Moving to InDesign: Use What You Know About QuarkXPress and PageMaker to Get Up to Speed in InDesign Fast!

by Blatner, David; Smith, Christopher; Werner, Steve

ISBN13: 9780321294111

ISBN10: 0321294114

Format: Paperback

Pub. Date: 2005-01-01

Publisher(s): Peachpit Press

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Summary

Fast, fun volume shows page design pros how to transfer their skills to the new king of desktop publishing: Adobe InDesign CS!

Author Biography

Christopher Smith is president of American Graphics Institute (AGI).

Introduction	p. xiii
Top Ten Common Pitfalls
Top Ten "Gotchas" for QuarkXPress Users	p. 3
Top Ten "Gotchas" for PageMaker Users	p. 8
The User Interface
The Tools Palette	p. 17
Tools for Selecting and Moving Objects	p. 17
Type Tools	p. 18
Drawing Tools	p. 19
Editing Tools	p. 20
Navigation Tools	p. 22
Determining Color Selections	p. 22
Views and Navigation	p. 23
Moving Between Pages	p. 24
Showing and Hiding Page Elements	p. 26
Preview Modes	p. 27
Managing Palettes	p. 27
Keyboard Shortcuts and Context Menus	p. 30
Keyboard Shortcuts	p. 31
Building Pages
Creating Frames	p. 35
Understanding the Lingo	p. 35
Flexibility with Frames	p. 35
Tools for Selecting	p. 38
Bounding Boxes and Anchor Points	p. 38
Creating and Editing Shapes	p. 40
Simple Shapes	p. 40
Freeform Shapes	p. 41
Precise Shapes with the Pen Tool	p. 42
Reshaping Paths and Frames	p. 43
Pathfinder Commands	p. 45
Fills and Strokes	p. 46
Fills	p. 47
Strokes	p. 47
Moving and Transforming Objects	p. 51
The Transform and Control Palettes	p. 51
Moving Objects	p. 52
Resizing Objects	p. 53
Rotating	p. 55
Flipping	p. 56
Skewing or Shearing	p. 56
The Free Transform Tool	p. 57
Grouping, Stacking, Nesting, and Locking Objects	p. 58
Grouping	p. 58
Nesting	p. 60
Stacking Order	p. 60
Selecting Object Controls	p. 61
Locking	p. 61
Duplicating, Deleting, and Aligning Objects	p. 62
Duplicating Objects	p. 62
Deleting Objects	p. 64
Aligning Objects	p. 64
Distributing Objects	p. 65
Layers	p. 66
Basic Layer Operations	p. 66
Building Documents
Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents	p. 71
Default Page Sizes	p. 72
Changing Page Size and Orientation	p. 72
Opening Files	p. 73
Saving Files	p. 73
Adding, Deleting, and Arranging Pages	p. 74
Creating a Multipage Spread	p. 76
Targeting versus Selecting Pages	p. 77
Creating and Applying Master Pages	p. 78
Creating a New Master Page	p. 78
Creating Parent/Child Relationships	p. 79
Applying Master Pages to Document Pages	p. 80
Changing Master Items	p. 80
Removing Master Item Changes	p. 81
Grids and Guides	p. 82
Customizing Ruler Guides	p. 82
Create Guides	p. 84
Working with Margin Guides	p. 84
Layout Adjustment	p. 86
Baseline Grid	p. 87
Document Grid	p. 87
Numbering and Sectioning	p. 88
Creating Sections	p. 88
Section Options	p. 88
Editing Sections	p. 89
Typography
Importing and Editing Text	p. 93
Selecting, Deleting, and Navigating	p. 93
Hidden Characters	p. 94
Story Editor	p. 94
The Info Palette	p. 95
Import Filters	p. 95
Flowing Text	p. 96
Linking to Text Files	p. 97
Pasting Text	p. 98
Creating Placeholder Text	p. 98
Threading and Unthreading Text Frames	p. 99
Threading	p. 99
Unthreading	p. 100
Removing a Frame from the Chain	p. 100
Checking Spelling and Using Dictionaries	p. 101
Picking a Search Range	p. 101
Performing a Search	p. 102
Foreign Languages and Dictionaries	p. 103
Adding or Removing Words	p. 103
Character Formatting	p. 105
Selecting Text for Formatting	p. 105
Basic Character Formatting	p. 106
Kerning and Tracking	p. 107
Type Styles	p. 108
OpenType Font Support	p. 111
Special Characters	p. 112
Other Special Characters	p. 113
Paragraph Formatting	p. 115
