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Editing graphics in their original app

Editing graphics in their original app - InDesign Tutorial

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Editing graphics in their original app

- [Instructor] What happens after you put an image on your page and then realize you need to edit the image somehow. For example, I'd like to change the color of the text in this logo on the right. Well, I could switch to illustrator and then open the logo assuming I know where it saved on desk. But since I'm looking at it here on InDesign, it's far easier to use a feature in InDesign called Edit Original. And like so many other features in InDesign you can find the edit original in several different places. For example, you could select that image and then go to the edit menu and choose edit original. Or you could open a links panel and then click on this little pencil icon down here. That pencil icon is the edit original button. But the fastest way to get to edit original is just a option double click or alt double click on the image. That's all you need to do. If you option double click or alt double click on this…

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