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Learn the fundamentals Adobe's InDesign software for page layout. Get efficient with David's favorite Keyboard Shortcuts. Master Master Pages. Understand InDesign's Layout Adjustment feature. Use objects on your page to generate Varnish or Emboss Plates. Lessons
Lesson 1 : Keyboard Shortcuts: The best way to get efficient in InDesign is to learn the keyboard shortcuts. Here are David’s favorites! Lesson 2 : Master Pages: Master pages aren’t sexy, but they sure are important when laying out books, catalogs, and magazines. These tips will help you master your master! Lesson 3 : Layout Adjustment Tricks: InDesign’s Layout Adjustment feature takes some getting used to, but you’d better understand it when you change your margins and column guides. Lesson 4 : Colors and Blends: Here are some fast, fun tips for making the most of blends, drop shadows, and transparency. Lesson 5 : Special Plates: Generating a good varnish or emboss plate for your page can be tricky. Learn how InDesign can use the objects on your page to do it for you. Lesson 6 : InDesign vs. Photoshop: Learn the surprising reason why InDesign is sometimes a better photo-compositing tool than Photoshop!
Format: CD-ROM Requirements: Windows 2000, XT or Mac OS X
Become familiar with the many options for Importing Text and Graphics. Learn how to get Text Styles to match from MS Word. Try Story Editor, a "must-use" feature for writers and editors. Give pages a customized look with Text Wrap and Special Characters. Get consistent color between other Adobe applications.
Lessons
Lesson 1 : Importing Images: InDesign has more ways to import text and graphics than any other page-layout program. Here’s a rundown of your options. Lesson 2 : Flowing Text: How to get text from a word processor into InDesign, plus tips on getting styles to match from MS Word, how to use paper color, and text frames on master pages. Lesson 3 : Story Editor: InDesign’s Story Editor feature is a “must-use� feature for anyone who writes or edits text in InDesign. Lesson 4 : Text Wrap and Special Characters: Techniques for editing paragraph styles, wrapping text around large drop caps, and inserting special characters like automatic page numbers and ornaments. Lesson 5 : Linked Text and Image Files: Imported graphics are linked to your disk files. Here’s how to do the same thing with text and spreadsheet files. Lesson 6 : Managing Metadata: Tell InDesign and Photoshop about your files using metadata so you can later do keyword searches and never print a wrong caption again. Lesson 7 : Consistent Color: Getting consistent color among all your Adobe applications doesn’t happen automatically. Here’s how to get great results quickly.
Format: CD-ROM Requirements: Windows 2000, XT or Mac OS X
Learn the similarities and differences between InDesign and QuarkXPress. Understand essentials for opening and Converting QuarkXPress files in Indesign. XPress' Item and Content tools are replaced with three tools: Selection, Direct Select, and Text. Become versed at how InDesign handles Master Page Items, Ruler Guides, Frames, Colors and Strokes, Threading Text and more.
Lessons
Lesson 1 : InDesign & QuarkXPress® Similarities: Learning InDesign is easier than you think, partly because there are so many similarities with XPress. Lesson 2 : Selection Tool Differences: InDesign replaces XPress’ Item and Content tools with three tools: Selection, Direct Select, and Text Lesson 3 : Page Layout: A view at how master page items, ruler guides, and frames act differently in InDesign. Lesson 4 : Text and Picture: A look at how InDesign handles text leading and threading text from frame to frame, plus a discussion on importing text and graphics. Lesson 5 : Coloring Objects: InDesign is closer to Illustrator when it comes to applying colors and strokes to objects and text on your page. Lesson 6 : Converting QuarkXPress® Files: What you absolutely need to know if you’re going to open an XPress file in InDesign.
Format: CD-ROM Requirements: Windows 2000, XT or Mac OS X
Discover all of the awesome advantages of InDesign as your page-layout program! Learn the "little things" that make the difference. Typography features include Optical Kerning, OpenType support, and world class H&Js. InDesign Printing and Exporting and PDF Workflow are superior.
Lessons
Lesson 1 : Use the Right Tool for the Job: An overview of how InDesign blows XPress out of the water. Do page layout in your page-layout program! Lesson 2 : Basic Page Layout Features: It’s the little things that make or break your efficiency. Here’s how InDesign’s “little things� make all the difference. Lesson 3 : Text and Typography: InDesign’s typography features beat XPress’ hands down, including optical kerning, OpenType support, and world class H&Js. Lesson 4 : Printing and Exporting: The 21st century is all about PDF workflow. InDesign excels at importing and exporting PDF files, and when it comes to printing, it’s hard to match. Lesson 5 : InDesign Advantages: David lays out a page using techniques that XPress users can only dream about.
Format: CD-ROM Requirements: Windows 2000, XT or Mac OS X
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