Adobe® InDesign® 2.0 Classroom in a Book®

Adobe® InDesign® 2.0 Classroom in a Book®

by Adobe Creative Team
Released April 2002
Publisher(s): Adobe Press
ISBN: 0201787202

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Book description

InDesign 2.0 takes Adobe's popular page-layout program to the nextlevel--there's no area that hasn't been improved, streamlined, redesigned,or stuffed with new features. Who better to show you the fastest, easiestway to get to work with InDesign 2.0 than the pros behind the software?Adobe InDesign 2.0 Classroom in a Book brings the company's officialtraining series to your desktop.

Adobe InDesign 2.0 Classroom in a Book is a hands-on workbookstructured as a series of lessons--tested in Adobe's own classrooms andlabs--that you can follow on your own time, at your own pace. Forbeginners, there are step-by-step lessons that cover the fundamentalconcepts and features you need to master the program. If you've been usingInDesign, you can skip straight to the many sections on advanced features.Every chapter is sprinkled with professional tips and techniques and endswith a review section that reinforces what you've just put into practice; aCD full of project files provides everything you need to complete thelessons. Adobe InDesign 2.0 Classroom in a Book covers what's newand improved in InDesign 2.0: XML import and export, transparency, tablecreation, long document support, a superior printing interface, native MacOS X support, and tighter integration with Adobe LiveMotion, Photoshop,Illustrator, and more.

