This tool is used to draw ovals and circles.
To use the Oval tool, follow the steps.
1. Click the Oval Tool( O) on the tools panel.
2. From the Property Inspector panel, select the desired stroke colour, thickness, style and fill colour of the oval.
3. Position the mouse pointer on the stage where you want the oval. The mouse pointer changes to a plus sign(+). Keeping the mouse button pressed, drag the mouse to draw the oval.
4. Release the mouse button when you get an oval of the desired size. You can also draw a circle using the Oval Tool by just pressing and holding the Shift key while dragging the mouse.

There are two ways to view the online video clips.
Because of variations in browsers and operating systems, both methods might not work for all individuals. However, one of the two methods should work if you have the Windows Media Player installed.
1. Click on the link to the video. Depending on what your plug-in settings are in your browser, Windows Media Player may launch. and begin downloading the video clip. The video should begin to play after enough is downloaded for it to play smoothly.
2. Right click (PC) or click and hold (Mac) the link to the video. Choose "Save Target As .." (It) or "Save Link As ..." (Netscape) to save the file. Make sure that the correct file type is selected in the drop down list below the file name. After the file has been saved to your computer, double click on it to launch it in Windows Media Player. If your computer is not set up to launch the player upon double clicking, first open Windows Media Player and then choose "File" and "Open" to load the video clip. Press the play button to begin playing.

Internet Explorer for Windows.
(i) Browse normally to the web page you want as your home page.
(ii) Pull down the "Tools" menu of Internet Explorer.
(iii) Select "Internet Options."
(iv) The "General" tab appears. 
(v) You'll see the "Home page" box at the top.
(vi) Click the "Use Current" button in that box.
(vii) Click "OK."
(viii) Close and open Internet Explorer. You should see your new home page.

Multimedia authoring tools make it easier to create full scale multimedia projects.
Fortunately, there are assortments of tools available to choose from.
1. Apple Media Tool
2. Astound 
3. Asymmetric Multimedia ToolBook1
4. Authorware
5. Cinemation
6. Course Builder
7. CT Professional
8. Digital Chisel
9. Director
10. Director Multimedia Studio
11. FireWalker
12. Formula Graphics 
13. HM-Card Hypermedia Authoring System
14. HyperCard
15. HyperPlus
16. Hyperstudio
17. HyperWriter
18. IconAuthor
19. Klik & Play
20. MediaLink
21. MM100
22. MovieWorks Interactive
23. mPower
24. mTropolis
25. Oracle Media Objects
26. Ozone
27. Pegasus
28. PowerMedia for Visual Basic
29. Quest
30. Shockwave
31. ShowBasic
32. Special Delivery
33. SuperCard

(i) Transform is a term used to describe the act of moving an object, scaling it, skewing it, or rotating it. You can do all of the above in the Transform or Control panels.
(ii) When you transform something, you change its appearance. For example, you can rotate an object 450 or scale an object 50% to make it half its original size.
(iii) The Transform commands in InDesign include Move, Scale, Rotate, Shear, and Flip. You can also transform objects using buttons on the Transform panel or the Control panel.
(iv) You can change the width and height of an object and its location on the page. Before you transform an object, you choose a reference point from which to transform it.
(v) This point is called the point of origin, and it is the point of the selected object that remains fixed during the transformation.
Transformation Basics:
There are many ways to transform an object in InDesign. Select the object using the Selection tool, then:
(i) Drag a selection handle to scale the object (but not necessarily the contents of that object).
(ii) Select a transformation tool from the Tools panel, set the center of transformation (if necessary), and drag the tool.
(iii) Display the Transform panel or Control panel and enter values in the panel field corresponding to the transformation you want to apply or choose a preset value from the pop-up menu associated with that field.
(iv)  Choose one of the "preset" rotation or reflection options from the Transform panel menu or Control panel menu. 
(v) Double-click one of the transformation tools in the Toolbox to display the corresponding transform dialog box (double-click the Rotate tool, for example, to display the Rotation dialog box).
(vi) Select the Free Transform tool, and drag the tool around the object.
(vii) Press keyboard shortcuts. There's no "right" or "best" way to do transformations-you can experiment with the different methods and see which you like best. We change methods depending on the situation (and our mood).

