{"product_id":"indesign-cs5-for-dummies-isbn-9780470614495","title":"InDesign CS5 For Dummies","description":"\u003cb\u003eGet up to speed on the latest features and enhancements to InDesign CS5\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAs the industry standard in professional layout and design, InDesign delivers powerful publishing solutions for magazine, newspaper, and other publishing fields. This introductory book is an easy-to-understand reference for anyone migrating from another software application or those with little-to-no desktop publishing experience. You’ll explore InDesign basics and examine the enhancements to InDesign CS5, while you also discover how pages work, build templates, create frames and shapes, manage styles, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eInDesign is proving to be an increasingly popular layout and design application; InDesign CS5 includes new functionality and enhanced tools\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTeaches all the basics for first-time users, including how to open and save your work, arrange objects, work with color, edit text, manage styles, finesse character details, add special type, import and size graphics, set paths, work with tabs, create indices, and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how to calibrate colors, export PDF files, fine-tune paragraph details, create frames and shapes, manipulate objects, and work with automated text\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInDesign CS5 For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e offers a straightforward but fun approach to discovering how to get the most from your desktop publishing experience when using InDesign.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Before You Begin 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Understanding InDesign Ingredients 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Making InDesign Work Your Way 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Document Essentials 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Opening and Saving Your Work 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Discovering How Pages and Layers Work 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Joys of Reuse 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Working with Color 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Object Essentials 117\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Adding Essential Elements 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Manipulating Objects 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Organizing Objects 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Aligning and Arranging Objects 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Text Essentials 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Putting Words on the Page 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: The Ins and Outs of Text Editing 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: The Styles of Text 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Fine-Tuning Paragraph Details 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Finessing Character Details 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Graphics Essentials 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Importing Graphics 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Fitting Graphics and Setting Paths 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Getting Down to Business 301\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Working with Tabs and Tables 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Working with Footnotes, Indexes, and TOCs 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Working with Automatic Text 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Publishing Books 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Printing, Presentation, and Web Essentials 345\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Printing and PDF’ing Your Work 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23: Web Project Basics 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24: Presentation Project Basics 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: The Part of Tens 405\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 25: Top Ten New Features in InDesign CS5 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 26: Top Ten Resources for InDesign Users 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eGalen Gruman\u003c\/b\u003e is the principal at The Zango Group, an editorial and book production firm. 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