InDesign CS5 For Dummies

Get up to speed on the latest features and enhancements to
InDesign CS5

As the industry standard in professional layout and design,
InDesign delivers powerful publishing solutions for magazine,
newspaper, and other publishing fields. This introductory book is
an easy-to-understand reference for anyone migrating from another
software application or those with little-to-no desktop publishing
experience. You'll explore InDesign basics and examine the
enhancements to InDesign CS5, while you also discover how pages
work, build templates, create frames and shapes, manage styles, and
much more.

• InDesign is proving to be an increasingly popular layout and
  design application; InDesign CS5 includes new functionality and
  enhanced tools

• Teaches all the basics for first-time users, including how to
  open and save your work, arrange objects, work with color, edit
  text, manage styles, finesse character details, add special type,
  import and size graphics, set paths, work with tabs, create
  indices, and more

• Demonstrates how to calibrate colors, export PDF files,
  fine-tune paragraph details, create frames and shapes, manipulate
  objects, and work with automated text

InDesign CS5 For Dummies offers a straightforward but fun
approach to discovering how to get the most from your desktop
publishing experience when using InDesign.

Autorentext
Galen Gruman is the principal at The Zango Group, an editorial and book production firm. He has designed and produced numerous publications. Galen has authored or coauthored more than 20 books on desktop publishing, and he is currently the Executive Editor for InfoWorld.

Zusammenfassung
Get up to speed on the latest features and enhancements to InDesign CS5 As the industry standard in professional layout and design, InDesign delivers powerful publishing solutions for magazine, newspaper, and other publishing fields. This introductory book is an easy-to-understand reference for anyone migrating from another software application or those with little-to-no desktop publishing experience. You'll explore InDesign basics and examine the enhancements to InDesign CS5, while you also discover how pages work, build templates, create frames and shapes, manage styles, and much more.

• InDesign is proving to be an increasingly popular layout and design application; InDesign CS5 includes new functionality and enhanced tools
• Teaches all the basics for first-time users, including how to open and save your work, arrange objects, work with color, edit text, manage styles, finesse character details, add special type, import and size graphics, set paths, work with tabs, create indices, and more
• Demonstrates how to calibrate colors, export PDF files, fine-tune paragraph details, create frames and shapes, manipulate objects, and work with automated text
  InDesign CS5 For Dummies offers a straightforward but fun approach to discovering how to get the most from your desktop publishing experience when using InDesign.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

Part I: Before You Begin 7

Chapter 1: Understanding InDesign Ingredients 9

Chapter 2: Making InDesign Work Your Way 33

Part II: Document Essentials 47

Chapter 3: Opening and Saving Your Work 49

Chapter 4: Discovering How Pages and Layers Work 59

Chapter 5: The Joys of Reuse 85

Chapter 6: Working with Color 99

Part III: Object Essentials 117

Chapter 7: Adding Essential Elements 119

Chapter 8: Manipulating Objects 137

Chapter 9: Organizing Objects 157

Chapter 10: Aligning and Arranging Objects 173

Part IV: Text Essentials 197

Chapter 11: Putting Words on the Page 199

Chapter 12: The Ins and Outs of Text Editing 219

Chapter 13: The Styles of Text 237

Chapter 14: Fine-Tuning Paragraph Details 247

Chapter 15: Finessing Character Details 263

Part V: Graphics Essentials 277

Chapter 16: Importing Graphics 279

Chapter 17: Fitting Graphics and Setting Paths 291

Part VI: Getting Down to Business 301

Chapter 18: Working with Tabs and Tables 303

Chapter 19: Working with Footnotes, Indexes, and TOCs 315

Chapter 20: Working with Automatic Text 327

Chapter 21: Publishing Books 337

Part VII: Printing, Presentation, and Web Essentials 345

Chapter 22: Printing and PDF'ing Your Work 347

Chapter 23: Web Project Basics 371

Chapter 24: Presentation Project Basics 383

Part VIII: The Part of Tens 405

Chapter 25: Top Ten New Features in InDesign CS5 407

Chapter 26: Top Ten Resources for InDesign Users 411

Index 415