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15. Press Esc to return to the frame of the selected object.
The graphics frame is again selected, and the Selection tool is still active.

16. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

Place images into existing Frames
In many cases, you will need to place an image or graphic into an existing frame and
then manipulate the placed file to suit the available space. In the previous stage of this
project, you created eight empty graphics frames across the filmstrip graphic; in this
exercise, you will place the client’s thumbnail photos into those frames.

1. With identity.indd open, make the filmstrip graphic at the bottom of the
page visible in your document window.

2. Using the Selection tool, click one of the empty graphics frames.
When objects are grouped, the Selection tool selects the entire group.

The Selection
tool is active.

Clicking part of
a group selects
the entire group.

3. Open the Layers panel (Window>Layers), then click the arrow to the left of
Layer 1 to expand the layer.
Every file has a default layer named “Layer 1”, where any objects that you create exist
automatically. (You will use multiple layers in a later project to create multiple versions
of a document.)
The Layers panel in InDesign CS6 also serves another purpose. Every object on a layer is
listed in the panel, nested under the appropriate layer name. Groups, which you created
in an earlier exercise, can be expanded so you can access and manage the individual
components of the group.

Solid-color squares
in this column
indicate which
items are selected.

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