Adobe InDesign Chapter 2 Review

When you open InDesign, you are in the Essentials workspace. Why would you choose to change to the Advanced workspace?

• You can see the Control panel at the top and additional panels at the right side of the windows.

• The Properties panel will appear.

• The Paragraph formatting mode will appear.

• You would only choose this after you become an advanced user.

Answer explanation

This allows access to all the formatting features you need.

Which setting in the Preferences dialog box should you change to ensure consistent line spacing in text?

• Apply Leading to Entire Paragraphs

• Automatically Use Correct Optical Size

• Skip by Leading

• Smart Text Reflow

Answer explanation

This preference, in the Type tab of the Preferences dialog box, will help ensure consistent line spacing.

In the right column of the New Document dialog box, there is a link icon next to the margin settings. What happens when you uncheck that?

• You can set each margin individually.

• Your software automatically determines the margin settings.

• Margin guides are disabled in your document.

• The margins will automatically be set to zero.

Answer explanation

A link attached to each box keeps these number fields connected.

You were working on this design and decided to change the font. However, when you did, you received an alert and saw the text was highlighted in blue. How can you fix this?

• Go to the Fonts menu and select the Filter icon.

• Select the text and remove the highlighter feature in the Character Formatting.

• Go to the Paragraph Styles Panel and select [a+].

• Go to the top left of the Control Panel and select A.

Answer explanation

Doing this turns off the Styles Override Highlighter alert.

You have a frame selected on your page. Which option do you need to be careful to check or uncheck if you use the Place command?

• none since the Place command has no options

• Mac or Windows file path switch

• File Format

• Replace Selected Item

Answer explanation

This feature is very important when using the Place dialog box while an object is selected on the page.

Note the circle and arrow in the panel at the left. What is InDesign telling you?

• When you click, you will thread the story from the frame above into this frame.

• When you click, you will turn the graphic frame into a Text frame.

• When you click, it will change the frame shape to an oval or ellipse.

• Dragging the frame will rotate it.

Answer explanation

This is how you add a text frame, and you want to pay attention to the cursor shape to know where the text frame will be created.

You are editing text and realize you need to change the font of an entire paragraph. What do you need to do to select the entire paragraph?

• triple-click

• single-click

• quadruple-click

• double-click

Answer explanation

You use this option to select the entire paragraph that needs editing.

You're creating a new document for a one-page flyer. Which checkbox should you set to OFF in the New Document dialog box?

• Columns

• Facing Pages

• Orientation

• Margins

Answer explanation

Facing Pages should be reserved for documents that have a left- and right-hand page, like books.

In this image, there is an asterisk to the left of the file name in the working tab. What does this indicate?

• You made changes, but the document was not saved.

• The document is set to RGB mode when it should be CMYK.

• You opened the wrong document.

• You need to zoom out.

Answer explanation

When you make any adjustments to a file, the file name tab informs you that you have unsaved changes.

When pulling a guide out of the ruler, how can you make it span across both pages of a two-page spread?

• Hold down the S key

• Let go of the mouse button while it's over the pasteboard

• Double-click the ruler before dragging a guide

• Let go of the mouse button while it's over the gutter between the pages

Answer explanation

This process gives you the option to choose where you want to place your guides in order to position your items.