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Project Summary
Project Summary

We designed this project to introduce you to the basics of page layout with InDesign; you will
expand on these skills throughout this book. Creating a new document to meet specific project
needs — including page size, margins, and the printer’s stated bleed requirements — is one of the
most important tasks you will complete in InDesign.
After the page structure is created, InDesign has many tools for creating objects — basic shapes,
lines and Bézier curves, placeholder frames, and text frames. The built-in drawing tools can create
sophisticated artwork directly on the page (although InDesign should not be considered an alternative
to Adobe Illustrator for creating all vector artwork). You can also place external image and text files, and
then transform those files to meet the specific needs of a given project.
There are many different methods for managing objects and their content. The Selection and Direct
Selection tools, the Content Indicator icon, frame edge highlighting, and the Layers panel all provide
ways to access only — and exactly — what you want to edit.

Create a four-color
document with bleeds

Place and transform an
external graphics file

Create a text frame and
format basic text attributes

Place images into
placeholder frames

Use drawing tools to
create custom artwork

Import formatted text
from an external file

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