Moving to InDesign: Use What You Know About QuarkXPress and PageMaker to Get Up to Speed in InDesign Fast! (Paperback)

by David Blatner (Author), Christopher Smith (Author), Steve Werner (Author)

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Product Description

Costs less. Does more. Is easier to use: If this is the conclusion you've reached when comparing InDesign CS with its two long-time rivals (QuarkXPress and PageMaker), you're ready to make the switch. This guide shows you how! Throughout this compact guide, the focus is on leveraging your skill in the other leading desktop publishing packages to get up to speed fast in the new leading publishing package! As the perfect companion to the more comprehensive Real World InDesign CS, this tightly focused guide details the most common tasks and techniques you need to know to get your job done in InDesign CS. Clear, concise instructions enhanced by plenty of screen shots and sample layouts show you how to create and navigate documents, import and style text and objects, manage long projects, work with color, and more. You¿ll also find good coverage of all of InDesign's newest and most unique features: the Story Editor, a Separation Preview palette, nested styles, the Package for GoLive command, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (September 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321294114
• ISBN-13: 978-0321294111
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #611,936 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For all the switchers to InDesign, October 31, 2004

By	Tjäder Nini (Stockholm Sweden) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Many or those who switch to Adobe InDesign from QuarkXpress or PageMaker these days. Those who do might not need a book about everything that InDesign is and is able to do. What they need is a book about the differences in techniques between the applications. Then this book is a good choice. It compares how things were done in QuarkXpress or PageMaker to how it is done in InDesign. If you also want to dig a bit deeper into InDesign you buy both this book and Real World InDesign CS. If you only want to get started and get over the obstacles with changing to new application that in principle does what you have done for years in that other application, but in another way than what you are used to, you chose this book.


I warmly recommend this book, and I use it in courses for switchers to InDesign.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money and your time ..., August 24, 2005

By	Raymond Berg "Ray Berg ~ GraphicDesign & Prod... (Atlanta, Ga) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have read author David Blatner's book on quark and being very familar with that program, I found his book on moving to indesign immensely helpful. You get great tips on how to do things that you have already established in your quark workflow. The index is well organized and a quick reference.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Moved Me!, August 2, 2005

By	C. Dennis (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As always with a Blatner book, this guide delivers exactly what it says it will. I was up and running in InDesign in no time and continue to reference its succinct text as I work. I recommend this to anyone who knows Xpress and wants to get InDesign going in a hurry.