Book Description
Learn industrial-strength page layout techniques for Adobe InDesign 2.0!
Provides under-the-hood, practical advice so readers will learn what features are important, and which tools can help them get their work done quickly.
Fully updated to reflect all the new features of version 2, including object transparency, long-document management options, one-step table creation, XML import and export, advanced scripting capabilities, and more.
Offers inside knowledge of Adobe InDesign- Co-author Olav Kvern helped write InDesign's user manual and scripting guide. Adobe InDesign 2.0 is Adobe's powerful and flexible page-layout and design program. Because InDesign is fully integrated with other Adobe products like Illustrator, Photoshop, and PageMaker, many graphic designers, prepress professionals, and production artists are turning to InDesign to publish their work without interrupting their creative process. Real World Adobe InDesign 2.0 gives readers a comprehensive tour of InDesign, packed with the kind of detail you can't get anywhere else. Readers will learn how to master InDesign's advanced page layout tools, create and apply color, create, link, and unlink text frames, and run custom InDesign scripts. Blatner and Kvern's practical advice will help you get your pages laid out, proofed, and printed successfully, and their expert techniques will turn readers into power users. Previously announced in 3/2002 catalog.
Olav Martin Kvern is an award-winning illustrator, graphic designer, software developer, and writer. He contributed to the design of the InDesign software and wrote the first draft of the users manual for Adobe's User Education Department. He is the author of Real World Adobe InDesign 1.5
David Blatner is a Seattle-based graphic arts consultant He is the author or co-author of a number of books from Peachpit Press, including Real World Adobe Photoshop 6, Real World Scanning and Halftones 2nd Edition, and The QuarkXPress 4 Book. He speaks at conferences and seminars around North America and Japan, including Seybold, Macworld, Thunderlizard, and more.
Synopsis
Adobe InDesign 2.0 is Adobe's powerful and flexible page-layout and design program. Because InDesign is fully integrated with other Adobe products like Illustrator, Photoshop, and PageMaker, many graphic designers, prepress professionals, and production artists are turning to InDesign to publish their work without interrupting their creative process. Real World Adobe InDesign 2.0 gives readers a comprehensive tour of InDesign, packed with the kind of detail you can't get anywhere else. Readers will learn how to master InDesign's advanced page layout tools, create and apply color, create, link, and unlink text frames, and run custom InDesign scripts. Blatner and Kvern's practical advice will help you get your pages laid out, proofed, and printed successfully, and their expert techniques will turn readers into power users. Previously announced in 3/2002 catalog.
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