InDesign CS2 at Your Fingertips

by LoCascio, Ted

• ISBN13: 9780782144208
• ISBN10: 0782144209
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-02
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

If you're making the switch from QuarkXPress or PageMaker to Adobe InDesign or just starting out with page layout and design, InDesign CS2 at Your Fingertips is your ultimate reference. Its award-winning format gives you easy and instant access to all the tasks you'll want to perform. Author Ted LoCascio is a highly qualified instructor--he's the former senior designer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and an InDesign expert. With clear, accessible information and a full color section, this is the best value on the market.

Author Biography

Ted LoCascio is a professional graphic designer and an expert in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and QuarkXPress. He was senior designer at the National Associate of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) for several years, and has done layout and design work on a number of successful software training books. He has contributed articles to Photoshop User magazine and taught at PhotoshopWorld.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
WORKSPACE	1	(118)
Interface Overview	1	(10)
The Macintosh Interface	2	(1)
The Windows Interface	3	(1)
The Document Window	4	(1)
Interface Objects	5	(6)
Menus	11	(16)
Menu Overview	12	(1)
InDesign Menu (Mac Only)	13	(1)
File Menu	14	(2)
Edit Menu	16	(2)
Layout Menu	18	(1)
Type Menu	19	(1)
Object Menu	20	(2)
Table Menu	22	(1)
View Menu	23	(2)
Window Menu	25	(1)
Help Menu	26	(1)
In Design Tools	27	(28)
Toolbox	28	(1)
Control Bar	29	(3)
Selection Tool	32	(1)
Direct Selection and Position Tools	33	(1)
Pen Tools	34	(1)
Type Tools	35	(3)
Pencil Tools	38	(1)
Line Tool	39	(1)
Frame Tools	40	(1)
Shape Tools	41	(1)
Rotate Tool	42	(1)
Scale Tool	43	(1)
Shear Tool	44	(1)
Free Transform Tool	45	(1)
Eyedropper Tool	46	(1)
Measure Tool	47	(1)
Gradient Tool	48	(1)
Button Tool	49	(1)
Scissors Tool	50	(1)
Hand Tool	51	(1)
Zoom Tool	52	(1)
Other Toolbox Functions	53	(2)
In Design Palettes	55	(42)
Organizing Palettes	56	(3)
Customizing Your Workspace	59	(1)
Attributes Palette	60	(1)
Automation Palettes	61	(2)
Color Palette	63	(1)
Gradient Palette	64	(1)
Info Palette	65	(1)
Interactive Palettes	66	(3)
Layers Palette	69	(1)
Links Palette	70	(1)
Object & Layout Palettes	71	(3)
Object Styles Palette	74	(1)
Output Palettes	75	(3)
PageMaker Toolbar	78	(2)
Pages Palette	80	(2)
Stroke Palette	82	(1)
Swatches Palette	83	(2)
Tags Palette	85	(1)
Text Wrap Palette	86	(1)
Transparency Palette	87	(1)
Type and Tables Palettes	88	(7)
Book and Library Palettes	95	(2)
Preferences and Presets	97	(22)
General Preferences	98	(1)
Type Preferences	99	(2)
Advanced Type Preferences	101	(1)
Composition Preferences	102	(1)
Units & Increments Preferences	103	(1)
Grids Preferences	104	(1)
Guides & Pasteboard Preferences	105	(1)
Dictionary Preferences	106	(2)
Spelling Preferences	108	(1)
Autocorrect Preferences	109	(1)
Story Editor Display Preferences	110	(1)
Display Performance Preferences	111	(1)
Appearance of Black Preferences	112	(1)
File Handling Preferences	113	(1)
Document Presets	114	(1)
Print Presets	115	(1)
Adobe PDF Presets	116	(1)
Configure Plug-ins	117	(1)
Keyboard Shortcuts	118	(1)
PAGE BUILDING	119	(88)
Creating and Managing Documents	119	(24)
Starting a New Document	120	(1)
Saving Document Presets	121	(1)
Opening InDesign Documents	122	(2)
Opening PageMaker and QuarkXPress Documents	124	(1)
Save vs. Save As	125	(1)
Saving Backward with INX Export	126	(1)
Saving Files for Use with InCopy	127	(1)
Adding, Arranging, and Deleting Pages	128	(2)
Creating Multipage Spreads and Master Pages	130	(1)
Targeting vs. Selecting Pages	131	(1)
Creating Master Pages	132	(1)
Converting Document Pages to Master Pages	133	(1)
Applying Master Pages	134	(1)
Deleting Master Pages	135	(1)
Creating and Applying Parent/Child Master Pages	136	(1)
Overriding Master Page Items	137	(1)
Adding Page Numbers to Sections	138	(1)
Adjusting Ruler Guides	139	(1)
Adjusting Margin and Column Guides	140	(1)
Aligning to Baseline Grid	141	(1)
Snapping to Document Grid	142	(1)
Frames and Shapes	143	(34)
Frame/Shape Overview	144	(4)
Selection Tool vs. Direct Selection Tool	148	(2)
Selecting Multiple Objects	150	(1)
Selecting Type	151	(1)
Drawing Rectangles, Ellipses, and Polygons	152	(1)
Drawing Custom Shapes	153	(1)
Drawing Freeform Shapes	154	(1)
Modifying Paths and Frames	155	(2)
Nesting Objects	157	(3)
Filling with Solid and Transparent Colors	160	(1)
Filling with Gradients	161	(1)
Filling Text	162	(2)
Stroking Frames, Shapes, and Paths	164	(2)