(i) When you press Ctrl-P, InDesign displays the Print dialog box. 
(ii) There are so many features packed into this dialog box that Adobe had to break it up into eight different panes, each listed along the left side of the dialog box:
(iii) General, Setup, Marks and Bleeds, Output, Graphics, Color Management, Advanced, and Summary.
Printers:
(i) Before you go anywhere in the Print dialog box, you've got to make one or two important decisions. 
(ii) First, you must choose from the options on the Printer pop-up menu, which lists the printers you have installed on your computer.
(iii) When you choose a printer, InDesign looks to the printer driver to see what PPD (PostScript Printer Description) file is associated with that printer, and it displays it-grayed out-in the PPD pop-up menu. In the case of a non-PostScript device, InDesign leaves this pop-up menu blank.
General: 
The General pane of the Print dialog box contains basic printing features: which pages do you want to print, how many copies do you want, and how do you want them to come out of the printer.


Copies: 
(i) Enter the number of copies of page you want to print in the Copies field. You can print up to 9999 copies of your publication.
Collate: 
(i) When you turn on the Collate option, InDesign prints the range of pages you've specified, in order, for each copy of the publication you print. This makes for much slower printing.
(ii) When you print  multiple copies of a page, your printer only needs to process each page once (and then prints multiple copies of the page using the same image); 
(iii) when you turn on the Collate option, your printer must process each page once for every copy of the print job.
Reverse Order: 
(i) When you print a multipage document, do you want the first page to come out first or last? Turning on the Reverse Order check box tells InDesign to print the last page first, then print "backwards" to the first page.
(ii) You'll want to turn this on if your pages come out of the laser printer face up.
Page Ranges:
(i) Turn on the All Pages option to print all of the pages in the publication.
(ii) To print a range of pages, turn on the Rang option. Enter the page range in the Range field as shown in the following Table.

Sequence:
(i) To print even and odd pages, select the All Pages option from the Sequence pop-up menu; to print even pages, select Even Pages Only; and to print odd pages select Odd Pages Only. 
(ii) These choices affect all page ranges, including page ranges you've entered in the Range field.
Print Master Pages:
(i) Sometimes you need to print your master pages instead of your document pages. No problem: Just turn on the Print Master Pages check box.
(ii) When you do this, you cannot specify page ranges. InDesign prints all the master pages in the document.
Print Blank Pages:
(i) What happens when you print a three-page document that has nothing. on page 2? By default, only pages 1 and 3 print out. If you want the blank page 2 to print, too, you'd better turn on the Print Blank Pages check box.
Print:
(i) Finally press the Print button to print the document.

Table 1.1 Keyboard Movement Keys

After created text in a text block, if you want to convert it to a frame. You can do this by using these steps.
(i) Draw the frame of your choice using one of the PageMaker's Frame tool.
(ii) Select the text block you want to insert in the frame.
(iii) Click the frame while pressing the Shift key. Now both elements will be selected.
(iv) Choose Element > Frame > Attach Content on the Menu bar.
(v)  Now the text appears in the frame.

Placing Text in a Frame

To place text in a Frame:
(i) Click on one of a Frame tool from the Toolbox.
(ii) Draw a frame with one of PageMaker's Frame. tools (Rectangle frame tool or Ellipse Frame Tool or Polygon frame Tool). Make sure the object remains selected.
(iii) Click on File. The File menu will appear.
(iv) Click on Place. The Place dialog box will appear.
(v)  Locate the document that contains the text you want to place, select it.
(vi) Click on Open.
(vii) Click in a frame to place the text in it. The text will be placed in the frame.