Adobe Creative Suite All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies (Paperback)

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"...countless nuggets of wisdom that are designed to get you up to speed..." (Mac Format, October 2004)

“…countless nuggets of wisdom that are designed to get you up to speed…” (Mac Format, October 2004)

Product Description

If you’re responsible for producing quality printed materials or creating great-looking Web pages for your business or organization, Adobe’s new Creative Suite has just what you need. This complete set of integrated graphics, design, and Web page creation tools will help you produce professional quality brochures, flyers, and newsletters as well as dynamic Web pages--as soon as you get familiar with all the parts!

Well, relax. Adobe Creative Suite All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies® has you--and all those programs--covered. Five minibooks walk you through setting up and using the tools, while the sixth shows you how they all work together. And this single volume will remain a handy reference long after you gain proficiency with the entire suite:

• InDesign for page layout
• Illustrator for creating art and graphics
• Photoshop, the world’s favorite image editing program
• Acrobat, to share files across different operating systems and develop interactive forms
• GoLive for building innovative Web pages

Even if you plan to use only one or two of these elements now, Adobe Creative Suite All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies® is an outstanding resource. Find out what you need to know today, and when you’re ready to tackle the next tool, just turn to that minibook and away you go. These are only a few of the skills you’ll discover:

• Create a professional-looking page with InDesign, import Photoshop and Illustrator graphics to enliven it, and preserve it in a PDF file
• Design a logo for your business with Illustrator and give it 3D effects
• Save Illustrator files in a variety of Web-compatible formats, including GIF, HTML, and even Macromedia® Flash SWF
• Correct photo color and edit your images in Photoshop
• Plan an entire Web site for maximum impact, then save hours of work by using GoLive’s templates, components, and libraries
• Use Acrobat to create PDFs that include MP3 audio, video or SWF files

Whether your goal is to design newsletters, a full-size book, an e-commerce Web site, or just about anything else, Adobe’s Creative Suite plus Adobe Creative Suite All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies® will help you get the job done.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 744 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (March 12, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764556010
• ISBN-13: 978-0764556012
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #159,116 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty darn good for a "Dummies" publication!, June 3, 2004

By	"whazzat" (Illinois) - See all my reviews

I haven't always found the "For Dummies" books to be extremely helpful in the realm of software guides. This book, however, proved to surpass my expectations.

The language style was very beginner-friendly. The order of presentation of the programs and features in the CS suite made sense. The index was highly inclusive and helpful.

This book is geared toward someone totally new to the Adobe programs. It's a step-by-step approach to familiarizing the reader to the basics of the Suite's features and helping the reader recognize when the different programs can be used in conjunction with one-another for effective results. I would not recommend it for people who already have experience with Adobe Programs and wish to brush up on the new features in CS, but for beginners to Adobe it's a comfortable place to get your feet wet.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good grief..., October 8, 2005

By	Kaos (Land of Leaping Salmon & Dancing Shaman) - See all my reviews

Worthless is the keyword here. About as clear as mud. I purchased ACS primarily for use on a website. This book could not even get me past the opening screen of the GoLive program--I had to go to a non-dummy book (Adobe Creative Suite Bible) to get that info. Don't be a dummy--spend your dollars for smarts, which isn't to be found in this book. I wish we could give zero, or negative, scores.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I was a Dummy for buying this., August 5, 2005

By	Allan Persinger "epallan" (Friday Harbor, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I mainly bought this book to learn how to use GoLive. I thought everything was going fine until I tried to upload my site. First of all they left out the small detail that all your files should be saved in the Web Contents folder. Then when I clicked on the site icon, the icon which was supposed to be in that menu, didn't exist! The screen which they said you got when you clicked on this non-existent icon turned out to be the preference panal, the thing which should have been there, wasn't... etc, etc. It was like the last chapter was written for a different program! Finally, by accident I found in the drop down menu a way to upload the site. However, the only way to do that was to manually drag the contents from my hard disk folder to the upload menu and to put them in the web contents file. Everything worked, except all those photoshop files I had in the Pictures folder couldn't be transfered, so now over half my site has little blue and white questions all over it... Great going! The paper is even too rough for toilet paper. Maybe on a cold night when the power fails I will have something to burn....