Adobe InDesign CS3 Bible
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Adobe InDesign CS Bible
- Foreword: InDesign s Impact
- Foreword: The InDesign Mission
- Preface
- Introduction
- How to Read This Book
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Chapter QS: InDesign QuickStart
- Creating a New Document
- Working with Frames
- Working with Text
- Working with Lines
- Working with Pictures
- Creating Colors
- Applying Colors
- Printing a Composite
- Part I: Welcome to InDesign
- Chapter 1: What InDesign Can Do for You
- Discovering the InDesign Approach
- Understanding Global and Local Control
- Summary
- Chapter 2: A Tour of InDesign
- The InDesign Application Folder
- Exploring the Document Window
- Using Tools
- Working with Palettes and Panes
- Reviewing Menu Commands
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Getting InDesign Ready to Go
- Working with Preferences Files
- Setting Preferences
- Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
- Modifying Defaults for Documents, Text, and Objects
- Modifying Defaults for Views
- Adding Default Colors and Styles
- Reverting Preferences and Defaults
- Changing Views
- Opening Multiple Document Windows
- Summary
- Part II: Document Fundamentals
- Chapter 4: Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents
- Before You Begin
- Setting Up a New Publication
- Opening Documents and Templates
- Saving Documents and Templates
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Working with Pages
- Working with Multipage Documents
- Working with Page Numbers
- Navigating Documents and Pages
- Adjusting Page Layouts and Objects
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Working with Layers
- Understanding Layers
- Creating Layers
- Working with Objects on Layers
- Manipulating Layers
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Creating Layout Standards
- Creating and Applying Master Pages
- Using Templates
- Storing Objects in Libraries
- Using Ruler Guides and Grids
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Defining Colors and Gradients
- Defining Colors
- Editing Colors and Tints
- Deleting and Copying Swatches
- Spot Color versus Process Color
- Working with Color Pictures
- Working with Gradients
- Applying Colors
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Book Publishing
- Managing Multiple Documents with Books
- Creating Tables of Contents
- Indexing Documents and Books
- Summary
- Part III: Object Fundamentals
- Chapter 10: Adding Text Frames, Picture Frames, and Lines
- Creating a Text Frame
- Deleting Objects
- Creating a Graphics Frame
- Modifying a Frame s Shape
- Drawing Straight Lines
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Manipulating Frames and Lines
- Selecting Objects
- Moving, Resizing, and Deleting Objects
- Adding Strokes, Fills, and Other Effects
- Modifying Lines
- Summary
- Chapter 12: Orchestrating Objects
- Stacking Objects
- Combining Objects into a Group
- Nesting Objects within Frames
- Creating Inline Frames
- Locking Objects
- Summary
- Chapter 13: Timesaving Techniques
- Creating Copies of Objects
- Copying Objects between Documents
- Aligning and Distributing Objects
- Positioning Objects Precisely with Guides
- Summary
- Part IV: Text Fundamentals
- Chapter 14: Preparing Text Files for Import
- Importing Text Files
- Using Tagged Text
- Summary
- Chapter 15: Working with Text
- Adding Text
- Editing Text
- Searching and Replacing
- Checking Spelling
- Customizing the Spelling and Hyphenation Dictionaries
- Adjusting Text Appearance in Text Frames
- Summary
- Chapter 16: Flowing Text through a Document
- Creating Text Frames
- Getting the Text
- Threading Text Frames
- Adjusting Columns
- Summary
- Chapter 17: Specifying Character Attributes
- Working with Character Formats
- Changing Font Family, Type Style, and Size
- Applying Other Character Formats
- Leaving Space between Characters and Lines
- Summary
- Chapter 18: Specifying Paragraph Attributes
- Leading
- Controlling Alignment and Indents
- Adding Space between Paragraphs
- Adding Drop Caps
- Controlling Hyphenation and Justification
- Setting Other Paragraph Formats
- Summary
- Chapter 19: Creating Special Text Formatting
- Indenting Text
- Adding Bullets and Formatting Lists
- Adding Initial Caps
- Labeling Paragraphs
- Adding Professional Touches
- Applying Color to Text
- Rotating Text
- Scaling Text
- Underline and Strikethrough Options
- Drop Shadows and Feathering
- Summary
- Chapter 20: Setting Up Style Sheets
- Creating and Applying Style Sheets
- Working with Nested Styles
- Changing Style Sheets
- Importing Style Sheets
- Summary
- Chapter 21: Setting Up Tabs and Tables
