Hi there!
In this video, we’ll be talking about object styles in InDesign.
Object Styles is used to quickly format graphics and frames.
It includes settings for stroke, color, transparency, drop shadows, paragraph styles, text wrap,
and more.
I’ll be demonstrating formatting of two different settings using object styles, so
let’s get started.
I already have text ready for you, so let’s bring the object styles panel.
To do that, you’ve got to go to window, and then styles, and select object styles.
Now, let’s place an image to our document, so go to file, and then place, and locate
the image from the computer, and hit open.
Click anywhere on the document, to place the image.
Since our image is too large, let’s zoom out, and holding shift and command, on a Mac,
or shift and control, on a PC, click and drag the bottom-right anchor point inward to make
your image smaller.
Now let’s zoom-in.
I’ll have to further shorten the image, to about this size, and then place it in the
center of the document.
Since it’s an image, and it’s considered an object as well, we’ll have to create
an object style, based on the dimensions of this image, so with the image selected, click
the small plus button, at the bottom of the object styles panel.
Click the new style, and rename it ‘image.’
Now double-click it, and on the left side of the panel, scroll to reach the ‘size
and position options.’
Click it, and from the size adjust option, select ‘height and width.’
What you see right below this, is the dimensions of our image.
Let’s look for ‘frame fitting options’, on the left, and click it.
From the ‘fitting’ dropdown menu, select ‘fit content to frame’ option, and then
hit okay.
It’s time to move to page 2, and then go to file, and then place, and locate the image
from the computer, and hit open.
Click anywhere on the screen, to place the image, and obviously, the image is too large,
to fit into our document, but don’t worry!
Our object style is going to take care of that, so with the image still selected, click
the ‘image’ object style we created, and the image will shrink, in a jiffy.
Let’s center-align our image, and then head back to the first page.
I’m sure by now, you’ve realized that both our images are on top of the text, and
we need to change that, so click the first image once again, and hit the small plus button
at the bottom of the object styles panel, to create another style.
Click the new style, to rename it ‘text wrap.’
Double-click it, and look for ‘text wrap and other’ option on the left.
Click it once, and you shall find the text wrapping options, right before you.
Click the ‘wrap around bounding option’, which is the second one from the left, and
the moment it’s clicked, the text hidden under the image, rolls itself around it, but
it’s touching the borders of the image, so to fix that, let’s add some offset to
it.
I think ‘p6’ should solve our purpose, and then hit okay.
Let’s move to the second image, and you know what to do now.
Just select the image, and click the ‘text wrap’ object style, and it shall obey your
command, almost instantly.
So you see object styles, much like any other styles of InDesign, is a powerful tool, and
is mostly used when your document has any sort of repetitiveness to it, be it text,
shapes, or images.
You could see, it has a plethora of attributes, that can be easily customized, to enhance
your workflow, so do try some more from here.
Alright guys, that concludes our session, so it’s time for a short break, and I shall
see you in a bit.
Good bye!