Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 3: Understanding Page Layout

In This Chapter

Working with and importing image files

Selecting images on the page

Knowing page layout settings

Using text and graphics in your layouts

Working with pages

Using master pages and spreads

This chapter shows you how to put graphics and text together so that you can start creating page layouts. Interesting and creative page layouts help draw attention to the pictures and words contained within the publication. An interesting layout motivates more members of the audience to read the text you place on a page.

Importing Images

You can add many kinds of image files to an InDesign document. Some of the most common are AI, PSD, PDF, JPG, PNG, and TIF. Images are imported into graphic frames. You can create the frames before importing, or if you don’t have a frame, InDesign creates one for you instantly when you add the image to the page. ...