Working with Pictures

In InDesign, any image that you import into a layout ‚ whether it's a digital photograph, chart, or line drawing ‚ is referred to as a picture. Pictures go inside picture frames ‚ either one you create before you place a picture, or one that InDesign creates automatically when you import a picture but have no frame selected. Once a picture is inside a frame, you can change its size and placement.

1. Click and hold on the Rectangle Frame tool.

2. Position the pointer on the page, then click and drag to create a rectangular picture frame of any shape.

   The new frame is selected, as indicated by the white handles. If the frame becomes deselected in the following steps, click on it to select it.

3. To size the frame precisely, type the following values in the Control palette: X: 22p8 , Y: 30p8 , W: 25p4 , H: 25p4 .

4. To import a picture, choose File ‚ Place, or press z +D or Ctrl+D.

5. Locate a graphic file such as a TIFF, JPEG, GIF, or EPS as shown in Figure QS-16; select it and click Open .

   
   Figure QS-16: Choose File ‚ Place, or press z +D or Ctrl+D, to import graphics into frames.

6. If necessary, highlight the Scale X Percentage field in the Control palette. Type a new scale such as 80%.

   The Scale Y Percentage field should change to the same value as long as the two fields are locked (a chain icon appears to their right; if the chain is open, click the icon to lock the two fields).

   You can also resize the image to fit the frame by choosing Object ‚ Fitting ‚ Fit Content Proportionally (Option+Shift+ z +E or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E).

7. Add a runaround to the image so text does not run to the image: Choose Window ‚ Type & Tables ‚ Text Wrap, or press Option+ z +W or Ctrl+Alt+W, to get the pane shown in Figure QS-17. Select the Wrap Around Bounding Box icon (the second from the left), and set the wrap margins in the four fields (there's one for each side) to 0p6.

   
   Figure QS-17: Set text wrap with the Text Wrap pane.

8. Import a logo graphic for the first frame you created and size it to fit, as shown in Figure QS-17.

   It doesn't have to fill the whole width of that frame.

   Cross-Reference ‚  

   For more information about working with pictures, see Part V: Graphics Fundamentals.