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Drawing Tools
You can use the drawing tools to build lines or frames. We cover these in more detail when we discuss creating and editing shapes in Chapter 12.
Pen
Like both QuarkXPress and Illustrator, you use the Pen tools to create Bézier lines and frames. The basic Pen tool (press P) draws shapes, adds points on a path, or deletes points on a path (depending on what''s beneath the cursor). While InDesign offers several other tools "under" the Pen tool in the Tools palette, we never actually select them, because you can get them on the fly using keyboard shortcuts.
Pencil
You can use the Pencil tool (press N) for creating free-form paths, or for building framesbut only if you have a steady hand. Select the Smooth and Erase tools, hidden underneath the Pencil tool, to help create a perfect path. (We think that this tool is completely out of place in a page-layout application, but we suppose it''s nice to have the option.)
Line
When you simply need a straight line, the Line tool (press the backslash key) makes this easy. Although the Pencil or Pen tools will also work, they require a very steady hand or the use of modifier keys (like the Shift key) to keep your lines straight. InDesign doesn''t have a line tool that only draws horizontal and vertical lines, like XPress does, but you can just hold down Shift while dragging with this tool to constrain the line.
Frame
The three Frame tools (press F) allow you to draw rectangular, oval or polygon frames to contain text or graphics. You can draw a perfectly square or circular frame by holding down the Shift key when using the oval and rectangle tools. You can also draw a frame from the center of where you have clicked by holding down the Option/Alt key while drawing the frame.You can set the number of sides in the polygon by double-clicking on the Polygon tool prior to drawing with it. You can also draw a specific size rectangle or oval frame by clicking once on the page after selecting either of these tools.
Shape
The Shape tools work identically to the Frame tools, however the frames created by the Shape tools have a default stroke (border) around them, and you can only select these shapes by clicking on the perimeter of the frame or their non-printing center point. While they are intended to serve as graphical elements and not frames, shapes and frames are really interchangeableyou can place text or graphics inside of objects created with either the Shape or Frame tools. We find the overlap of these tools to be confusing for first time InDesign users, and maybe the folks at Adobe will find something better to take the place of the drawing tools.
