The non-designer's Indesign book : essential design techniques for print projects

✍ Scribed by Robin Williams

• Publisher: Peachpit
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 242
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 11
SECTION I: So you want to learn In Design......Page 12
1 Introduction to In Design......Page 14
Document setup......Page 15
Get to know the workspace......Page 16
The panels......Page 17
Hide or show the rulers......Page 21
Create and hide or show the guides......Page 22
Know your defaults......Page 23
All sorts of visual clues......Page 24
Master pages......Page 25
Try this!......Page 27
SECTION II: Designing with Text......Page 28
2 Text Frames & Formatting......Page 30
Get used to points and picas......Page 31
Putting text on the page......Page 32
Threaded text frames......Page 35
Import text......Page 40
Formatting text......Page 41
Formatting text frames......Page 43
Manipulating frames......Page 45
Text defaults......Page 46
The Glyphs panel......Page 47
Try this!......Page 49
3 Spacing Features......Page 50
What a difference a letter space makes......Page 51
First, set your defaults......Page 52
Understand the auto kern pairs......Page 53
Manual kerning the space between letters......Page 55
Tracking the space between letters......Page 57
The space between words......Page 59
The space between lines......Page 60
The space between paragraphs......Page 65
If you really have to make it fit.........Page 70
Advanced tips: Paragraph-specific letterspacing......Page 71
Try this!......Page 73
4 Tabs and Indents......Page 74
Things you should know about tabs and indents......Page 75
Tab alignments and symbols......Page 80
Tab basics......Page 81
Left-aligned tabs......Page 83
Right-aligned tabs......Page 86
Decimal-aligned tabs......Page 87
Right-aligned tabs with leaders......Page 89
The Repeat tab......Page 91
Try this!......Page 92
Indent the text......Page 93
Automatic bullets and numbering......Page 97
Try this!......Page 98
5 Tables......Page 100
When to use a table......Page 101
Selecting elements of a table......Page 103
Panels and menus for formatting a table......Page 104
Table formatting and cell formatting......Page 105
Let’s build a simple table......Page 106
Format the header......Page 108
Standardize the column or row sizes......Page 109
Apply color to cells......Page 110
Add rows at the end of a table as you type......Page 111
Delete rows or columns......Page 112
Add a pattern of color to rows or columns......Page 113
More text formatting......Page 114
Customize the strokes......Page 115
Merge and split cells in a table......Page 117
Use a table instead of tabs and indents......Page 118
Try this!......Page 119
6 Style Sheets......Page 120
A quick example of paragraph style sheets......Page 121
The basic steps to create style sheets......Page 126
Take advantage of “Next Style”......Page 127
Be careful with the “Based On” feature!......Page 129
Create and use character styles......Page 131
Oh boy—nested styles!......Page 132
Know your overrides......Page 135
Tips for style sheets......Page 136
Import style sheets along with a Word doc......Page 137
Try This!......Page 139
SECTION III: Play with Graphics and Color......Page 140
7 All About Graphics......Page 142
Graphic resolution......Page 143
Drawn Graphics......Page 145
Graphic Manipulation......Page 155
8 Wonderful Color......Page 174
RGB color......Page 175
Process color versus spot color......Page 176
A really important thing to remember!......Page 177
Color panel......Page 178
Try this!......Page 180
Color Picker......Page 181
The Swatches panel......Page 182
Working with the colors Registration, Black, None, and Paper......Page 185
When to create a rich black......Page 186
Take advantage of the Eyedropper tool......Page 187
Try this!......Page 190
Create and apply a gradient......Page 191
Try this!......Page 193
SECTION IV: Fun and Useful Extras......Page 194
9 Creative Tidbits......Page 196
Drop shadows and other effects......Page 197
Outline the text for graphic possibilities......Page 198
Isolate a photographic image......Page 201
Wrap text around an object......Page 202
Type on a curve......Page 203
Try this!......Page 207
10 Try this!......Page 208
You know how to do this!......Page 209
Flyer......Page 211
Text-heavy page......Page 212
Table of contents......Page 213
Inside spread......Page 215
Advertising......Page 216
Booklet handouts......Page 217
Half-sheet flyer......Page 218
Experiment!......Page 219
11 Going to Press......Page 220
Printing to your desktop printer......Page 221
Preparing your files for a commercial press......Page 223
Check the press specs......Page 224
Check the Preflight panel......Page 225
Package your files......Page 226
Export to pdf......Page 227
Save a corrupted file......Page 228
Where to go from here......Page 229
Things yet to know!......Page 230
C......Page 231
E......Page 232
G......Page 233
L......Page 234
P......Page 235
R......Page 236
S......Page 237
T......Page 238
Z......Page 240