Edit CBL case in InDesign

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Kimberly Beine
MD · CBL Director
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Open the case

Open the InDesign file in your Finder.

Navigate in the file

Find the page in the Pages palette on the right side of your screen.

Keyboard command: Cmd + J

Work in the Story Editor

Using the Selection tool ( black arrow), click the text box that you want to edit.

Using the Text tool, select the text that you want to edit (if applicable).

Go to Edit/Edit in Story Editor, and the window will open.

Show/find layers

Show or hide layers in the Layers palette by clicking the  Eye icon.

Hint: The layer that an object is on is indicated by its color.

    • Top layer (usually royal blue or teal): facilitator
    • Middle layer (red): student 
    • Bottom layer (blue): running text + popups

Put notes on the pasteboard

Put notes to Heather on the pasteboard. 

Zoom out if needed (cmd + – [minus]) to see the pasteboard.

Click the Text tool (on the left side of the screen), then click and drag a new text box.

If it should be anchored to a certain page, put a little bit of the text box in the margin of the page.

Open the Pages or Layer palette

If your Workspace doesn’t open them automatically: Go to Window, then choose whichever palette you need.

Keyboard commands

Bold: Cmd + Shift + B

Undo the last action: Cmd + Z

Text tool: Press T on the keyboard

Switch pages: Cmd + J, then enter the page number

Go to the Selection tool ( black arrow): Esc

If you accidentally lose all of your guidelines: Make sure you’re on the Selection tool and not on any objects, then press W on the keyboard.