Adobe InDesign

Layout and Design in InDesign – this foundational book introduces you competently and in an easily understandable way to working with your software. It follows your workflow and explains working with text, images, tables, and colors. Naturally, advanced topics are also discussed that will assist you in automating your layout design: character and paragraph styles, object styles, libraries, GREP. At the end, you'll learn how to safely output your designs for print, web, or e-book readers using final artwork, preflight checks, perfect PDF export, and EPUB. Tips and tricks from the author, information on typographic and design fundamentals, and practical workshops including attractive example materials round off the book.

Contents include:

User interface, tools
Documents, master pages
Working with text: text frames, text threading, text wrap, character styles, paragraph styles, bullet points and lists
Working with long documents: book, baseline grid, layers, index and table of contents, object styles, anchoring, footnotes, text variables
Images, image frames, transforming images, import options, links panel
Colors, color management and profiles, spot colors, effects
Tables and tabs
Paths and objects
Checking documents: transparency reduction, checking routines, preflight, printing, final artwork, PDF export
Digital publishing, EPUB, interactive PDFs
GREP, libraries, snippets

The trade press on the previous edition:

Designer in Action: "It imparts practical know-how and explains the various stages of the layout process - with workshops and tips for daily use of the software.".