Book description
INGN has taken over the industry as the most widely-used page layout program in the world. It features better typography and transparency features, speedier performance, and more overall control than any other layout program. This Bible, written by respected INGN and QuarkXPress expert Galen Gruman, is packed with real-world insights from publishing pros who use INGN in critical projects. The INGN Bible shows users the program's innovative architecture and functionality and tells them everything they need to know to get up to speed. Whether experienced designers, novices, or somewhere in between, readers will find all the real-world tips and techniques they're looking for in this reference.
Here's everything readers will need to make the most of the software that's become the dominant professional tool. Readers will learn how to take advantage of dynamic spell-checking or create anchored objects that follow the text referring to them. They will learn new object styles that can easily be applied for consistent formatting. Whether readers want to produce ad campaigns, magazines, or interactive PDF files, this reference takes them step by step through the processes and techniques they’ll need to create stunning layout projects.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Credits
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
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Introduction
- What This Book Offers
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How to Read This Book
- Part I: Welcome to InDesign
- Part II: Document Fundamentals
- Part III: Object Fundamentals
- Part IV: Graphics Fundamentals
- Part V: Text Fundamentals
- Part VI: Business Document Fundamentals
- Part VII: Output Fundamentals
- Part VIII: Multimedia Fundamentals
- Part IX: Programming InDesign
- Part X: Appendixes
- The companion Web site
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Icons
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I. Welcome to InDesign
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1. Inside the InDesign Interface
- 1.1. Understanding Global and Local Control
- 1.2. Exploring the InDesign Application Folder
- 1.3. Exploring the Document Window
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1.4. Using Tools
- 1.4.1. Selecting tools
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1.4.2. Understanding what the tools do
- 1.4.2.1. Selection tool
- 1.4.2.2. Direct Selection tool
- 1.4.2.3. Page tool
- 1.4.2.4. Gap tool
- 1.4.2.5. Type tool
- 1.4.2.6. Type on a Path tool
- 1.4.2.7. Line tool
- 1.4.2.8. Pen tool
- 1.4.2.9. Anchor and direction point tools
- 1.4.2.10. Pencil tool
- 1.4.2.11. Smooth tool
- 1.4.2.12. Erase tool
- 1.4.2.13. Frame tools
- 1.4.2.14. Shape tools
- 1.4.2.15. Scissors tool
- 1.4.2.16. Free Transform tool
- 1.4.2.17. Rotate tool
- 1.4.2.18. Scale tool
- 1.4.2.19. Shear tool
- 1.4.2.20. Gradient Swatch tool
- 1.4.2.21. Gradient Feather tool
- 1.4.2.22. Note tool
- 1.4.2.23. Eyedropper tool
- 1.4.2.24. Measure tool
- 1.4.2.25. Hand tool
- 1.4.2.26. Zoom tool
- 1.4.3. Apply buttons
- 1.4.4. Screen Mode buttons
- 1.4.5. Using tool tips and keyboard shortcuts
- 1.4.6. Opening and closing the Tools panel
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1.5. Working with Panels and Docks
- 1.5.1. Arranging panels
- 1.5.2. Changing the dock display
- 1.5.3. Using panels
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1.5.4. Checking out the panels
- 1.5.4.1. Basic control panels
- 1.5.4.2. Text-formatting panels
- 1.5.4.3. Table-formatting panels
- 1.5.4.4. Text-management panels
- 1.5.4.5. Object management panels
- 1.5.4.6. Layout management panels
- 1.5.4.7. Color management panels
- 1.5.4.8. Prepress and output management panels
- 1.5.4.9. Web and interactive media management panels
- 1.5.4.10. Automation panels
- 1.5.4.11. Specialty information panels
- 1.5.4.12. CS Live panels
- 1.6. Reviewing Menu Commands
- 1.7. Undoing What You've Just Done
- 1.8. Summary
- 2. Working with Windows and Views
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3. Setting InDesign Preferences
- 3.1. Working with Preferences Files
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3.2. Using the Preferences Dialog Box
- 3.2.1. General preferences
- 3.2.2. Interface preferences
- 3.2.3. Type preferences
- 3.2.4. Advanced Type preferences
- 3.2.5. Composition preferences
- 3.2.6. Units & Increments preferences
- 3.2.7. Grids preferences
- 3.2.8. Guides & Pasteboard preferences
- 3.2.9. Dictionary preferences
- 3.2.10. Spelling preferences
- 3.2.11. Autocorrect preferences
- 3.2.12. Notes preferences
- 3.2.13. Track Changes preferences
- 3.2.14. Story Editor Display preferences
- 3.2.15. Display Performance preferences
- 3.2.16. Appearance of Black preferences
- 3.2.17. File Handling preferences
- 3.2.18. Clipboard Handling preferences
- 3.3. Setting Other Global Preferences
- 3.4. Modifying Defaults for Documents, Text, and Objects
- 3.5. Modifying Defaults for Views
- 3.6. Setting Color and Style Defaults
- 3.7. Reverting Preferences and Defaults
- 3.8. Summary
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1. Inside the InDesign Interface
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II. Document Fundamentals
- 4. Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents
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5. Working with Pages
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5.1. Working with Multipage Documents
- 5.1.1. Adding pages
- 5.1.2. Changing pages' sizes
- 5.1.3. Deleting pages
- 5.1.4. Copying and moving pages
- 5.1.5. Starting documents on a left page
- 5.1.6. Controlling page shuffling
- 5.1.7. Creating gatefold spreads
- 5.1.8. Working with page numbers
