InDesign CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide (Visual QuickStart Guides)

Using the task-based, visual approach that readers count on in the Visual QuickStart Guides, this volume introduces readers to all aspects of InDesign CS5. Users will learn how to create and automate documents, import and style text and objects, manage long documents, export files for a wide variety of purposes, and more. Coverage of InDesign CS5's new features includes: tools for interactive documents, including the new animation panel; simplified object selection; multiple page sizes; track text changes; new layers panel, live captions; production enhancements, and print-to-digital capability.--From publisher description Table of Contents 7 Chapter 1 Getting Started 12 Choosing Panels 13 Working with Panels 25 Using Workspaces 27 Using the Tools Panel 29 Using the Tools Hints Panel 30 Using Contextual Menus 31 Chapter 2 Document Setup 32 The Welcome Screen 33 Setting Up Documents 34 Setting the Layout Options 36 Changing Layout Options 39 Using the Document Presets 40 Using Document Rulers 42 Using the Page Tool 44 Working with Guides 46 Using Smart Guides 50 Viewing Transformation Values 50 Working with Document Grids 51 Changing the Magnification 52 View and Pasteboard Controls 54 Using the Zoom and Hand Tools 56 Controlling Windows 58 Using the Application bar 59 File Maintenance 61 Chapter 3 Basic Text 64 Creating Text Frames 65 Typing Text 68 Selecting Text 69 Moving and Deleting Text 71 Using the Character Panel 73 Setting the Typeface and Point Size 74 Styling Text 75 Setting Line and Character Spacing 77 Applying Text Distortions 79 Setting the Language 80 Applying Paragraph Formatting 81 Setting Alignment and Indents 82 Inserting a Manual Indent 84 Setting Paragraph Effects 85 Working with Hidden Characters 87 Using the Glyphs Panel 88 Working with Text Flow 91 Setting Text Frame General Controls 92 Spanning and Splitting Columns 95 Using the Control Panel for Text 96 Using Special Text Characters 97 Chapter 4 Working With Objects 98 Types of Frames 99 Creating Basic Shapes 100 Selecting Objects 102 Moving Objects 103 Replicating Objects 105 Resizing Objects 107 Using the Transform Tools 108 Using the Transform Panel 113 Using the Transform Commands 117 Using the Arrange Commands 119 Aligning Objects 120 Smart Dimensions; Smart Spacing 123 Using the Gap Tool 124 Grouping and Pasting Into Objects 125 Using the Control Panel for Objects 128 Using the Measure Tool 129 Using the Info Panel with Objects 131 Locking Objects 132 Selecting Frames 133 Chapter 5 Working in Color 134 The Basics of Color 135 Using the Color Panel 137 Defining and Storing Swatches 141 Using Swatch Libraries 149 Creating Mixed Inks 150 Creating Tints 153 Using the Color Picker 155 Creating Gradient Swatches 156 Using the Eyedropper 159 Using the Kuler Panel 160 Overprinting Colors 162 Chapter 6 Fills, Strokes, and Effects 164 Applying Fills 165 Applying Stroke Effects 169 Creating Custom Stroke Styles 176 Adding Arrows 181 Corner Options 181 Opacity and Blend Mode Effects 183 Working with Effects 187 Shadow Effects 188 Glow Effects 189 Bevel and Emboss Effects 190 Satin Effect 190 Feather Effects 191 Setting the Global Light 192 Using the Pathfinder Commands 193 Using the Eyedropper 196 Setting Object Defaults 198 Chapter 7 Points and Paths 200 Pen Points 201 Drawing Lines 202 Drawing Curves 203 Changing Curves and Corner Points 204 Modifying Paths 205 Modifying Points 207 Using the Pencil Tool 209 Using the Smooth Tool 211 Using the Erase Tool 212 Adding or Deleting Points on Paths 213 Chapter 8 Imported Graphics 214 Placing Artwork 215 Using Bridge and Mini Bridge 219 Specialty Frames 220 Setting the Image Import Options 223 Working with Images Inside Frames 227 Fitting Graphics in Frames 229 Nesting Graphic Elements 233 Styling Placed Images 234 Linking Graphics 235 Embedding Graphics 239 Setting Layer Visibility 240 Importing Transparent Images 241 Using Clipping Paths 242 Viewing Images 244 Chapter 9 Text Effects 248 Wrapping Text 249 Text on a Path 255 Working with Paragraph Rules 258 Inline and Anchored Objects 