved file itself.

When inserting images into a document, it is a simple case of 'File' > 'Place'.

When an image is placed on a page, it establishes a link between the original file and the InDesign document. A low resolution image will be displayed until the document is sent to print. The main reason for this is to keep the programme running as smooth as possible, especially useful when working with large scale publications.

Remember to take the whole folder of images etc. to print.

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