- 5.1.9. Dividing a document into sections
- 5.1.10. Navigating pages
- 5.1.11. Working with specialty page controls
- 5.1.12. Adjusting page layouts
- 5.2. Summary
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5.1. Working with Multipage Documents
- 6. Working with Layers
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7. Creating Layout Standards
- 7.1. Creating and Applying Master Pages
- 7.2. Using Templates
- 7.3. Storing Objects in Libraries
- 7.4. Working with Styles
- 7.5. Using Ruler Guides and Grids
- 7.6. Summary
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8. Defining Colors, Tints, and Gradients
- 8.1. Defining Color Terms
- 8.2. Understanding Process and Spot Color
- 8.3. Working with Color Models
- 8.4. Understanding Paper Variation Models
- 8.5. Defining Colors and Tints
- 8.6. Working with Gradients
- 8.7. Managing Swatches
- 8.8. Applying Colors, Tints, and Gradients
- 8.9. Summary
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III. Object Fundamentals
- 9. Adding Frames, Shapes, and Lines
- 10. Manipulating Objects
- 11. Transforming Objects
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12. Applying Effects to Objects
- 12.1. Working with Strokes
- 12.2. Applying Corner Options
- 12.3. Applying Lighting Effects
- 12.4. Summary
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13. Orchestrating Objects
- 13.1. Stacking Objects
- 13.2. Combining Objects into a Group
- 13.3. Locking Objects
- 13.4. Creating Inline Frames
- 13.5. Setting Up Follow-Me Anchored Frames
- 13.6. Wrapping Text around Objects
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13.7. Defining and Applying Object Styles
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13.7.1. Creating object styles
- 13.7.1.1. The Fill pane
- 13.7.1.2. The Stroke pane
- 13.7.1.3. The Stroke & Corner Options pane
- 13.7.1.4. The Paragraph Styles pane
- 13.7.1.5. The Text Frame General Options pane
- 13.7.1.6. The Text Frame Baseline Options pane
- 13.7.1.7. The Story Options pane
- 13.7.1.8. The Text Wrap & Other pane
- 13.7.1.9. The Anchored Object Options pane
- 13.7.1.10. The Frame Fitting Options pane
- 13.7.2. Applying object styles
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13.7.1. Creating object styles
- 13.8. Managing Links
- 13.9. Adding Metadata Captions
- 13.10. Summary
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IV. Graphics Fundamentals
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14. Importing Graphics
- 14.1. Preparing Graphics Files
- 14.2. Identifying Color Issues
- 14.3. Exploring Methods for Importing Graphics
- 14.4. Using import options
- 14.5. Summary
- 15. Fitting Graphics and Frames Together
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16. Drawing Free-form Shapes and Curved Paths
- 16.1. Finding Out All about Paths
- 16.2. Drawing Lines with the Pen Tool
- 16.3. Drawing Free-Form Shapes
- 16.4. Editing Free-Form Lines and Shapes
- 16.5. Joining Paths
- 16.6. Working with Compound Paths
- 16.7. Using Other Path Effects
- 16.8. Summary
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14. Importing Graphics
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V. Text Fundamentals
- 17. Importing Text Files
- 18. Flowing Text through a Document
- 19. Editing, Spell-checking, and Replacing Text
- 20. Specifying Character Attributes
- 21. Specifying Paragraph Attributes
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22. Creating Special Text Formatting
- 22.1. Using Bulleted and Numbered Lists
- 22.2. Formatting Fractions
- 22.3. Reversing Type out of Its Background
- 22.4. Creating Sidebars and Pull-Quotes
- 22.5. Optical Margin Alignment
- 22.6. End-of-Story Markers
- 22.7. Underline and Strikethrough Options
- 22.8. Blurring the Line between Text and Graphics
- 22.9. Summary
- 23. Using Special Characters
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VI. Business Document Fundamentals
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24. Workgroup Editing
- 24.1. Tracking Changes in InDesign
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24.2. Setting Up Workgroup Assignments
- 24.2.1. Identifying the user
- 24.2.2. Preparing story files for InCopy
- 24.2.3. Editing and manipulating assigned stories
- 24.2.4. Using the Stand-Alone InCopy Program
- 24.2.5. Position tool
- 24.2.6. Story views
- 24.2.7. Story checkout, check-in, and saving
- 24.2.8. Revisions tracking
- 24.2.9. Special features
- 24.3. Summary
- 25. Setting Up Tabs and Tables
- 26. Using Automatic and Custom Text
- 27. Working with Footnotes, Indexes, and TOCs
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24. Workgroup Editing
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VII. Output Fundamentals
- 28. Creating Multidocument Projects
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29. Preparing for Color Prepress
- 29.1. Managing Color Management
- 29.2. Working with Color Traps
- 29.3. Summary
- 30. Preparing for Printing
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31. Printing Documents
- 31.1. Selecting InDesign Printing Options
- 31.2. Working with Spot Colors and Separations
- 31.3. Working with Transparency
- 31.4. Summary
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VIII. Multimedia Fundamentals
- 32. Creating Prepress Files
- 33. Using Hyperlinks and Creating Web Pages
- 34. Using Interactive Media and Creating PDF Documents
- 35. Using Animation and Creating Flash Documents
- IX. Programming InDesign
- X. Appendixes
Product information
- Title: Adobe® InDesign® CS5 Bible
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2010
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9780470607169
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