Downloading the lesson files

Hi Marcel:

After I've extracted the file and open the lesson files on the InDesign software only the InDesign doc is visable.

That's normal on Windows. When you choose File > Open, Windows only shows the files that can be opened by InDesign (i.e., the files with the .indd extensions.) This is because you can't open .jpgs, .pngs, .psds, etc. in InDesign. To access them, you will need to use File > Place as you will learn in Lesson 3.

There are several InDesign instructors who volunteer on this forum and teach from that workbook. If you get stuck, just start a new thread with the question and include the page number, step number and a screen shot. We will be able to get you back on track.

~Barb

Is this the Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book lesson files? You need to unzip them. In Windows, you an open a zipped folder to look at it—which makes my students think that the folder is unzipped—but you cannot access the files through InDesign (or the linked graphics) until you actually right click and unzip the folder.

~Barb