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Exploring Indesign CS

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ISBN-10: 1401873901

ISBN-13: 9781401873905

Edition: 2005

Authors: Terry Rydberg

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In the real world, page layout projects don?t come with directions, and the ?recipe book? approach of most books does little to prepare designers for the demands of a highly competitive industry. Exploring InDesign CS takes a different approach. With an emphasis on typography and critical thinking, the book transforms the novice into a professional typesetter ? one who is grounded in industry-standard design principles. In addition to gaining professional proficiency with Adobe InDesign CS, users learn to begin a project while visualizing the end design, to identify the project pitfalls and challenges, and to independently strategize the best production sequence. Chapters and projects are…    
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Book details

List price: $61.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 8/3/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Terry Rydberg, chapter rep for Adobe's Milwaukee InDesign User Group, is also a full-time design instructor at the Harry V. Quadracci Printing and Graphics Center at Waukesha County Technical College in Wisconsin. Terry has extensive experience working in the graphics industry as a page layout professional and a corporate trainer. Her educational background includes undergraduate degrees in graphic design, printing and publishing, and adult education as well as a masters degree in education. Her career parallels the industry's evolution from phototypesetting and paste-up to digital production methods. EXPLORING INDESIGN CS5 is her fifth book published with Delmar, Cengage Learning.

The InDesign Workspace World
Type, Tools and Terms
The Fine Art of Setting Type
Combining Type and Images
Tabs and Indents
Grids, Guides, Aligning and Distributing Objects
Manage Elements: Runaround and Layers
Type Continuity: Apply Style Sheets
Page Continuity: Apply Master Pages
Tables and Forms
Designing with Type
Production Essentials
Basic Graphic Elements