Switching from PageMaker to InDesign CS2
Dragging and dropping assets with the Bridge works both ways. With InDesign CS2, you can
drag one or more objects on a page (text, images, or InDesign objects) into Bridge to create a
snippet file to share with colleagues or to reuse in other InDesign documents. To reuse the con-
tents of that snippet, simply drag and drop it into another InDesign layout. When you reimport
the snippet, InDesign recreates the objects, any applied formatting, and the relative positioning
of the objects on a page.
If you right-click (Windows) or Ctrl+click (Mac OS) on an asset, the context menu displays
several options for interacting with that asset. For example, you can:
• Open the selected asset in the application you have running or in another application.
• Open the folder in which the asset is stored in the Mac OS Finder or in Windows Explorer.
• Move the asset to the Trash.
• Apply a label to the asset so it’s easier to filter.
• You can even choose to rotate selected image assets to see them at different angles.
It’s easy to drag and drop assets from Bridge (shown here in Compact mode) into an InDesign layout.
Additional features of Adobe Bridge
In addition to browsing assets for quick and easy placement into InDesign layouts, you can use
Bridge for a variety of other purposes:
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Display files in a number of different views.
The View menu in Bridge offers several options for
viewing files: Thumbnails view displays a grid of preview images with minimal file information;
Filmstrip view displays an enlarged view of the selected asset and a filmstrip-like view of other
assets; Details view displays a list of thumbnails with detailed file information; and Versions
And Alternates View displays a list of assets with any available alternates (if you’re using a
Version Cue file management workflow). The View menu also includes commands for showing
and hiding the five available panels—Favorites, Folders, Preview, Metadata, and Keywords—
and you can display all files, only graphic files, only camera raw files, or only vector files.
