InDesign CS3 For Dummies
by Gruman, GalenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-04-30
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary
Packed with the latest InDesign tips and techniques The secrets of InDesign page layout - explained in plain English! New to InDesign? Making the switch from QuarkXPressr? No worries - this easy-to-follow guide shows you how to master this electronic publishing tool, customize the interface, work with objects and graphics, calibrate color, create PDF files, and more. From pages, panels, and pictures to text, tabs, and tables, you'll design and output like a pro every time! Set up a new publication Create and use master pages Add frames, lines, and colors Manage chapters and books Output your files Import and place pictures
Author Biography
Galen Gruman is the principal at The Zango Group, an editorial and marketing consulting firm. Currently a regular contributor to Macworld, Layers Magazine, CIO, and InfoWorld, he has also been editor of Macworld and M-Business, executive editor of Upside, West Coast bureau chief of Computerworld, and vice president of content for ThirdAge.com. He is coauthor of 20 other books on desktop publishing. Gruman led one of the first successful conversions of a national magazine to desktop publishing in 1986 and has covered publishing technology since then for several publications, including the trade weekly InfoWorld, for which he began writing in 1986, Macworld, whose staff he joined in 1991, and, most recently, Layers Magazine.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Before You Begin | |
| Understanding InDesign Ingredients | |
| Making It Work Your Way | |
| Document Essentials | |
| Opening and Saving Your Work | |
| Discovering How Pages Work | |
| Layers and Layers | |
| The Joys of Reuse | |
| Working with Color | |
| Object Essentials | |
| Creating Essential Elements | |
| Manipulating Objects | |
| Organizing Objects | |
| Aligning and Arranging Objects | |
| Text Essentials | |
| Putting Words on the Page | |
| The Ins and Outs of Text Editing | |
| The Styles of Text | |
| Fine-Tuning Paragraph Details | |
| Finessing Character Details | |
| Tricks with Text | |
| Graphics Essentials | |
| Importing Graphics | |
| Fitting Graphics and Setting Paths | |
| Getting Down to Business | |
| Working with Tabs and Tables | |
| Working with Footnotes, Indexes, and TOCs | |
| Working with Automated Text | |
| Publishing Books | |
| Printing and Output Essentials | |
| Setting Up for Output | |
| Printing and Other Output Techniques | |
| The Part of Tens | |
| Top Ten New Features in InDesign CS3 | |
| Top Ten (Or So) Resources for InDesign Users | |
| Top Ten Must-Knows for QuarkXPress Refugees | |
| Top Ten Must-Knows for PageMaker Orphans | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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