InDesign, with its ever tightening integration into Adobe's full suite of creative products and its own increasingly sophisticated feature set, is transforming the way designers work. For many major magazines, newspapers, publishers, advertising agencies, and graphic design firms, InDesign is now their layout and design software of choice.
With the release of InDesign CS2, Adobe is set to further entrench its position as the technology leader in this space. For all those who want to join the InDesign revolution, this is the book for you! Whether you are new to page layout and want to learn InDesign from the ground up, or you are an experienced Quark or Pagemaker user who wants to make the switch, this guide from professional Adobe software trainer Brian Wood will teach you the inner workings of this powerful page layout program.
Using a combination of project-based lessons (the files for which are included on the companion CD-ROM), insider tips, detailed figures and screen shots, and QuickTime movie tutorials, this full-color volume walks you through all of InDesign's features, including those new to CS2: the Adobe Bridge, drag and drop text editing, defining layers from Photoshop filesnew text formatting options, improved color management, and much more.
You'll also learn how to navigate the user interface, set up documents, work with text and type, add color, bring in graphics, create InDesign vector artwork, create layers, work with tables, and prepare your work for output. Filled with useful tips throughout, this book will give any InDesign CS2 user the competitive edge--showing you how to work better, smarter, and faster.
1. Getting Started
2. Interface
3. Setting Up Documents
4. Working with Text
5. Typography in InDesign
6. Type Styles
7. Working with Color
8. Bringing in Graphics
9. Vector Artwork
10. Pages, Master Pages, and Layers
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