Hi, there in this video, we'll be talking about the grid of five feature gratify is a hidden feature
of InDesign.
I say hidden because it doesn't have a tool or even a menu item, so let's learn how to make use of
it.
I have this landscape blank document open here.
Now I'm going to grab the rectangle tool, and let's also change the color, the rectangle to read from
the toolbar above.
Now I'm going to click hold and drag to make a large rectangle, and without releasing the mouse, hit
the right arrow to divide the rectangle into two.
Keep hitting right arrow.
NHL keeps splitting the rectangle.
Similarly, hit the up arrow and it will split the rectangles vertically as well, making it look like
a grid.
At this point, I can very easily go back to have just one large rectangle, and to do that, all I
need to do is hit the left arrow three times to merge the rectangles horizontally and then the down
arrow three times to merge the rectangles vertically.
So remember, right and up arrows split the rectangles and down and left arrows put them back together.
Let's delete this rectangle, create another rectangle the same way and then hit the right hand up arrow
to split the rectangle.
It's much like we did earlier and don't release the mouse key yet.
Now hold command on a Mac or control on a PC, and then hits the right arrow a few times and you shall
find that the vertical spaces between the rectangles are increasing.
Similarly, using the command or control key hit the apparel and the horizontal spaces will increase.
Let's delete the shapes once again.
Let's drag to make another rectangle and using the same way, split them horizontally as well as vertically,
and then release the mouse key.
Now grab the Gap tool from the toolbar on the left.
Take it to one of the spaces.
Click and drag, and you shall find it expanding the whole column of rectangles.
So if you take it to the right, the column on the right shrinks while the left column expands.
Dragging the tool to the left would do just the opposite.
If you hold command on a Mac or control on a PC and then click and drag, it shall expand the space
in between when you drag it to the right and contracts the space when you drag it to the left.
If you hold option on a Mac or old on a PC and then click and drag, it locks the two columns of rectangles
as if they are one and then moves them as a single entity, either to the right or the left, depending
upon where you move them.
Holding shift and moving them will yield the same result as holding command and control.
You can use these commands vertically as well as illustrated lets delete them now.
Let's pick the line tool and holding shift.
Draw a straight line.
Now hold option on a Mac or alt on a PC and then click and drag to make another copy of this line.
While the copy is being made, don't release the mouse key yet.
It's either the right arrow or up arrow key to increase the number of lines.
Unlike the rectangles up, Arrow won't split the lines further.
You can always use the command option or shift keys on a Mac or control all to shift keys on a PC to
see how the lines react to them.
They yield pretty much the same result as with the rectangles.
Let us delete the lines now and pick the type tool and make a large text box and hit the right arrow
to split the text boxes into several pieces.
Now split them further, using the up arrow and then release the mouse key.
You see, the best part about these different text boxes is that they are linked.
So if I go to the first one here and click to type and then right click and select fill with placeholder
text.
All the text boxes get filled altogether.
Of course, if you want to use the Gap tool with the text boxes along with the keys we discussed, it
will all yield similar results as illustrated.
Let's delete the text boxes as well.
And finally, let's go to file and then place and locate six images on the computer and hit open.
Once the cursor is loaded with images, you can decide which one should be the first one to be dropped
onto the page by using the right arrow.
You'll find it shuffling the images as you click.
Once have fixed your mind on the first image, click and drag to make a large selection and then click
the right arrow twice to split the rectangle into three and then up Arrow once to split the rectangles
further into six and then release the mouse.
You shall find all the six images plays perfectly into their frames.
If you want to reduce the spaces on top and bottom of the images, have all the images selected and
then right click on any of the images and then go to fitting and then fit frame to content, and your
frames will contract themselves to the size of the images.
So, guys, that's the great defining feature of InDesign to make your life easy and efficient.
All right, guys, that concludes of a session, and I'm going to see you in the next one momentarily.
Goodbye.