Part IV: Text Fundamentals


Chapter List

Chapter 14: Preparing Text Files for Import
Chapter 15: Working with Text
Chapter 16: Flowing Text through a Document
Chapter 17: Specifying Character Attributes
Chapter 18: Specifying Paragraph Attributes
Chapter 19: Creating Special Text Formatting
Chapter 20: Setting Up Style Sheets
Chapter 21: Setting Up Tabs and Tables

Part Overview

For many designers, text is the gray stuff that flows around pictures and headlines, but text is actually a key component of the layout and its design. It also involves much of the effort in creating a layout. The chapters in this part show you how to prepare, import, and format your text, including design-oriented text manipulation and table creation.

First, you need to understand how to prepare your text. Today's word processors are very powerful, and many people are tempted to use their many capabilities in files destined for InDesign. Don't be. Today's word processors do too much for files destined for a page-layout program, and the key to effective preparation is to do just the basics in your word processor, as Chapter 14 explains.

With your text ready to use, you need to bring it into InDesign, as well as enter some text directly into InDesign. Chapter 15 shows you how to do so, as well as how to edit text, spell-check it, and set its hyphenation rules. You'll also learn how to export text from InDesign into files usable by other programs.

It's rare that text all goes onto one page in a layout, which is why understanding text flow is so key. Chapter 16 explains how InDesign flows text from page to page and column to column, and how you can control how text flows as well as the appearance of the frames in which it is held.

With your text in place, you'll want to apply the appropriate formatting fonts, size , justification, alignment, and so on to it. Chapters 17 through 19 show how to format your text so it takes on the visual character you want in your layout. You'll want to automate your text formatting wherever possible. That's what style sheets do, and Chapter 20 explains how to create style sheets that let you apply consistent formatting to text throughout a document. Style sheets also let you change text throughout a document with a few simple actions, rather than change everything by hand. The chapter also shows you how to work with the style sheets in your word processors to save even more layout time.

Finally, a special type of formatting involves tabs, which let you align text to specific locations. A more powerful variation is the ability to create and edit tables. Chapter 21 explains how to do both.




Adobe InDesign CS Bible
Adobe InDesign CS3 Bible
ISBN: 0470119381
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 344
Authors: Galen Gruman

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