InDesign CS2 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) [Paperback]

Barbara Assadi (Author), Galen Gruman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764595725 | ISBN-13: 978-0764595721 | Publication Date: May 27, 2005 | Edition: 1

• Over the last few years, Adobe InDesign has made significant inroads against QuarkXPress, with adoptions by major media companies such as Meredith Corporation and Hearst Magazines; it is now the only desktop publishing program taught at many art schools
• Shows graphic designers how to get up to speed quickly on the latest InDesign release, make the most of program tools, create great page designs, add sparkle, and output to a variety of media
• The authors, both Quark experts who've converted to InDesign, offer special tips and insights to Quark users who are making (or thinking of making) the switch to InDesign

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Design perfect pages with Windows® or Mac OS® X

Get up to speed and make the switch to InDesign quickly and easily

Whether you're starting from scratch or migrating from another page layout program, you'll appreciate this plain-English guide to InDesign CS2. It walks you through all the essential information about handling graphics, text, objects, and the printing process, plus a thing or two about designing eye-catching publications. You'll be "in" before you know it!

Discover how to

• Plan and lay out a publication
• Set up and apply Master Pages
• Create text frames, picture frames, and lines
• Set preferences to streamline your work
• Prepare files for printing

About the Author

Barbara Assadi is the co-founder and principal of BayCreative, a researchbased advertising and marketing services firm in San Francisco. In that capacity, she manages marketing and creative content for client companies. Previously, she was marketing programs manager and editor-in-chief of Oracle Corporation’s Web site and managing editor at Quark, Inc. Barbara has collaborated with coauthor Galen Gruman on several other books on publishing software and has been a contributor to Oracle Magazine, Macworld, Publish, and InfoWorld. She has edited software books for Adobe Systems and Peachpit Press and has taught university-level courses on publishing topics.

Galen Gruman is the principal at The Zango Group, an editorial and marketing consulting firm, and senior editorial associate at BayCreative, as well as editorial director at EmergeMedia, publisher of IT Wireless. Currently a frequent contributor to SBS Digital Design, CIO, and InfoWorld, he has also been editor of Macworld and M-Business, executive editor of Upside, West Coast bureau chief of Computerworld, and vice president of content for ThirdAge.com. He is coauthor of 18 other books on desktop publishing, most with Barbara Assadi. Gruman led one of the first successful conversions of a national magazine to desktop publishing in 1986 and has covered publishing technology since then for several publications, including the trade weekly InfoWorld, for which he began writing in 1986, Macworld, whose staff he joined in 1991, and most recently SBS Digital Design.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (May 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764595725
• ISBN-13: 978-0764595721
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #364,465 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Adequate, August 19, 2005

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D. Boling "kenyadee" (Blue State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: InDesign CS2 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

While this book has helped me to get up and running in Adobe InDesign, I am not overwhelmed by it as a resource. For one thing, it needs more screen pictures and clearer screen pictures. I also found several instances where knowlege was assumed - the editors has skipped to the conclusion of a task, without really explaining it. I guess that they assume most layout designers will know how, but for those more familiar with Microsoft products, that is not the case. Finally, the index at the back of the book is sorely lacking. I could not find many basic elements of the program listed there, so the index is not always much of a resource for jumping right to the area you need.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wealth of Tips and Knowledge, August 3, 2005

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K. Papke "Copywriter" (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: InDesign CS2 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

This book sits next to me all day. I read it front to back and am now using it as a reference during my projects. This book is worth it if you have or plan to purchase CS2.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book made me look smart at my new job, March 8, 2007

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Kelly O'neill (Vancouver, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: InDesign CS2 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

I started a new job in January and wasn't told that part of it would involve working with InDesign. Knowing nothing about that program, I immediately ordered my trusty "Dummies series" book - it's taught me everything from raising a Golden Retriever to Tarot Cards! Needless to say, the InDesign book didn't fail me. All the basics were there. The only problem was that sometimes I didn't know what to look up in the index because I wasn't sure what the process was called. Other than that, it was and continues to be a great resource!