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CONTENTS xv INTRODUCTION Creating Graphics 7-2 LESSON 1 Use the Pen Tool 7-4 Understanding the Pen Tool 7-4 Drawing Straight Segments with the Pen Tool 7-5 Reconnecting to a Path 7-5 Adding Anchor Points and Using the Direct Selection Tool 7-6 Deleting Anchor Points 7-6 Drawing Curved Segments with the Pen Tool 7-6 Changing the Shape of a Path Using Direction Lines 7-7 Converting Anchor Points 7-7 Tasks Create straight segments 7-9 Add an anchor point to a path 7-10 Create curved segments 7-11 Use the Convert Direction Point Tool to change directions while drawing 7-11 LESSON 2 Reshape Frames and Apply Stroke Effects 7-14 Reshaping Frames 7-14 Defining Strokes 7-16 Defining Joins and Caps 7-16 Defining the Miter Limit 7-17 Creating a Dashed Stroke 7-17 Tasks Reshape a frame using the Direct Selection Tool and Pen Tool 7-18 Reshape a frame into an open path 7-19 Use the Stroke palette to add end shapes to a path 7-20 Create a dashed stroke 7-21 LESSON 3 Work with Polygons and Compound Paths 7-22 Creating Polygons 7-22 Creating Compound Paths 7-22 Using Polygons as Inline Frames 7-23 Tasks Create polygons, circles, and lines 7-24 Place graphics in polygons 7-25 Create compound paths 7-26 Use a polygon as an inline frame 7-27 LESSON 4 Work with Advanced Text Features, Corner Effects, and Drop Shadows 7-28 Positioning Type on a Line 7-28 Converting Text to Outlines 7-29 Applying Corner Effects 7-30 Applying a Drop Shadow 7-30 Tasks Position type on a line 7-32 Convert text to outlines 7-33 Place graphics into outlines 7-33 Apply drop shadows 7-34 CHAPTER 7 CREATING GRAPHICS CONTENTS xvi INTRODUCTION Working with Transparency 8-2 LESSON 1 Colorize a grayscale Image 8-4 Defining a Grayscale Image 8-4 Colorizing Grayscale Images in InDesign 8-4 Tasks Colorize the light areas of a grayscale graphic 8-6 Colorize the dark areas of a grayscale graphic 8-7 LESSON 2 Work with Opacity and Feathering 8-8 Manipulating Opacity 8-8 Applying a Feathered Edge 8-8 Tasks Change the opacity of InDesign objects 8-10 Apply a feathered edge to InDesign objects 8-11 LESSON 3 Work with Blending Modes 8-12 Understanding Blending Modes 8-12 Using the Multiply Blending Mode 8-13 Tasks Apply the Multiply blending mode 8-14 Experiment with various blending modes 8-16 LESSON 4 Apply Transparency to Placed Graphics 8-18 Applying Transparency to Placed Graphics 8-18 Placing Graphics into Transparent Frames 8-20 Selecting Overlapping Frames 8-20 Tasks Apply transparency to placed Photoshop graphics 8-21 Selecting overlapping graphics 8-22 Placing graphics into transparent frames 8-23 Apply transparency to placed Illustrator graphics 8-24 INTRODUCTION Working with Tabs and Tables 9-2 LESSON 1 Work with Tabs 9-4 Using Tabs 9-4 Using Different Tab Alignments 9-4 Using Text Insets 9-7 Adding Rules above or below Paragraphs 9-8 Tasks Set a text inset and insert tabs 9-9 Enter text using tabs 9-10 Change type of tabs and location of tabs 9-11 Apply tab leaders and rules 9-12 LESSON 2 Create and Format a Table 9-14 Working with Tables 9-14 Creating Tables 9-14 Formatting Tables 9-14 Applying Strokes and Fills to a Table 9-16 Tasks Create a table and change the number of rows 9-17 Set a table’s size 9-18 Apply strokes to a table 9-20 Apply fills to a table 9-21 LESSON 3 Format Text in a Table 9-22 Entering Text in a Table 9-22 Modifying a Table to Fit Text 9-22 Insetting Text Within a Cell 9-24 Tasks Enter text in a table 9-25 Format text in a table 9-26 Position text vertically within a cell 9-27 Adjust column widths and cell insets 9-28 LESSON 4 Place Graphics in a Table 9-30 Placing Graphics in a Table 9-30 Tasks Place graphics in a table 9-32 Replace text with graphics 9-32 CHAPTER 8 WORKING WITH TRANSPARENCY CHAPTER 9 WORKING WITH TABS AND TABLES CONTENTS xvii INTRODUCTION Making Books, Tables of Contents, and Indexes 10-2 LESSON 1 Create a Book File 10-4 Creating a Book File 10-4 Adding Documents to a Book Palette 10-4 Tasks Create a book file 10-6 Add documents to a book file 10-7 LESSON 2 Organize a Book File 10-8 Manipulating the Order of Documents in a Book File 10-8 Modifying the Page Range of Documents 10-8 Tasks Manipulate the order of documents 10-10 Modify the page range of documents 10-11 LESSON 3 Create a Table of Contents 10-12 Using Paragraph Styles to Create a Table of Contents 10-12 Loading Paragraph Styles 10-12 Maintaining Consistent Styles Between Documents in a Book 10-13 Generating a Table of Contents 10-14 Reformatting Paragraph Styles 10-15 Tasks Identify and load paragraph styles for a TOC 10-16 Create a table of contents 10-17 Create paragraph styles for a TOC 10-18 Reformat a table of contents 10-19 LESSON 4 Create an Index 10-22 Creating Index Entries 10-22 Generating an Index 10-22 Generating a Cross-reference Index Entry 10-24 Sorting Index Entries 10-25 Tasks Create an index entry 10-26 Generate an index 10-27 Create index cross-references 10-28 Sort index entries 10-29 CHAPTER 10 MAKING BOOKS, TABLES OF CONTENTS, AND INDEXES CONTENTS xviii INTRODUCTION Exploring Advanced Techniques 11-2 LESSON 1 Use the Pathfinder Palette 11-4 Using the Pathfinder Palette 11-4 Tasks Use the Add pathfinder 11-6 Use the Subtract pathfinder 11-7 Use the Intersect and Minus Back pathfinders 11-8 LESSON 2 Create New Stroke Styles 11-10 Creating Stroke Styles 11-10 Creating a Dashed Stroke Style 11-10 Creating a Dotted Stroke Style 11-10 Creating a Striped Stroke Style 11-11 Tasks Create a new dashed stroke style 11-12 Create a new striped stroke style 11-13 Create a new dotted stroke style 11-14 Apply stroke styles 11-15 LESSON 3 Create Mixed Ink Swatches 11-16 Understanding the Need for Mixed Inks 11-16 Creating a Mixed Ink Swatch 11-16 Creating a Mixed Ink Group 11-16 Working with Mixed Ink Groups 11-18 Editing Mixed Ink Groups 11-18 Tasks Create a mixed ink swatch 11-20 Create a mixed ink group 11-21 Edit a mixed ink group 11-22 LESSON 4 Work with Nested Styles 11-24 Understanding Nested Styles 11-24 Applying Nested Styles 11-25 Using the End Nested Style Here Command 11-26 Tasks Apply character styles using the Character Styles palette 11-27 Apply nested styles 11-28 LESSON 5 Work with Object Syles 11-30 Working With Object Styles 11-30 Applying and Editing Object Styles 11-31 Tasks Format design elements as an object style 11-33 Apply an object style 11-34 Format text frame options as an object style 11-34 CHAPTER 11 EXPLORING ADVANCED TECHNIQUES CONTENTS xix INTRODUCTION Preparing, Packaging, and Exporting Documents 12-2 LESSON 1 Create Bleeds, Slugs, and Printer’s Marks 12-4 Understanding Bleeds 12-4 Creating Bleeds 12-4 Creating Slugs 12-6 Previewing Bleeds and Slugs 12-7 Printing Bleeds, Slugs, and Printer’s Marks 12-7 Tasks Create a bleed 12-8 Create a slug 12-9 Preview bleeds and slugs 12-10 Print bleeds, slugs, and printer’s marks 12-11 LESSON 2 Use the Ink Manager and Preview Color Separations 12-12 Using the Ink Manager 12-12 Using the Separations Preview Palette 12-12 Tasks Use the Ink Manager 12-14 Use the Separations Preview palette 12-16 LESSON 3 Preflight and Package a Document 12-18 Preflighting a Document 12-18 Packaging a Document 12-18 Tasks Preflight a document 12-20 Package a document 12-21 LESSON 4 Export a Document 12-22 Exporting a Document 12-22 Tasks Export a page to EPS format 12-24 Export a page to Adobe PDF 12-25 Export a selected item to JPEG format 12-26 Glossary 1 Index 6 CHAPTER 12 PREPARING, PACKAGING, AND EXPORTING DOCUMENTS xx READ THIS BEFORE YOU BEGIN Data Files You can download the Data Files for the steps at the following URL: www.course.com/Revealed/indesigncs2. Units and Increments The page layout measurements for the documents in this book are given in inches, not points or picas. In order to follow these exercises, it is important that the horizontal and vertical ruler units are set to inches. To verify this, click Edit (Win) or InDesign (Mac) on the menu bar, point to Preferences, then click Units & Increments. All text sizes and rule weights are expressed in points. You may or may not prefer to work with rulers showing. You can make rulers visible by clicking View on the menu bar, then clicking Show Rulers. You can make rulers invisible by clicking View on the menu bar, then clicking Hide Rulers. Having rulers visible or invisible will not affect your ability to follow the exercises in this book in any way, unless a step specifically refers to a measurement on the ruler. Fonts Because InDesign is a page layout program, text is involved in almost every exercise in the book, even those that focus on placed graphics. The fonts used in the exercises in this book were chosen from a set of very common typefaces that you are likely to have available on your computer. In most cases, the fonts used are either Impact or Garamond. If any of the fonts in use is not available on your computer, please make a substitution with another typeface that has a similar look. Also, please note that because Garamond is such a common typeface, it is possible that the Garamond font on your computer will be that of a different manufac- turer than the Garamond used in the exercises, particularly if you are using a Macintosh computer. If that is the case, simply replace the “missing” Garamond in the exercises with the Garamond font on your computer. The following tip, which explains how to substitute fonts, appears in Chapter 1. QUICK TIP If you see the Missing Fonts dialog box, you can use the font chosen by InDesign by clicking OK, or click Find Font and choose another font in the Find Font dialog box. When you open an InDesign Data File, if any fonts used in the file are not available on your computer, the usages of that font will be highlighted in pink. Once you substitute the missing font with an available font, the pink highlight disappears. Working with Guides Chapter 3 focuses on creating and setting up a new document, which includes a thorough exploration of creating and positioning guides and changing the color of guides. Throughout the remainder of the book, the steps in the lessons will direct you to make guides visible or invisible when necessary. However, when guides are inconsequential to the lesson, the steps do not instruct you to make guides visible or not. Therefore, your document may differ from the figures in the book in terms of guides. For example, your docu- ment may have guides visible, whereas the figures in the book may not show guides. Palettes Chapter 1 explains palettes in depth. You are shown how to group, ungroup, dock, and undock palettes. Like guides, the way that you choose to display palettes may differ from the figures in the book. xxi READ THIS BEFORE YOU BEGIN Hiding and Showing Frame Edges / Normal View Mode and Preview Mode Objects on an InDesign page appear with frame edges. When an object is selected, the frame edges are more prominent, but even when the object is not selected, the frame edges are visible. Sometimes the frame edges can be distracting, especially at the end of a lesson when you want to view the final result of your work. You can choose to hide frame edges, so that an object’s frame is visible only when the object is selected. An alternative to hiding frame edges is to switch from Normal View Mode to Preview Mode using the appropriate buttons on the Toolbox. In Preview Mode, all guides and frame edges are hidden. The lessons in the book offer specific instruction for hiding and showing frame edges and for switching between Normal View Mode and Preview Mode. Once you learn these commands, you can work with the settings that are most comfortable. Because this is a personal choice, you may find that your work differs from the figures in the book. For example, you may be working in Preview Mode, whereas the figures in the book may be in Normal View Mode. File Formats for Placed Graphics Because InDesign is an Adobe product, it interfaces naturally with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Therefore, Photoshop and Illustrator files can be placed in InDesign as “native” Photoshop and Illustrator files—it is not necessary to save them as TIFF or EPS files. For this reason, in the exercises that include placed images, the placed images are sometimes native Photoshop files, sometimes native Illustrator files, sometimes Photoshop TIFF files, and sometimes they are EPS files from Photoshop or Illustrator. The point is to understand that InDesign works with a variety of file formats, including native Photoshop and Illustrator files. Working with Process Colors and Spot Colors Chapter 5 focuses on creating colors in the Swatches palette. Some of these col- ors will be process colors, some will be spot colors. The narrative in this chap- ter provides substantial information on the offset printing process and the role of CMYK inks vs. non-process inks. Nevertheless, comprehensive coverage of the myriad concepts involved in off- set printing is beyond the scope of this book. The author presumes that readers already have some familiarity with the basic concepts of 4-color process printing and/or can consult a resource specifically devoted to covering that topic in detail. Updating Placed Graphics You will be working with Data Files that contain placed graphics throughout the book. These support files are stored READ THIS BEFORE YOU BEGIN xxii in the same folder as the InDesign Data File they are placed in. Normally, there are no issues for opening files with placed graphics; nevertheless, for a number of reasons, a warning dialog box may appear stating that the placed graphics have been modified and the link needs to be updated. In most cases, the placed graphics themselves have not been modified—only their location has been modified. Because the placed graphics are now on a new computer, InDesign may determine that the link needs to be updated. When this occurs, click the button that says Fix Links Automatically. After clicking the Fix Links Automatically button, an additional warning dialog box may appear stating that “Edits have been made to this object. You will lose these edits by updating. Update anyway?” This dialog box refers to a handful of text docu- ments used throughout the book. Make sure you click No in this dialog box so that the text file is not updated. Otherwise, the formatting applied to the text will be lost. In Chapter 6, which focuses on managing links to placed graphics, links from the InDesign document to the placed graphics have been modi- fied or are missing intentionally to teach you how to react to those situa- tions. Read the narrative in Chapter 6 thoroughly to become familiar with the issues involved in updating modified and missing links. Should you encounter a linking problem before Chapter 6, Chapter 6 might very well have the information you need to fix it. Quick Keys Quick keys are keyboard shortcuts that you can use in place of clicking a command in a pull-down menu. [Ctrl][X] (Win) or [X] (Mac), for example, are basic quick keys for the Cut command. After you become familiar with InDesign basics, you will find that learning and using quick keys will speed up your work considerably. [...]... THE WORKSPACE INDESIGN 1-1 C S 2 1 Explore the InDesign workspace 2 Change document views 3 Navigate through a document 4 Use InDesign Help I N D E S I G N 1 A D O B E chapter chapter 1 EXPLORING THEWORKSPACE INDESIGN Introduction Welcome to Adobe InDesign! It’s an exciting time to begin working with InDesign Adobe Systems has created a layout program that interfaces seamlessly with Adobe Photoshop... these workspace elements, the role of the pasteboard is perhaps the least FIGURE 1 ▼ InDesign workspace In this lesson, you will start Adobe InDesign and explore the workspace Toolbox Palette name tabs Pasteboard Document window INDESIGN 1-4 Exploring the InDesign Workspace obvious The pasteboard is the area surrounding the document The pasteboard provides space for extending objects past the edge of the... If you love those two applications, you’ll love InDesign too In terms of its concept and its intuitive design, InDesign is pure Adobe You’ll feel right at home In fact, at times, you may even have to remind yourself that you’re working in InDesign, not Photoshop or Illustrator The key word to keep in mind is layout That’s InDesign s primary function InDesign is a comprehensive software program that... From that combination, InDesign emerges as one of the most powerful layout production utilities ever devised Tools You’ll Use Toolbox Pages palette Navigator palette 1-3 L E S S O N 1 EXPLORE THE WORKSPACE INDESIGN What You’ll Do Looking at the InDesign Workspace The arrangement of windows and palettes that you see on your monitor after starting InDesign is called the workspace InDesign s workspace... workspace features four areas: the document window, the Toolbox, the pasteboard, and the palette name tabs along the right edge of the document window, as shown in Figure 1 You will find that you use the Toolbox the most when working in InDesign You can customize the workspace to suit your working preferences; for example, you can change the location of the Toolbox, the document window, and other palettes... also in for some pleasant surprises With InDesign, you can build tables quickly and easily You'll also find that the table of contents and index features are fun and easy to learn And try to remember that you’re not using Illustrator when you’re positioning that text on a curved path! Best of all, you’ll never have to leave the world of Adobe The interface of InDesign with Photoshop and Illustrator... a single column instead of a double column To do so, click Edit on the menu bar (Win) or InDesign on the menu bar (Mac), point to Preferences, click General, click the Floating Tools Palette list arrow in the General Options section, then click Single Column or Single Row Lesson 1 Explore the InDesign Workspace INDESIGN 1-5 ... onto the pasteboard on two sides Rectangle Tool and Polygon Tool revealed behind the Ellipse Tool Exploring the Toolbox As its name implies, the Toolbox houses all the tools that you will work with in InDesign The first thing that you should note about the Toolbox is that not all tools are visible; many are hidden Look closely and you will see that seven tools have small black triangles beside them... the document The pasteboard provides space for extending objects past the edge of the page (known as creating a bleed), and it also provides space for storing objects that you may or may not use in the document Objects that are positioned wholly on the pasteboard do not print, as shown in Figure 2 FIGURE 2 FIGURE 3 Using the pasteboard Hidden tools in the Toolbox Small black triangles indicate hidden . Package a Document 12-18 Preflighting a Document 12-18 Packaging a Document 12-18 Tasks Preflight a document 12-20 Package a document 12-21 LESSON 4 Export a Document 12-22 Exporting a Document. CS2 1-1 EXPLORING THE INDESIGN WORKSPACE 1 chapter 1. Explore the InDesign workspace. 2. Change document views. 3. Navigate through a document. 4. Use InDesign Help. Introduction Welcome to Adobe. Placed Graphics Because InDesign is an Adobe product, it interfaces naturally with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Therefore, Photoshop and Illustrator files can be placed in InDesign as “native”