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InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows

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InDesign is, of course, a major software package in use by the big design houses, publishers, ad agencies and the like use for desktop publishing and page layout. Surprising for a package that only came out in April of 2000. Almost annual revisions since then have updated the package far beyond what it was. And CS2 (Creative Suite 2) is its newest rendition.

Creative Suite 2 is Adobe's new integrated software package, of which InDesign is a major component. It is likely that the big companies will buy the full CS2 package rather than shopping for individual packages. As such, InDesign is likely to become even more popular as more people have it on their system.

This book is one of the Visual QuickStart Guides. They follow a unique format of having two columns on each page with a description of what's being done on the outside column and illustrations of what the screen should look like in the inside column. This is the most convenient form of explaining what software does that I've ever seen. You don't have to go looking for the illustration that goes with the text, it's right beside it.

The author has been in the computer graphics business for almost twenty years. She is the senior contributing editor for 'InDesign Magazine,' the semi-official journal of the software. She has taught at many private organizations and at events all over the world.

This is an excellent beginner/intermediate level book.

I've used Visual Quickstart books for years, and until this one they've been extremely accurate. This one contains what seem to be screen caps of menus and options from some previous version of InDesign, so you have to look around for the options someplace else if they've moved.

That said, it's a good book overall and the "Tips" are a valuable part of understanding how InDesign functionality works.

Having newly come from Microsoft Publisher, In Design was a challenge. I used the Adobe manual in parallel with this one, got more out of the combination than the sum of each one by itself. Managed to produce a design in three weeks from start to finish. Friends who know the business find that a remarkably short time.

This book is very easy to understand and the author made this book easy for quickly finding the information you need. It's a good learning book but it's also a great "go-to" reference. I'm looking foreword to getting Sandee's Quick Start Guide for InDesign CS4.

I've used Visual Quickstart books for years. I've used them for Photoshop, and Quark 6.0. I learned Quark using version 3.0 back many moons ago. I have another "inDesign" book that is way too big and complicated then I remembered the Visual Quickstart. They are amazing books and are easy to use. I just wish InDesign was easier to used like Quark. The only reason I', using InDesign rather Then Quark is I just switched to a Mac and I didnt have Quark for the Mac. But the book is GREAT

Technically, this will teach you how to use indesign. But it's so boring and repetitive. It's like memorizing a list.

I was used to an InDesign software from far ago, the dinosaur era. When got the newest version, was at a complete lost. This book explains in easy words EVERYTHING! Adobe's software is great, but their manuals can be used and understood by those with an IQ of 300 up. Am grateful for this book and fully recommend it.

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