Selecting Paragraphs	p. 115
Alignment and Spacing	p. 116
Drop Caps	p. 119
Keep Options	p. 119
Working with Tabs	p. 120
Single-line vs. Paragraph Composers	p. 121
Hyphenation and Justification	p. 122
Hanging Punctuation	p. 124
Paragraph Rules	p. 124
Text Frame Properties	p. 126
Fitting a Frame to Its Text	p. 126
Text Frame Options	p. 127
Find and Change	p. 129
Setting the Search Range	p. 129
Specifying the Text	p. 129
Find Font Dialog Box	p. 131
Styles
Paragraph and Character Styles	p. 135
Creating Paragraph Styles	p. 135
Character Styles	p. 136
Applying Styles	p. 137
Overriding Local Attributes	p. 137
Nested Styles	p. 138
Modifying Styles	p. 138
Deleting Styles	p. 139
Importing Styles	p. 140
Exporting Text	p. 141
Text Formats	p. 141
Graphics
Importing Graphics	p. 147
Placing Graphics	p. 147
Graphic File Formats	p. 148
Import Options	p. 150
The Links Palette	p. 151
Maintaining Editable Vectors	p. 153
Scaling Graphics Precisely	p. 154
Scaling Images	p. 154
Display Options	p. 156
View Menu Settings	p. 156
Individual Image Display Settings	p. 157
Setting Display Defaults	p. 157
Clipping Paths	p. 158
Using Embedded Paths	p. 158
Creating Clipping Paths	p. 158
Creating Clipping Paths	p. 159
Editing a Clipping Path	p. 160
Converting Clipping Paths to Frames	p. 160
Where Text Meets Graphics
Inline Objects	p. 163
Creating Inline Objects	p. 163
Text Wrap	p. 165
Wrap Options	p. 165
Creating Contours	p. 166
Controlling Text Wrap	p. 167
Text and Graphics on a Path	p. 168
Creating Path Type	p. 168
Editing Path Type	p. 170
Creating and Importing Tables	p. 171
Table Terminology	p. 171
Creating a New Table	p. 172
Importing Tables	p. 173
Converting Tables to Text	p. 173
Formatting Tables	p. 174
Selecting Tables	p. 174
Tools for Table Formating	p. 175
Editing a Table's Structure	p. 176
Setting Strokes and Fills	p. 178
Headers and Footers	p. 179
Creating Alternating Patterns	p. 179
Alignment and Spacing Within a Cell	p. 180
Alignment and Spacing Around a Table	p. 180
Text and Graphics in Tables	p. 181
Text Formating	p. 181
Table Flow Between Text Frames	p. 182
Pasting or Placing Graphics	p. 182
Handling Overset Graphics	p. 182
Color and Transparency
Creating and Applying Colors	p. 185
Swatches Palette	p. 185
Color Palette	p. 187
Applying Colors	p. 188
Gradients	p. 189
Eyedropper Tool	p. 190
Colors & Color Libraries	p. 191
Mixed InK Swatches and Groups	p. 193
Setting Overprints	p. 194
Transparency	p. 195
Importing Transparent Objects	p. 195
Applying Transparency	p. 196
Long Documents
Managing Book Files	p. 201
Building a Book	p. 201
Standardizing Attributes	p. 202
Setting Page Order	p. 202
Preparing, Printing, and Exporting Books	p. 203
Table of Contents and Index	p. 205
Building a TOC	p. 205
Building an Index	p. 206
Printing
Preparing for Print	p. 211
Preflighting Your Document	p. 211
Packaging a Document for Print	p. 213
Printing	p. 215
Choosing a Printer	p. 215
The General Panel	p. 217
The Setup Panel	p. 217
Marks & Bleed	p. 219
The Output Panel	p. 220
The Graphics Panel	p. 223
Other Panels	p. 224
Creating Print Presets	p. 225
Printing Transparency	p. 226
Resources for Print Service Providers	p. 228
Exporting
Exporting EPS and PDF	p. 231
Export as EPS	p. 231
Creating PDF Files	p. 233
Customizing Your PDF Export	p. 234
PDF Export Presets	p. 236
An Alternative to Exporting	p. 237
Other Export Options	p. 238
Export as JPEG	p. 238
Packaging for GoLive	p. 238
Export as XML	p. 239
Export as SVG	p. 239
InDesign Interchange Format	p. 239
Appendixes
Converting QuarkXPress Files	p. 243
Converting PageMaker Files	p. 248
InDesign Plug-ins	p. 252
Index	p. 254
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