Adobe 17510676 User Guide - Page 24
Using the pasteboard, Hiding and showing nonprinting objects, Preferences and defaults
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20 CHAPTER 2 Making the Switch from PageMaker to InDesign Using the pasteboard Both InDesign and PageMaker provide a pasteboard area where you can place objects prior to positioning them on your pages. In PageMaker, the pasteboard area is shared among all pages in a publication. In InDesign, each spread has its own pasteboard. You can resize the pasteboard area in the Preferences dialog box. If you can't see the pasteboard, click the Normal View button at the bottom of the toolbar. The pasteboard is visible in Normal View only. Hiding and showing nonprinting objects In PageMaker and InDesign, you can assign a nonprinting attribute to individual objects in a publication. In InDesign, this option is located in the Attributes palette (Window > Attributes). In InDesign, you can also create a layer in your document for nonprinting objects, and then hide the layer in the Layers palette. Objects on hidden layers are not printed or exported. For more information about showing and hiding layers, see InDesign Help. Nonprinting objects, such as guides, hyperlink anchors, index entry markers, and XML tags, can be displayed or hidden on-screen using various Show/Hide commands. (For details, see InDesign Help.) Preferences and defaults InDesign includes many of the same preferences as PageMaker. The Preferences commands are located on the Edit menu (Windows) or the InDesign menu (Mac OS). The following list will help you find settings equivalent to PageMaker's preferences: Measurements and rulers To change the measurements displayed on the vertical or horizontal rulers, choose Preferences > Units & Increments. Layout problems To highlight loose or tight lines, substituted fonts and glyphs, and other possible composition errors, choose Preferences > Composition. Graphics display To display graphics as gray boxes, low-resolution proxies, or high-resolution originals, choose Preferences > Display Performance. Nudge options To set the distance the arrow keys move an object, choose Preferences > Units & Increments. Guides To display guides in front of or in back of objects on the page, choose Preferences > Guides & Pasteboard. Snap-to zone To specify how close an object must be to a guide or grid before snapping into alignment, choose Preferences > Guides & Pasteboard. Text preferences To specify text preferences, such as typographer's quotes and superscript/subscript options, choose Preferences > Text.