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Adding or replacing graphics

Adding or replacing graphics - InDesign Tutorial

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Adding or replacing graphics

- [Instructor] We're starting off, where we left off, in the last movie. And you can see that we're still zoomed in. So let's zoom back, by going to the View menu, and choosing fit page and window. There we go. Now you may be tempted to copy graphics, out of some other program, and paste them in here, but don't do it. Resist the urge. Instead, it's almost always better to place them. That is go to the File menu, and choose place. But wait, before we do that, we should choose the Selection tool, that's the first black arrow tool, at the top of the tool panel, and then click out here, in the area called the PasteBoard. Click where there's no objects, just to make sure, nothing is selected on your page. And I'll explain why in a minute. Okay, now let's go back to the file menu and choose place. When you choose place, InDesign gives you a list, of all the different files that you can place, inside…

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