Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 43)

INDESIGN CS3
User Guide
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Enter values in panels and dialog boxes
Panels and dialog boxes use the measurement units and increments defined in the Edit > Preferences > Units &
Increments (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Units & Increments (Mac OS) dialog box. However, you can
specify values using any of the supported measurement units at any time by temporarily overriding the current
preference settings.
❖ Do any of the following:
• Type a value in the box, and then press Enter or Return.
• Drag the slider.
• Drag the dial.
• Click the arrow buttons in the panel to change the value.
• Click in the box and then use the up or down arrow keys on the keyboard to change the value.
• Select a value from the menu associated with the box.
Note: When you make a change using the arrow buttons, arrow keys, or pop-up menus, InDesign applies the change
immediately.
See also
“Rulers and measurement units” on page 45
Setting preferences
About preferences and defaults
Preferences include settings such as panel positions, measurement options, and display options for graphics and
typography. Preference settings specify how InDesign documents and objects behave initially.
Default settings are used for every new document or object you create. For example, you can specify the default font
and other type specifications for all new documents or text frames.
Numerous program preferences and default settings are stored in the Adobe InDesign preferences files, called
InDesign Defaults and InDesign SavedData. Both of these defaults files are saved each time you exit from InDesign.
Note: InDesign preference settings are fully scriptable. To share a consistent set of preferences across user groups, develop
a script to set the preferences, and then have all users in the group run the script on their computers. Don’t copy and paste
one user’s preferences files onto another computer, as doing so might cause application instability. For more information
about scripting, see the Scripting Guide on the InDesign CS3 DVD.
Set general preferences
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > General (Mac OS), and then
choose the type of preferences you want to specify.
2 In the Page Numbering section, choose a page numbering method from the View menu.
3 In the Font Downloading and Embedding section, specify a threshold to trigger font subsetting based on the
number of glyphs a font contains. This setting affects font downloading options in the Print and Export dialog boxes.