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Adobe InDesign Work Area, Tools, Palettes

From Elisabetta Bruno, for About.com

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The (Other) Palettes, Part 1

If you look at the Work Area screenshot you see that there is a floating palette and one that is docked on the right hand side of the screen. You will also notice a few tabs just above the palette on the right. These are other palettes, but they are collapsed.

You can also collapse a floating palette. If you click on the name of the palette it will only partially collapse. If you click on the top of the palette, it will collapse completely showing you only a tab with the name of the palette(s). Palettes can also be grouped together. You just need to drag one palette on top of the other and InDesign will group them together.

Palettes in InDesign are all under the Window Menu. You will find some that the palettes palettes related to type are also under the Type Menu.

See the next page for a list with several palettes and where they are located in the Menu Bar. I only listed the ones that you are most likely to use when first learning Adobe InDesign. I will explain how to use most of them in later lessons.

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