Book description
Adobe InDesign CS2 is a powerful, but complicated, page layout technology. Sure, learning how to use the various tools and techniques is important, but what you really need and want to know is how to put those tools and techniques to use to complete projects at work. That's where Adobe InDesign CS2 @ Work: Projects You Can Use on the Job comes into play. The InDesign tools and basics are introduced to you in the first three chapters. After that, you will accomplish a variety of real-world job tasks with detailed instructions that allow for personalization. The projects you will learn to tackle include:
Business Collateral
Marketing Materials
Newspaper/Magazine Ads and Posters
Brochures
Interactive Reports/Presentations
Monthly Newsletters
Product Catalogues
Order Forms
Annual Reports
Tips, tricks and notes provide you with the information that you need to carry over what you learn in Adobe InDesign CS2 @ Work: Projects You Can Use on the Job to your job. Put your knowledge and talents to work!
"I'm really impressed with Adobe InDesign @work: Projects You Can Use on the Job. Cate Indiano found just the right balance of easy step-by-step instructions and pertinent background information, including workflow, project management, and production issues. The example layouts and files are well-designed and provide real-world context for the entire book. You won't find any fluff here - just a combination of clear and purposeful text and screenshots."
Adam Pratt, Application Engineer, Adobe Systems, Inc.
"Cate Indiano has produced a thorough, well thought out book. She's an excellent instructor and her focus on making sure her readers learn what they need to know to produce work efficiently in the real world is very evident in this book."
Sterling Ledet, Sterling Ledet & Associates
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Introduction
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I. Getting Started
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1. Exploring InDesign
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Choosing InDesign
- Creative Suite Advantages
- Adobe Bridge (New Feature) and Version Cue
- PageMaker Users
- Object Styles (New Feature)
- Photoshop and PDF Layer Support (New Feature)
- Transparency
- OpenType Font Support
- Anchored Objects (New Feature)
- Tables
- Direct Export to PDF
- Snippets (New Feature)
- The InDesign CS 2 Window
- InDesign CS2 Tools
- InDesign CS2 Primary Palettes
- InDesign CS2’s Secondary Palettes
- Final Thoughts
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Choosing InDesign
- 2. Planning for Production
- 3. Converting to InDesign from Another Application
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1. Exploring InDesign
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II. Projects
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4. Developing Business Collateral
- About the Project
- Prerequisites
- @work resources
- Planning the Project
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Project: Letterhead
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2: Getting Acquainted with the Control Palette
- Step 3: Importing Art Files
- Step 4: Transforming Placed Art Files
- Step 5: Creating a Text Element
- Step 6: Formatting Text
- Step 7: Previewing Your Work with View Commands
- Step 8: Drawing with Tools
- Step 9: Applying Color
- Step 10: Saving Your Work
- Step 11: Printing a Composite Proof
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Project: Business Card
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2: Importing Art Files
- Step 3: Positioning a Graphic Element
- Step 4: Transforming a Graphic Element
- Step 5: Placing a Ruler Guide and Creating a Text Element
- Step 6: Formatting Text
- Step 7: Viewing Options
- Step 8: Saving Your File
- Step 9: Printing a Composite Proof
- Step 10: Creating a Template
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Project: Envelope
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2: Creating a Document Preset
- Step 3: Importing Art Files
- Step 4: Transforming with Tools
- Step 5: Creating a Text Element
- Step 6: Using a Swatch to Color a Graphic Element
- Step 7: Locking an Element
- Step 8: Auto Leading
- Step 9: Previewing Your Work
- Step 10: Saving Your Work
- Step 11: Printing a Composite Proof
- Step 12: Preflighting and Packaging Your Files
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Project: Postcard
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2: Placing an Image for Full Bleed