262 Chapter 10 Pages and Books 268 Changing the Pages Panel 269 Adding Blank Pages 270 Navigating and Moving Pages 272 Modifying Page Sizes 276 Creating and Separating Spreads 278 Importing Text 279 Flowing Text 283 Creating Text Breaks 287 Working with Master Pages 288 Rotating Spreads 293 Adjusting Layouts 294 Page Numbers and Text Variables 295 Conditional Text 299 Conditional Text Sets 302 Applying Captions to Graphics 303 Making Books 305 Creating a Table of Contents 310 Chapter 11 Layers 316 Creating and Deleting Layers 317 Setting the Layer Options 319 Working with Layers 322 Layer Contents 324 Chapter 12 Libraries and Snippets 326 Storing Items in a Library 327 Applying Library Items to a Page 329 Setting the Library Display 330 Searching and Sorting Libraries 331 Creating and Using Snippets 333 Chapter 13 Tabs and Tables 334 Inserting Tab Characters 335 Setting Tab Stops 336 Creating Tab Leaders 339 Creating and Using Tables 340 Navigating Through Tables 345 Selecting Tables 346 Working with Rows and Columns 348 Adjusting Tables Within a Text Frame 354 Working with Headers and Footers 355 Adding Images to Tables 357 Customizing Cells 358 Setting Borders, Strokes, and Fills 361 Alternating Strokes and Fills 364 Adding Diagonal Lines in Cells 367 Using the Table or Control Panels 368 Chapter 14 Automating Your Work 370 Changing Case 371 Checking Spelling 371 Using Find/Change 375 Using the Text Find/Change 377 Using the GREP Find/Change 379 Using the Glyph Find/Change 380 Using the Object Find/Change 381 Saving Searches 381 Adding Captions to Images 382 Using the Story Editor 385 Tracking Text Changes 386 Bullets and Numbering 388 Footnotes 391 Creating Tagged Text 394 Using Find Font 396 Keeping Lines Together 397 Using the Eyedropper on Text 398 Using Scripts 400 Chapter 15 Styles 402 Working with Paragraph Styles 403 Working with Character Styles 407 Working with Styles 408 Creating Style Groups 410 Loading and Importing Styles 411 Importing Text Styles from Word 413 Applying Styles and Style Overrides 415 Clearing Style Overrides 416 Redefining and Deleting Styles 418 Automatic Drop Cap Styling 420 Using Nested Styles 421 Creating Nested Line Styles 424 Creating GREP Styles 425 Defining Object Styles 426 Working with Object Styles 428 Defining Table and Cell Styles 429 Using the Quick Apply Feature 431 Chapter 16 Typography 434 Optical Margin Alignment 435 Using Adobe Paragraph Composer 436 Applying Justification Controls 437 Controlling Hyphenation 441 Baseline Grid 443 Balancing Ragged Lines 446 Using OpenType 446 Open Type Categories 448 Chapter 17 Color Management 450 Choosing Color Settings 451 Saving and Loading Color Settings 455 Working with Profiles 457 Chapter 18 Interactive and Multimedia 458 Setting Up the Interactive Workspace 459 Types of Interactive Elements 459 Defining Hyperlinks 459 Setting the Hyperlink Destinations 459 Applying Zoom Settings to Page Links 459 Formatting Hyperlinks 459 Editing and working with Hyperlinks 459 Creating Cross-References 459 Working with Bookmarks 460 Adding Sounds 460 Adding Movies 460 Movie Display Options 460 Creating Buttons 460 General Button Properties 460 Setting the Button States 460 Applying Behaviors 460 Modifying Behaviors 461 Multistate Objects 461 Animating Objects 461 Timing Animations 461 Working with the Preview Controls 461 Creating Page Transitions 461 Exporting Interactive PDF Files 461 Exporting Interactive SWF Files 461 Chapter 19 Output 462 Printing a Document 463 Setting the General Print Options 464 Choosing the Setup Controls 466 Tiling Pages 467 Setting Marks and Bleed 469 Setting the Output Controls 471 Working with Separations Preview 473 Color Separations and Ink Manager 475 Setting the Graphics Options 477 Setting the Advanced Options 478 Flattener Presets and Preview 479 Working with Print Presets 483 Creating a Print Summary 484 Creating Printer’s Spreads 485 Creating PostScript Files 488 Preflighting Documents 489 Creating Preflight Profiles 490 Setting the Preflight Options 494 Packaging a Document 495 Chapter 20 Exporting 496 Setting the Export File Options 497 Creating PDF Files 499 Setting the PDF