Real World Adobe InDesign CS6

1244 Pages·2012·84.31 MB·English

by  Olav Kvern

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
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Interior Design/Composition: Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner, and Bob
Bringhurst
Cover Design: Charlene Charles-Will
Cover Illustration: John Weber
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ISBN-13: 978-0-321-83461-4
ISBN-10: 0-321-83461-5
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Printed and bound in the United States of America
for Amy and Max
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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