How to Put Shadow on Text in InDesign
Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing application that you can use to create newsletters, fliers, posters, brochures, books and magazines. You can combine text and images to create professional print projects. When you add a shadow effect, called a "drop shadow," to text, you can make the text jump out at the viewer, almost as if the text was hovering above the printed page. Drop-shadow effects can add style to your text, and set your print projects apart from the competition.
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Instructions
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Launch Adobe InDesign and open a design project file.
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Click the "Selection Tool" in the toolbar on the left-hand side of the program window.
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Click to select the text frame to which you wish to add a shadow effect. You will include all text within the frame in the shadow effect. Click and drag the mouse cursor to select multiple text frames.
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Click the "Object" menu at the top of the program window. Click "Effects," and click to select "Drop Shadow."
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Click to select "Text" from the "Settings for:" menu, and click to place a check mark in the "Drop Shadow" box, if necessary.
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Click to select "Multiply" from the "Blending mode" menu. Click to select a transparency for the shadow effect.
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Click to highlight the "Distance" text field and press the up or down arrow on your keyboard to change how far the text appears to be hovering over the page. Click the angle dial to change the angle of the drop shadow effect.
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Click to place a check mark in the "Use Global Light" box to set the shadow effect for the whole document to the same angle, which simulates a realistic light source.
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Click "OK" to apply the drop shadow settings to the selected text.
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