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Using the slug area for notes

Using the slug area for notes - InDesign Tutorial

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Using the slug area for notes

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- [Instructor] If you plan to print hard copies of your presentation, you can add an area for notes next to each slide. This can be a nice feature for the presenter and/or the audience. So, let's see how to do that using InDesign's slug area feature. First, so we can see the notes better, I'm going to go to Preferences and in Interface preferences, I'm going to turn off Match Pasteboard to Theme Color. That way the pasteboard won't be the same medium dark as the rest of my interface here. Then I'll choose File, Document Setup, and in the dialogue box, I'll go to the Bleed and Slug settings here, and I can add a 250 pixels slug on either the left or right side. In this case, I'm going to put it on the right. I'll pan over, and I can see that slug area. And this is where our notes will go. Next, I'll add two layers to the document, one for audience notes and one for presenter notes. In the Layers panel, I'll Option or Alt…

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