Top Ten Resources for
InDesign Users
In This Chapter
ᮣ Discovering useful Web sites
ᮣ Using Adobe Web resources
ᮣ Finding books to read
When you’re ready to expand your horizons beyond what I can squeeze into the pages of this book, check out this chapter. No matter what type of information you’re looking for, you can find it here among this handy list of InDesign resources.
Web Sites
Web sites are a great ongoing resource because they let you keep up with news, techniques, and product versions. Here are four sites that belong in your bookmarks.
InDesignCentral
www.indesigncentral.com
To help you keep up with the dynamic field of publishing, I’ve created an independent Web site that helps InDesign users stay current on tools and techniques. InDesignCentral provides the following resources:
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Tools: Links to plug-ins, scripts, utilities, and Adobe downloads. ߜ
Tips: My favorite tips, as well as reader tips.
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Resources: Print publishing links, Web publishing links, Mac OS X links, and Windows links.
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Adobe InDesign Bible series and QuarkXPress to InDesign: Face to
Face: Excerpts from the books, including updates from after the books’
releases and color versions of the screen images from the chapters that cover color.
The Adobe Web site
www.adobe.com
The friendly people at Adobe, who gave the world InDesign, recognize the value in providing useful information for users of their software solutions. The Adobe Web site offers InDesign tips and tricks, guides, interactive tutorials, and lists of user groups. It’s worth your while to visit the site now and then to see what’s new. Be sure to check out the InDesign community area for pro tips and help from users just like you.
InDesign User Group
www.indesignusergroup.com
Seeking to help InDesign users share skills and tips, Adobe is supporting local user groups in many cities. Here’s your chance to extend your InDesign knowledge and enlarge your personal network of graphics and layout experts.
You can also find links to several how-to guides from Adobe.
Creativepro
www.creativepro.com
Looking for the latest product and industry news? Go to Creativepro.com, an online magazine that also functions as a resource and reviews center. Magazine Resources
The Web has revolutionized content delivery, but a good old-fashioned magazine is hard to beat for the richness of its information and the ability to take advantage of its knowledge almost anywhere you happen to be.
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InDesign Magazine
www.indesignmag.com
This PDF-delivered bimonthly magazine takes the expertise of a whole bunch of InDesign power users and puts it into one place, giving you a regular flow of great ideas, tips, and tricks. While it’s not as convenient as a print magazine, the PDF format does have the advantage of being easy to store and keep with you wherever your computer happens to be. Plus, you can always print an article and take it with you if you want.
Layers magazine
www.layersmagazine.com
A great resource for tips and tricks specific to the Adobe universe of products is Layers magazine, which produces six glossy issues each year, chockfull of tips and how-to advice. Macworld magazine
www.macworld.com
Macworld magazine remains a spectacular resource for publishers of all skill levels, providing graphics guidance as well as general news and advice about the Mac platform that most designers use.
Recommended Books
Wiley Publishing, Inc., the publisher of this book, also offers a wide range of books to help layout artists and publication designers exploit publishing tools to the fullest. The following four books — the first two I wrote — can help you expand your InDesign knowledge and related areas of expertise: ߜ
My Adobe InDesign CS4 Bible gives you extensive insight and tips on using the newest versions of InDesign in professional publishing environments.
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My QuarkXPress to InDesign: Face to Face shows you how to make the move from QuarkXPress to InDesign. You’ll be running at full speed in no time, leveraging your knowledge of QuarkXPress and translating it into InDesign’s approach. Although this book was written using the CS2
version, its techniques apply to the CS4 edition as well.
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Adobe Creative Suite 4 Bible, by Ted Padova, Kelly L. Murdock, and Wendy Halderman, provides an all-in-one resource for users of Adobe’s cornerstone tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Professional, and InDesign).
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Digital Photography: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks, by Gregory Georges, provides clear, illustrated instructions for 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips to make you a better digital photographer. To help you understand the implications of digital photography on the production process, Total Digital Photography: The Shoot to Print Workflow Handbook, by Serge Timacheff and David Karlins, offers complete, end-to-end workflow advice from shoot to print in a full-color presentation.
