Real World Adobe InDesign CS4- P14: The book uses Robert Slimbach’s Minion Pro, an Adobe OpenType face, which was particularly useful when moving files across platforms. Code samples are set in Lucas de Groot’s TheSansMonoCondensed. A few other fonts were used for example characters. | 378 REAL WORLD ADOBE INDESIGN CS4 spread Select the object that has the effects you want then drag the little fx icon from the Effects panel and drop it on another object. You can also drag the fx icon from one item in the Effects panel to another. If you applied a drop shadow to Object but intended to only apply it to Text you can drag the icon down to Text. If you re going to be using the same effects throughout your document use object styles see Chapter 6 Where Text Meets Graphics . Editing or To remove an effect open the Effects dialog box and turn off the Removing Effects checkbox next to the effect. To remove all the effects quickly choose Clear Effects from the Effects panel menu. To remove all the effects and any opacity or blending modes applied to your selected object choose Clear Transparency from the same menu. Drawing Conclusions Earlier in this chapter we noted that we found the process of creating a path using Bezier drawing tools confusing at first. As we worked with the tools however we quickly adapted to the new paradigm. Too quickly. Almost as if the tools were part of our nervous systems or buried somewhere deep in our genes. After extensive research involving a tabloid newspaper and far too much coffee we discovered that drawing itself is nothing less than an extraterrestrial plot forced on us in classical antiquity by evil space gods to some cosmic purpose which we cannot as yet reveal. 391 08 04 2009 05 55 13 . Where Text Meets Graphics Pi w Ph E o 6 Ole laments I haven t looked at the PageMaker documentation recently. I don t have to it is forever burned into my memory. A feature of that manual s design was a rule drawn below a particular and very common heading. I know this because I was one of the four people who put those rules there. For every one of those headings one of us had to zoom in measure from the baseline of the text in the heading position a ruler guide and then draw a rule. When the
