List of Sidebars

Introduction

Dealing with computer-platform appearance issues

Chapter 1: What InDesign Can Do for You

What makes InDesign special

InDesign Vocabulary 101

Chapter 2: A Tour of InDesign

Marrying and divorcing palette panes

Chapter 3: Getting InDesign Ready to Go

To customize or not to customize

Chapter 5: Working with Pages

Targeting versus selecting spreads

Chapter 6: Working with Layers

When, where, and why to use layers

Chapter 7: Creating Layout Standards

Library caveats

Chapter 8: Defining Colors and Gradients

The evils of the Color pane's colors

Chapter 9: Book Publishing

The pros and cons of books

Creating other lists

Nested or run-in index?

Incorporating indexing into a workflow

Chapter 11: Manipulating Frames and Lines

More about scaling frames

Chapter 14: Preparing Text Files for Import

Working with files across platforms

Using special characters

Fixing Microsoft Word's bad dashes

Chapter 15: Working with Text

Keep characters to a minimum

Handling import options

Chapter 16: Flowing Text through a Document

Other text-importing techniques

Text frame anatomy

Threading icons

Chapter 18: Specifying Paragraph Attributes

How many characters?

About word spacing

Chapter 19: Creating Special Text Formatting

Spacing guidelines for indents and bullets

Bullet character options

Chapter 21: Setting Up Tabs and Tables

Preparing text files for setting tabs

Chapter 22: Preparing Picture Files for Import

Working with files across platforms

Chapter 25: Special Effects for Pictures

Creating clipping paths in Photoshop

Chapter 26: Drawing Free-Form Shapes and Curved Paths

Drawing tools

Chapter 29: Preparing for Color Prepress

Defining color models

Understanding profiles

Chapter 31: Printing Techniques

What "lpi" and "dpi" mean

Chapter 32: Creating Output Files

Understanding imposition

Understanding compression methods

Settings for on-screen usage

Chapter 33: Interactive Document Setup

What are eBooks?

Chapter 37: Using Scripts

Getting more information on JavaScript

Getting more information on AppleScript

Getting more information on VBA

Chapter 38: The Publishing Environment

Computer acronyms explained

TrueType, OpenType, or PostScript?

Chapter 40: Typography Theory and Practice

Understanding typeface formats

Understanding typeface names

Chapter 41: Using Special Characters

European languages and accented characters

Chapter 42: Color Fundamentals

Using color swatchbooks