Index
• A •
layers, 83
objects using coordinates, 167–168
absolute page numbers, 18, 70
optical margin alignment, 44, 273–274
Acrobat Professional, CSM settings for, 354
Snap to Document Grid option, 175
active panel, 26
Snap to Guides option, 172
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Bible (Padova,
tabs for text, 305–307
Murdock, and Halderman), 394
windows, 19–20
Adobe Dreamweaver, exporting to, 59
arrow key preferences, 41
Adobe Flash formats
Autocorrect feature, 221–222
exporting in, 59, 377–378, 388
autofl ow feature, 194–195, 205, 389
hyperlinks in fi les, 370
automatic recovery feature, 60
Adobe Illustrator, 281, 354
automatic text
Adobe InDesign CS4 Bible (Gruman), 129,
conditional text, 334–336, 389
393
improvements for, 329
Adobe Paragraph Composer, 248
page numbers, 330
Adobe Single-Line Composer, 248
section markers for, 330–331
Adobe Web site, 392
text variables for, 331–334
agates, specifying, 12, 40
Align panel, 177–178
• B •
aligning. See arranging and aligning;
justifi cation
baseline, defi ned, 42
Alspach, Ted ( Illustrator CS4 For Dummies),
baseline grid
129
changing settings for, 176
anchor points
described, 169
overview, 125, 127
frame-based grid versus, 177
selecting, 139
showing and hiding, 46, 176
anchored frames
baseline shift, 41, 257
adjusting, 187
bevel effect, 153–154
caveats for, 186
bitmap graphics
converting existing frames to, 186–187
fi le formats, 282
creating, 183–185
import options for, 287–288
deleting, 188
bleed area, 53
described, 180
Bleed mode, 25
inline frames versus, 183
blending modes, 150–151
object style options, 161
blends. See gradients
releasing the anchor, 188
BMP format, 282, 287
application bar, 17
booklets, printing setup for, 351–353
application frame, 16–17
bookmarks in PDF fi les, 373–374, 380
arranging and aligning. See also
books (InDesign)
justifi cation; stacking order
chapter numbers, 343–344
aligning objects to each other, 177–178
closing, 338, 340
aligning paragraphs, 239–240
creating, 337–338
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books (InDesign) (continued)
Character Styles panel, 229, 253
defi ned, 337
characters. See also fonts; glyphs
deleting chapters, 339
applying formats to, 251–253
indexes, 320–324
baseline shift, 41, 257
opening, 338
Basic Character Formats, 255–256
page numbers, 342–343
capitalization controls, 255–256, 258–259
printing chapters and books, 342, 356
fractions, 271–273
replacing chapters, 339
kerning, 261, 262
saving, 340
leading applied to, 262, 263
status reports for chapters, 340
ligature controls, 255–256, 260–261
style sources, 340
preventing hyphenation, 261
synchronizing formatting, 341–342
scaling, 256–257
table of contents, 324–327
skewing (artifi cial italics), 257–258
working with chapters, 338–342
strikethrough controls, 255–256, 259–260
Bridge CS4, CSM settings for, 353–354
stroke adjustments, 276
bulleted lists, 265–268
superscript and subscript controls,
buttons and button actions, 375–377
255–256, 259
tracking, 261, 262–263
• C •
underlining controls, 255–256, 259–260
checking documents before printing
calculations in panel fi elds, 28
identifying and fi xing errors, 348–349
calibrating color, 353–355
prefl ight options, 349–350
capitalization controls, 255–256, 258–259
visual check, 347–348
capitalization of index topics, 323
ciceros, specifying, 12, 41
cell styles, 47, 313–315
clicking
Cell Styles panel, 314–315
defi ned, 2
centimeters, specifying, 12, 41
triple clicking to select line, 35
Character panel
Clipping Path command, 299–301
changing font size using, 254–255
clipping paths
changing fonts using, 254
converting to frames, 297, 301
kerning controls, 262
creating, 298–301
overview, 251
default attributes, 45
on smallish monitors, 253
defi ned, 297
strikethrough or underline styles, 275
for imported graphics, 287, 297–298
tracking controls, 262
for masking out graphics, 294
character styles
removing, 301
applying to text, 234–236, 252
for text wrap, 208
Basic Character Formats, 255–256
closed paths, creating, 129
creating, 229
CMS (color management system), 353–355
defaults, 47
CMYK color model, 100, 102, 103
font selection, 254
color management system (CMS), 353–355
font size, 254–255
color swatches. See also Swatches panel
managing, 234
applying, 115
paragraph styles using, 230
copying, 111
paragraph styles versus, 228
creating, 99–103
Quick Apply panel for, 236
defaults, 47
sharing, 233
deleting, 112
style groups, 233–234
exporting, 114
updating, 232
importing, 47, 112–113
Index
397
Kuler colors, 104
selecting objects using, 138
libraries of, 102–103
shearing objects using, 145
mixed-ink, 105–106
strikethrough or underline styles, 275
modifying, 111
tracking controls, 262
spot versus process colors, 100
control point, 11
tints, 106–107
Control+clicking. See right-clicking
colors. See also color swatches
converting
applying, 115
bulleted or numbered lists to paragraphs,
calibrating, 353–355
267
color models available, 102
clipping paths to frames, 297, 301
duotone, 105
frames to anchored frames, 186–187
gradients, 107–111
shape to different shape, 122
importing, 47, 112–113
tabs to and from tables, 315
Kuler panel for, 104
text into shapes, 276–277
for layers, 79
text variables to text, 333
mixed-ink, 105–106
Word endnotes to footnotes, 320
predefi ned, 99
copying
process, 100
before adjusting layouts, 76
sampling, 113–114
color swatches, 111
spot, 100
to different layer, 82
for strokes, 132
graphics into InDesign, 292
themes, 104
to hidden or locked layer, 82
tints, 106–107
index topics, 323
unnamed, 103
library items, 98
column guides. See margin and column
master pages, 90
guides
object styles, 161
columns
opening document copy, 57
changing in text frames, 207–208
pages among documents, 65
