InDesign CS5 For Dummies
1st Edition
Published on 11. May 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-470-61449-5 (ISBN)
Description
Get up to speed on the latest features and enhancements to InDesign CS5 As the industry standard in professional layout and design, InDesign delivers powerful publishing solutions for magazine, newspaper, and other publishing fields. This introductory book is an easy-to-understand reference for anyone migrating from another software application or those with little-to-no desktop publishing experience. You'll explore InDesign basics and examine the enhancements to InDesign CS5, while you also discover how pages work, build templates, create frames and shapes, manage styles, and much more.
InDesign is proving to be an increasingly popular layout and design application; InDesign CS5 includes new functionality and enhanced tools
Teaches all the basics for first-time users, including how to open and save your work, arrange objects, work with color, edit text, manage styles, finesse character details, add special type, import and size graphics, set paths, work with tabs, create indices, and more
Demonstrates how to calibrate colors, export PDF files, fine-tune paragraph details, create frames and shapes, manipulate objects, and work with automated text
InDesign CS5 For Dummies offers a straightforward but fun approach to discovering how to get the most from your desktop publishing experience when using InDesign.
InDesign is proving to be an increasingly popular layout and design application; InDesign CS5 includes new functionality and enhanced tools
Teaches all the basics for first-time users, including how to open and save your work, arrange objects, work with color, edit text, manage styles, finesse character details, add special type, import and size graphics, set paths, work with tabs, create indices, and more
Demonstrates how to calibrate colors, export PDF files, fine-tune paragraph details, create frames and shapes, manipulate objects, and work with automated text
InDesign CS5 For Dummies offers a straightforward but fun approach to discovering how to get the most from your desktop publishing experience when using InDesign.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Photos: 0 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 0 B&W, 0 Color; Screen captures: 175 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
863 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-61449-5 (9780470614495)
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Galen Gruman is the principal at The Zango Group, an editorial and book production firm. He has designed and produced numerous publications. Galen has authored or coauthored more than 20 books on desktop publishing, and he is currently the Executive Editor for InfoWorld.
Content
Introduction 1
Part I: Before You Begin 7
Chapter 1: Understanding InDesign Ingredients 9
Chapter 2: Making InDesign Work Your Way 33
Part II: Document Essentials 47
Chapter 3: Opening and Saving Your Work 49
Chapter 4: Discovering How Pages and Layers Work 59
Chapter 5: The Joys of Reuse 85
Chapter 6: Working with Color 99
Part III: Object Essentials 117
Chapter 7: Adding Essential Elements 119
Chapter 8: Manipulating Objects 137
Chapter 9: Organizing Objects 157
Chapter 10: Aligning and Arranging Objects 173
Part IV: Text Essentials 197
Chapter 11: Putting Words on the Page 199
Chapter 12: The Ins and Outs of Text Editing 219
Chapter 13: The Styles of Text 237
Chapter 14: Fine-Tuning Paragraph Details 247
Chapter 15: Finessing Character Details 263
Part V: Graphics Essentials 277
Chapter 16: Importing Graphics 279
Chapter 17: Fitting Graphics and Setting Paths 291
Part VI: Getting Down to Business 301
Chapter 18: Working with Tabs and Tables 303
Chapter 19: Working with Footnotes, Indexes, and TOCs 315
Chapter 20: Working with Automatic Text 327
Chapter 21: Publishing Books 337
Part VII: Printing, Presentation, and Web Essentials 345
Chapter 22: Printing and PDF'ing Your Work 347
Chapter 23: Web Project Basics 371
Chapter 24: Presentation Project Basics 383
Part VIII: The Part of Tens 405
Chapter 25: Top Ten New Features in InDesign CS5 407
Chapter 26: Top Ten Resources for InDesign Users 411
Index 415
Part I: Before You Begin 7
Chapter 1: Understanding InDesign Ingredients 9
Chapter 2: Making InDesign Work Your Way 33
Part II: Document Essentials 47
Chapter 3: Opening and Saving Your Work 49
Chapter 4: Discovering How Pages and Layers Work 59
Chapter 5: The Joys of Reuse 85
Chapter 6: Working with Color 99
Part III: Object Essentials 117
Chapter 7: Adding Essential Elements 119
Chapter 8: Manipulating Objects 137
Chapter 9: Organizing Objects 157
Chapter 10: Aligning and Arranging Objects 173
Part IV: Text Essentials 197
Chapter 11: Putting Words on the Page 199
Chapter 12: The Ins and Outs of Text Editing 219
Chapter 13: The Styles of Text 237
Chapter 14: Fine-Tuning Paragraph Details 247
Chapter 15: Finessing Character Details 263
Part V: Graphics Essentials 277
Chapter 16: Importing Graphics 279
Chapter 17: Fitting Graphics and Setting Paths 291
Part VI: Getting Down to Business 301
Chapter 18: Working with Tabs and Tables 303
Chapter 19: Working with Footnotes, Indexes, and TOCs 315
Chapter 20: Working with Automatic Text 327
Chapter 21: Publishing Books 337
Part VII: Printing, Presentation, and Web Essentials 345
Chapter 22: Printing and PDF'ing Your Work 347
Chapter 23: Web Project Basics 371
Chapter 24: Presentation Project Basics 383
Part VIII: The Part of Tens 405
Chapter 25: Top Ten New Features in InDesign CS5 407
Chapter 26: Top Ten Resources for InDesign Users 411
Index 415