How to Do Everything with Adobe InDesign CS [Paperback]

David Bergsland (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 007223153X | ISBN-13: 978-0072231533 | Publication Date: December 30, 2003 | Edition: 1

Delivers the goods on the latest Adobe product for graphics users of all levels. Teaches not just which InDesign command does what but also why it works and when to use it. Includes short, real-world projects that teach just enough information that you’ll be able to learn it and absorb it. Plus, provides details for those converting their layouts from Quark or PageMaker2, and includes a color insert with examples of good layout choices, InDesign’s Swatches palette, and more.

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Add your creativity to the exceptional production capabilities of Adobe InDesign CS and you’ll get amazing results. Follow real-world examples to get started laying out professional-quality pages and printing with precision. Take advantage of the built-in support for publishing PDFs as eBooks, on the Web, and more. Learn all the latest features, including tables of contents, tables that flow from page to page, transparency, drag-and-drop color, the powerful Swatches palette, and the revival of the built-in word processor Story Editor.

• Convert Quark, PageMaker, and other existing documents
• Customize your interface for efficient production
• Set type with greater precision using OpenType support
• Create print and PDF workflow output to the latest standards
• Properly plan for page size, column width, and paragraph design
• Work with color palettes, overprinting, spot color, duotones, CMYK, and much more
• Import documents, tables, graphics--virtually anything you can see on a screen, with full transparency available!
• Integrate tightly with other Adobe products
• Use with Mac OS X and Windows XP
• Prepare your documents with preflighting, separation previews, color paper, custom preview backgrounds, and more
• Learn printing solutions from practical examples

About the author: David Bergsland has been a designer and art director for the past 35 years, and has taught digital publishing since 1991. He has written six books on graphics topics.

About the Author

David Bergsland (Albuquerque, NM) has been a designer and art director for the past 35 years. He’s been a type designer since 1983; and has been teaching professional digital publishing in the classroom and through web-based distance learning programs since 1991. He’s written six book on graphics topics including Publishing with InDesign (OnWord Press, 2000); Publishing with Photoshop (OnWord Press, 2001) and Publishing with Illustrator and FreeHand (OnWord Press, 2001). His design firm, Bergsland Design, handles projects large and small for a wide variety of design needs and clients.

Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (December 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007223153X
• ISBN-13: 978-0072231533
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,630,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #85 in Books > Computers & Technology > Graphic Design > Adobe InDesign

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Born in New York, raised in Stillwater, Minnesota, enlisted in the Air Force (1963) became B&W photographer, was graduated with a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Minnesota in 1971, worked as a graphic designer from 1967, an art director from 1983, a printing instructor from 1991, a font designer from 1994, and an author from 1995. Wrote several textbooks on digital publishing, graphic design, and typography. Has written a couple Christian political thrillers. Is now writing scripture teachings. His current best seller is "Practical Font Design".
It's been a real joy to be working on my own. I can finally express my convictions, responsible only to you, my readers, and my God.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Clear and Concise Manual, February 11, 2004

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Marcia Best (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews

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How to Do Everything with Adobe InDesign CS serves as both a reference and step-by-step learning manual. Through numerous illustrations, it guides you through set up procedures, setting preferences and production shortcuts that are invaluable to the beginner and production users alike. Particularly valuable to seasoned InDesign users are the references to new features in the CS version. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning InDesign and to professionals that are upgrading to this new version of the software.

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than you might think, May 2, 2004

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Matthew R. Holiday II (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This title is one of the better "How to Do Everything..." titles. Most of the others that I've seen aren't much better than the software manual, except for being in color; that is, they just tell you obvious things, like listing all the tools. This book has shown me some things I didn't already know about InDesign (I've been using it for a while, but never had any real training), particularly things that will make me more efficient. Books on InDesign aren't readily available, compared to Illustrator and Photoshop; any book that isn't awful stands out immediately. I don't think this one is as bad as the other reviewers make it out to be. (By comparison, the "Real World" book on InDesign was loaded with mistakes -- even naming the wrong program in some places -- even in its 2nd edition!)

P.S. Most times, when authors/publishers review their own books, they get no stars, which (unfortunately) Amazon averages in with the other reviews, dragging down perfectly good books. It might be useful for Amazon to fix this so that authors/publishers can self-review without hurting their scores, and without starting such a controversy -- at least the guy identified himself -- see all the articles now about "stealth" reviewers puffing or destroying books as part of an agenda. Come on guys, give the author a break!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Tech Book I've Ever Liked, December 11, 2004

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Kira Gale (Omaha, NE USA) - See all my reviews
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This book has actually helped me, and I can read it without getting exasperated. The author is smart, and presents good information in a very well formatted text. He clearly knows what he is doing. I am trying to understand font and prepress issues, which everyone knows are a pain.
The book is a reasonable size. I've had the big books, the specialized books, the dummy books, the visual books, and I don't like them. I like this book.