Adobe Indesign CS


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How to Do Everything with Adobe InDesign CS


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Delivers the goods on the latest Adobe product for graphics users of all levels. Teaches not just which InDesign command does what but also why it works and when to use it. Includes short, real-world projects that teach just enough information that you’ll be able to learn it and absorb it. Plus, provides details for those converting their layouts from Quark or PageMaker2, and includes a color insert with examples of good layout choices, InDesign’s Swatches palette, and more.




Adobe Illustrator CS3


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The project-based lessons in this text show readers how to use Adobe Illustrator CS3 in real-life, everyday tasks. They give users a complete tour of the software.




InDesign CS3 For Dummies


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This guide shows you how to master this electronic publishing tool, customise the interface, work with objects and graphics, calibrate colour, create PDF files, and more. From pages, panels and pictures to text, tabs, and tables, you'll design and output like a pro every time!




EPublishing with InDesign CS6


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Here's the designer's guide to creating excellent e-books with InDesign Creative professionals are designing more and more e-books and e-zines as digital publishing increasingly gains market share. This book pulls together a wide range of essential information to help them maximize the versatility of InDesign for e-publishing. If you need to know how to build, deploy, and manage digital publications using InDesign, here's your guide to the process, from understanding the platforms and devices and how best to design for them to creating media-rich content for multiple formats using a variety of technologies. Designers are seeking to sharpen their skills to compete in today’s e-publishing market, and this book is packed with necessary information about creating and adapting content for e-publication Explains how to plan a new digital publication, convert a print publication to digital, add multimedia and interactivity, and publish and distribute the finished product Covers platforms, devices, and formats; creating media-rich content; designing for different devices; and managing digital publications Examines Adobe's Digital Publishing System, CSS, HTML5, and other commercial vehicles available for e-publishing on multiple platforms, including iPad, Kindle, NOOK, and other tablets and e-readers ePublishing with InDesign is a valuable tool for designers seeking to boost their skills and create cutting-edge e-publications.




Adobe PageMaker 7.0


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The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to master Adobe PageMaker, fully updated to cover version 7.0. Classroom-in-a-book format teaches PageMaker in short, project-oriented lessons. This page layout program now offers loads of new features, including a new simplified workflow with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and added integration with popular business tools such as Microsoft Word, QuarkXPress, and more.




Adobe InDesign CS4 How-Tos


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InDesign CS4 is more than just a page layout tool; as part of Adobe's new Creative Suite 4, it's a key component of an overall design workflow that lets users work seamlessly among all of their graphics applications to create spectacular layouts. Work faster, create more is what Adobe wants users to do with InDesign, and this info-packed guide lets users get right down to doing just that by focusing on the InDesign CS4 features they're most likely to use and showcasing each in a stand-alone tip--complete with a relevant hint or two and a graphic example. In this fashion, readers learn as they go, exploring the program in a way that makes sense to them. Before they know it, users will be using the Bridge to manage their files, object styles to format their images, and snippets to save layout parts for reuse. Features new to InDesign CS4 that are covered include: live preflight, customizable Links panel, conditional text, cross references, interactive document capability with the new SWF file, animated page transitions, export to Flash CS4 functionality, Smart Guides and Smart Spacing, spread rotation, and smart text reflow.




XML and InDesign


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Discover the power of XML publishing with InDesign, and create content for multiple applications—including digital-first publishing workflows. With this book, XML evangelist Dorothy Hoskins teaches you several techniques for working with the built-in XML capabilities of InDesign CS6, using real examples from a college course-catalog project. Learn how to import database content into InDesign, and tag existing InDesign content as XML for export to other applications. InDesign also lets you apply attractive styling to XML content that can’t be done with XSL-FO. Through step-by-step instructions, code examples, and lots of screen shots, you’ll discover how using XML with InDesign increases the value of your content. Get an overview of structured (XML) content Learn InDesign’s XML import options, including XML image information Mingle XML and non-XML content in a text flow Use InDesign as an XML "skin" by making templates with new style definitions Put content in "XML order" for export to EPUB, with InDesign CS5.5 and CS6 Dive into advanced topics, such as how to transform XML with XSL Understand InDesign’s potential and limitations with complex content models such as DocBook and DITA