Often, a better approach is to click-and-drag to create a graphics frame at approximately the size that you want and then use some keyboard shortcuts and your selection tools to quickly control your final image size and placement. And depending upon which tool you have selected, this circumstance may lead to even further frustration (more on tools below). This often leads to frustration and time wasted resizing the images. This may be okay if the dimensions of your image aren’t too large, but may be a rude awakening if you’re placing a 24×26″ digital camera image whose output dimensions you’ve not yet resized in Photoshop. If you simply click on the page with this Loaded Graphics icon, your graphic will be placed at 100% size, and where you initially clicked will be established as the upper-left corner of the image. Once you activate the Place command, a small Loaded Graphics icon appears. Let’s assume the simplest case: Nothing is selected on your InDesign document. What happens next depends upon what’s currently selected on your page, which tool is active, and what you do with the Loaded Graphics icon that appears-so it pays to have a plan. The fastest way to place an image in an InDesign page is to use the keyboard shortcut Command-D (PC: Control-D) to activate the Place command. When working in InDesign, knowing a few shortcuts and keeping track of which tool you’re using will help you work faster and easier.

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