changing location of guides, 18
pages within documents, 65
default settings, 42
saving document copy, 57
defi ned, 18
text from InDesign, 203
for master pages, 89
text into InDesign, 203
for new document, 53
text styles, 234
readability impacted by, 206
Corner Options feature, 148–149
specifying in master text frames, 207
corner points
text wrap options for objects splitting,
corner options, 148–149
210
defi ned, 125
combining layers, 83
object style options, 160
Composition preferences, 37–39
working with, 127
conditional text, 334–336, 389
crash, recovering from, 60
contextual menus, 26
Creativepro Web site, 392
Control panel
cropping graphics, 23, 293–294
applying character formats with, 252
cross-references, hyperlink, 371–373, 388
applying paragraph formats with, 238
customizing InDesign. See preferences
changing font size using, 255
changing fonts using, 254
kerning controls, 262
positioning objects using, 167–168
rotating objects using, 143
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• D •
document preferences
accessing, 34
defaults. See also preferences
Composition, 37–39
colors, 47
defaults, 42
document, 42
Measurement, 39–41
master page, 88
Type, 35–37
measurement unit, 12
document windows
object, 44–45
application bar, 17
styles, 47
application frame, 16–17
text, 44
displaying multiple, 19–20
views, 45–46
guides, 18
deleting or removing
overview, 14
anchored frames, 188
page controls, 18–19
bullets from lists, 267
pages, 18
chapters, 339
pasteboard, 16
clipping path from graphic, 301
rulers, 15
color swatches, 112
zero point, 15–16
horizontal rules, 250
documents. See also multimedia projects;
hyperlink target or source, 370
pages; spreads
index topics, 323
applying master pages to, 92
inline frames, 182
checking before printing, 347–350
layers, 84
closing, 57
library items, 97
creating and choosing settings for, 51–54
local overrides, 93
creating from templates, 87
master pages, 91, 93
creating with most recent settings, 54
numbers from lists, 267
defaults, 42
object from a group, 156
disaster recovery, 60
object styles, 161
dividing into sections, 69–70
objects, 141
exporting content, 58–59
pages, 65
opening, 51, 54–56
ruler guides, 172
Package feature, 362–364
section start, 70–71
preferences, 34–41
tabs, 307
removing section start, 70–71
text styles, 234
reverting to saved version, 57
text variables, 333
saving, 57–58
unused layers, 84
starting on left page, 67–68
deselecting objects, 138
double-click, defi ned, 3
dictionary for spell-checker, 224–226
dragging. See also copying; moving items
Digital Photography: Top 100 Simplifi ed Tips
defi ned, 3
& Tricks (Georges), 394
graphics into InDesign, 292
Direct Selection tool, 22, 122, 123
items into library, 96
directional feathering, 153, 154
navigator feature, using, 73
disaster recovery, 60
objects to different layer, 82
docks and docking, 27, 28–29
objects to new location, 140
document grid, 46, 169, 174–175
pages among documents, 65
pages within documents, 65
Index
399
panels, 27
eBooks, 59, 382–383
resizing objects, 139
Flash fi les, 59, 377–378, 388
text editing preferences, 36
format options for, 58–59
text into InDesign, 203
layers, controlling which are exported, 80
drawings, 281. See also graphics
PDF fi les, 59, 371, 378–382
Dreamweaver, exporting to, 59
in XHTML format, 371, 383–384
drop caps, 11, 243–244
drop shadows, 151–153
• F •
duotone colors, 105
duplicating. See copying
faces, 253. See also fonts
facing-pages layout. See spreads
• E •
feathering, 153–154
File menu, 30
eBooks, 59, 370, 382–383
fi lls
Edit menu, 30
adding to shapes, 132
editing text
defi ned, 125
basic capabilities, 213
object style options, 159
highlighting, 214
in tables, formatting, 312–313
navigating, 214
transparency for, 150
replacing formatting, 218–219
fi nding. See searching
replacing glyphs, 219–220
fi tting commands for graphics, 294–296
replacing missing fonts, 221
Flash formats. See Adobe Flash formats
replacing text, 217–218
fl attening layers, 83
saved queries for, 220
fl ipping objects, 145
searching, 216–217
fl oating panels, 27
spell-check feature, 220–226
fl ush-left/fl ush-right text. See justifi cation
Story Editor for, 215–216
folios, 77
Type tool for, 213
font family, 253. See also fonts
undoing edits, 215
fonts
zooming for, 214
changing between, 253–254
Effects panel, 150–153
changing size of, 254–255
em, defi ned, 261
defaults, 44
embedding links, 165
fraction typefaces, 271–272
emboss effect, 153–154
label formatting, 269
end points, 125
packaging with documents, 363, 364
Enhanced Metafi le (EMF) format, 281
preview preferences, 36
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) format
replacing missing, 221
clipping paths, 297
substitutions, highlight preferences, 38
exporting in, 59
terminology, 253
for graphics, 281, 282, 287
footnotes, 317–320
import options for, 289, 290
fractions, formatting, 271–273
Excel fi les, importing, 201–202
frame-based grid, 169, 177
exporting
frames. See also objects; shapes; text
color swatches, 114
frames
copying text from InDesign, 203
adding fi lls, 132
document content, 58–59
anchored, 161, 180, 183–188
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frames (continued)
naming, 107
converting clipping paths to, 297, 301
rotating, 110
converting to anchored frames, 186–187
unnamed, 109
corner style, 45
graduated fi lls. See gradients
creating, 23, 24, 120–121
graphics. See also objects
cropping graphics by adjusting, 23, 294
adjusting layouts, 74–76
defi ned, 13
clipping paths, 287, 294, 297–301
editing manually, 122
copying and pasting into InDesign, 292
fi tting, 295
cropping, 23, 293–294
inline, 161, 180, 181–183
dragging and dropping into InDesign, 292
Miter Limit, 130
fi le formats, 281–283
object defaults, 44–45
