Liquid Layout When InDesign converts a layout to new dimensions, it resizes and repositions objects based on Liquid Layout rules you defined or chose for each page or object. folio file (used by Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite for generating an iPad app), both the horizontal and vertical layouts are automatically included. This item will resize in both height and width, with its top left corner “pinned” to the page (to not move). The Liquid Layout panel provides controls over how every page object, or the entire page, is handled when InDesign re-shapes it for new page dimensions. Helpfully, InDesign duplicates the styles from the original layout into the new layout-you can change them in the new layout, and it won’t affect the styles in your original layout. You can control the way InDesign handles the conversion of page objects to the Alternate Layout by adjusting the Liquid Layout rules, and by customizing the text styles in the new layout. Once you create the Alternate Layout, it behaves exactly the same as any other InDesign layout-but new objects added to the original layout are not duplicated on the Alternate Layout. This is handy for generating a horizontal iPad layout from a vertical layout, for example. Now, you get the option of letting InDesign re-shape the existing content to an appropriate size for the new pages, or simply copy everything as-is onto the new pages.
These two layouts exist within one InDesign document, and are shown side-by-side using the new Split Window feature. This ad is intended for an iPad magazine, and is shown in both its vertical and horizontal orientations.
With CS6, you can add one or more alternate-sized layouts to an existing InDesign document, and InDesign copies your existing content onto the new page size. Adaptive Design tools include Alternate Layouts, Liquid Layout, and Linked Content.Īlternate Layouts Before CS6, if InDesign users needed to produce multiple dimensions and formats for one publication, they had to create and maintain separate documents or duplicate objects onto multiple page sizes in a single document. Adobe’s new Adaptive Design tools promise to make that process easier. Because of the popularity of the iPad and other mobile devices of various sizes and configurations, designers now commonly create multiple layouts that share the same content. While designers have always been called on to reformat existing projects to accommodate new page formats and dimensions (such as creating a printed ad from a Web page or vice versa), the demand has never been as prevalent as it is today. Here are the highlights of the new InDesign CS6.
InDesign takes over many tedious and time-consuming tasks, from gathering and saving content to mocking up pages for different devices, so designers can concentrate on the creative process rather than on mechanics. As an increasing number of designers now cross the divide between print and Web-and further between Web, tablet, smart phone, and a vast number of devices where designs must hold their own-Adobe has crafted InDesign CS6 to be the workhorse to carry the heavy load.
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