Stroking Text	166	(1)
Aligning Strokes	167	(2)
Applying Stroked Path Start and End Styles	169	(2)
Saving and Applying Custom Strokes	171	(1)
Applying Gap Color to Open Stroke Styles	172	(2)
Applying Corner Effects	174	(1)
Applying and Editing Compound Paths	175	(1)
Creating Custom Shapes with Pathfinder	176	(1)
Manipulating Objects	177	(30)
Moving Objects	178	(2)
Resizing Objects	180	(2)
Rotating Objects	182	(2)
Flipping Objects	184	(2)
Shearing Objects	186	(2)
Grouping and Ungrouping Objects	188	(1)
Selecting Objects within a Group	189	(2)
Nesting Grouped Objects	191	(1)
Stacking, Arranging, and Locking Objects	192	(2)
Duplicating Objects	194	(2)
Aligning Objects	196	(1)
Distributing Objects	197	(2)
Saving Objects to a Library	199	(2)
Deleting Objects	201	(1)
Creating and Naming a New Layer	202	(1)
Placing Objects on Layers	203	(1)
Enabling Layout Adjustment	204	(3)
TYPOGRAPHY	207	(70)
Working with Text	207	(24)
Text Frame Options	208	(4)
Threading and Unthreading Text Frames	212	(2)
Importing Text	214	(2)
Importing Tagged and ASCII Text	216	(2)
Importing XML	218	(1)
Flowing Text	219	(1)
Filling with Placeholder Text	220	(1)
Editing Using the Story Editor	221	(1)
Changing Case	222	(1)
Check Spelling	223	(2)
Editing the Dictionary	225	(1)
Using the Dictionary with Foreign Languages	226	(1)
Font Overview	227	(1)
Find/Replace Missing Fonts	228	(1)
Applying Find/Change	229	(2)
Formatting	231	(32)
Kerning and Tracking	232	(2)
Scaling and Skewing Type	234	(2)
Adjusting Leading and Baseline Shift	236	(2)
Underline and Strikethrough	238	(2)
Copy/Paste Text Formatting	240	(1)
Formatting Paragraphs	241	(4)
Creating Drop Caps	245	(1)
Applying Keep Options	246	(2)
Creating Hanging Indents and Punctuation	248	(3)
Change/Apply Hyphenation	251	(2)
Change/Apply Justification	253	(2)
Bullets and Numbering	255	(2)
Setting Tabs	257	(2)
Inserting Special Characters	259	(2)
Inserting Footnotes	261	(2)
Styles	263	(14)
Creating and Applying Character Styles	264	(2)
Creating and Applying Paragraph Styles	266	(2)
Creating and Applying Parent/Child Styles	268	(1)
Creating and Applying Nested Styles	269	(1)
Creating and Applying Object Styles	270	(3)
Editing and Deleting Styles	273	(3)
Importing Styles	276	(1)
GRAPHICS	277	(48)
Placed Images	277	(20)
Importing a Graphic Image	278	(2)
Setting Import Options	280	(3)
Object Layer Options and Placed PSDs	283	(3)
Copying to and from Adobe Illustrator	286	(2)
Resizing Placed Images	288	(2)
Updating Missing and Modified Links	290	(1)
Emdedding Images	291	(1)
Object-Level Display Settings	292	(1)
Applying and Editing a Photoshop Clipping Path	293	(2)
Creating and Editing an InDesign Clipping Path	295	(2)
Combining Graphics with Text	297	(28)
Placing and Editing Text Wraps	298	(4)
Converting Text to Outlines	302	(1)
Creating and Editing Type on a Path	303	(3)
Creating Paragraph Rules	306	(1)
Creating a New Table	307	(2)
Making Table Selections	309	(1)
Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns	310	(3)
Merging and Splitting Cells	313	(2)
Adjusting Cell Spacing and Alignment	315	(1)
Resizing Tables	316	(3)
Setting Table Borders, Strokes, and Fills	319	(3)
Creating and Editing Table Headers and Footers	322	(2)
Importing Tables from Microsoft Word to Excel	324	(1)
COLOR	325	(16)
Color and Transparency	325	(16)
Using Color Settings	326	(1)
Color-Managing Imported Graphics	327	(1)
Using Proof Setup for Soft Proofing	328	(1)
Creating and Saving Mixed-Ink Swatches and Groups	329	(2)
Accessing Colors Stored in Libraries	331	(1)
Converting Spot Colors to Process	332	(1)
Importing Colors from Other Documents	333	(1)
Changing an Object's Opacity Level	334	(1)
Applying Blend Modes	335	(1)
Adding Drop Shadows	336	(2)
Feathering	338	(1)
Importing Transparent TIFFs	339	(2)
OUTPUT	341	(48)
Preflighting and Packaging	341	(8)
Preflighting Fonts	342	(1)
Preflighting Links and Images	343	(1)
Preflighting Colors and Inks	344	(1)
Preflighting Print Settings	345	(1)
Packaging	346	(1)
Packaging for GoLive	347	(2)
Printing	349	(12)
Printing a Document	350	(9)
Creating Transparency Flattener Presets	359	(1)
Creating and Assigning Trap Presets	360	(1)
Exporting	361	(18)
Exporting as Adobe PDF	362	(8)
Embedding PDF Hyperlinks	370	(2)
Embedding Movies and Sound in PDFs	372	(2)
Exporting as EPS	374	(2)
Exporting as JPEG	376	(1)
Exporting as XML	377	(2)
Books and Other Large Documents	379	(10)
Creating a New Book File	380	(1)
Synchronizing Book Chapters	381	(1)
Page Numbering across Book Documents	382	(1)
Building a Table of Contents	383	(1)
Creating and Saving a TOC Style	384	(1)
Building an Index	385	(3)
Preflighting, Printing, and Exporting Books	388	(1)
Index	389