Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 15)

9 USING INDESIGN
What’s new
Last updated 11/16/2011
Favor the selected object If you select one of several overlapping page items and begin dragging, the selected object
remains selected. To select a different item, simply click a portion of that different item that is not overlapping or
intersecting the currently selected item.
Live Distribute When transforming multiple selected objects, InDesign CS5 lets you proportionally resize the space
between the selected items instead of resizing the actual items. See “ Distribute objects using Live Distribute ” on
page 428.
Reordering of the Transformation Tools The Rotate, Scale, and Shear tools appear under the Free Transform tool in
the Tools panel. You can rotate, resize, and scale objects without having to switch from the Selection tool.
Gap tool
The Gap tool provides a quick way to adjust the size of a gap between two or more items. The Gap tool is a one-step
way to adjust your layout by directly manipulating the whitespace. See “
Align objects using the Gap tool ” on page 427.
Paragraphs that span or split columns
In InDesign CS5, you can make a paragraph span multiple columns without creating separate text frames. You can
also split a paragraph into multiple columns within the same text frame. See “
Create paragraphs that span or split
columns ” on page 267.
Keep with previous
The Keep Options dialog box now has a Keep With Previous option that keeps the first line of the current paragraph
with the last line of the previous paragraph. See “
Control paragraph breaks using Keep Options ” on page 263.
Balanced columns
The Balance Columns setting in the Text Frame Options dialog box lets you automatically balance text across columns
in a multiple column text frame. See “
Add columns to a text frame ” on page 131.
Vertical justification in non-rectangular frames
In previous versions of InDesign, applying a non-rectangular text frame causes vertical justification settings to be
ignored. In InDesign CS5, you can apply both vertical justification and corner effects and other irregular-shaped
frames. See “
Align or justify text vertically within a text frame ” on page 267.
Live corner effects
Click the yellow square that appears near the upper right corner of a selected frame to apply corner effects to
rectangular frames. In addition, you can now apply a different corner effect and a different corner radius to each
corner. See “
Use Live Corners ” on page 363.
Swatches in Control panel
You can apply swatches to objects directly in the Control panel. Select an object and choose the swatch from the Fill
or Stroke menu in the Control panel. You can also drag the current color swatch displayed in the Control panel and
apply it to other objects. See “
Apply color ” on page 465.
Grid place enhancements
When placing multiple files, simply start dragging, and then use the arrow keys to change the number of columns and
rows of the placed images. While dragging, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and press arrow keys
to change the gutter space. See “
Place multiple graphics ” on page 383 and “ Create contact sheets ” on page 388.