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R E A L W O R L D R E A L W O R L D WR INDUSTRIAL- OE InDesign CS6 E® InDesign CS6 STRENGTH E® B RA B O ® O ® D pUbLISHING D A LL A TECHNIQUES D Sharpen your InDesign skills with this definitive resource created specifically for design professionals who need to produce great work—regardless of the delivery platform—in INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH pUbLISHING TECHNIQUES OlAv MArtIn KvErn is InDesign CS6. Best-selling authors Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner, and Bob Bringhurst ADOBE® an award-winning illustrator, I share their hands-on techniques to help you master InDesign’s advanced layout tools. graphic designer, software This book is brimming with insightful advice, illustrations, and shortcuts that will have n designer, and writer. He is you producing high-quality work in no time. the author of several ground- breaking books, including D This is the book that experts open to find real answers to their questions about InDesign. Real World FreeHand and It’s written in a friendly, visual style that offers accurate information and creative Real World PageMaker and inspiration for every InDesign user, whether they’re publishing to an iPad, mobile phone, was a columnist and e or traditional print publication. Contributing Editor for In Real World Adobe InDesign CS6 you’ll learn how to: Adobe Magazine. s n Use the new Liquid Layout and Create Alternate Layouts features to add flexibility DAvID BlAtnEr is the world’s most-recognized i at the beginning of your project authority on Adobe g n Take full advantage of the best typesetting features on the market InDesign, and the co-host of InDesignSecrets.com. He is n Copy and link objects with the Content Collector tool to optimize your efficiency the author of 20 books and n n Use best practices for consistent color management video titles, and the editorial director of InDesign ® n Increase productivity with scripts and other automation features Magazine. C n Prep documents for EPUB Export and use the Digital Publishing Suite for web BOB BrInghurSt worked and mobile publishing at Adobe Systems as a Senior S Technical Writer for 12 years, creating the technical docu- What designers and mentation for every Adobe 6 production artists InDesign version since the need to know software’s inception. Tips and tricks for KvErn maximum efficiency uSA $59.99 CAN $62.99 BlAtnEr Book Level: For print and web / Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced BrInghurSt ISBN-13: 978-0-321-83461-4 mobile devices ISBN-10: 0-321-83461-5 Category: 5 5 9 9 9 Layout / Digital Graphic Design Covers: Adobe InDesign CS6 Peachpit Press Cover Illustration: John Weber OlAv MArtIn KvErn , DAvID Bl AtnEr , AND BOB BrInghurSt www.peachpit.com 9 780321 834614 Cover Design: Charlene Will c6 TThhiiss ppaaggee iinntteennttiioonnaallllyy lleefftt bbllaannkk Real World Adobe InDesign CS6 by Olav Martin Kvern & David Blatner & Bob Bringhurst • for Amy and Max & Gabriel and Daniel & Wendy, Luke, and Max c6 Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner, and Bob Bringhurst Copyright © 1 by Olav Kvern, David Blatner, and Bob Bringhurst Pchpt 1 Eighth Street Berkeley, California 1 (1) -1 (1) -1 (fax) Find us on the web at: www.peachpit.com To report errors, please send a note to [email protected] Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education Project Editor: Susan Rimerman Production Editor: Lisa Brazieal Indexer: Jan C. Wright Interior Design/Composition: Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner, and Bob Bringhurst Cover Design: Charlene Charles-Will Cover Illustration: John Weber tc ht All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, elec- tronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the pub- lisher. For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact: [email protected]. Ntc Lty The information in this book is distributed on an “As Is” basis, without warranty. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neither the authors nor Peachpit shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instruc- tions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it. tmk Adobe and InDesign are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trade- marks. Where those designations appear in this book, and Peachpit was aware of a trademark claim, the des- ignations appear as requested by the owner of the trademark. All other product names and services identified throughout this book are used in editorial fashion only and for the benefit of such companies with no intention of infringement of the trademark. No such use, or the use of any trade name, is intended to convey endorsement or other affiliation with this book.. ISBN-13: --31-361- ISBN-1: -31-361- 6 3 1 Printed and bound in the United States of America c tt Contents How This Book Was Produced ............................xi Bonus Materials .........................................xi Acknowledgments ...................................... xii Chpt 1 Workspace .................................................1 Layout and Story Windows ................................ Managing Multiple Windows .............................. InDesign’s Panels ........................................ Using the Tools Panel ....................................1 Other Panels ............................................ Context Menus ........................................ Keyboard Shortcuts ..................................... Customizing Menus .....................................3 Customizing the Control Panel ............................3 Saving and Loading Workspaces ...........................3 Setting Preferences ......................................3 Setting Defaults ........................................ 6 Publication Navigation .................................. 6 Managing InDesign’s Plug-Ins ............................ 6 Place Icons ............................................ 6 On with the Tour ....................................... 6 Chpt Importing and Exporting ................................. 6 Creating a New Publication .............................. Opening Publications ....................................3 Saving Publications ...................................... Crash Recovery ......................................... Setting Basic Layout Options .............................. Pages and Spreads ...................................... Adding Pages ........................................... Arranging Pages ....................................... Creating pages of different sizes ........................... Rotating Spreads ....................................... Defining Sections ...................................... v c6 Numbering Pages ...................................... Adding Section Marker Text ..............................3 Working with Master Pages .............................. Applying Master Pages and Master Spreads ................. Overriding Master Items ................................1 Adjusting Layouts ......................................13 Liquid Page Rules ......................................16 Alternate Layouts ......................................11 Selecting and Deselecting ...............................11 Guides ................................................11 Grids .................................................13 Stacking Objects .......................................131 Layers ................................................133 Grouping Objects ......................................1 Locking Object Positions ................................13 Deleting Objects .......................................1 Finding and Changing Objects ...........................1 A Good Foundation ....................................16 Chpt 3 Text .....................................................1 Creating Text Frames ...................................1 Setting Text Frame Options ..............................1 Spanning and Splitting Columns .........................1 Linking and Unlinking Text Frames .......................1 Flowing Text ...........................................16 Entering Text ..........................................16 Text Variables ..........................................1 Cross References .......................................11 Importing Text .........................................1 Text Files and File Linking ...............................3 Exporting Text .........................................3 Editing Text ...........................................3 Story Editor .......................................... 