Description
As the industry standard in professional layout and design, InDesign delivers powerful publishing solutions for magazine, newspaper, and other publishing fields. This introductory book is an easy-to-understand reference for anyone migrating from another software application or those with little-to-no desktop publishing experience. You'll explore InDesign basics and examine the enhancements to InDesign CS5, while you also discover how pages work, build templates, create frames and shapes, manage styles, and much more.
- InDesign is proving to be an increasingly popular layout and design application; InDesign CS5 includes new functionality and enhanced tools
- Teaches all the basics for first-time users, including how to open and save your work, arrange objects, work with color, edit text, manage styles, finesse character details, add special type, import and size graphics, set paths, work with tabs, create indices, and more
- Demonstrates how to calibrate colors, export PDF files, fine-tune paragraph details, create frames and shapes, manipulate objects, and work with automated text
InDesign CS5 For Dummies offers a straightforward but fun approach to discovering how to get the most from your desktop publishing experience when using InDesign.
Author: Galen Gruman
Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 05/11/2010
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780470614495
ISBN10: 0470614498
BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Design, Graphics & Media | Graphics Tools
- Computers | Software Development & Engineering | Computer Graphics
About the Author
Galen Gruman is the principal at The Zango Group, an editorial and book production firm. He has designed and produced numerous publications. Galen has authored or coauthored more than 20 books on desktop publishing, and he is currently the Executive Editor for InfoWorld.
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