Switching from PageMaker to InDesign CS2
PageMaker Term
InDesign CS2 Term
Rounded corners.
The Rounded Cor-
ners command lets you apply any of six
rounded corner styles to rectangles.
Corner effects.
You can use the Corner Effects command
(Object menu) to quickly apply any of five corner styles (Fancy,
Bevel, Inset, Inverse Rounded, or Rounded) to any path.
Build Booklet.
The Build Booklet plug-
in lets you automatically arrange pages
properly for printing multipage spreads.
ALAP InBooklet SE.
The InBooklet SE plug-in enables
you to impose pages from a single InDesign CS2 document
with complete control over margins, gaps, bleed, creep, and
crossover traps (choose File > InBooklet).
Align command.
The Align command
lets you align objects in relation to one
another and then evenly distribute the
spaces between the objects.
Align palette.
In InDesign CS2, the Align palette (Window
> Object & Layout > Align) provides the same functionality
as the Align command in PageMaker.
Expert Tracking.
The Expert Track-
ing command lets you apply any of six
tracking options to decrease or increase
the amount of space between letters
and words.
Tracking.
The Tracking field in the Character palette (Type
> Character) and the Control palette (Window > Control)
lets you apply positive tracking values to increase the space
between letters and words or negative tracking values to
decrease the amount of space. In InDesign CS2, tracking and
kerning are both measured in 1/1000 em, a unit of measure
that is relative to the current font size.
Kerning.
PageMaker provides three
options for kerning (adjusting the space
between character pairs): automatic,
manual, and expert kerning.
Kerning.
The Kerning field in the Character palette (Type
> Character) and the Control palette (Window > Control)
lets you apply metrics kerning or optical kerning, or you
can specify a custom kerning value. Metrics kerning uses
the kern pairs—information about the spacing of specific
pairs of letters—included with most fonts. InDesign CS2
uses metrics kerning by default so that specific pairs are
automatically kerned when you import or type text. Optical
kerning adjusts the spacing between adjacent characters
based on their shapes. You can apply a custom kerning
value between two characters to adjust spacing as needed.
Setting defaults and preferences
Both PageMaker and InDesign CS2 ship with preset specifications, called
defaults,
that determine
how certain features work. For example, you can specify the default font used for newly created
text frames or the default stroke width, style, and color for newly created frames. Preferences
are a subset of defaults that control several aspects of both programs, such as the horizontal and
vertical measurement systems, the display quality of graphics, and the font and size used by the
Story Editor.
The Preferences commands in InDesign CS2 are located on the Edit menu (Windows) or the
InDesign menu (Mac OS). InDesign CS2 includes many of the same preferences as PageMaker,
plus many additional options that aren’t available in PageMaker. While PageMaker has four
dialog boxes with preference options (General, Online, Layout Adjustment, and Trapping),
InDesign CS2 offers 14 panels of preferences within its main Preferences dialog box. The additional
options available in InDesign CS2 enable you to customize the program to suit your personal
preferences and work habits to a much greater extent.
