Adobe InDesign: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features published by Rocky Nook is a comprehensive guide to this industry-standard desktop-publishing software. Featuring projects and lessons from the curriculum of award-winning Adobe certified instructor Steve Laskevitch, this guide shows you the skills necessary to use InDesign for all your layout needs. The beginning "Course" section offers dozens of lessons that show you how to design any document you have in mind: flyers, brochures, spec sheets, newsletters, newspapers, magazines, books, and more. A benefit of these lessons and their assets is that they are available for download and conveniently applied to your own projects. The next section, titled "Compendium", uncovers more of the how and why of both InDesign and other desktop publishing technologies. By the time you reach the end of this guide you will have the tools and knowledge to use InDesign like a pro.
- THE COURSE
- PROJECT: An Introduction to Layout
- Chapter 1: Quick Setup: Workspaces and Preferences
- Chapter 2: Frames and Shapes
- Chapter 3: Styles: Professional Format Control
- Chapter 4: Text Frames and Their Options
- PROJECT: Promotional Handout
- Chapter 5: Document Structure
- PROJECT: Build a Brochure
- Chapter 6: Long Document Features
- Chapter 7: Tables and Tabs
- Chapter 8: Output
- THE COMPENDIUM
- Chapter 1: Workspaces and Preferences
- Chapter 2: Frames and Content
- Chapter 3: Styles
- Chapter 4: Typography
- Chapter 5: Pages and Spreads
- Chapter 6: Color
- Chapter 7: Find/Change
- Chapter 8: Long Document Features
- Chapter 9: Output