Adobe InDesign CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by John Cruise (Author), Kelly Kordes Anton (Author) "InDesign is a powerful page layout program renowned for its ease of use, precision, and integration with other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite..." (more)
Key Phrases: stroke styles, document preset, auto page number, Direct Selection, New Document, Story Editor (more...)

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Product Description
Build your InDesign expertise,one technique at a time. In Adobe InDesign CS3 How-Tos, authors John Cruise and Kelly Kordes Anton bring you 100 carefully selected techniques to help you get right to work in InDesign, the world’s most powerful page layout program. Their strategy is to focus on those features you’re most likely to use, showcasing each in a clearly explained, well-illustrated, stand-alone technique—complete with a relevant hint or two. These bite-sized lessons offer a great way to learn just what you need to know when you need it, exploring the program in a way, and at a pace, that makes sense to you. Before you know it, you’ll master all these tools and techniques, and more:

• Customize the interface [Tip #6]
• Add metadata to documents [Tip #14]
• I nsert variable text [Tip #29]
• Add special effects to type [Tip #34]
• Format tables with styles [Tip #45]
• U se spot colors, process colors, and tints [Tip #74]
• Paginate a book [Tip #86]
• U se PDF presets for output [Tip #96].

About the Author
Bruce K. Hopkins has been a professional illustrator for more than a decade, creating everything from fine art to technical drawings. His clients range from Joe Boxer to technology firms. His cutting edge Space series breaks new ground in using Adobe Illustrator for fine art. David Karlins is the author of several vector illustration books and videos including How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS, Illustrator 10 Virtual Classroom (book and video), and Adobe Illustrator CS2 Gone Wild. He is a freelance graphic and interactive design consultant and teaches Illustrator at San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Adobe Press; 1 edition (May 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321508955
• ISBN-13: 978-0321508959
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #331,188 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing you can't get from a Deke book, December 28, 2007

By	Bob "Mr. Hi-Fi Stereo" (Littleton, CO United States) - See all my reviews

The book is okay. However, you can get the same information from pretty much any basic Indesign primer. I'm a fan of the Deke books, and I would not recommend this book as a primer.

The nice thing about this book, though, is how it indexes each technique. It makes a handy reference manual. For that function, it's just fine.

If you need an instruction manual, buy one. If you need a reference manual, buy this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book, April 16, 2008

By	George S. Stone "graphicjam" (CA, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is an excellent choice for anyone - beginner to advanced users of InDesign. I started using InDesign when the first CS came out and I learned plenty from this book. Excellent choice for the price.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good beginner book, April 19, 2009

By	Laurie J. Mcaleenan - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There certainly wasn't anything wrong with this book. Many of the 100 techniques covered the basics which I already knew. I still use it to refresh my memory. Great book for the novice.