Adobe InDesign CS5

Table of contents

1. Introduction
   1. Who Am I?
   2. A Quick Sampling Of Features
   3. Finding Answers With Adobe Help
   4. Having InDesign Resources At Your Fingertips
2. Workspace Basics
   1. Setting Up Your Own Workspace
   2. The Ins And Outs Of Preferences
   3. Recovery And Undo
3. Layout
   1. Setting Up New Documents
   2. Opening And Saving Documents
   3. Rulers And Setting Up Guides
   4. Using Grids
   5. Pages Panel Basics
   6. Rotating Page View
   7. Creating And Using Masters Pages
   8. Setting Up Sections
   9. Varying The Size Of Pages With The New Page Tool
   10. The All New Layers Panel - Part 1
   11. The All New Layers Panel - Part 2
4. Frames And Objects
   1. Selecting Objects And Moving Objects
   2. Transforming Objects And Content
   3. Transforming With The Control Panel
   4. Aligning And Distributing Objects
   5. Copying, Pasting And Duplicating Objects
   6. Creating And Working With Groups
5. Drawing
   1. Understanding Paths And Frames
   2. Using The Pen Tool
   3. Using The Rectangle And Ellipse Tools
   4. Creating Polygons And Stars
   5. Pathfinder And Compound Paths
   6. Corner Options
6. The Basics Of Working With Text
   1. Adding Or Placing Text
   2. Using The Basics Of Find/Change
   3. Check Spelling
   4. Selecting And Editing Text
7. Character Formatting
   1. Using The Character Panel - Part 1
   2. Using The Character Panel - Part 2
   3. A Look Under The Character Panel Options Menu
   4. Creating Custom Underlines And Strikethroughs
8. Paragraph Formatting
   1. Using The Paragraph Panel
   2. Composing Type
   3. The New Span And Split Columns Feature
   4. Fun With Paragraph Rules
   5. Formatting Bullets And Numbering
9. A Look At Other Type Options
   1. Basic Tab Formatting
   2. Creating A Fill-In-The-Blanks Form Using Tabs
   3. Fun With Type On A Path
   4. Using The Glyphs Panel
   5. Inserting Special Characters - Part 1
   6. Inserting Special Characters - Part 2
   7. Inserting White Space
   8. Inserting Break Characters
   9. Text Frame Options
10. Styles
    1. Creating And Using Paragraph Styles
    2. Creating And Using Character Styles
    3. Understanding Nested Styles
    4. Creating And Using Line Styles
    5. Using GREP Styles Without Being An Engineer
    6. Using Next Style
    7. Creating And Using Object Styles
11. Combining Text With Objects
    1. Working With Anchored Objects
    2. Text Wrap Basics
    3. Taking Text Wrap Beyond The Basics
12. Using Long Document Features
    1. Threading Text Frames Made Simple
    2. Using Next And Previous Page In Continued Stories
    3. Setting Up And Working With Books
    4. Creating And Updating A Table Of Contents
13. Setting Up Tables
    1. Creating Simple Tables
    2. Editing And Customizing Tables - Part 1
    3. Editing And Customizing Tables - Part 2
14. Adding Graphics
    1. Understanding Graphics Formats
    2. Placing Graphics
    3. Fitting Graphics To Their Frames Automatically
    4. Using The New Gap Tool
    5. Managing Graphic Links
    6. Creating And Using Snippets
15. Color
    1. Mixing Colors In The Color Panel
    2. Creating Swatches And Tints
    3. Working With Gradients
    4. Understanding Process And Spot Colors
    5. Making Much More Of Two Colors With Mixed Ink
    6. More Swatches Panel Options
16. Transparency
    1. Effects Panel Basics
    2. Adding Feather Effects
    3. Working With Shadow Effects
    4. Bevel, Emboss And More
    5. Let's Get Glowing
17. Printing
    1. Printing Documents
    2. Preflight Your Layout
    3. Package To Collect Your Files For Print Production
18. Making Layouts Interactive
    1. Adding Simple Hyperlinks
    2. Creating Buttons Will Take You Places
    3. Making Objects Into Multi-State Objects
    4. Animating Objects In Layouts
19. Exporting
    1. Acrobats For Print
    2. Exporting For On-Screen And Interactive
    3. Exporting To Other Formats
20. Conclusion
    1. Where Do You Go From Here?