Book description
Costs less. Does more. Is easier to use: If this is the conclusion you've reached when comparing InDesign CS with its two long-time rivals (QuarkXPress and PageMaker), you're ready to make the switch. This guide shows you how! Throughout this compact guide, the focus is on leveraging your skill in the other leading desktop publishing packages to get up to speed fast in the new leading publishing package! As the perfect companion to the more comprehensive Real World InDesign CS, this tightly focused guide details the most common tasks and techniques you need to know to get your job done in InDesign CS. Clear, concise instructions enhanced by plenty of screen shots and sample layouts show you how to create and navigate documents, import and style text and objects, manage long projects, work with color, and more. You¿ll also find good coverage of all of InDesign's newest and most unique features: the Story Editor, a Separation Preview palette, nested styles, the Package for GoLive command, and more.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Introduction
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1. Top Ten Common Pitfalls
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1. Top Ten “Gotchas” for QuarkXPress Users
- “Where are the Item and Content tools?”
- “I see the picture box tools, but where are the tools for text boxes?”
- “I can’t find text leading!”
- “Why do I always get the wrong font and size when I start typing?”
- “I can’t click on master page items!”
- “How am I supposed to link text boxes together without a Link tool?”
- “Why does creating or editing a color or style affect objects on my page?”
- “How do I resize, color, or adjust pictures?”
- “How do I get rid of my guides?”
- “Where is that XPress feature I always use?”
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2. Top Ten “Gotchas” for PageMaker Users
- “When I move from page to page, things I leave on the pasteboard disappear.”
- “I can’t find the Cropping tool.”
- “How do I create booklets like I do with Build Booklet in PageMaker?”
- “I always avoided QuarkXPress because it used frames for everything. Now InDesign is the same!”
- “Where’s the automatic bullets and numbering that I used in PageMaker?”
- “How do I manage linked images?”
- “I miss some of the keyboard shortcuts I used in PageMaker.”
- “Is there any way to import my PageMaker dictionary and scripts?”
- “I can select items in a stack, but when I try to move a lower item, the top one is selected again.”
- “Where do I set the starting page number for my document?”
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1. Top Ten “Gotchas” for QuarkXPress Users
- 2. The User Interface
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3. Building Pages
- 6. Creating Frames
- 7. Tools for Selecting
- 8. Creating and Editing Shapes
- 9. Fills and Strokes
- 10. Moving and Transforming Objects
- 11. Grouping, Stacking, Nesting, and Locking Objects
- 12. Duplicating, Deleting, and Aligning Objects
- 13. Layers
- 4. Building Documents
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5. Typography
- 19. Importing and Editing Text
- 20. Threading and Unthreading Text Frames
- 21. Checking Spelling and Using Dictionaries
- 22. Character Formatting
- 23. Paragraph Formatting
- 24. Text Frame Properties
- 25. Find and Change
- 6. Styles
- 7. Graphics
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8. Where Text Meets Graphics
- 32. Inline Objects
- 33. Text Wrap
- 34. Text and Graphics on a Path
- 35. Creating and Importing Tables
- 36. Formatting Tables
- 37. Text and Graphics in Tables
- 9. Color and Transparency
- 10. Long Documents
- 11. Printing
- 12. Exporting
- Appendixes A, B, C: Converting Files and Plug-ins
Product information
- Title: Moving to InDesign
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2004
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780321294111
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