From the course: Cert Prep: Adobe Certified Associate - InDesign
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Use the Page tool - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: Cert Prep: Adobe Certified Associate - InDesign
Use the Page tool
- [Instructor] For the ACA exam, you should be able to work with facing page documents for print projects and understand how to change page sizes with the page tool. So, for example, if I wanted to create a print book cover, I could make a three-page spread where the middle page was the spine of the book and the outer pages were the front and back covers. To do that, I'll create a new print document. It'll be letter-sized and in portrait orientation. I'll give it three pages and make sure they're facing pages starting on page two, so the first page is on the left side. I'll have one column and the margins will be zero all around and just because it's a print project, let's do it right and add a bleed. I'll add nine points on the top, bottom, and outside. I'll click the chain to unconstrain the measurements and switch the inside to zero and click Create. And if I zoom out a bit, I can see that I have three pages here. Now, what I want to do is use the Pages panel to drag the third page…
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