You already know why it makes sense for you to learn Adobe InDesign: because major magazines, newspapers, book publishers, ad agencies, graphic-design firms, and corporate creative groups worldwide use it to increase productivity and refine creative results.

    And you need to get up to speed on the very newest version--Adobe InDesign CS2--today! Enter Adobe InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide. Using the task-based, visual approach that has become the hallmark of Peachpit's popular Visual QuickStart Guides, this volume provides a fast, easy, comprehensive introduction to everything InDesign.

    You'll learn about all aspects of the InDesign interface, including its tools and palettes, as well as how to create documents and master pages, import and style text and objects, automate your work, manage long documents, use the Bezier pen tools,create interactive PDF elements, and work with color.

    You'll also learn how to use the new Adobe Bridge file browser to locate, manage, and drag and drop assets easily into your InDesign layouts. You'll find a new chapter on working with InCopy, complete coverage of more advanced topics (like preflighting and advanced text control) and a thorough introduction to all of InDesign's productivity-enhancing features and tools.

Chapter 1 Getting started 1
Chapter 2 Document setup 17
Chapter 3 Basic text 49
Chapter 4 Working with objects 81
Chapter 5 Working in color 117
Chapter 6 Styling objects 147
Chapter 7 Pen and beziers 179
Chapter 8 Imported graphics 193
Chapter 9 Text effects 231
Chapter 10 Pages and books

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Author Descriptions

Sandee Cohen has been teaching computer graphics for over 16 years. She created the computer graphics curriculum for New School University and has taught at many publishing houses and design studios. She is the senior contributing editor for InDesign Magazine and is a frequent speaker at InDesign and publishing events all over the world. She is co-author of Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2, Adobe Acrobat 5 Master Class, and The Non-Designer’s Scan and Print Book.