fi tting commands for, 294–296
object style options, 160, 161
import options for, 286–291, 292
as placeholders, 119
importing using Place command, 283–286
placing imported graphics in, 284–285
InDesign fi le import options, 291
resizing, 23, 140
irregular shapes, 296–301
selecting, 122
layers, handling after import, 292
shapes versus, 119
layers, handling during import, 291–292
showing links between text frames, 46
links to, 283
on templates, 85
masking out, 294
text defaults, 44
moving frame separately from, 22
text wrapping options, 208
moving within a frame, 22, 23
text wrapping preferences, 38–39
packaging with documents, 363
tools for creating, 119–120
preparing for importing, 281–283
Free Transform tool, 146
resizing, 295
scaling, 295
• G •
terminology, 281
text wrap using “holes” in, 210
Georges, Gregory ( Digital Photography: Top
grids
100 Simplifi ed Tips & Tricks), 394
baseline, 46, 169, 176–177
GIF format, 282, 287
document, 46, 169, 174–175
global tools, 10, 11
frame-based, 169, 177
glyphs
groups
defi ned, 38
creating, 156
scaling, 248
knockout group, 151
searching and replacing, 219–220
removing an object from, 156
substitutions, highlight preferences, 38
restricting transparency to, 151
Gradient Feather tool, 110, 111
selecting objects in, 138, 156
gradient feathering, 153, 154
for text styles, 233–234
Gradient panel, 109–111
transforming, 156
gradients
ungrouping, 156
adding stop points for, 109
uses for, 155
applying, 115
Gruman, Galen (author)
changing transition rates for, 109
Adobe InDesign CS4 Bible, 129, 393
creating swatches, 107–109
QuarkXPress to InDesign, 393
defi ned, 107
guides. See margin and column guides;
Gradient Feather tool for, 110, 111
ruler guides; smart guides
Gradient panel for, 109–111
gutter, 53, 89
Index
401
• H •
graphics using Place command, 283–286
index topic lists, 323
Halderman, Wendy ( Adobe Creative Suite 4
master pages, 91
Bible), 394
Microsoft Excel fi les, 201–202
Hand tool, 25, 73
object styles, 161
hanging punctuation, 273–274
PageMaker documents, 55, 56
Help menu, 31
placing imported text, 197–198
hidden characters, showing, 44
preferences, 43
hidden layers
QuarkXPress documents, 55, 56
copying objects to, 82
styles, 47
moving objects to, 82
tables, 307
text wrap on, 80, 208
text by copying and pasting, 203
hiding. See showing or hiding
text by dragging, 203
highlighting
text variables, 333
problems, preferences for, 38
Word or RTF fi les, 198–200
text, 214
inches, specifying, 12, 40
horizontal rules, 249–250
indenting paragraphs, 240, 307
hyperlinks
InDesign Interchange format, 59
creating, 366–369
InDesign Magazine, 393
cross-references, 371–373, 388
InDesign Markup (IDML) format, 59
defi ned, 365
InDesign menu, 30
deleting target or source for, 370
InDesign Tagged Text format, 59
document types and retention of, 370
InDesign User Group, 392
modifying, 370
InDesignCentral Web site, 4, 6, 391–392
Hyperlinks panel, 365–366
Index panel, 321–324
hyphenation
indexes
automatic, settings for, 245–246
adding entries to, 321–323
defi ned, 244
caveat for creating, 320
highlight preferences, 38
Index panel overview, 321
manual, 244–245
polishing and generating, 323–324
preventing, 261
style choices for, 320
single-line or paragraph composition, 248
usefulness of, 320
spell-check customization, 226
inline frames
adjusting, 182–183
• I •
anchored frames versus, 183
creating, 181–182, 186
deleting, 182
illustrations, 281. See also graphics
described, 180, 181
Illustrator (Adobe), 281, 354
leading issues with, 181
Illustrator CS4 For Dummies (Alspach), 129
object style options, 161
images, 281. See also graphics
inner glow effect, 153–154
importing
intercaps, 220
autofl ow feature for, 194–195, 205
Internet resources, 391–392
color swatches, 47, 112–113
italics, artifi cial (skewing), 257–258
footnotes from Word, 318
graphics, alternative methods, 292
graphics import options, 286–291
graphics, preparing fi les for, 281–283
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• J •
image, handling during import, 291–292
locking guides on, 80
locking layers, 79–80
for graphics, 282
moving objects among, 82
import options for, 287–288
overlays compared to, 76, 77–78
saving page, spread, or text as, 59
overview, 77–78
scaling when importing fi les, 285
placing objects on, 81–82
justifi cation
printing or preventing from printing, 80
alignment controls, 239
rearranging, 83
controlling, 247–248
selecting multiple, 82
defi ned, 244
selecting objects on, 81
highlight preferences, 38
showing, 79
single-line or paragraph composition, 248
stacking order for, 77, 83
text wrapping preferences, 39
for template annotation, 86
unused, deleting, 84
• K •
uses for, 76–77
Layers magazine, 393
Layers panel
kerning
creating a layer, 78
arrow key preferences, 41
deleting layers, 84
controlling, 255–256, 262
merging layers, 83
defi ned, 42, 261
rearranging layers, 83
highlight preferences, 38
selecting objects on layers, 81
increments for, 261
Layout menu, 30
tracking versus, 263
layouts. See also master pages; templates
key combination conventions
adjusting, 74–76
in this book, 2
default settings, 42
knockout group with blending modes, 151
visual proof before printing, 347–348
Kuler panel, 104
leaders for tabs, 306–307
• L •
leading
arrow key preferences, 41
character-by-character basis for, 262, 263
Lab color model, 102
controlling, 241, 263
label formatting, 268–269
defi ned, 42, 241, 263
layers
inline frame issues for, 181
Acrobat, 380
preferences, 35
colors for, 79
text wrap based on, 211
combining (fl attening), 83
text wrapping preferences, 39
creating, 78–79
letter spacing in justifi ed text, 247
customizing, 79–80
letters for page numbers, 68
cutting and pasting to, 82
libraries
deleting, 84
adding items to, 96
