Adobe® InDesign® 2.0 Classroom in a Book®

LESSON 6

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Drawing Vector Graphics

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Draw and edit straight and curved path segments and open and closed paths with the

pen tool.

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Create a hole in a filled shape by combining paths into a compound path.

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Apply a shape (such as an arrowhead) to the end of a path.

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Slice paths into smaller pieces.

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Paste an image inside a drawn path.

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Scale, reflect, and duplicate objects.

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Add a graphic so that it becomes part of a text story and flows with it.

Getting started

In this lesson, you’ll create the front and back of a direct-mail piece. You’ll use the

InDesign drawing tools to draw some of the vector objects, ...