- Step 3: Adding Text
- Step 4: Creating Breaks
- Step 5: Centering Text Horizontally and Vertically
- Step 6: Creating a Reverse or Knockout
- Step 7: Navigating in an InDesign Document
- Step 8: Creating Ruler Guides
- Step 9: Placing Text
- Step 10: Positioning with the Proxy
- Step 11: Constraining Object Moves
- Step 12: Spell-checking in InDesign
- Step 13: Printing a Composite Proof
- Project: CD Cover
- Creating Company T-Shirts
- Project: T-shirt Front
- Project: T-shirt Back
- Final Thoughts
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5. Creating an Advertisement and a Poster
- About the Project
- Prerequisites
- Planning the Project
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Project: Advertisement
- Step 1 : Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2 : Applying a Stroke
- Step 3 : Inserting Special Characters
- Step 4: Placing Raster Elements
- Step 5: Creating Drop Shadows
- Step 6: Sampling Color
- Step 7: Formatting Text
- Step 8: Applying a Drop Shadow to Type
- Step 9: Changing Paragraph Alignment
- Step 10: Scaling Vector Elements
- Step 11: Reviewing Your Work
- Step 12: Preflighting and Packaging
- Step 13: Printing
- Step 14: Exporting PDF/X-1a
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Project: Poster
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2: Customizing the Workspace
- Step 3: Adding a Swatch
- Step 4: Creating a Stroke
- Step 5: Aligning Text Horizontally and Vertically
- Step 6: Creating a Logo
- Step 7: Creating Bullets
- Step 8: Creating Indentation
- Step 9: Using the Transparency Palette
- Step 10: Arranging Elements
- Step 11: Constraining and Copying While in Motion
- Step 12: Placing Images
- Step 13: Creating Gradient Strokes
- Step 14: Aligning Elements
- Step 15: Reviewing Your Work
- Step 16: Preflighting and Packaging
- Step 17: Printing
- Final Thoughts
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6. Designing a Product Sheet
- About the Project
- Prerequisites
- Planning the Project
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Project: Product Sheet Front
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2: Importing Elements
- Step 3: Creating a Text Element
- Step 4: Creating a Color Swatch
- Step 5: Formatting Text
- Step 6: Coloring Type
- Step 7: Creating a Shadow Box
- Step 8: Grouping Elements
- Step 9: Stepping and Repeating
- Step 10: Creating Columns Versus Threading Text Blocks
- Step 11: Threading Text
- Step 12: Creating a Style Sheet
- Step 13: Creating a Style Sheet (Alternative Method)
- Step 14: Removing a Style Sheet and Applying Another
- Step 15: Filling with Placeholder Text
- Step 16: Positioning Elements
- Step 17: Previewing Your Work
- Step 18: Printing a Composite Proof
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Project: Product Sheet Back
- Step 1: Using the Pages Palette to Add a Page
- Step 2: Tinting an Element
- Step 3: Copying from One Page to Another
- Step 4: Creating Multiple Columns Inside a Single Text Box
- Step 5: Creating a Drop Cap
- Step 6: Aligning Elements
- Step 7: Using the Glyphs Palette
- Step 8: Using OpenType
- Step 9: Grouping and Text Wrap
- Step 10: Managing File Links
- Step 11: Preflighting Your Project
- Step 12: Creating a Color Composite Proof
- Step 13: Creating a PDF for Alternative Distribution
- Final Thoughts
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7. Creating a Brochure
- About the Project
- Prerequisites
- Planning the Project
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Project: Trifold Brochure
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2: Placing Guides
- Step 3: Adding a Swatch
- Step 4: Creating a Gradient
- Step 5: Directing a Gradient
- Step 6: Importing a Logo
- Step 7: Creating the Title for the Brochure
- Step 8: Placing an Image and Coloring It
- Step 9: Creating Graphical Elements
- Step 10: Transforming Elements
- Step 11: Creating Text Wrap
- Step 12: Fitting Content to Frame
- Step 13: Creating and Linking Text Blocks
- Step 14: Using the Pen Tool
- Step 15: Printing a Composite Proof
- Step 16: Optional Exercise: Data Merging
- Final Thoughts
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8. Putting Together an Interactive Presentation
- About the Project
- Prerequisites
- Planning the Project
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Project: An Interactive Presentation
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2: Setting Up Master Pages
- Step 3: Creating Multiple Masters