- Using the Tabs Pane
- Creating Tables
- Converting Tabs to Tables
- Summary
- Part V: Graphics Fundamentals
- Chapter 22: Preparing Picture Files for Import
- Preparing Graphics Files
- Identifying Color Issues
- Summary
- Chapter 23: Importing Pictures
- Using the Place Command
- Specifying Import Options
- Knowing Other Ways to Import Pictures
- Summary
- Chapter 24: Modifying Imported Pictures
- Making Basic Picture Modifications
- Using the Control Palette and the Transform Pane
- Figuring Out the Fitting Commands
- Modifying Bitmap Graphics versus Vector Graphics
- Managing Links to Imported Pictures
- Summary
- Chapter 25: Special Effects for Pictures
- Wrapping Text around Pictures
- Working with Clipping Paths
- Using Transparency
- Trying Other Special Effects
- Applying Lighting Effects
- Summary
- Chapter 26: Drawing Free-Form Shapes and Curved Paths
- Finding Out All about Paths
- Drawing Lines with the Pen Tool
- Drawing Free-Form Shapes
- Summary
- Chapter 27: Modifying Shapes and Paths
- Adding and Deleting Anchor Points
- Modifying Segments
- Working with Open and Closed Paths
- Working with Compound Paths
- Adding Corner Effects to Paths
- Summary
- Chapter 28: Treating Text as Artwork
- Applying Strokes to Type
- Applying Color to Type
- Converting Text into Graphics
- Summary
- Part VI: Output Fundamentals
- Chapter 29: Preparing for Color Prepress
- Calibrating Color
- Working with Color Traps
- Summary
- Chapter 30: Preparing for Printing
- Making Initial Preparations
- Preflighting Your Document
- Creating a Document Package
- Dealing with Service Bureaus
- Summary
- Chapter 31: Printing Techniques
- Selecting InDesign Printing Options
- Printing to File
- Working with Spot Colors and Separations
- Working with Transparency
- Summary
- Chapter 32: Creating Output Files
- Creating PDF Files
- Creating EPS Files
- Creating PostScript Prepress Files
- Summary
- Part VII: Cross-Media Fundamentals
- Chapter 33: Interactive Document Setup
- Using Hyperlinks in PDF and eBook Files
- Creating Bookmarks
- Creating Page Actions
- Playing Movies and Sound
- Summary
- Chapter 34: Working with XML
- Importing and Creating XML Tags
- Applying Tags
- Taking Advantage of Other XML Options
- Exporting XML Files
- Summary
- Part VIII: Going Beyond the Program
- Chapter 35: Working with Others
- Sharing with Other Users
- Mixing MacWindows Environments
- Summary
- Chapter 36: Using Plug-Ins
- Using the Default Plug-Ins
- Purchasing Special-Purpose Plug-ins
- Knowing How Plug-Ins Work within InDesign
- Setting Plug-In Preferences
- Summary
- Chapter 37: Using Scripts
- Using Scripts
- Exploring JavaScript
- Exploring AppleScript
- Exploring VBA
- Creating and Running Scripts
- Summary
- Part IX: Introduction to Publishing
- Chapter 38: The Publishing Environment
- Choosing the Right Hardware
- Getting the Essential Software
- Working with Fonts
- Summary
- Chapter 39: Layout Theory and Practice
- Layout Terms
- Seven Basic Rules of Good Design
- Getting Started
- Imitating and Creating Good Designs
- Summary
- Chapter 40: Typography Theory and Practice
- Identifying Terms
- Using Typographic Color and Typefaces
- Learning about Typefaces
- Selecting the Right Typefaces
- Summary
- Chapter 41: Using Special Characters
- Shortcuts for Symbols
- Shortcuts for Foreign Characters
- Summary
- Chapter 42: Color Fundamentals
- Defining Color Terms
- Understanding Process and Spot Color
- Working with Color Models
- Paper Variation Models
- Summary
- Part X: Appendixes
- Appendix A: Installing or Upgrading InDesign
- Installing InDesign CS
- Upgrading from Prior Versions of InDesign
- Appendix B: What s New in InDesign CS
- InDesign Interface
- Document and Object Functions
- Text Functions
- Color and Gradient Functions
- Graphics Functions
- Output Functions
- Other Functions
- Appendix C: Switching from QuarkXPress
- Opening QuarkXPress Documents
- Switching from QuarkXPress
- Converting Keyboard Shortcuts
- Appendix D: Switching from PageMaker
- Opening PageMaker Documents
- Differences from PageMaker
- Appendix E: Switching to Mac OS X
- Interface Issues
- Where Is Everything?
- Running Mac OS 9 Applications
- Customizing Mac OS X
- Appendix F: Using Adobe InCopy
- Using InCopy in InDesign
- Using InCopy Alone
- Appendix G: The InDesign Central Web Site
- Appendix H: Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
- Index
- Index_A
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I
- Index_J
- Index_K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P
- Index_Q
- Index_R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- Index_X
- Index_Z
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Sidebars