Real World Adobe Indesign 1.5

by Kvern, Olav Martin

• ISBN13: 9780201354782
• ISBN10: 0201354780
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

Real World Adobe InDesign 1.5 is filled with insider tips, supporting illustrations, and practical real-world solutions. It includes a primer on working with a commercial print shop and brief tutorials on automating and customizing InDesign with AppleScript and Visual Basic. The author also drafted the InDesign user manual for Adobe and the scripting guide for the Adobe Developer Support Group. On top of that, he's a talented illustrator and graphic designer, so this book reflects both his deep knowledge of this program as well as his understanding of how professional designers can get the most out of Adobe's new professional page-layout application. InDesign 1.5 introduces dozens more exciting new productivity enhancements and refinements.The book provides thorough coverage of all the basic features-working with text and palettes, inserting graphics, integrating with Photoshop, and employing EPS and HTML formats, plus a detailed introduction to InDesign page layout. (Previously announced as Real World InDesign in October 1999.)

Table of Contents

Workspace	1	(66)
Publication Windows	2	(5)
Managing Multiple Windows	7	(2)
InDesign's Palettes	9	(23)
Using the Tools Palette	32	(13)
Context Menus	45	(1)
Keyboard Shortcuts	46	(3)
Setting Preferences	49	(16)
Managing InDesign's Plug-ins	65	(1)
Getting Help	66	(1)
On with the Tour	66	(1)
Page Layout	67	(58)
Creating a New Publication	68	(1)
Opening Publications	69	(6)
Saving Publications	75	(1)
Crash Recovery	76	(1)
Setting Basic Layout Options	77	(1)
Guides	78	(9)
Grids	87	(1)
Pages and Spreads	88	(2)
Adding Pages	90	(3)
Arranging Pages	93	(1)
Defining Sections	93	(2)
Numbering Pages	95	(2)
Adding Section Marker Text	97	(1)
Working with Master Spreads	98	(2)
Applying Master Pages and Master Spreads	100	(2)
Overriding Master Items	102	(3)
Layers and Master Pages	105	(1)
Adjusting Layouts	105	(3)
Selecting and Deselecting	108	(4)
Stacking Objects	112	(2)
Layers	114	(7)
Grouping Objects	121	(2)
Locking Object Positions	123	(1)
A Good Foundation	124	(1)
Text	125	(52)
Creating text frames	126	(4)
Setting Text Frame Options	130	(5)
Linking and Unlinking Text Frames	135	(1)
Linking Text Frames	136	(4)
Unlinking Text Frames	140	(1)
Cutting and Pasting Text Frames	140	(1)
Adding a New Frame to a Story	141	(1)
Flowing Text	142	(3)
Entering Text	145	(4)
Importing Text	149	(8)
Text Files and File Linking	157	(1)
Exporting Text	157	(1)
Editing Text	158	(1)
Checking Spelling	158	(4)
Find and Change	162	(10)
Working with InDesign Tagged Text	172	(4)
After Words	176	(1)
Type	177	(48)
Character Formatting	178	(5)
Kerning	183	(12)
Filling and Stroking Characters	195	(1)
Paragraph Formatting	196	(16)
Styles	212	(10)
Copying Styles from Other Publications	222	(1)
Optical Margin Alignment	223	(1)
An Old Typesetter Never	224	(1)
Where Text Meets Graphics	225	(32)
Paragraph Rules	226	(8)
Text Wrap	234	(2)
Converting Text to Outlines	236	(5)
Inline Frames	241	(8)
Placing Text on a Path	249	(7)
Alternate Reality	256	(1)
Drawing	257	(34)
Drawing Basic Shapes	259	(1)
Points and Paths	260	(4)
Drawing Paths with the Pencil Tool	264	(1)
Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool	265	(1)
Drawing Techniques	266	(5)
Compound Paths	271	(1)
Smoothing Paths	272	(2)
Erasing Paths	274	(1)
Corner Effects	274	(2)
Strokes	276	(7)
Fills	283	(1)
Gradients	284	(6)
Drawing Conclusions	290	(1)
Importing and Exporting	291	(50)
Importing	292	(1)
Placing Anything	293	(3)
About Graphic File Formats	296	(1)
A Philosophical Note	297	(1)
Graphic Display Properties	298	(2)
Working with Images	300	(5)
Importing EPS and PDF Graphics	305	(4)
Linking and Embedding	309	(8)
Working with Graphic Frames	317	(2)
Working with Clipping Paths	319	(3)
Applying Color to an Imported Graphic	322	(1)
Exporting	323	(18)
Transforming	341	(26)
Transformation Basics	342	(2)
The Transform Palette Is Your Friend	344	(4)
Moving Objects	348	(3)
Scaling	351	(5)
Rotating Objects	356	(4)
Reflecting Objects	360	(1)
Shearing Objects	361	(3)
Locking Object Positions	364	(1)
Aligning and Distributing Objects	364	(2)
My Life Was Transformed	366	(1)
Color	367	(42)
Seeing Color, Printing Color	368	(1)
Color Management	369	(3)
InDesign's Color Management Controls	372	(4)
Color in InDesign	376	(4)
InDesign's Color Controls	380	(9)
The Color Palette	389	(1)
Applying Colors and Gradients	390	(2)
Creating Spot-Color Tint Builds	392	(1)
Trapping	393	(15)
The Color ``Done''	408	(1)
Printing	409	(42)
A Brief Rant	410	(1)
Printing System Requirements	410	(1)
Printing a Publication	411	(1)
General Printing Controls	412	(1)
Page Setup (Macintosh)/Properties (Windows)	413	(6)
Advanced Page Control	419	(2)
Color	421	(3)
Scale and Fit	424	(3)
Graphics	427	(4)
Page Marks	431	(1)
Trapping	432	(1)
Printer Styles	433	(3)
InDesign and PPDs	436	(7)
Printing PostScript to Disk	443	(1)
Preparing an InDesign File for Imagesetting	444	(3)
Preflight and Package	447	(3)
Printing to Non-PostScript Printers	450	(1)
All the News that Prints to Fit	450	(1)
Scripting	451	(30)
System Requirements	452	(2)
Learning about InDesign Scripting	454	(4)
Thinking about Scripting	458	(1)
Getting Started	458	(5)
More Fun with Scripting	463	(4)
Limits of InDesign Scripting	467	(1)
Useful Scripting Utilities	468	(12)
End Script	480	(1)
Index	481