Table Of ContentChapter One: Getting Started with InDesign Chapter Two: Working with Documents Chapter Three: Working with Text Chapter Four: Typography and Tables Chapter Five: Drawing Lines and Shapes Chapter Six: Working with Graphics Chapter Seven: Working with Objects Chapter Eight: Working with Color Chapter Nine: Laying Out Pages and Creating Long Documents Chapter Ten: Creating Rich Interactive Documents Chapter Eleven: Preflight and Output Index
SynopsisWritten by InDesign experts who understand the product and the way people use it, this is an easy-to-scan guide which makes quick work of the most useful InDesign CS4 features., InDesign CS4 is more than just a page layout tool; as part of Adobe's new Creative Suite 4, it's a key component of an overall design workflow that lets users work seamlessly among all of their graphics applications to create spectacular layouts. Work faster, create more is what Adobe wants users to do with InDesign, and this info-packed guide lets users get right down to doing just that by focusing on the InDesign CS4 features they're most likely to use and showcasing each in a stand-alone tip--complete with a relevant hint or two and a graphic example. In this fashion, readers learn as they go, exploring the program in a way that makes sense to them. Before they know it, users will be using the Bridge to manage their files, object styles to format their images, and snippets to save layout parts for reuse. Features new to InDesign CS4 that are covered include: live preflight, customizable Links panel, conditional text, cross references, interactive document capability with the new SWF file, animated page transitions, export to Flash CS4 functionality, Smart Guides and Smart Spacing, spread rotation, and smart text reflow.