InDesign CC: Visual QuickStart Guide (2014 release)

Introduction

Welcome to the InDesign CC 2014 release Visual QuickStart Guide, my eleventh version of the book. From its humble start, InDesign is now the primary application for desktop publishing and page layout. I feel very lucky to have been working with and teaching InDesign since its very first beta. In fact, this is the only third-party book that has had editions for all versions of InDesign.

Using This Book

If you have used any of the other Visual QuickStart Guides, you will find this book to be similar. Each chapter is divided into different sections that deal with a specific topic — usually a set of tools or similar commands. For instance, the chapter on text has sections on creating text frames, typing text, selecting text, and so ...