InDesign Tutorial 2

Folder Management

Open "My Documents" and right click on the folder you created in tutorial #1.
Select “Sharing and Security”
Check “Share this folder on the network” and “Allow network users to change my files.”
Click “Apply” and “Ok”

InDesign Basics

Open InDesign
Start > Programs > Adobe Indesign

Open the "sample_XX" document you created in tutorial 1

Open Internet Exporer
Open the tutorial page @
http://www.atomiclearning.com/indesigncs2_pc
On the right side, make sure the player preference is set to "flash"


1. Watch “Using the type tool 16906 0:54”
On page 3 of your document, use the text tool to draw a text area across the entire width of the page and at the top of the page.
Set your font size to 60 and type “My headline”

2. Below your headline, draw a large box measuring 8”X5” and draw a text area below it. Fill this text area with filler text (10pt. Times New Roman)