Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 368)

360 USING INDESIGN CS4
Graphics
InDesign (.indd) import options
InDesign preserves the layout, graphics, and typography in a placed INDD file. However, the file is treated as an object,
and you can’t edit it, although you can control the visibility of layers and choose which pages of a multi-page INDD
file to import.
When you place an InDesign file and select Show Import Options in the Place dialog box, you’ll see a dialog box
containing the following options:
Show preview Preview a page before you place it. You can type a page number or click the arrows to preview a page
in a multi-page document.
Pages Specify the pages you want to place: the page displayed in the preview, all pages, or a range of pages.
Crop to Specify how much of the page or pages to place, the page itself or the bleed or slug areas on the pasteboard.
Place multiple graphics
The Place command lets you import more than one item at a time.
1 Create frames for the graphics if you want to place some or all of them in frames.
2 Choose File > Place, and select files.
You can select graphics files, text files, InDesign files, and other files you can add to InDesign documents.
3 Optionally, select Show Import Options, click Open, and specify the import options for each file. (See “ Import
options for graphics ” on page 356.)
A thumbnail image of the first graphic you selected appears next to the loaded graphics icon. A number next to the
loaded graphics icon tells you how many graphics are ready for importing. The names of the graphics appear in the
Links panel, with the letters LP (for “loaded in place cursor”) next to the frontmost graphic.
Placing four files into placeholder frames
Press an arrow key to cycle through the graphics; press Esc to unload the frontmost graphic from the loaded graphics
icon without placing it in InDesign.
Note: You can keep thumbnail images from appearing in the loaded graphics icon if displaying the images slows down
your computer. In the Interface area of the Preferences dialog box, deselect Show Thumbnails On Place.
4 Do one of the following:
• To import into a new frame, click the loaded graphics icon where you want the upper left corner of the graphic to
appear.
Updated 18 June 2009