Before continuing with this post, please read the blog post "InDesign Preferences". Once you have followed those steps, come on back to this post and follow these directions. Thanks.
Ok lets get started at setting up your InDesign file for your new project.
Creating a New Document
With InDesign open, go to the "File" menu and navigate to "New" and select "Document…".
Note: The quickest and easiest way to open a new document in InDesign (and any other Adobe Program) is the keyboard shortcut "command N".
After selecting "Document…" you will be presented with the "New Document" window pane.
If your window looks like the image below, please click "More Options" before continuing.
After clicking "More Options" your window should look like the image below…
Making changes to your document's specifications.
In this window we are going to change the following items: "Number of Pages", "Page Size", and "Bleed" (highlighted in the image below).
Our specifications for this project.
1. "Number of Pages" to 16.
2. "Page Size" 4.75 x 7 inches (vertical).
3. "Bleed" of .125 inches all the way around.
If you have edited the "New Document" window correctly it will look like the image below.
Click "OK" to create your New Document.
Your InDesign workspace should look like this…
STOP.
Before you do anything else, we need to save our document.
Go to the "File" menu and select "Save As".
A new window will open.
Change the nomenclature of the file to "first-last-Brochure" and navigate to where you wish to save your file and click "Save".
Note: To save a file for use in an older version of InDesign, you will need to go to the "File" menu and select "Export…". This will open a new window where you will choose the "Format", which should be set to an "IDML" file. Remember "old will always open in new, new never in old".
Congratulations you are now ready to move onto the next step, before starting your design.
