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| Introduction | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| Starting at the Beginning | |
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| Finding Out How InDesign Works | |
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| Lots of Capabilities | |
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| Finding Out What InDesign Can Do | |
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| Discovering the InDesign Approach | |
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| Understanding Global and Local Control | |
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| Basic InDesign Vocabulary | |
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| Taking a Quick Lap around the Track | |
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| Creating a New Document | |
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| Working with Frames | |
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| Working with Text | |
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| Working with Lines | |
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| Working with Graphics | |
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| Creating Colors | |
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| Applying Colors | |
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| Printing a Composite | |
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| Understanding InDesign Ingredients | |
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| Discovering the Document Window | |
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| Opening Multiple Document Windows | |
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| Tooling around the Tools Palette | |
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| Working with Panes and Palettes | |
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| Making It Work Your Way | |
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| Setting Document Preferences | |
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| Modifying Defaults for Text and Objects | |
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| Modifying Defaults for Views | |
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| Adding Default Colors and Styles | |
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| Document Essentials | |
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| Opening, Viewing, and Saving Your Work | |
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| Setting Up a New Publication | |
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| Recovering from Disaster | |
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| All about Templates | |
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| Discovering How Pages Work | |
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| Understanding the Pages Pane | |
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| Working with Page Numbers | |
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| Navigating Documents and Pages | |
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| Adjusting Page Layouts and Objects | |
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| Layers and Layers | |
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| What Layers Can Do for You | |
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| Layer Basics | |
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| Working with Layers | |
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| Working with Objects on Layers | |
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| Manipulating Entire Layers | |
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| Creating Layouts Right the First Time | |
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| Creating and Using Master Pages | |
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| Building a Template | |
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| Using Libraries | |
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| Working with Books | |
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| Managing Chapters and Books | |
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| Creating Tables of Contents | |
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| Creating Indexes | |
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| Adding Footnotes | |
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| Object Essentials | |
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| Adding Frames, Lines, and Colors | |
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| Creating Frames and Shapes | |
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| Drawing a Straight Line | |
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| Defining Colors, Tints, and Gradients | |
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| Applying Colors | |
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| Aligning Objects with Grids and Guidelines | |
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| Precise Positioning with Coordinates | |
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| Lining Up Objects with Guidelines and Grids | |
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| Manipulating Objects | |
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| Selecting Objects | |
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| Moving, Resizing, and Deleting Objects | |
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| Preventing Objects from Printing | |
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| Transforming Objects | |
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| Adding Strokes, Fills, and Other Effects | |
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| Organizing Objects | |
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| Working with Object Styles | |
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| Creating Inline and Anchored Frames | |
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| Combining Objects into a Group | |
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| Locking Objects | |
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| Stacking Objects | |
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| Sharing Objects among Documents | |
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| Text Essentials | |
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| The Ins and Outs of Text | |
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| Importing Text | |
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| Editing Text | |
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| Searching and Replacing Text | |
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| Checking Spelling | |
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| The Text Frame Tango | |
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| Working with Text Frames | |
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| Threading Text Frames | |
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| Working with Columns | |
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| Working with Merged Data | |
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| Handling Character Details | |
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| Specifying Character Formats | |
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| Modifying Font, Type Style, and Size | |
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| Using Other Character Formats | |
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| Controlling Space between Characters and Lines | |
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| Creating and Applying Character Styles | |
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| Handling Paragraph Details | |
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| Applying Paragraph Formats | |
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| Specifying Alignment and Indents | |
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| Adding Drop Caps | |
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| Controlling Hyphenation and Justification | |
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| Ruling Your Paragraphs | |
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| Paragraph Styles | |
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| Tricks with Text | |
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| Using Bulleted and Numbered Lists | |
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| Labeling Paragraphs | |
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| Adding Special Type Treatments | |
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| Adding Color to Text | |
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| Rotating Text | |
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| Scaling Text | |
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| Custom Underline and Strikethrough Options | |
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| Working with Tabs and Tables | |
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| Graphics Essentials | |
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| Importing Pictures | |
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| Preparing Graphics Files | |
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| Importing and Placing Pictures | |
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| Specifying Import Options | |
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| Using Other Ways to Import Graphics | |
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| Managing Links and Versions | |
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| Special Effects with Graphics | |
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| Cropping and Resizing | |
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| Rotating, Shearing, and Flipping | |
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| Coloring Bitmapped Graphics | |
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| Working with Graphics in Irregular Shapes | |
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| Slicing Up Graphics | |
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| Creating Complex Shapes | |
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| Finding Out about Paths | |
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| Drawing Your Own Shapes | |
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| Modifying Your Paths and Shapes | |
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| Combining Paths | |
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| Special Effects for Graphics | |
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| Printing and Output Essentials | |
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| Setting Up for Output | |
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| Properly Setting Up Your Printer | |
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| Checking Your Document before Printing | |
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| Printing and Other Output Techniques | |
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| Calibrating Color | |
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| Choosing Print Options | |
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| Creating PDF Files | |
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| Creating a Document Package | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| Top Ten Resources for InDesign Users | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Other InDesign Books We Recommend | |
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| Top Ten Must-Knows for QuarkXPress Refugees | |
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| Opening Those Old QuarkXPress Files | |
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| Paying Attention to Selection Tool Differences | |
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| Using Keyboard Shortcuts for Tools | |
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| Thinking Panes, Not Dialog Boxes | |
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| Using Familiar Measurements | |
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| Knowing Differences in Documents | |
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| Working with Objects, Not Items | |
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| Approaching Text from a New Perspective | |
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| Starting with the Direct Selection Tool for Graphics | |
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| Paying Close Attention When Printing | |
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| Top Ten Must-Knows for PageMaker Orphans | |
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| Open Those Old PageMaker Files | |
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| You Now Have Three Selection Tools | |
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| Switching Your Shortcuts | |
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| Setting Aside Time to Set Preferences | |
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| Working with Objects, Not Elements | |
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| Don't Worry Much about Text Differences | |
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| Don't Worry Much about Graphics, Either | |
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| A Different Way to Change Pages | |
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| Creating Colors Is Different | |
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| Using the PageMaker Toolbar | |
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| Index | |