Adobe's InDesign is an ultra-powerful, new-from-the-ground-up layout application that's sure to redefine the field. Tightly integrated with Illustrator and Photoshop, InDesign offers the same professional level of tools and capabilities, including scriptable behaviors, customizable key commands, its own file format, and increased control over PDFs. There to guide you through the abundant features of this new program is InDesign for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide. Like the other books in the bestselling series, InDesign for Macintosh and Windows: VQS follows the proven Visual QuickStart Guide approach: step-by-step instructions, numerous screenshots, practical explanations, and loads of tips. Why wade through hundreds of pages of dry text when you could start using InDesign right away with this VQS? Platform: MAC WIN
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Graphic designers everywhere have been eagerly awaiting their chance to use Adobe's new layout king, InDesign. InDesign for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide is a good choice since it boasts the ability to get beginners up and running right away, even with the most complicated tasks.
InDesign is not a very difficult application since Adobe is adept at creating user-friendly and reasonably intuitive interfaces. Experience with any Adobe product means some ability to jump right in with its other applications. What is challenging about InDesign is the number of new features. It features a greater range of typographic controls, the ability to create or modify graphics, use of layers, flexible master pages, and other advantages over its competition. The format of this book (step-by-step instructions side by side with numerous screen shots) is particularly useful in this case since the reader can go through sequentially for an overall introduction or just quickly reference any problem area.
The last two chapters deal with comparisons between InDesign, Quark, and PageMaker, clarifying many differences right away. Readers who have extensive experience with either of the latter two applications may want to read these first, especially when searching for things like the text box (with InDesign, every frame can hold text.) There's also help with customizing InDesign's interface to resemble Quark's.
The writing style is casually personal, yet not overly so. For example, the author notes that although she often skips past opening chapters when learning a new software program, she usually has to go back later. Indeed, the opening chapter here offers a crucial introduction to InDesign's interface. For readers not familiar with Adobe applications, this chapter will prove valuable later, since InDesign's palettes play a key role in tool functionality. The author's many years of experience in the field also contributes to informative sidebars discussing issues or debates in printing or design. Overall, this is another fine entry in the Visual QuickStart series, one that will help designers become the first on their block to use the new killer app. --Angelynn Grant
Topics covered: Cross-platform instruction on Adobe InDesign, including an introduction to the tools and palettes; creating and navigating a document; working with text and objects; using the pen tools; working with color; importing and manipulating graphics; working with long documents; working with styles; advanced text control; color management; preflighting; printing and exporting; customizing the interface and comparisons to Quark and PageMaker.
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Adobe's InDesign is an ultra-powerful, new-from-the-ground-up layout application that's sure to redefine the field. Tightly integrated with Illustrator and Photoshop, InDesign offers the same professional level of tools and capabilities, including scriptable behaviors, customizable key commands, its own file format, and increased control over PDFs. There to guide you through the abundant features of this new program is InDesign for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide. Like the other books in the bestselling series, InDesign for Macintosh and Windows: VQS follows the proven Visual QuickStart Guide approach: step-by-step instructions, numerous screenshots, practical explanations, and loads of tips. Why wade through hundreds of pages of dry text when you could start using InDesign right away with this VQS? Platform: MAC WIN
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This review is from: InDesign for Macintosh and Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) (Paperback)
I bought this VQS because I like the series. But this book goes way beyond the other VQS books.The author really understands what students need to know. Not only does she explain how the features work, she adds extra information on "why" things should be a certain way. For instance, not only does she explain how to create a style sheet, but she tells you how many style sheets she used to create the book--and why you would need that many. I really appreciated all the tips to help make sure my documents would print correctly. But the biggest bonus what the two chapters at the end on comparing InDesign to either Quark or PageMaker. The side by side comparisons helped me understand how to make InDesign work like Quark. I don't think I'd be able to work with InDesign were it not for this book.
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