Exploring InDesign CS2

In the real world, page layout projects don?t come with directions and the ?recipe book? approach of most software books does little to prepare designers for the demands of a highly competitive industry. Exploring InDesign® CS2 takes a different approach. With an emphasis on typography and critical thinking, the book transforms the novice into a professional typesetter?one who is grounded in industry-standard design principles. In addition to gaining professional proficiency while using the new features of Adobe® InDesign CS2, users learn to begin a project while visualizing the end design, to identify the project pitfalls and challenges, and to independently strategize the best production sequence. Chapters and projects are carefully ordered to move readers from basic operations to creating complex documents using multiple master pages and paragraph and character styles, with each chapter building upon the skills presented in the previous chapter. As in industry, the emphasis throughout is on productivity, including preplanning and utilizing keyboard shortcuts.1. The InDesign Workspace World The production sequence, roles and responsibilities of copywriter, art director, production artist, preflight technician and printer. Differentiate between illustration, paint, and page layout programs. How to navigate in InDesign, use basic tools, save and print.. 2. Type, Tools and Terms Modify text frames and type, measure in points and picas, differentiate between serif and sans serif typefaces, typeface personality, units of measurement, auto and absolute leading, typesetting rules 3. The Fine Art of Setting Type Anatomy of type, type families, typefaces, and fonts. Format paragraphs, calculate ideal line measure, use and interpret proofreading marks, show hidden characters, use hyphens and dashes correctly, encode raised and drop caps, insets and indents 4. Combining Type and Images Check spelling, thread text, use open type fonts, use picture frames, place images, resize, crop, rotate, and flop artwork, x-y coordinates, kerning, tracking, guides and rulers, text in columns, spell check, fractions, links palette, step and repeat, adding paragraph rules 5. Tabs and Tables Types of tabs, setting tabs, tab leaders, using tabs and indents, using eyedropper tool to transfer settings, left, right, first line, and hanging indents, table layout and editing, palette and cell options 6. Grids, Guides, and Aligning Objects Align palette, baseline grid, creating a publication grid, lock to grid, lock first line, changing color of guides, adding and deleting guides, placing guides, baseline shift, first baseline offset 7. Managing Elements: Text Wrap and Layers Text wrap, layers, transparency, feathering, drop shadows, display performance options, fractions, numbers in text, names in text, 8. Type Continuity: Appling Styles Eyedropper tool formatting. Paragraph and character styles, redefine style sheets, multiple page documents, anatomy of a page, anatomy of a newsletter, jump and continuation lines, pull quotes, inter paragraph spacing 9. Page Continuity: Master Pages Create master pages, local and global formatting, auto page numbering, multiple master pages, create and use library 10. Business Forms General design considerations, typographic considerations, identity packages, newspaper display ad, designing for the phone book 11. Designing with Type Placing type on a closed and open path, shadowed type, create text outlines, shaped text frames, gradients, compound paths 12. Production Essentials Defining color, spot and process color, color swatch palette, collect and package, printer?s marks, printing separations 13. Basic Graphic Elements Line tools, shape tools, draw tools 141801432X Details   Quantity 500 item(s) available Weight 2.00 lbs Price: $36.95 Options   Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart

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