entire document encompassed by, 78
copying items onto document pages, 98
guides for, 80
creating, 94–95
hiding, 76
defi ned, 94
image, handling after import, 292
deleting items from, 97
Index
403
panels, managing, 98
• M •
searching for items, 97
snippets versus, 95
Macworld magazine, 393
tagging items, 96–97
magazine resources, 392–393
ligatures, 255–256, 260–261
margin and column guides
lighting effects, 152–154
changes when adjusting layouts, 75, 76
line art, 281. See also graphics
changing location of, 18
line spacing. See leading
created for active layer, 80
Line tool, 24, 123
described, 18, 169
linear gradients, 110
hiding, 46
lines. See also paths
moving, 172
changing bounding box for, 123
unlocking, 172
changing length and angle of, 123
margins
characteristics set in Stroke panel, 124
adjusting layouts, 74–76
drawing, 123
changing location of guides, 18
horizontal rules, 249–250
default settings, 42
Line tool for, 122
defi ned, 18
links. See also hyperlinks
for master pages, 89
defi ned, 13
for new document, 53
editing the original fi le, 166
optical alignment, 44, 273–274
embedding, 165
marquee for selecting objects, 136
fi nding the source fi le, 166
master objects
to graphics, 283
applying text wrap to, 211
navigating to, 165
changing on document pages, 93
packaging graphics with documents, 363
defi ned, 90
reestablishing, 164–165, 166
local override for, 93
showing between text frames, 46
modifying on master page, 90
to source text fi les, 163
releasing from parent master, 90
threading text frames, 204–205
selecting, 93
unlinking, 166
showing and hiding, 46, 93
updating, 165
master pages
Links panel
adding pages to document, 64
controlling what appears in, 166
applying to document pages, 92
options, 164–166
basing on a document spread, 90
overview, 163–164
basing on another master page, 90
loading. See importing
changing attributes of, 89
local overrides, 93
columns, 89
local tools, 10–11
copying, 90
locking or unlocking
creating new, 88–89
column guides, 172
default, 88
copying objects to locked layer, 82
defi ned, 87
guides for layers, 80
deleting from documents, 91
layers, 79–80
displaying, 71
moving objects to locked layer, 82
importing, 91
object to page, 80, 157
layers with, 81
ruler guides, 171
margins, 89
zero point, 16
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master pages (continued)
moving items
for new documents, 52–53
anchored frames, 187
page numbers on, 89
arrow key preferences for, 41
Pages panel location for, 89
column guides, 172
removing from document page, 91, 93
to different layer, 82
ruler guides for, 170
Direct Selection tool for, 22
selecting objects on, 136
frame without moving graphic, 22
for spreads, 89
graphic within its frame, 22, 23
templates versus, 87
to hidden or locked layer, 82
master text frames
inline frames, 182–183
adding for repeating elements, 193, 194
mouse for, 140
applying text wrap to, 211
pages among documents, 66–67
autofl ow feature, 194–195, 205, 389
pages within documents, 65–66
changing settings for, 195–196
placing on layers, 81–82
creating, 192
Position tool for, 23
creating with new document, 192
ruler guides, 171
specifying columns, 207
Selection tool for, 22
types of, 192
X and Y coordinates for, 141
uses for, 191
multimedia projects
measurement values
bookmarks in PDF fi les for, 373–374, 380
codes for specifying, 12
buttons and button actions for, 375–377
default measurement unit, 12
exporting eBooks, 59, 382–383
preferences, 39–41
exporting Flash fi les, 59, 377–378
for rulers, 15
exporting PDF fi les, 59, 378–382
menus
exporting to the Web, 383–384
contextual, 26
hyperlinks for, 365–373
conventions in this book, 2
sound fi les for, 374–375
fl yout, for libraries, 95
video fi les for, 374–375
fl yout, on Tools panels, 26
multipage documents. See also pages;
navigating with, 72
spreads
overview, 30–31
adjusting layouts, 74–76
Preview Mode button, 25
dividing into sections, 69–70
showing all options, 10
numbering pages, 68
merging layers, 83
removing section start, 70–71
Microsoft Excel fi les, importing, 201–202
single-sided, 62
Microsoft Word fi les
starting on left page, 67–68
converting endnotes to footnotes, 320
multiple text versions (conditional text),
importing footnotes from, 318
334–336, 389
importing text from, 198–200
multiwindow feature, 19–20
millimeters, specifying, 12, 40
Murdock, Kelly L. ( Adobe Creative Suite 4
mixed-ink colors, creating, 105–106
Bible), 394
monitors, small
Character panel on, 253
• N •
table-related panels on, 309
mouse terminology, 2–3
navigating
movie fi les, 374–375
jumping to a page, 18–19, 72
moving around. See navigating
keyboard shortcuts for, 72
to links, 165
Index
405
menu commands for, 72
fl ipping, 145
navigator feature for, 73
grouping, 156
page controls for, 18
locking to page, 80, 157
Pages panel for, 71–72
object-creation tools, 24
text, 214
placing on layers, 81–82
tools for, 24–25
positioning with coordinates, 167–168
nested paragraph styles, 230–232, 388
preventing from printing, 141
New Feature icon, 5
removing from a group, 156
Normal mode, 25
repeating transformations, 146
Normal Mode button, 25
replacing attributes, 146–148
numbered lists, 265–268
resizing, 139–140
numbering book chapters, 343–344
rotating, 142–144
numbering footnotes, 318–319
selecting anchor points on, 139
numbering pages. See page numbers
selecting contents of, 137
selecting objects, 81, 135–138, 179
• O •
shearing, 145
stacking order for, 179
object defaults, 44–45
styles, 47, 147–148, 157–163
Object menu
ungrouping, 156
fl ipping commands, 145
unrotating, 143
overview, 31
unshearing, 145
Select submenu, 137–138
optical margin alignment, 44, 273–274
object styles
orphans, controlling, 242–243
applying, 147–148, 162–163
outer glow effect, 153–154