General Controls 499 Setting the PDF Compression Options 502 Setting the Output PDF Options 505 Setting the Advanced PDF Options 507 Setting the Security PDF Options 508 Working with PDF Presets 510 Creating EPS Files 512 Using InDesign Markup Files 514 Setting the JPEG Options 515 Exporting for InCopy 516 Exporting Text 517 Chapter 21 Customizing 518 Modifying Keyboard Shortcuts 519 Modifying the Menu Commands 522 Choosing the Preferences Categories 523 General Preferences Controls 523 Interface Preferences 525 Type Preferences 527 Advanced Type Preferences 529 Composition Preferences 530 Units & Increments Preferences 531 Grids Preferences 533 Guides & Pasteboard Preferences 534 Dictionary Preferences 535 Spelling Preferences 538 Autocorrect Preferences 539 Notes Preferences 540 Track Changes Preferences 541 Story Editor Display Preferences 543 Display Performance Preferences 544 Appearance of Black Preferences 546 File Handling Preferences 547 Clipboard Handling 549 Trashing Preferences 549 Index 550 A 550 B 551 C 552 D 555 E 556 F 557 G 558 H 558 I 559 J 560 K 560 L 560 M 561 N 562 O 563 P 564 Q 567 R 567 S 567 T 571 U 573 V 573 W 574 X 574 Y 574 Z 575 Proven approach and expert author make this reference guide the most efficient way to dive into InDesign CS5, Adobe's page layout essential bull; bull;Thoroughly revised to show readers the ins and outs of all the new features in InDesign CS5. bull;Highly accessible step-by-step guide to common InDesign tasks offers many helpful tips and screenshots. bull;Millions have learned InDesign from popular author and presenter Sandee Cohen. Adobe InDesign CS5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide highlights the important new features, as well as covering the ones readers have relied on in previous versions of InDesign. Complete coverage of InDesign CS5's new features includes: tools for interactive documents, including the new animation panel; simplified object selection; multiple page sizes; track text changes; new layers panel, live captions; production enhancements, and print to digital capability. Using the task-based, visual approach that readers count on in the Visual QuickStart Guides, this volume introduces readers to all aspects of InDesign CS5. Users will learn how to create and automate documents, import and style text and objects, manage long documents, export files for a wide variety of purposes, and much more. Adobe InDesign CS5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide highlights the important new features, as well as covering the ones readers have relied on in previous versions of InDesign. Complete coverage of InDesign CS5's new features includes: tools for interactive documents, including the new animation panel; simplified object selection; multiple page sizes; track text changes; new layers panel, live captions; production enhancements, and print to digital capability. Using the task-based, visual approach that readers count on in the Visual QuickStart Guides, this volume introduces readers to all aspects of InDesign CS5. Users will learn how to create and automate documents, import and style text and objects, manage long documents, export files for a wide variety of purposes, and much more.

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Adobe InDesign CS5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide highlights the important new features, as well as covering the ones readers have relied on in previous versions of InDesign. Complete coverage of InDesign CS5's new features includes: tools for interactive documents, including the new animation panel; simplified object selection; multiple page sizes; track text changes; new layers panel, live captions; production enhancements, and print to digital capability. Using the task-based, visual approach that readers count on in the Visual QuickStart Guides, this volume introduces readers to all aspects of InDesign CS5. Users will learn how to create and automate documents, import and style text and objects, manage long documents, export files for a wide variety of purposes, and much more. 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.