Résumé
Learn how to use Adobe® InDesign from an expert!
If you want the real scoop on how to use InDesign to its greatest potential, there's no need to look any further! Written by a recognized graphics authority, this book explains design principles and ways to use InDesign to streamline your workflow. Learning InDesign, the foremost desktop publishing program of this millennium, is a necessity for any Graphic Designer or Layout Professional.
This book introduces you to InDesign, from the program tools and features to basic design and typography. Soon you'll start manipulating pictures and working with color gradients and color calibration. You'll discover just how fast and versatile InDesign is, whether you're creating documents for print or the Web!
Inside you'll find:
- Important document basics, including how to use master pages
- Methods for printing your publications, from home to commercial printing
- Distinctive ways to work with pictures
- Exciting ways to use color modes and models, from getting consistent color to color trapping
- Special text techniques to spice up your documents
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Getting StartedChapter 1: What Is InDesign?
How We Did It before Computers
How Computers Changed the Process
Understanding the InDesign Idiom
Overview: Plug-Ins
Chapter 2: Understanding the Pasteboard and
Menus
Working with the Pasteboard
Exploring the Menus
The Save Commands
The Place Command
The Document Setup Command
The Paste In Place Command
The Step and Repeat Command
The Find/Change Command
The Ruler Guides Command
The Create Guides Command
The Layout Adjustment Command
The Navigational Commands
The Insert Page Number Command
The Insert Character Command
The Fill with Placeholder Text Command
The View Menu
The Window Menu
The Help Menu
Exploring the Command Key Combinations
Adjusting Online Settings
Adjusting Color Settings
Chapter 3: Using the Tools and Palettes
Working with the Toolbox
Using the Selection Tools
Using the Path Tools
Using the Type Tools
Using the Line Tools
Using the Shape Tools
Using the Transform Tools
Using the Eyedropper Tool
Using the Gradient Tool
Using the View Tools
Using the Stroke and Fill Tools
Using the Palette Menus
Working with Palette Options
Exploring the Pages, Layers, and Navigator Palettes
Exploring the Transform and Align Palettes
Exploring the Stroke, Gradient, Attributes, and Color Palettes
Exploring the Swatches Palette
Chapter 4: Opening and Saving Pages
Starting a New Document
Opening Existing Pages
Making Changes to Your Document
Changing the Default Margin Settings
Adding Pages
Adding Pages to a Spread
Setting Up Guidelines and Grids
Using a Grid
Part II: Understanding Frames and Lines
Chapter 5: Creating Text and Graphics
Frames
Creating Frames
Aligning Text Frames to a Grid
Deleting Unwanted Frames
Drawing Shapes
Working with Corner Effects
Chapter 6: Working with Frames and Lines
Adding Fills and Gradients to Frames
Applying Spot Colors
Adding Gradients
Stroking Lines
Drawing Lines with the Line Tool
Starting and Ending Lines
Moving and Resizing Lines
Changing Colors
Part III: Document Basics
Chapter 7: Using Master Pages
Creating Master Pages
Applying Grids and Guides
Numbering Pages and Sections
Dividing a Publication into Sections
Removing Extra Pages
Arranging Pages
Chapter 8: Working with Layers
What's a Layer?
Exploring the Layers Palette
Naming Layers
Placing Objects on Layers
Moving Objects and Layers
Merging Layers
Deleting Layers
Reducing Palette Icon Size
Saving Layer Objects to an Object Library
Adding an Item to the Object Library
Part IV: Text Techniques
Chapter 9: Preparing Text for Import into
InDesign
Translating Word Processor Formats
Using Add/Strip
Choosing a Format for Text Creation
Deciding Where to Format Text
Chapter 10: Working with Imported Text
Editing Text
Getting around the Page
Finding and Changing Formatted Text
Chapter 11: Flowing Text through Your
Document
Placing Text in Frames
Placing Text from the Clipboard
Using Drag-and-Drop Text Placement
Placing Text Using the Place Command
Flowing Text Semi-Automatically
Flowing Text Automatically (Autoflow)
Adding a Frame in an Existing Thread
Unthreading a Frame
Working with Leftover Text
Chapter 12: Applying Character and Paragraph
Formatting
Understanding Character and Paragraph Formatting
Formatting Characters Using the Character Palette
Choosing a Size and Style
Using Other Style Options
Applying Kerning and Tracking
Working with Tracking
Using Baseline Shift
Skewing Type
Setting Indents
Setting Paragraph Spacing
Aligning to the Baseline Grid
Chapter 13: Using Styles and Style Sheets
Creating Styles
Applying Styles
Editing Styles
Removing Unused Styles
Using a Style Sheet
Part V: Typography
Chapter 14: Working with Special Formatting
Using Hanging Indents
Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists
Working with Numbered Lists
Applying Run-In Heads
Using Foreign Characters
Formatting Tables
Chapter 15: Using Type as a Design Element
Using Different Kinds of Type
Sans Serif Type
Character Fonts
Importing Headlines from Illustrator or Photoshop
Transforming Text into a Path
Using White Space
Part VI: Pictures on the Page
Chapter 16: Importing Graphics
Preparing Graphics to Import
Choosing a File Format
Working with EPS Files
Working with PDFs
Working with PICT Files
Working with Inline Graphics
Chapter 17: Making Changes to Your Images
Cropping a Picture
Reshaping Frames
Applying Rotation and Skew
Chapter 18: Working with Special Effects
Text Wrapping
Wrapping Text around a Bounding Box
Setting Text to Jump a Graphic
Setting Text to Jump to the Next Column
Using No Text Wrap
Applying Inverted Wraps
Solving Text Wrap Problems
Creating Automatic Clipping Paths
Chapter 19: Creating Original Graphics
Drawing Closed Shapes
Drawing Open Shapes
Filling a Shape
Drawing Freeform Shapes with the Pen Tools
Using the Scissors Tool
Working with Compound Paths
Part VII: Working with Color
Chapter 20: Using Color Models and Color
Modes
Working with Color Models
The CMYK Model
The LAB Color Model
Using Color Management Systems
Considering the Working Environment
Chapter 21: Applying Color
Understanding Spot Color
Defining Colors
Working with Tints
Filling Text with a Graphic
Part VIII: Putting It in Print
Chapter 22: Outputting to Your Own Printer
Getting Ready to Print a Proof
Setting up Pages
Working with Preflight Links
Working with Preflight Colors and Inks
Working with Preflight Print Settings
Chapter 23: Working with Service Bureaus
Preparing Files for the Service Bureau
Making a Document Package
Sharing Documents over a Server
Working with Cross-Platform Issues
Chapter 24: Going from Print to the Web
Understanding the Differences between Web and Print
Preparing Files for the Web
Exporting a Page as HTML
Appendix: Keyboard Shortcuts for the Toolbox
Glossary
Index
L'auteur - Carla Rose
Carla Rose has authored or co-authored close to 20 computer books, including Maclopedia and Teach Yourself Digital Photography in 14 Days, as well as books on desktop publishing, telecommunications, and more. She is a former professional photographer and artist, as well as an award-winning writer.
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Prima Publishing |
Auteur(s) | Carla Rose |
Parution | 01/04/2001 |
Nb. de pages | 389 |
Format | 18,5 x 23,2 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 678g |
Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
EAN13 | 9780761530299 |
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