Basic Attributes panes, 159–161
outlines, converting text into, 276–277
creating, 157–161
overlays, layers versus, 76, 77–78
defaults, 47
overset text, 204
deleting, 161
duplicating, 161
• P •
families of, 159
loading, 161
Package feature, 362–364
managing, 161, 163
packages, defi ned, 13
modifying, 161
Padova, Ted ( Adobe Creative Suite 4 Bible),
predefi ned, 162
394
previewing, 158
page controls, 18–19
redefi ning, 161
page layouts. See layouts
usefulness of, 157
page numbers
viewing current settings, 159
absolute, 18, 70
objects. See also frames; master objects;
automating, 330
shapes
changing the starting number, 68
aligning to each other, 177–178
layers for folios, 77
copying to hidden or locked layers, 82
letters for, 68
Corner Options feature, 148–149
on master pages, 89
defaults, 44–45
navigating with page controls, 18
defi ned, 119
removing section start, 70–71
deleting, 141
Roman numerals for, 68
deselecting, 138
section-based, 69–70, 343–344
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PageMaker documents, opening, 55, 56
new in CS4, 27
pages. See also master pages; spreads
selecting options, 28
adding to document, 63–64
showing and hiding, 28
adjusting layouts, 74–76
switching between, 26
applying master pages to, 92
Pantone colors, 100, 102–103
changing master objects on, 93
Pantone Matching System (PMS), 102
copying, 65
Pantone Process Coated library, 102
copying library items onto, 98
Pantone Solid Coated library, 102
deleting, 65
Pantone Solid Matte library, 103
fi tting in window, 72
Pantone Solid Uncoated library, 103
hyperlinks to, 366–367
paragraph composition, 248
inserting uneven number in spreads, 64
Paragraph panel, 237, 238, 252
locking objects to, 80, 157
paragraph styles
moving among documents, 66–67
alignment controls, 239–240
moving within documents, 65–66
applying different style to next
navigating, 18–19, 71–73
paragraph, 230
overview, 18
applying to text, 234–236
saving as JPEG fi les, 59
Basic Paragraph, 44, 230
selecting, 64–65
character styles versus, 228
specifying for new document, 52
creating, 228, 229–230
starting documents on left page, 67–68
defaults, 44, 47
switching between master and document
drop cap controls, 243
pages, 71
horizontal rule controls, 249–250
Pages panel
hyphenation controls, 246
absolute page numbers in, 70
indent controls, 240
adding pages, 63–64
justifi cation controls, 247–248
copying pages, 65
managing, 234
deleting pages, 65
nested, 230–232, 388
master pages on, 89
object style options, 160
moving pages among documents, 66–67
Quick Apply panel for, 236
moving pages within documents, 65–66
sharing, 233
navigating with, 71–72
style groups, 233–234
opening, 62
for table of contents, 324–326
overview, 61–62
updating, 232
selecting pages, 64–65
using character styles, 230
starting documents on left page, 67–68
widow and orphan controls, 242–243
panels. See also specifi c panels
Paragraph Styles panel, 228
access via Window menu, 26
paragraphs
active, defi ned, 26
aligning, 239–240
calculations in fi elds, 28
applying formats to, 237–238
changing values in fi elds, 28
bulleted lists, 265–268
closing, 26
controlling breaks, 242–243
collapsing and expanding, 27
drop caps, 11, 243–244
controls typically found on, 26–27
horizontal rules for, 249–250
dragging to and from docks, 27
hyphenation, 38, 226, 238, 244–246, 248,
fl oating, 27
261
library, 98
indent controls, 240, 307
Index
407
inserting space between, 241
pointer, defi ned, 2
justifi cation, 38, 39, 239, 247–248
pointer information, 389
labeling, 268–269
points, specifying, 12, 40
numbered lists, 265–268
Portable Document Format. See PDF
pasteboard, 16
Position tool, 23
paths
positioning. See arranging and aligning;
anchor points, 125
moving items
applying strokes to, 124
power failure, recovering from, 60
closed, creating, 129
preferences
closed, defi ned, 129
color defaults, 47
closure property, 124
Composition, 37–39
contents of, 125
defi ned, 33, 34
defi ned, 123, 124
document defaults, 42
direction lines, 125
importing or loading, 43
drawing curves, 127–128
Measurement, 39–41
drawing zigzags, 126–127
methods for changing, 34
fi lls for, 125
object defaults, 44–45
joining, 128–129
presets, 43
segments, 125
reversing changes, 34
text following, 278
stored, 43
of text outlines, 277
style defaults, 47
tools for creating, 123
text defaults, 44
PCX format, 282, 287
text wrap, 38–39, 211
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Type, 35–37
bookmarks, 373–374, 380
view defaults, 45–46
controlling layers exporting to, 80
Prefl ight panel, 349
defi ned, 13
prefl ighting capability
exporting in, 59, 371, 378–382
defi ned, 348, 390
for graphics, 281, 282
of Package command, 363
hyperlinks in, 370, 371, 381
setting options for, 349–350
import options for, 289, 290
using, 348–349
rotating pages, 382, 390
presets, 43
security settings for, 381–382
Preview mode, 25
Pen tool, 24, 126–128
Preview Mode button, 25
Pencil tool, 126
printing
Photoshop CS4, CSM settings for, 354
booklets setup for, 351–353
Photoshop fi le format, 282, 283, 287, 297
books, 342, 356
Photoshop For Dummies series (Wiley
chapters, 342
Publishing), 297
checking documents before, 347–350
picas, specifying, 12, 40
creating a document package, 362–364
PICT format, 282, 283, 287
layer uses for, 76–77, 80
pictures. See graphics
preventing objects from, 141
Place command, 283–285
Print dialog box options, 356–362
placeholders. See frames
using a service bureau, 362–364
plug-ins, 13
process colors, 100
PMS (Pantone Matching System), 102
publishing books. See books (InDesign)
PNG format, 282, 283, 287, 288
pull-quotes, 271
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• Q •
RTF (Rich Text Format)
exporting in, 59
QuarkXPress documents, opening, 55, 56
