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• Direct Selection Tool:

  • Selects objects within objects, such as individual points on a path and objects inside groups or inside other objects
• Page Tool:

  • Allows you to select an entire page and rearrange it or resize it on your workspace
• Content Collector Tool:

  • Allows you to collect multiple pieces of content that you want to place either in the same document or in another InDesign document
  • Simply click on an object or click and drag to select multiple objects at the same time
• Content Placer:

  • Used to place objects collected with the Content Collector Tool either in the same document or in a different InDesign document
• Type Tool:

  • Basic tool to create a text box by clicking and dragging, then type within the box
• Type on a Path Tool:

  • Types text around an object that has already been created
• Line Tool:

  • Creates a line, hold shift while clicking and dragging to keep it straight horizontally, vertically, or at a 45-degree angle
• Pen Tool:

  • Used for drawing by clicking on points, considered one of the hardest tools to master
• Add Anchor Point Tool:

  • Adds anchor points to an existing pen selection, accessed through the Pen Tool
• Delete Anchor Point Tool:

  • Deletes anchor points from an existing pen selection, accessed through the Pen Tool
• Convert Direction Point Tool:

  • Toggles the direction point on an existing pen selection (corner point or curve point), accessed through the Pen Tool
• Pencil Tool:

  • Draws hard-edged freehand strokes on an image
• Smooth Tool:

  • Progressively smoothens a path with each pass, accessed through the Pencil Tool
• Erase Tool:

  • Erases line segments and points, accessed through the Pencil Tool
• Rectangle Frame Tool:

  • Creates an empty rectangular placeholder
• Ellipse Frame Tool:

  • Creates an empty elliptical placeholder, accessed through the Rectangle Frame Tool
• Polygon Frame Tool:

  • Creates an empty polygonal placeholder, accessed through the Rectangle Frame Tool
• Rectangle Tool:

  • Draws a rectangle
• Ellipse Tool:

  • Draws an ellipse, accessed through the Rectangle Tool
• Polygon Tool:

  • Draws a polygon, accessed through the Rectangle Tool
• Scissors Tool:

  • Cuts paths or points
• Rotate Tool:

  • Rotates objects to the specified angle
• Scale Tool:

  • Resizes an object
• Gradient Tool:

  • Applies or changes the gradient (a gradual transition between two colors)
• Gradient Feather Tool:

  • Changes the gradient so that it gradually softens in the specified direction, accessed through the Gradient Tool
• Free Transform Tool:

  • Allows you to drag an object to alter its scale, rotation, and location
• Note Tool:

  • Applies a note to a specified area of the document, useful for comments during the editing process
• Eyedropper Tool:

  • Samples formatting attributes from one area and allows you to apply them to another
• Measure Tool:

  • Calculates the distance between any two points in the work area, accessed through the Eyedropper Tool
• Hand Tool (Panning):

  • Repositions a page on-screen for optimal view
• Zoom Tool:

  • Magnifies or reduces the area of the page on-screen