Getting Started with Adobe InDesign CS2 Personal Seminar [Paperback]

Terry White (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321330498 | ISBN-13: 978-0321330499 | Publication Date: August 25, 2006 | Edition: 1

Adobe’s InDesign CS2 is here to help you work faster and create more; here to ensure that you use your most valuable tool to full effect is a unique book-and-DVD kit that doubles your learning power.  Uniting this book/DVD combo is author Terry White’s easy-to-follow format and fun, fast narrative. Between the disc and guide, you will learn how to use InDesign CS2 to its fullest potential.

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About the Author

As Technical Resources Manager for Adobe Systems, Terry White leads a team of application engineers that focuses on professional publishing, Web authoring, and digital video. He is also the co-author of InDesign CS Killer Tips and a columnist for Mac Design Magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 57 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (August 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321330498
• ISBN-13: 978-0321330499
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,761,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Terry White- Director, North America Creative Pro Technical Sales for Adobe Systems, Inc.
Terry has been with Adobe for over a decade and has extensive knowledge of Adobe's Creative Professional product line.
In his current position, he leads a team of Solution Engineers and Product Specialists that focus on Professional Publishing, Web Authoring and Digital Video/Audio.
Terry is an Adobe Certified Expert and Creative Suite Master.
He has been active in the industry for over 20 years and is the founder and president of MacGroup-Detroit, " Michigan's largest Macintosh users group and is a columnist for Layers Magazine and X-Ology Magazine. Terry is the host of the top ranked Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast.
He is also the author of Secrets of the Adobe Bridge and co-author of The iPhone Book, The iPhone Book 2nd Edition, The iPhone Book 3rd Edition and InDesign CS/CS2 Killer Tips. Terry is a key presenter at major industry shows around the world. Check TerryWhite.com for his upcoming appearances.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible Video Quality, January 15, 2006

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Fishychips (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Getting Started with Adobe InDesign CS2 Personal Seminar (Paperback)

Terry White has an excellent reputation as an InDesign trainer so I did not hesitate in purchasing this. After viewing, my own opinion on this particular training vehicle is that the beginner would be totally lost even though it is being marketed for the Beginner/Intermediate. The video quality is so out of focus and so fuzzy that one can barely make out the screen shots, regardless of whether it is played full screen, or 100% as recommended or even quarter screen. The video tech support site states that this is something we have to live. I didn't pay good money for fuzzy! Had I seen the DVD prior, I would not have bought this. If you really want to learn InDesign CS2 and for about the same price, I would go with the Lynda.com's Adobe InDesign CS2 Hands-On-Training which uses the Apple Quicktime movie format (if you don't mind looking at Windows screen shots) and an excellent book which covers much more as opposed to the slim booklet that comes with Personal Seminar.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get To Know Adobe InDesign With This DVD And Project Handbook, November 8, 2005

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Diane Cipollo (Editor at BellaOnline.com) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Started with Adobe InDesign CS2 Personal Seminar (Paperback)

In this DVD and handbook combination, Terry White does a great job of introducing Adobe InDesign CS2. Most books written about graphic software have two parts. The first covers the tools and techniques and the second covers how to apply that knowledge to examples or projects. Let's face it. The first part of these books is always a boring necessity. But this author alleviates that boredom with this DVD in which he discusses the most popular InDesign tools and techniques as well as what's new in CS2. Watching the DVD is much easier than reading 100+ pages of text and it is also a better way to learn. After viewing the DVD, you are ready to tackle the projects in the accompanying handbook.

On the DVD, White begins by demonstrating some of the new InDesign templates and the Adobe Bridge. He then covers all the new features that will increase your productivity such as Object Styles, Quick Apply, mapping Word styles to InDesign styles, Anchored Objects and Snippets. Next, he explains the new text features; Dynamic Spelling, Autocorrect Spell-Checking and Drag and Drop Text. Finally, he discusses new publishing features for PDF and HTML formats and the new InBooklet SE to create printer spreads.

The DVD comes with a handbook but this is not one of those "user's guides" that you immediately toss into a drawer. In fact the handbook has several interesting projects that help you apply these skills and teach you some new ones along the way. For the novice, the handbook covers basic skills of InDesign with projects such as building a photo book, placing an image inside text and creating a backscreening photo effect much like that popular with Photoshop users. For the advanced user White includes more challenging projects such as adding interactive multimedia files to a PDF document, using data merge to dynamically build page content from external text files, building a table of contents with InDesign's automated feature and how to prepare InDesign documents for the printer.

Terry White has been with Adobe for seven years and is now the Technical Resources Manager for North America. He also is a columnist for Layers magazine.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great teaching style. I learned a lot, February 3, 2006

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Sam Johnson "Sam" (Troy, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Started with Adobe InDesign CS2 Personal Seminar (Paperback)

This Personal Seminar comes with a video DVD and small booklet. What's nice is that the exercises in the book are different than what's covered in the video. This way you can get the basics from the video and do more afterwards using the book. I love Terry's teaching style. He makes it easy to understand. The DVD seems to be best optimized for TV. It works fine in the computer too, but it can be blurry if you view it on a large monitor at full screen. Best to keep the DVD window at 640x480 for optimal viewing.