importing text fi les, 198–200
QuarkXPress to InDesign (Gruman), 393
ruler guides
Quick Apply panel, 28, 236
changes when adjusting layouts, 75, 76
QuickTime movie format, 283, 287
created for active layer, 80
quotation mark preferences, 35
creating automatically, 170–171
creating manually, 169–170
• R •
default settings, 42
described, 169
working with, 171–172
radial gradients, creating, 111
rulers
raster formats, 282
changes when adjusting layouts, 75, 76
rearranging. See arranging and aligning
changing measurement system for, 15
recovery from power failure or crash, 60
measurement preferences, 40–41
redoing actions, 12, 215
overview, 15
reference points, 11, 139, 141
showing and hiding, 15, 46
Remember icon, 6
zero point, 15–16, 170
removing. See deleting or removing
rules, horizontal, 249–250
replacing. See searching
running headings, layers for, 77
resizing. See also scaling
docks, 28
fonts, 254–255
• S •
frames, 23, 140
Free Transform tool for, 146
sampling colors, 113–114
graphics, 295
satin effect, 153–154
objects, 139–140
saving
scaling objects, 140
before adjusting layouts, 76
reverse type, 269, 270
books, 340
reverting to saved document version, 57
document as template, 86
RGB color model, 102
documents, 57–58
right-clicking
presets, 43
defi ned, 3
queries, 220
displaying hidden tools, 21
reverting to saved version, 57
opening contextual menus, 26
workspaces, 29
rollovers for buttons, 376–377
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format, 58
Roman numerals for page numbers, 68
scaling. See also resizing
Rotate tool, 142–143
characters, 256–257
rotating
Free Transform tool for, 146
Control panel for, 143
glyphs, 248
Free Transform tool for, 146
graphics, 295
gradients, 110
of JPEG fi les during import, 285
PDF pages, 382, 390
label text, 269
preparing for, 142
objects, 140
Rotate tool for, 142–143
Scitex Continuous Tone (SCT) format, 282,
shearing, 142, 145
283, 287
spreads, 144, 389
searching
unrotating objects, 143
Find/Change feature for, 216–217
for library items, 97
Index
409
and replacing formatting, 218–219
free-form, Pencil tool for, 126
and replacing glyphs, 219–220
selecting direction handles, 139
and replacing text, 217–218
text wrap options, 210
saving queries, 220
tools for creating, 119–120
text, 216–217
Shear tool, 145
section markers, 330–331
shearing, 142, 145
sections
showing or hiding
in book chapters, 342–344
application frame, 17
defi ned, 69
baseline grid, 46, 176
dividing documents into, 69
document grid, 46, 175
removing section start, 70–71
frame edges, 46
security settings for PDF fi les, 381–382
full menus, 15
selecting
guides, 46, 80
anchor points and direction handles, 139
hidden characters, 44
deselecting objects, 138
layers, 76, 79
frames, 122
links between text frames, 46
master objects, 93
master objects, 46, 93
multiple layers, 82
multiple document windows, 19–20
multiple objects, 136
panels, 28
object contents, 137
ruler guides, 171
objects in groups, 138, 156
rulers, 15, 46
objects individually, 135–136
smart guides, 46
objects on layers, 81
sidebars, 271
objects on master pages, 136
single-line composition, 248
objects using Control panel, 138
sizing. See resizing
overlapping objects, 136–137, 179
skewing text (artifi cial italics), 257–258
pages, 64–65
slug area, 53
ruler guides, 171
Slug mode, 25
unused text styles, 234
small caps
Selection tool
capitalization controls, 255–256, 258–259
changing line bounding box with, 123
label formatting, 269
selecting multiple objects, 136
preferences, 37
selecting objects individually, 135–136
smart guides
selecting objects on master pages, 136
described, 169, 387
switching to Direct Selection tool, 122
hiding, 46
using, 22
working with, 173–174
sentence case, 333
smart spacing, 173
service bureaus, document package for,
Smart Text Refl ow preferences, 36
362–364
smooth points, 125, 127
shapes. See also frames; objects
snippets, 95
adding fi lls, 132
sound fi les, 374–375
converting, 122
spacing features, 387
converting text into, 276–277
special characters. See glyphs
creating, 120–121
spell-check feature
defi ned, 119
Autocorrect, 221–222
editing manually, 122
checking as you type, 221
frames versus, 119
customizing the dictionary, 224–226
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styles
customizing hyphenation points, 226
cell, 47, 313–315
described, 220
defaults, 47
sharing the dictionary, 224
importing, 47
using the dialog box, 222–224
object, 47, 147–148, 157–163
spot colors, 100
stroke, 132–134
spreads. See also pages
synchronizing for books, 341–342
adjusting layouts, 74–76
table, 47, 308, 313–315
defi ned, 18
text, 44, 47, 227–236
duplicating within document, 65
TOC, 324–327
fi tting in window, 72
subscript and superscript characters
inserting uneven number of pages, 64
controlling, 255–256, 259
master pages for, 89
preferences, 36–37
rotating, 144, 389
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format, 58
saving as JPEG fi les, 59
swatch-based color models, 102
shuffl ing when moving pages, 66
Swatches panel. See also color swatches
specifying for new document, 52
adding unnamed colors to, 103
starting documents on left page, 67–68
adding unnamed gradients to, 109
stacking order
applying swatches, 115
defi ned, 77
copying swatches, 112
for layers, 77
creating gradients, 107–109
for overlapping objects, 179
creating mixed-ink colors, 105–106
rearranging layers in, 83
creating swatches, 99–103
stored preferences, 43
creating tints, 106
Story Editor, using, 215–216
default color palette, 100
Story panel, object style options, 160
deleting swatches, 112
strikethrough
editing swatches, 111
controlling, 255–256, 259–260
exporting swatches, 114
custom options for, 274–276
importing swatches, 47, 112–113
Stroke panel
opening, 99
