The Work Area - Indesign Tutorial


Let's have a look at InDesign's work area. You have a Menu Bar on top, the tools and the palettes. Palettes are little windows which have specialized functions, e.g., you have got one that handles colours, one that handles paragraphs, one that handles pages, etc. - View Tutorial »


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