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STAGE 3 / Placing External Images

As you saw in the first stage of this project, InDesign incorporates a number of tools for building
graphics directly in a layout. Of course, most page-layout projects will include files from other
sources. Logos created in Adobe Illustrator, raster-based images created in Adobe Photoshop, digital
photographs, stock images, and many other types of files can be incorporated into a larger project.

Place an Adobe Illustrator File
Every image in a layout exists in a frame. You can either create the frame first and Note:
place a file into it, or you can simply place an image and create the containing
frame at the same time. In this exercise, you are going to place the client’s logo, and Artwork in an Illustra-
transform it to fit into the margin space at the top of the layout. tor file must be entirely
within the bounds of
1. With gcm-letterhead.indd open, make sure nothing is selected. the artboard (page)
2. Choose File>Place. Navigate to the WIP>GCMarket folder and select edge. Anything outside
gcm-logo.ai. At the bottom of the dialog box, check Show Import Options. the artboard edge will
not be included when
Macintosh users: if you don’t see three checkboxes at the bottom of the dialog box, you place the file into
click the Options button to reveal those checkboxes.
InDesign.

Check this option.

Click this button if you don’t
see the three checkboxes.

3. Click Open.
When Show Import Options is checked, the Place [Format] dialog box opens with the
options for the relevant file format. Every file format has different available options.
If you press Shift when clicking Open in the Place dialog box, the Place [Format]
dialog box for the selected file appears even if Show Import Options is not checked.
When you place a native Illustrator file, the dialog box shows Place PDF options
because the PDF format is the basis of Illustrator files that can be placed into InDesign.

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