adjusting character strokes, 276
sampling colors, 113–114
line characteristics specifi ed in, 124
setting stroke color, 132
opening, 130
SWF format, exporting in, 59, 377–378
setting stroke attributes, 130–132
strokes
• T •
applying to paths, 124
character, 276
Table menu, 31
colors for, 132
table of contents (TOC), 324–327
dashed lines, 131, 132–133
Table Styles panel, 314–315
default properties, 45
tables
defi ned, 13
adding items to, 309
fi tting graphics with, 295
adjusting, 310
object style options, 160
cell styles, 47, 313–315
setting attributes for, 130–132
converting to and from tabs, 315
styles for, 132–134
creating, 308–309
in tables, formatting, 311, 313
footnote simulation for, 318
transparency for, 150
formatting, 310–313
Index
411
importing, 307
tabs for, 305–307
inserting tabs in, 309
variables, 331–334
keyboard shortcuts for editing, 310
text fi les
limitations of tabs for, 307
importing, 198–200
styles, 47, 308, 313–315
links to, 163
tabs
unlinking, 166
converting to and from tables, 315
text frames. See also frames; master text
deleting or clearing, 307
frames
inserting in tables, 309
adding fi lls, 132
leaders (repeating characters), 306–307
autofl ow feature, 194–195, 205, 389
repeating, 307
breaking threads, 206
resetting indents, 307
changing columns in, 207–208
setting with Tabs panel, 305–307
changing settings for, 195–196
Tabs panel, 305–307
converting text into shapes, 276–277
tagging library items, 96–97
creating individually, 193–194
Technical Stuff icon, 6
creating with Type tool, 23, 24, 120–121
templates
defaults, 44
annotating, 86
inserting in a threaded chain, 206
for booklets, 351
object style options, 160
creating documents from, 87
out port, 204
creating templates, 86
overset text, 204
defi ned, 85
in port, 204
master pages versus, 87
refl ow when adjusting layouts, 76
modifying, 86–87
rerouting threads, 206
opening for editing, 54, 86–87
saving in XML format, 59
text. See also characters; editing text;
showing links between, 46
paragraphs
threading, 204–205
bulleted lists, 265–268
text styles. See character styles; paragraph
conditional, 334–336, 389
styles
converting into shapes, 276–277
text variables, 331–334
defaults, 44
text wrap
drag-and-drop preferences, 36
clipping paths for, 208
following paths, 278
on hidden layers, 80, 208
hyperlink to anchor in, 366
for master items, 211
imported, placing, 197–198
object defaults, 45
importing, 196, 198–203
object style options, 160
as layout element, 191
options for, 208
navigating, 214
overriding settings, 209
numbered lists, 265–268
preferences, 38–39, 211
reverse type, 269, 270
Text Wrap panel settings, 209–211
saving as JPEG fi le, 59
Text Wrap panel, 209–211, 298–299
searching, 216–217
themes, 104
section markers for automating, 330–331
threads, 13, 204–206
sidebars and pull-quotes, 271
TIFF format, 282, 283, 297
styles, 44, 47, 160, 227–236
tints, 106–107, 115
in tables, formatting, 312
Tip icon, 6
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title case, 333
typesetting problems, highlight
TOC (table of contents), 324–327
preferences, 38
Tool Tips, 20, 28
typographic quotes preferences, 35
Tools panel
typographic terminology, 42
collapsing and expanding, 27
creating colors from, avoiding, 103
• U •
displaying hidden tools, 21
fl yout menu on, 26
underlining
frame-and shape-creation tools, 119–120
controlling, 255–256, 259–260
navigation tools, 24–25
custom options for, 274–276
object-creation tools, 24
label formatting, 269
overview, 20–21
undoing actions, 12, 215
sampling colors, 113–114
ungrouping objects, 156
Selection tools, 22–23
unlinking text fi les, 166
setting stroke color, 132
unlocking. See locking or unlocking
Tool Tips for, 20
unnamed colors, 103
Type tool, 23
unnamed gradients, 109
Toyo colors, 100
unrotating objects, 143
tracking
unshearing objects, 145
controlling, 255–256, 262
updating. See also automatic text
defi ned, 42, 261, 262
index preview, 323
highlight preferences, 38
links, 165
increments for, 261
text styles, 232
kerning versus, 263
Transform panel, 146
• V •
transforming objects
fl ipping, 145
variables, text, 331–334
Free Transform tool for, 146
vector graphics
groups, 156
fi le formats, 281
preparing for, 142
import options for, 289–290
repeating transformations, 146
Version Cue pop-up menu, 15
rotating, 142–144
video fi les, 374–375
shearing, 145
View buttons, 25
transition rates for gradients, 109
View menu
translations, layers for, 77
Fit Page and Fit Spread commands, 72
transparency, 77, 150–151, 282
overview, 31
Type menu, 30
settings, 46
Type on a Path tool, 278
visual proof of layout, 347–348
Type preferences, 35–37
type styles, 253. See also fonts
Type tool
• W •
creating text frames, 23, 24, 120–121
Warning! icon, 6
described, 23
Web pages. See also multimedia projects
for editing text, 213
buttons and button actions for, 375–377
using, 23
exporting to, 383–384
typefaces, 253. See also fonts
hyperlinks in, 370
hyperlinks to, 366
Index
413
Web site resources, 391–393
x height, defi ned, 37
white space, 261. See also kerning; leading;
XFL format, exporting in, 59, 377–378
tracking
XHTML format, exporting in, 59, 371,
widows, controlling, 242–243, 262
383–384
Window menu, 26, 31
XML format, exporting in, 59
Windows Metafi le (WMF) format, 281, 283
Word fi les. See Microsoft Word fi les
• Z •
word spacing in justifi ed text, 247
workspaces, 29
zero point (ruler intersection point), 15–16,
wrapping text. See text wrap
170
Zoom tool, 25
• X •
zooming
for editing text, 214
X and Y coordinates
fi tting pages or spreads in window, 72
control point for, 11
navigator feature, using, 73
moving objects using, 141
positioning objects using, 167–168
zero point for, 15–16
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