Real World Adobe InDesign CS6 by Olav Martin Kvern & David Blatner & Bob Bringhurst REAL WORLD ADOBE INDESIGN CS6 Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner, and Bob Bringhurst Copyright © 2012 by Olav Kvern, David Blatner, and Bob Bringhurst PEACHPIT 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley, California 94710 (510) 524-2178 (510) 524-2221 (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 Notice of Rights All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact: [email protected]. Notice of Liability 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 instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it. Trademarks 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 Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and Peachpit was aware of a trademark claim, the designations 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 affliation with this book.. ISBN-13: 978-0-321-83461-4 ISBN-10: 0-321-83461-5 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed and bound in the United States of America for Amy and Max & Gabriel and Daniel & Wendy, Luke, and Max Contents How This Book Was Produced Bonus Materials Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Workspace Layout and Story Windows Managing Multiple Windows InDesign’s Panels Using the Tools Panel Other Panels Context Menus Keyboard Shortcuts Customizing Menus Customizing the Control Panel Saving and Loading Workspaces Setting Preferences Setting Defaults Publication Navigation Managing InDesign’s Plug-Ins Place Icons On with the Tour Chapter 2 Page Layout Creating a New Publication Opening Publications Saving Publications Crash Recovery Setting Basic Layout Options Pages and Spreads Adding Pages Arranging Pages Creating pages of different sizes Rotating Spreads Defining Sections Numbering Pages Adding Section Marker Text Working with Master Pages Applying Master Pages and Master Spreads Overriding Master Items Adjusting Layouts Liquid Page Rules Alternate Layouts Selecting and Deselecting Guides Grids Stacking Objects Layers Grouping Objects Locking Object Positions Deleting Objects Finding and Changing Objects A Good Foundation Chapter 3 Text Creating Text Frames Setting Text Frame Options Spanning and Splitting Columns Linking and Unlinking Text Frames Flowing Text Entering Text Text Variables Cross References Importing Text Text Files and File Linking Exporting Text Editing Text Story Editor Track Changes Notes Using Adobe InCopy Checking Spelling Footnotes Conditional Text Find and Change Working with InDesign Tagged Text After Words Chapter 4 Type Character Formatting OpenType Fonts Find Font Filling and Stroking Characters Paragraph Formatting Bullets and Numbering Styles Copying Styles from Other Publications Optical Margin Alignment An Old Typesetter Never… Chapter 5 Drawing Drawing Basic Shapes Points and Paths Drawing Paths with the Pencil Tool Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool Drawing Techniques Compound Paths Smoothing Paths Erasing Paths Path Operations Corner Options Strokes Stroke Styles Fills Gradients Transparency Transparency Effects Drawing Conclusions Chapter 6 Where Text Meets Graphics Paragraph Rules Tables Creating a Table Editing Tables Table Shortcuts Formatting Tables Table and Cell Styles Text Wrap Converting Text to Outlines Inline Frames and Anchored Objects Object Styles Placing Text on a Path Quick Apply Figure Captions Alternate Reality Chapter 7 Importing and Exporting Importing Placing Anything
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