How to Insert a Photo Using Adobe InDesign

InDesign can be used to lay out magazines, newspapers and digital publications.

Adobe InDesign is a desktop-publishing program that can be used to create graphic- and text-rich layouts for magazines, newspapers, newsletters and digital publications. One of the most basic actions in InDesign is inserting an image into a document; in the software, this is done using the "Place" command. You can place a photo anywhere on the page -- just use the mouse or arrow keys to move it to the desired location in your layout.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

1. Launch InDesign and open the document into which you want to place a photo.

2. Press "Ctrl+D" to open the Place dialog menu. You can also click "File" and select "Place" to access this menu.

3. Click on the file name of the image you want to insert, then click "Open." A preview of the image appears next to your cursor in the InDesign document.

4. Click anywhere in the document to place the picture. You can then drag the image to a different location in the document using your mouse or the arrow keys on your keyboard.

Tips & Warnings

• Place multiple images by holding down the "Ctrl" key and clicking to select each image you want to insert. Click inside the document to insert the first image and click again to place each subsequent image.

References

• For Dummies; InDesign CS5 for Dummies Cheat Sheet; Galen Gruman; May 2010

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish