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List of contents
1. The InDesign Workspace
2. Type, Tools, and Terms
3. The Fine Art of Setting Type
4. Combining Type and Images
5. Tabs and Tables
6. Grids, Guides, and Aligning Objects
7. Text Wrap and Layers
8. Type Continuity: Applying Styles
9. Page Continuity: Master Pages
10. Business Forms
11. Designing with Type
12. Color Essentials
13. Production Essentials
14. Basic Graphic Elements
About the author
Terry Rydberg, chapter rep for Adobe's Milwaukee InDesign User Group, is a full-time design instructor at the Harry V. Quadracci Printing and Graphics Center at Waukesha County Technical College. With more than two decades of experience as a page layout professional and corporate trainer, she has seen the graphics industry evolve from phototypesetting and paste-up to digital production methods. In addition to her activities as a designer and educator, Rydberg is the author of numerous textbooks on page layout and graphic design. Her educational background includes undergraduate degrees in graphic design, printing and publishing, and adult education, as well as a master's degree in education.
Summary
In the world of design, projects dont come with directions. The "recipe book" approach used by most software books does little to prepare designers for the demands of a highly competitive industry. Exploring InDesign CS4 takes a different approach.
With an emphasis on typography and critical thinking, Exploring InDesign CS4 transforms the novice into a professional who is able to use the software while applying industry-standard design principles. In addition to using the new features of Adobe InDesign CS4, users learn to identify each projects challenges and to strategize the best production sequence.
Chapters and projects are carefully organized to move learners from basic operations to creating complex documents. Each chapter builds upon the skills presented in the previous chapter. As in industry, the emphasis throughout is on technical accuracy and productivity.
