Adobe InDesign CS5 Bible

  • 18h 12m
  • Galen Gruman
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2010

Optimize the latest version of InDesign for your most efficient project workflow yet

InDesign is a powerful publishing tool that serves as the standard program for professional layout and design. The latest version boasts a variety of updates and enhancements. Packed with real-world examples and written by industry expert Galen Gruman, this in-depth resource clearly explains how InDesign CS5 allows for better typography and transparency features, speedier performance, and more user control than any other layout program.

  • Shows you the vast updates to the newest version of InDesign, including speedier performance, sharper functionality, and new object styles
  • Offers insight for taking advantage of using the dynamic spell check, creating anchored objects that follow text, creating object styles that can be applied for consistent formatting, and more
  • Shares real-world tips and techniques as well as helpful examples from industry expert and popular author Galen Gruman

Whether you are aiming to produce ad campaigns, magazines, interactive PDF files, or other forms of media, InDesign CS5 Bible offers everything you need to know to quickly get up to speed with the latest version of InDesign.

About the Author

Galen Gruman is principal at The Zango Group and a veteran desktop-publishing guru. A frequent contributor to Macworld, CIO, InfoWorld and other publications, he has also been editor of Macworld, West Coast bureau chief of Computerworld, and executive editor of InfoWorld.com. He is the author of Adobe InDesign CS4 and coauthor of 22 other books on desktop publishing.

In this Book

  • Introduction
  • Inside the InDesign Interface
  • Working with Windows and Views
  • Setting InDesign Preferences
  • Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents
  • Working with Pages
  • Working with Layers
  • Creating Layout Standards
  • Defining Colors, Tints, and Gradients
  • Adding Frames, Shapes, and Lines
  • Manipulating Objects
  • Transforming Objects
  • Applying Effects to Objects
  • Orchestrating Objects
  • Importing Graphics
  • Fitting Graphics and Frames Together
  • Drawing Free-form Shapes and Curved Paths
  • Importing Text Files
  • Flowing Text through a Document
  • Editing, Spell-Checking, and Replacing Text
  • Specifying Character Attributes
  • Specifying Paragraph Attributes
  • Creating Special Text Formatting
  • Using Special Characters
  • Workgroup Editing
  • Setting up Tabs and Tables
  • Using Automatic and Custom Text
  • Working with Footnotes, Indexes, and TOCs
  • Creating Multidocument Projects
  • Preparing for Color Prepress
  • Preparing for Printing
  • Printing Documents
  • Creating Prepress Files
  • Using Hyperlinks and Creating Web Pages
  • Using Interactive Media and Creating PDF Documents
  • Using Animation and Creating Flash Documents
  • Working with XML
  • Using Scripts
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