Adobe InDesign CS5 Classroom in a Book / Team, Adobe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Team, Adobe, author.

Contributor:

Adobe Systems.

Series:

Classroom in a book, the official training workbook from Adobe Systems

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe InDesign (Electronic resource).

Desktop publishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Adobe Press, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn InDesign CS5 choose Adobe InDesign CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working with InDesign CS5. Readers learn what they need to know to create engaging page layouts using InDesign CS5. This completely revised CS5 edition covers the new tools for interactive documents, simplified object selection, multiple page sizes, track text changes, new layers panel, production enhancements, and print to digital capability. The companion CD includes all the lesson files that readers need to work along with the book. This thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe InDesign CS5 is ideal for beginning users who want to master the key features of this program. Readers who already have some experience with InDesign can improve their skills and learn InDesign's newest features. Note from the publisher: FREE Adobe InDesign CS5.5 updates are available for this title. Simply register your product at www.peachpit.com/register and you will receive the updates when they become available.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

GETTING STARTED

About Classroom in a Book

Prerequisites

Installing the software

Additional resources

Adobe certification

Checking for updates

1 INTRODUCING THE WORKSPACE

Lesson overview

Getting started

Looking at the workspace

Working with panels

Customizing the workspace

Changing the magnification of a document

Navigating through a document

Using context menus

Finding resources for using InDesign

Review questions and answers

2 GETTING TO KNOW INDESIGN

Viewing the lesson document

Preflighting as you work

Viewing guides

Adding text

Working with styles

Working with graphics

Working with objects

Working with object styles

Exploring on your own

3 SETTING UP A DOCUMENT AND WORKING WITH PAGES

Creating and saving custom document settings

Creating a new document

Switching between open InDesign documents

Working with master pages

Applying master pages to document pages

Adding sections to change page numbering

Adding new pages

Arranging and deleting pages

Placing text and graphics on the document pages

Overriding master page items on document pages

Changing the size of pages

Viewing the completed spread

4 WORKING WITH OBJECTS

Working with layers

Creating and editing text frames

Creating and editing graphics frames

Adding metadata captions to graphics frames

Changing the shape of a frame

Wrapping text around a graphic

Modifying the shape of frames

Transforming and aligning objects

Selecting and modifying grouped objects

Finishing up

Exploring on your own.

Review questions and answers

5 FLOWING TEXT

Flowing text into an existing frame

Flowing text manually

Creating text frames while flowing text

Flowing text automatically

Creating threaded frames automatically

Adding a jump line page number

6 EDITING TEXT

Finding and changing a missing font

Entering and importing text

Finding and changing text and formatting

Checking spelling

Editing text by dragging and dropping

Using the Story Editor

Tracking changes

7 WORKING WITH TYPOGRAPHY

Adjusting vertical spacing

Changing fonts and type style

Fine-tuning Columns

Changing paragraph alignment

Creating a drop cap

Adjusting letter and word spacing

Setting tabs

Adding a rule above a paragraph

8 WORKING WITH COLOR

Defining printing requirements

Creating and applying colors

Working with gradients

Creating a tint

Creating a spot color

Applying colors to text and objects

Using advanced gradient techniques

9 WORKING WITH STYLES

Creating and applying paragraph styles

Creating and applying character styles

Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles

Creating and applying object styles

Creating and applying table and cell styles

Globally updating styles

Loading styles from another document

10 IMPORTING AND MODIFYING GRAPHICS

Getting started.

Adding graphics from other programs

Comparing vector and bitmap graphics

Managing links to imported files

Updating revised graphics

Adjusting display quality

Working with clipping paths

Working with alpha channels

Importing native Adobe graphics files

Using a library to manage objects

Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics

11 CREATING TABLES

Converting text to a table

Formatting a table

Creating a header row

Adding graphics to table cells

12 WORKING WITH TRANSPARENCY

Importing and colorizing a grayscale image

Applying transparency settings

Adjusting transparency settings for EPS images

Adding transparency effects

Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency

Applying transparency settings to text

Working with effects

13 OUTPUT AND EXPORTING

Preflighting files

Packaging files

Creating an Adobe PDF proof

Previewing separations

Previewing how transparency effects will be flattened

Previewing the page

Printing a laser or inkjet proof

Using the Ink Manager

14 CREATING RICH INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTS

Setting up an online document

Adding buttons, page transitions, and hyperlinks

Exporting as Flash Player (SWF)

Exporting as Adobe PDF (Interactive)

Converting a print document for online use

Adding advanced interactivity, animation, and video

Review questions and answers.

APPENDIX: COLOR MANAGEMENT

The need for color management

Synchronizing color settings in Adobe Bridge

Specifying color settings in InDesign

Displaying images at full resolution

Proofing colors onscreen

Index

BONUS CHAPTER 15: WORKING WITH LONG DOCUMENTS (INCLUDED ON DISC)

Starting a book

Creating a running footer

Adding a footnote

Adding a cross-reference

Synchronizing a book

Generating a table of contents

Indexing a book

Notes:

"Writers: John Cruise and Kelly Kordes Anton"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

Online resource; Title from title page (viewed May 11, 2010)

ISBN:

9786612568916

9781282568914

1282568914

OCLC:

1027167307