Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 68)

62 USING INDESIGN
Layout
Last updated 11/16/2011
Tips for using Smart Guides
❖ Smart Guides take effect only on page items and intersections that are in the current page view. If you have many
objects on a page and are trying to align an object to another object or objects in particular, zoom in on that area
specifically.If you don’t want Smart Guides to snap to column guides, turn off Snap To Guides temporarily by
choosing View > Grids & Guides > Snap To Guides.The Smart Guides feature is accurate regardless of zoom
percentage, so it isn’t necessary to zoom in to see if two objects are really aligned at their left edges, for example.
Pages and spreads
For detailed information and instructions, click the links below.
About pages and spreads
When you select the Facing Pages option in the File > Document Setup dialog box, document pages are arranged in
spreads. A spread is a set of pages viewed together, such as the two pages visible whenever you open a book or
magazine. Every InDesign spread includes its own pasteboard, which is an area outside a page where you can store
objects that aren’t yet positioned on a page. Each spread’s pasteboard provides space to accommodate objects that
bleed, or extend past the edge of a page.
Pages panel
A. Page icons B. Page with master “A” applied C. Selected spread
In a long document, you can move to a page quickly by choosing Layout > Go To Page.
Change the page and spread display
The Pages panel provides information about and control over pages, spreads, and masters (pages or spreads that
automatically format other pages or spreads). By default, the Pages panel displays thumbnail representations of each
page’s content.
1 If the Pages panel isn’t visible, choose Window > Pages.
2 Choose Panel Options in the Pages panel menu.
3 In the Icons section, specify which icons appear next to the page thumbnails in the Pages panel. These icons indicate
whether transparency or page transitions have been added to a spread, and whether the spread view is rotated.
4 In the Pages and Masters sections:
• Select an icon size for pages and masters.
A
B
C