Arrange Documents in Adobe InDesign CS6

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Video: Arrange Documents in Adobe InDesign CS6

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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to arrange documents in Adobe InDesign CS6 in Windows 7.

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   To begin, you should open Adobe InDesign either from your desktop or by clicking the Windows icon in the bottom-left corner

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   Clicking the Windows icon will bring up a list of your recently used programs.

   

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   Click "Adobe InDesign CS6" if you see it on the list

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   InDesign has a pink-and-purple icon with the letters "ID" on it.

   

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   Otherwise, click the search bar at the bottom of the screen and manually type "Adobe InDesign"

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   Click "Adobe InDesign CS6" to open it

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   A dialogue box will appear every time you open InDesign.

   

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   Click "File" on the bar on the top-left of the window

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   Hover the cursor over "New"

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   Alternatively, click "Open..." to open a document.

   

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   Click "Document..."

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   You will create a new document. You can also do this with the shortcut "Ctrl" + "N". If you prefer, you can open an existing document from the dialogue box or the "File" menu as well.

   

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   Click "OK"

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   There are other VisiHow tutorials on how to create and open documents.

   

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   Press "Ctrl" + "N" and click "OK" four times

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   This will create four extra documents. First, note that the default setting for your documents will have each document as a separate tab at the top of the documents window.

   

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    Next, click the drop-down menu for the "Arrange Documents" icon

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    It looks like a newspaper. The icon is at the top in the center of the window. Clicking this icon will open a menu showing different layouts that you can display your documents.

    

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    Click an option to see the one that suits you best

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    More simplistic styles might be preferred to be able to focus on one document at a time. The layouts are good visualization tools. Each window has its own page number in the bottom-left corner. There are rulers around the edges. The active window has a white ruler.

    

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    You can click Windows to focus on them

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