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Adobe InDesign Masterclass

You're reading from   Adobe InDesign Masterclass A comprehensive guide to taking your digital design skills from beginner to professional

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803247441
Length 408 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mohammed Jogie Mohammed Jogie
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: InDesign Fundamentals
2. Chapter 1: Exploring InDesign FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Working with Text and Shapes 4. Part 2: Beyond the Basics
5. Chapter 3: Designing Social Media Posts 6. Chapter 4: Designing with Text and Tables 7. Chapter 5: An Overview of Color Models 8. Chapter 6: Working with Graphics and Color 9. Chapter 7: Transparency and Effects: Part 1 10. Chapter 8: Transparency and Effects: Part 2 11. Part 3: Advanced Techniques
12. Chapter 9: Advanced Typography 13. Chapter 10: Preparing Documents for Professional Print 14. Chapter 11: Multimedia, Interactivity, and AI 15. Chapter 12: Help and Troubleshooting 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Generating QR codes

We’ll close out this chapter by creating a QR code for our design. InDesign offers numerous options for QR codes, ranging from web links to digital business cards. Follow these steps:

  1. Choose the Selection tool Graphical user interface, application  Description automatically generated. Click off the page to deselect all objects on the page.
  2. Choose Object menu | Generate QR Code. Choose Web Hyperlink from the Type dropdown. Type in a URL. We’ve typed www.packt.com.
  3. Click the Color tab and select Paper. This will render our QR code in white. Click OK. The cursor will change to a place gun.
  4. Click and drag in the space to the left of the logo to place the QR code in that location. Drag out till the X and Y values read around 125%. Then, release the mouse. Voila! The QR code is placed into our design.
  5. To ensure that the QR code and the social icons are aligned with the logo, we’ll select all the elements with the Selection tool Graphical user interface, application  Description automatically generated by clicking on them with the Shift key held in.
  6. Release the Shift...
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