Contents

How This Book Was Produced

Bonus Materials

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Workspace

Layout and Story Windows

Managing Multiple Windows

InDesign’s Panels

Using the Tools Panel

Other Panels

Context Menus

Keyboard Shortcuts

Customizing Menus

Customizing the Control Panel

Saving and Loading Workspaces

Setting Preferences

Setting Defaults

Publication Navigation

Managing InDesign’s Plug-Ins

Place Icons

On with the Tour

Chapter 2 Page Layout

Creating a New Publication

Opening Publications

Saving Publications

Crash Recovery

Setting Basic Layout Options

Pages and Spreads

Adding Pages

Arranging Pages

Creating pages of different sizes

Rotating Spreads

Defining Sections

Numbering Pages

Adding Section Marker Text

Working with Master Pages

Applying Master Pages and Master Spreads

Overriding Master Items

Adjusting Layouts

Liquid Page Rules

Alternate Layouts

Selecting and Deselecting

Guides

Grids

Stacking Objects

Layers

Grouping Objects

Locking Object Positions

Deleting Objects

Finding and Changing Objects

A Good Foundation

Chapter 3 Text

Creating Text Frames

Setting Text Frame Options

Spanning and Splitting Columns

Linking and Unlinking Text Frames

Flowing Text

Entering Text

Text Variables

Cross References

Importing Text

Text Files and File Linking

Exporting Text

Editing Text

Story Editor

Track Changes

Notes

Using Adobe InCopy

Checking Spelling

Footnotes

Conditional Text

Find and Change

Working with InDesign Tagged Text

After Words

Chapter 4 Type

Character Formatting

OpenType Fonts

Find Font

Filling and Stroking Characters

Paragraph Formatting

Bullets and Numbering

Styles

Copying Styles from Other Publications

Optical Margin Alignment

An Old Typesetter Never…

Chapter 5 Drawing

Drawing Basic Shapes

Points and Paths

Drawing Paths with the Pencil Tool

Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool

Drawing Techniques

Compound Paths

Smoothing Paths

Erasing Paths

Path Operations

Corner Options

Strokes

Stroke Styles

Fills

Gradients

Transparency

Transparency Effects

Drawing Conclusions

Chapter 6 Where Text Meets Graphics

Paragraph Rules

Tables

Creating a Table

Editing Tables

Table Shortcuts

Formatting Tables

Table and Cell Styles

Text Wrap

Converting Text to Outlines

Inline Frames and Anchored Objects

Object Styles

Placing Text on a Path

Quick Apply

Figure Captions

Alternate Reality

Chapter 7 Importing and Exporting

Importing

Placing Anything

About Graphic File Formats

Image Resolution and Scaling

Graphic Display Properties

Image Import Options

Linking and Embedding

Copying and Linking Objects

Working with Graphic Frames

File Info and Metadata

Object Layer Options

Working with Clipping Paths

Applying Color to an Imported Graphic

Exporting Documents

Exporting JPEG or PNG

Exporting EPS

Exporting PDF for Printing

InDesign Markup Language (IDML)

Snippets

Data Merge

XML

The Best of All Possible Worlds

Chapter 8 Long Documents

Books

Table of Contents

Indexes (Or Indices)

Putting It Together

Chapter 9 Transforming

Transformation Basics

Numbers Are Your Friends

Moving Objects

Scaling

Rotating Objects

Reflecting Objects

Shearing Objects

Repeating Transformations

Grid Mode

Aligning and Distributing Objects

Locking Objects

Hiding Objects

Transform Your Life!

Chapter 10 Color

Seeing Color, Printing Color

Color in InDesign

InDesign’s Color Controls

The Color Panel and the Color Picker

Applying Colors and Gradients

Kuler

Ink Manager

Trapping

Color Management

InDesign’s Color Management Controls

The Color “Done”

Chapter 11 Printing

The InDesign Print Dialog Box

General

Setup

Marks and Bleeds

Output

Graphics

Color Management

Advanced

Summary

Print Presets

Custom Printer Marks

Printing Booklets

Separations Preview

Printing Transparency

Preparing an InDesign File for Imagesetting

Preflight and Package

All the News That Prints to Fit

Chapter 12 Scripting

Be Not Afraid

System Requirements

Learning About InDesign Scripting

Thinking About Scripting

Using the Scripts Panel and the Script Label Panel

Getting Started

More Fun with Scripting

End Script

Chapter 13 Digital Publishing

Hyperlinks

Bookmarks

Buttons and Forms

Multi-State Objects

Audio and Video

Animation

Page Transitions

Previewing Interactive Documents

Presentation Mode

Interactive PDF Export

SWF Export

FLA Export

EPUB Export

Exporting HTML

Digital Publishing Suite

Web Publishing

Bonus Chapter

Bonus Appendix