InDesign is able to "flow" text as body copy.

InDesign is a first-rate application for generating and editing text.

InDesign is a first-rate application for generating sophisticated typography.

It is wise to group the Character and Paragraph panels together.

All text is positioned in relation to a baseline.

By default, text is generated without a modified horizontal or a vertical scale.

A 100% Horizontal Scale means that text is twice as wide as its default setting.

A 200% Horizontal Scale changes the width of the selected text.

A 200% Horizontal Scale changes the height of the selected text.

A 150% Vertical Scale changes the width of the selected text.

A 200% Horizontal Scale and a 100% Vertical Scale changes both the width and height of the selected text.

Kerning and tracking are applied only for aesthetic reasons; to make text more appealing visually.

Kerning increments are very fine. Therefore, it’s usually less important to kern large text, such as headlines.

An em space is a fixed measurement; the width of an Em space never varies.

When you apply a superscript, the selected character no longer appears on the same baseline.

When you apply a superscript, the selected character looks smaller.

InDesign provides a number of different options for underlining text.

The Underline command always applies a standard .5 point line under selected text.

To create an indent properly, modify the indent in the Paragraph panel or press the spacebar key five times at the beginning of a paragraph.

Only the first letter of a paragraph can be used as a drop cap.

Type size and type face can be saved as part of a Character style.

Indents and Space After values can be saved as part of a Paragraph style.

To apply a space after a block of text, use the ____ panel.

To track or kern a block of text, use the ____ panel.

To modify the horizontal scale on a block of text, use the ____ panel.

To modify the left indent on a block of text, use the ____ panel.

To add a drop cap to a block of text, use the ____ panel.

To modify the baseline of a selected single line of text, use the ____ panel.

To modify the leading of selected text, use the ____ panel.

To skew a block text, use the ____ panel.

In most cases, the Leading value is expressed in these units.

Horizontal and Vertical Scale are expressed as what?

Increasing the vertical scale ____.

Which of the following often requires kerning?

InDesign measures kerning and tracking by this unit of measure.

An em space is a unit of measure determined by what?

InDesign will track and kern to what minimum?

A small number used to denote a footnote is an example of what type of character formatting?

When you apply the Underline command to selected text, the thickness of the resulting underline is ____.

Which of the following is usually true of a "pull-quote?"

Case Based Critical Thinking

Katie is in charge of developing the print design and layout division of an ad agency. She is a meticulous designer and has a genuine love of typography; this is one reason why so many clients appreciate her and admire her work. In developing the new department, Katie is training a number of junior designers, and she’s hoping to train them to adopt her skills in their own work.

As part of typographical quality control, Katie insists that all headlines and display text in any layout must be seen by a senior designer before being sent out to the client; she does this so that the senior designer can approve the quality of the ____.

When laying out magazine pages for her clients, Katie knows that pages of text must always appear visually consistent. She insists that a consistent amount of space must be maintained between all paragraphs in the body copy. Therefore, she insists that her designers use the following method:

When laying out book pages for her clients, Katie’s design template includes an indent for the first paragraph of every chapter and the first paragraph after any section break in a chapter. To keep these indents visually consistent, she instructs her designers that the best way to do so is to do which of the following?

Part of Katie’s magazine page layout includes sections of body copy that will be underlined. The body copy in the magazine is always in the Bembo typeface at an 11.5 pt type size on 12.5 pts leading. She instructs her designers that, when underlining text, select the text then apply the Underline command. Katie assures them that the weight of the line will always be consistent because ____.

Being the head of laying out a major client’s monthly magazine, Katie uses Character styles and Paragraph styles to format specific headlines, sub-headlines, footnotes, body copy, and other page components. The benefit of doing this is ________.

Match each tool with its corresponding shortcut key.