6 Track Changes ........................................ Notes .................................................1 Using Adobe InCopy ...................................1 Checking Spelling ......................................13 Footnotes .............................................1 Conditional Text .......................................3 Find and Change ...................................... 6 Working with InDesign Tagged Text ..................... After Words .......................................... ctt v Chpt Type ................................................... Character Formatting ...................................1 OpenType Fonts ...................................... Find Font ............................................. Filling and Stroking Characters ......................... 6 Paragraph Formatting .................................. 6 Bullets and Numbering ................................ 36 Styles .................................................31 Copying Styles from Other Publications ...................331 Optical Margin Alignment ..............................333 An Old Typesetter Never… ..............................33 Chpt Drawing .................................................33 Drawing Basic Shapes ...................................336 Points and Paths .......................................33 Drawing Paths with the Pencil Tool ...................... 3 Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool ........................ 3 Drawing Techniques ....................................3 Compound Paths .......................................3 Smoothing Paths ...................................... 3 Erasing Paths ..........................................3 Path Operations ........................................3 Corner Options ........................................3 Strokes ................................................3 Stroke Styles ...........................................36 Fills ................................................. 366 Gradients .............................................36 Transparency ..........................................3 Transparency Effects ....................................3 Drawing Conclusions ...................................3 Chpt 6 Where Text Meets Graphics ...............................3 Paragraph Rules ....................................... 3 Tables ................................................3 Creating a Table ....................................... 36 Editing Tables ........................................ 3 Table Shortcuts ........................................1 Formatting Tables ......................................13 Table and Cell Styles ....................................3 Text Wrap ............................................ Converting Text to Outlines .............................3 Inline Frames and Anchored Objects ..................... 3 v c6 Object Styles .......................................... Placing Text on a Path ................................. Quick Apply .......................................... 6 Figure Captions ........................................63 Alternate Reality ...................................... 66 Chpt Importing and Exporting ................................ 6 Importing ............................................ 6 Placing Anything ...................................... 6 About Graphic File Formats ............................ Image Resolution and Scaling ............................ Graphic Display Properties ............................. 6 Image Import Options ................................. Linking and Embedding ................................ Copying and Linking Objects ........................... 3 Working with Graphic Frames .......................... File Info and Metadata ..................................3 Object Layer Options ................................... Working with Clipping Paths ............................ Applying Color to an Imported Graphic ...................1 Exporting Documents ..................................11 Exporting JPEG or PNG ................................11 Exporting EPS .........................................13 Exporting PDF for Printing ..............................1 InDesign Markup Language (IDML) ......................3 Snippets ..............................................3 Data Merge ............................................33 XML ................................................ The Best of All Possible Worlds .......................... Chpt Long Documents ......................................... Books ............................................... 6 Table of Contents ....................................... Indexes (Or Indices) ....................................61 Putting It Together ..................................... Chpt Transforming ............................................ Transformation Basics ..................................6 Numbers Are Your Friends .............................. Moving Objects ........................................3 Scaling ................................................6 Rotating Objects ....................................... ctt x Reflecting Objects ......................................1 Shearing Objects ....................................... Repeating Transformations ..............................3 Grid Mode ........................................... 6 Aligning and Distributing Objects ........................ Locking Objects ........................................61 Hiding Objects ........................................ 6 Transform Your Life!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chpt 1 Color ................................................... 63 Seeing Color, Printing Color ............................ 6 Color in InDesign ..................................... 6 InDesign’s Color Controls ..............................66 The Color Panel and the Color Picker .................... 6 Applying Colors and Gradients ...........................6 Kuler .................................................63 Ink Manager ...........................................6 Trapping ............................................. 66 Color Management .....................................6 InDesign’s Color Management Controls .................. 63 The Color “Done” ..................................... 6 Chpt 11 Printing .................................................6 The InDesign Print Dialog Box .......................... 66 General .............................................. 6 Setup .................................................6 Marks and Bleeds ......................................6 Output ................................................6 Graphics ............................................. 66 Color Management .................................... 666 Advanced ............................................ 666 Summary ............................................ 66 Print Presets .......................................... 66 Custom Printer Marks ................................. 6 Printing Booklets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Separations Preview ....................................6 Printing Transparency ................................. 6 Preparing an InDesign File for Imagesetting .............. 66 Preflight and Package .................................. 6 All the News That Prints to Fit .......................... 6
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