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Setting up a workspace

Setting up a workspace - InDesign Tutorial

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Setting up a workspace

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- [Instructor] Now I did say that we would begin with a blank page, but, before we begin, let's just take a few minutes to set up a workspace. And the purpose of this is just so that when I refer to a specific panel, you'll know exactly where to find it. A workspace is a very personal thing, and I don't want to state that you have to use the same workspace as me, it's just going to be more convenient if you have the same panels open as I do. Currently, I'm in the Essentials workspace. I'm going to switch this to the Advanced workspace. You might, in case your Advanced workspace looks different from mine, then just want to come and reset it to its default state. There are a few panels in the Advanced workspace that we're not going to be using throughout this course, so we may as well close them. And those are Gradient, CC Libraries, and Stroke. Now I'm going to just rearrange a few things. I think I will group my character styles with my paragraph styles, and because I'll be using…

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