Adobe InDesign CS3 How-Tos 100 Essential Techniques

by Cruise, John; Anton, Kelly Kordes

• ISBN13: 9780321508959
• ISBN10: 0321508955
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-17
• Publisher: Adobe Press

Summary

Easy-to-scan guide makes quick work of the most useful features in InDesign CS3, the powerful page-layout tool from Adobe!

Author Biography

Bruce K. Hopkins has been a professional illustrator for more than a decade, creating everything from fine art to technical drawings. His clients range from Joe Boxer to technology firms. His cutting edge Space series breaks new ground in using Adobe Illustrator for fine art. David Karlins is the author of several vector illustration books and videos including How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS, Illustrator 10 Virtual Classroom (book and video), and Adobe Illustrator CS2 Gone Wild. He is a freelance graphic and interactive design consultant and teaches Illustrator at San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program.

Table of Contents

Getting Started with InDesign	p. 1
Getting Started with the Welcome Screen	p. 2
Modifying Preferences	p. 4
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts	p. 6
Introducing the Tools	p. 8
Using the Control Panel	p. 10
Customizing the Interface	p. 12
Configuring Plug-Ins	p. 14
Introducing the Adobe Help Viewer	p. 16
Working with Documents	p. 19
Creating New Documents	p. 20
Saving Presets	p. 22
Understanding the Document Window	p. 25
Opening Documents	p. 28
Saving Documents and Templates	p. 31
Adding Metadata to Documents	p. 33
Navigating Documents	p. 35
Viewing Documents	p. 37
Working with Text	p. 41
Creating Text Frames	p. 42
Modifying Text Frames	p. 44
Threading Text Frames	p. 47
Creating Type Paths	p. 50
Importing Text	p. 53
Entering and Editing Text	p. 56
Applying Character and Paragraph Attributes	p. 58
Composing Type	p. 60
Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists	p. 63
Setting Tabs	p. 65
Working with Fonts	p. 67
Using Paragraph and Character Styles	p. 69
Inserting Variable Text	p. 72
Using the Story Editor	p. 74
Checking Spelling	p. 76
Correcting Spelling Automatically	p. 80
Searching and Replacing Text	p. 82
Typography and Tables	p. 85
Special Effects for Type	p. 86
Setting Up Drop Caps and Nested Styles	p. 89
Inserting Special Characters and Glyphs	p. 92
Anchoring Objects in Text	p. 94
Wrapping Text Around Objects	p. 99
Applying Optical Margin Alignment	p. 101
Importing Tables from Word and Excel	p. 103
Creating New Tables	p. 105
Converting Text to Tables	p. 107
Adding Content to Tables	p. 109
Formatting Tables	p. 110
Using Table and Cell Styles	p. 113
Adding Headers and Footers to Tables	p. 116
Editing Tables	p. 119
Drawing Lines and Shapes	p. 123
Drawing Simple Lines	p. 124
Drawing Complex Lines	p. 126
Drawing Basic Shapes	p. 129
Creating Complex Shapes	p. 131
Converting Shapes	p. 133
Working with Graphics	p. 135
Placing Graphics	p. 136
Cropping and Resizing Graphics	p. 138
Modifying Graphics and Graphics Frames	p. 142
Special Effects for Graphics	p. 146
Working with Illustrator Graphics	p. 149
Working with Photoshop Graphics	p. 151
Managing Graphic Links	p. 153
Working with Objects	p. 155
Selecting and Deleting Objects	p. 156
Moving and Locking Objects	p. 159
Filling Objects with Color	p. 161
Adding a Stroke to Objects	p. 163
Creating Custom Stroke Styles	p. 165
Transforming Objects	p. 167
Special Effects for Objects	p. 169
Using Object Styles	p. 171
Grouping Objects	p. 173
Aligning Objects	p. 175
Duplicating Objects	p. 177
Changing the Stacking Order	p. 179
Using Libraries	p. 181
Using Snippets	p. 183
Working with Color	p. 185
Using Spot Colors, Process Colors, and Tints	p. 186
Using Gradients	p. 189
Using Mixed Ink Colors	p. 192
Using the Color Panel	p. 194
Setting Up Color Management	p. 195
Laying Out Pages and Creating Long Documents	p. 197
Working with Master Pages	p. 198
Setting Margins and Columns	p. 201
Using Guides and Grids	p. 202
Working with Layers	p. 205
Working with Pages	p. 207
Numbering Pages and Creating Sections	p. 210
Creating a Book	p. 213
Paginating a Book	p. 217
Inserting Footnotes	p. 219
Creating Tables of Contents	p. 222
Exporting a Book for PDF or Print	p. 227
Creating Media-Rich PDFs	p. 229
Creating Hyperlinks	p. 230
Creating Buttons	p. 233
Adding Movies and Sounds	p. 235
Preflight and Output	p. 237
Previewing Color Separations	p. 238
Preflighting and Packaging Documents	p. 240
Exporting Documents as PDF	p. 242
Using PDF Presets	p. 244
Exporting Documents in Other Formats	p. 246
Printing Documents	p. 249
Creating Printer Spreads	p. 251
Using Print Presets	p. 253
Index	p. 255
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