Expert: Roy Wilhelm - 9/16/2010

Question
I am very new to ID, I have CS4 PC,  I cant figure out how to make my text a color,  just want to make certain words or sentences in red. used to use quarkxpress & it was really easy. would need easy instructions as I am very new to this.
thanks for your help!
June

Answer
Hi June!

Sure, this is an easy one. First, make sure your swatches palette is open. If you don't see it, go to Window > Swatches. You'll see that the software offers a handful of default swatches. You can create new swatches by clicking on the "New Swatch" button at the bottom of the palette. To change the color of text:

1. Highlight the text you want to change to another color.
2. Click on the swatch color you want to change the text color to.

Done!

Let me know if you have any follow up questions.


Roy