Table of contents

  1. Contents (1/2)
  2. Contents (2/2)
  3. Getting Started
    1. About Classroom in a Book
    2. Prerequisites
    3. Installing the program
    4. Installing the Classroom in a Book fonts
    5. Copying the Classroom in a Book files
    6. Restoring default preferences
    7. Additional resources
    8. Adobe Certification
  4. A Quick Tour of Adobe InDesign
    1. Getting started
    2. Threading text in frames (1/2)
    3. Threading text in frames (2/2)
    4. Working with styles
    5. Placing graphics (1/2)
    6. Placing graphics (2/2)
    7. Working with master pages
    8. On your own
  5. Lesson 1 Getting to Know the Work Area
    1. Getting started
    2. Looking at the work area (1/2)
    3. Looking at the work area (2/2)
    4. Changing the magnification of your document
    5. Navigating through your document
    6. Working with layers
    7. Using context menus
    8. Using online Help
    9. Using Adobe online services
    10. On your own
    11. Review questions
    12. Review answers
  6. Lesson 2 Setting Up Your Document
    1. Getting started
    2. Starting a new document
    3. Editing master pages
    4. Creating a master for footers (1/2)
    5. Creating a master for footers (2/2)
    6. Creating a placeholder master (1/2)
    7. Creating a placeholder master (2/2)
    8. Applying the masters to document pages
    9. Adding sections to change page numbering
    10. Placing text and graphics on the document pages
    11. Overriding master-page items on document pages
    12. Editing master pages
    13. Viewing the completed spread
    14. On your own
    15. Review questions
    16. Review answers
  7. Lesson 3 Working with Frames
    1. Getting started
    2. Modifying text frames
    3. Modifying graphics frames (1/2)
    4. Modifying graphics frames (2/2)
    5. Creating new frames and adjusting the contents (1/2)
    6. Creating new frames and adjusting the contents (2/2)
    7. Orienting objects in space
    8. Finishing up
    9. On your own
    10. Review questions
    11. Review answers
  8. Lesson 4 Creating and Applying Colors, Tints, and Gradients
    1. Getting started
    2. Defining printing requirements
    3. Adding colors to the Swatches palette
    4. Applying colors to objects
    5. Creating dashed strokes
    6. Working with gradients
    7. Creating a tint
    8. Creating a spot color
    9. Applying color to text
    10. Using advanced gradient techniques
    11. Viewing the completed spread
    12. On your own
    13. Review questions
    14. Review answers
  9. Lesson 5 Importing and Linking Graphics
    1. Getting started
    2. Adding graphics from other programs
    3. Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
    4. Managing links to imported files
    5. Placing a Photoshop file and adjusting view quality
    6. Working with clipping paths
    7. Working with alpha channels
    8. Importing an Illustrator file
    9. Placing a PDF file
    10. Using a library to manage objects
    11. On your own
    12. Review questions
    13. Review answers
  10. Lesson 6 Drawing Vector Graphics
    1. Getting started
    2. Setting up the document grid
    3. Drawing straight segments (1/2)
    4. Drawing straight segments (2/2)
    5. Drawing with the pencil tool
    6. Drawing curved segments with the pen tool
    7. Drawing combinations of curved and straight segments (1/2)
    8. Drawing combinations of curved and straight segments (2/2)
    9. Creating a compound path
    10. Creating a perfect semicircle
    11. Adding an end shape to an open path
    12. Creating a texture effect using a colorized image
    13. Creating and adding an inline graphic
    14. Reflecting objects
    15. On your own
    16. Review questions
    17. Review answers
  11. Lesson 7 Working with Transparency
    1. Getting started
    2. Importing and colorizing a black-and-white image
    3. Applying transparency settings (1/3)
    4. Applying transparency settings (2/3)
    5. Applying transparency settings (3/3)
    6. Exporting to Adobe Acrobat PDF files
    7. On your own
    8. Review questions
    9. Review answers
  12. Lesson 8 Importing and Editing Text
    1. Getting started
    2. Flowing text
    3. Working with styles (1/2)
    4. Working with styles (2/2)
    5. Aligning text vertically
    6. Threading text
    7. Changing the number of columns on a page
    8. Adding a page continuation note
    9. Creating and applying a character style
    10. Finding and changing
    11. Spell-checking a story
    12. Creating text on a path
    13. On your own
    14. Review questions
    15. Review answers
  13. Lesson 9 Working with Typography
    1. Getting started
    2. Adjusting vertical spacing (1/2)
    3. Adjusting vertical spacing (2/2)
    4. Changing fonts and type style
    5. Changing paragraph alignment
    6. Adding a decorative font and special character
    7. Applying special font features
    8. Adjusting letter and word spacing
    9. Working with tabs
    10. Creating a hanging indent
    11. Adding a rule below a paragraph
    12. On your own
    13. Review questions
    14. Review answers
  14. Lesson 10 Creating Tables
    1. Getting started
    2. Importing and formatting a table (1/2)
    3. Importing and formatting a table (2/2)
    4. Using graphics within tables
    5. Formatting text within a table
    6. Finishing up
    7. On your own
    8. Review questions
    9. Review answers
  15. Lesson 11 Publishing with XML
    1. Getting started
    2. About XML tags
    3. Defining XML tags (1/2)
    4. Defining XML tags (2/2)
    5. Working with the Structure pane
    6. Exporting to XML (1/2)
    7. Exporting to XML (2/2)
    8. On your own
    9. Review questions
    10. Review answers
  16. Lesson 12 Combining Files into Books
    1. Getting started
    2. Defining a book
    3. Working with a table of contents (1/2)
    4. Working with a table of contents (2/2)
    5. Maintaining consistency in a book
    6. Indexing the book
    7. On your own
    8. Review questions
    9. Review answers
  17. Lesson 13 Setting Up Your Monitor for Color Management
    1. Getting started
    2. Color management: An overview
    3. Calibrating and profiling your monitor using Adobe Gamma (1/2)
    4. Calibrating and profiling your monitor using Adobe Gamma (2/2)
    5. Saving the monitor profile
    6. Review questions
    7. Review answers
  18. Lesson 14 Ensuring Consistent Color
    1. Getting started
    2. Components of a CMYK press-oriented workflow
    3. Setting up color management in InDesign
    4. Color-managing imported graphics in InDesign
    5. Assigning a profile after importing an image
    6. Embedding a profile in a Photoshop TIFF image
    7. Assigning a profile while importing a graphic
    8. Embedding a profile in an Illustrator graphic (1/2)
    9. Embedding a profile in an Illustrator graphic (2/2)
    10. Review questions
    11. Review answers
  19. Index
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
    6. F
    7. G
    8. H
    9. I
    10. J
    11. K
    12. L
    13. M
    14. N
    15. O
    16. P
    17. Q
    18. R
    19. S
    20. T
    21. U
    22. V
    23. W
    24. X
    25. Z

Product information

  • Title: Adobe® InDesign® 2.0 Classroom in a Book®
  • Author(s): Adobe Creative Team
  • Release date: April 2002
  • Publisher(s): Adobe Press
  • ISBN: 0201787202