Delete an Anchor Point in Adobe InDesign CS6

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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to delete anchor points in Adobe InDesign CS6 in Windows 7.

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   To begin, you should open InDesign

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   You may be able to do that by clicking a desktop shortcut.

   

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   If InDesign is not on the desktop, click the Windows icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen

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   Clicking the Windows icon reveals a list of your recently used programs.

   

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   If you find InDesign on the list, click it

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   It has a pink-and-purple icon with the letters "ID".

   

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   If you still can't find it, click your search bar at the bottom of the menu and begin typing "Adobe InDesign"

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   Locate the "Adobe InDesign" icon and click it to open the program

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   We need a document

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   Open a new document by clicking "File" in the upper-left corner of the screen.

   

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   Then move the cursor to "New" in the drop-down menu

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   Alternatively, click "Open..."

   

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   In the expanded menu, click "Document..."

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   Otherwise, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N.

   

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   In a new window, you can specify settings for the document

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   For more information on these settings, please view our other Adobe InDesign tutorials. For now, simply click "OK".

   

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    Click the "Pen Tool" icon and "Pen Tool"

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    The icon looks like a fountain pen. Drawing tools work by using anchor points and paths. You can manipulate these points and paths to create curved lines or straight lines. There is a VisiHow tutorial on "Pen Tool".

    

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    Draw some lines on the canvas

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    The small white and blue squares in various places of the shape are the anchor points. The blue lines in between those points are the paths.

    

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    If you want to delete an anchor point, click "Pen Tool" in the vertical toolbar and open the expanded menu

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    In the expanded menu, click "Delete Anchor Point Tool"

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    The icon for this tool has a minus sign next to a fountain pen.

    

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    After selecting the "Delete Anchor Point Tool", click a line to delete the anchor point

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    You can manipulate shapes quite dramatically or delete mistakes using this tool. It may be better to create a shape or line in InDesign, instead of copying and pasting one from Illustrator. You may lose some of the quality of your image or design if you use the copy-and-paste technique, since these programs are used for different types of media.

    

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