- Step 4: Tagging Elements with Color
- Step 5: Working with the Pen Tool
- Step 6: Adding More Pages
- Step 7: Working with Libraries
- Step 8: Creating Layers
- Step 9: Adding a Heading and Bulleted Text
- Step 10: Creating Style Sheets
- Step 11: Adding Library Elements
- Step 12: Adding Animation and Movies
- Step 13: Creating Hyperlinks for Icon Navigation
- Step 14: Printing a Composite Proof
- Step 15: Exporting a PDF
- Final Thoughts
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9. Developing a Newsletter
- About the Project
- Prerequisites
- Planning the Project
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Project: Newsletter
- Step 1: Arranging Windows
- Step 2: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 3: Creating the Masthead
- Step 4: Creating Tabs
- Step 5: Using the Glyphs Palette
- Step 6: Creating Text Wrap
- Step 7: Formatting Master Pages with Auto Page Numbering
- Step 8: Creating Object Styles
- Step 9: Using Display Performance
- Step 10: Creating a Table
- Step 11: Importing and Cleaning Up Copy from Text Files
- Step 12: Back to the Layout
- Step 13: Creating Type Outlines
- Step 14: Creating Tab Leaders
- Step 15: Creating a Color Composite Proof
- Step 16: Managing Horizontal Space with Kerning
- Step 17: Managing Horizontal Space with Tracking
- Step 18: Managing Horizontal Space with Justification
- Step 19: In-house Digital Production
- Step 20: Creating a PDF for Alternative Distribution
- Final Thoughts
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10. Designing a Product Catalogue
- About the Project
- Prerequisites
- Planning the Project
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Project: Catalogue
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2: Creating Multiple Master Pages
- Step 3: Creating Custom Columns
- Step 4: Creating Section Tabs
- Step 5: Auto Page Numbering
- Step 6: Creating Masters Based on Masters
- Step 7: Applying Master Pages
- Step 8: Creating the Cover
- Step 9: Creating Type Outlines
- Step 10: Creating Colors and Applying Blending Modes
- Step 11: Transforming Objects, Again!
- Step 12: Creating Paragraph Styles
- Step 13: Using the Next Style Feature of Paragraph Styles
- Step 14: Creating Anchored Objects
- Step 15: Creating Templates
- Step 16: Creating Headers As TOC Entries
- Step 17: Importing Spreadsheets As Tables
- Step 18: Editing Tables
- Step 19: Creating a TOC
- Step 20: Preflighting Your Project
- Step 21: Creating a Color Composite Proof
- Step 22: Creating a PDF for Alternative Distribution
- Final Thoughts
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11. Making an Order Form
- About the Project
- Prerequisites
- Planning the Project
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Project: Order Form
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2: Creating Form Fields with Tab Leaders
- Step 3: Inserting and Formatting a Table
- Step 4: Learning Table Behavior
- Step 5: Formatting Row and Column Strokes and Row Height
- Step 6: Inserting Special Characters
- Step 7: Creating a Color Composite Proof
- Step 8: Creating a PDF for Alternative Distribution
- Final Thoughts
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12. Producing an Annual Report
- About the Project
- Prerequisites
- Planning the Project
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Project: Annual Report
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Document Format
- Step 2: Editing a Master Page and Basing One Master on Another
- Step 3: Organizing Your Front Matter
- Step 4: Using All Caps and Small Caps to Convey Formality
- Step 5: Adding Bullets and Numbering
- Step 6: Creating Footnotes
- Step 7: Adding Decorative Elements to Your Strokes
- Step 8: Formatting Financial Data
- Step 9: Creating an Index
- Step 10: Preflighting Your Project
- Step 11: Creating a Color Composite Proof
- Step 12: Review and Approval
- Final Thoughts
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4. Developing Business Collateral
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III. Appendixes
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A. Glossary
- B. Resources
- C. Printing Processes
- D. Workflow
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A. Glossary
Product information
- Title: Adobe® InDesign® CS2 @work: Projects You Can Use on the Job
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2005
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: 9780672328022
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