Exploring Adobe InDesign CS5 (Exploring (Delmar))

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by  Terry Rydberg

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Preface ix
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The InDesign Workspace 2 N
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
The InDesign Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 T
The Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 S
The Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Using Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Using Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Placing Text in a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Navigating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
The Application Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
The Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Customizing Your Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Saving Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Printing Your Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
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Type, Tools, and Terms 32
An Eye-Q Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
First Things First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Select an Appropriate Typeface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Using the Control Panel to Change Typefaces . . . .39
Changing Leading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Type Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Points, Picas and markup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Working with Text in a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Using the Glyphs panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
The Production Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
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The Fine Art of Setting Type 54
The Anatomy of Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Understanding Hidden Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
How InDesign Defines Paragraphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Manage Hyphenation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Apply Alignment Settings, Indent Copy . . . . . . . . . .69
Balance Ragged Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Use Quotation Marks and Prime Marks . . . . . . . . . .71
Hang Punctuation, Using Hyphens and Dashes . . .72
Calculate Paragraph Line Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Proofreader’s Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
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Combining Type and Images 82
InDesign’s Measuring System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
X and Y Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Understanding Paths and Selection Tools . . . . . . . .88
Working With Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Placing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Managing Text Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Threaded Text Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Underlining and Paragraph Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Check Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Understanding Tracking and Kerning . . . . . . . . . . .104
Working with Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
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Tabs and Tables 116
Working With Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Setting Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Creating Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Create a Table from Existing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Adding Headers and Footers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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Grids, Guides, and Aligning Objects 140
Back to the Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Document Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Bleeds and Slugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Guides and Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
About Newsletters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Building a Sample Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Using Grids to Align Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Aligning and Distributing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Other Object Management Techniques . . . . . . . . .162
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
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Text Wrap, Layers, and Effects 174
Integrating Text and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
An Introduction to Text Wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
An Introduction to Document Layers . . . . . . . . . . .180
The Effects Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
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Type Continuity: Applying Styles 200
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Creating a Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Preparing Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 T
Facing Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 S
How to Begin a Document With a Spread . . . . . . .205
Using Snippets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Defining Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Creating Character Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Redefining Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Using Find/Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
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Master Pages and Object Styles 230
Master Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Basic Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Modifying Master Items
on the Document Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Creating a Document
with Multiple Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Creating and Duplicating Master Pages . . . . . . . .241
Jump and Continuation Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Using Object Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Creating Object Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Changing Document, Object, Paragraph
and Character Style Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
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Business Forms 252
General Design Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
Typography For Business Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
Identity Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
Design Considerations for Letterhead . . . . . . . . . .257
Design Considerations for Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . .258
Design Considerations for Business Cards . . . . . .259
Design Considerations
for Newspaper Display Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Designing for the Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
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Designing with Type 268
Placing Type on a Closed Shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Placing Type on an Open Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
Create Text Outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Creating Shaped Text Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
Bitter Apple Game Preserve Project . . . . . . . . . . . .278
Using the Page Tool for Multi-size Pages . . . . . . .288
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
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Color Essentials 292
Specifying Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Printing: Spot or Process? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Applying Color to Your Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
The Swatches Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Color Separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Printer’s Marks and Printing Options . . . . . . . . . . .310
Using Mixed Inks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
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Production Essentials 320
Preparing Image Files for Use in InDesign . . . . . .322
Resolution Independent and Dependent Art . . . . .324
Using Images in InDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
The Links Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Package the Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
James Wamser’s Prepress Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
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Basic Graphic Elements 344
Graphics Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
The Mighty Pen Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Making Closed and Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
Adding and Deleting Anchor Points . . . . . . . . . . . .354
Compound Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Index (includes font list) 362
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