Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn InDesign CS5 choose Adobe InDesign CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working with InDesign CS5. Readers learn what they need to know to create engaging page layouts using InDesign CS5. This completely revised CS5 edition covers the new tools for interactive documents, simplified object selection, multiple page sizes, track text changes, new layers panel, production enhancements, and print to digital capability. The companion CD includes all the lesson files that readers need to work along with the book. This thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe InDesign CS5 is ideal for beginning users who want to master the key features of this program. Readers who already have some experience with InDesign can improve their skills and learn InDesign's newest features.

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The Adobe Creative Team of designers, writers, and editors has extensive, real world knowledge of Adobe products. They work closely with the Adobe product development teams and Adobe's Instructional Communications team to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.

Table of Contents

Getting Started 1 Introducing the Workspace 2 Getting to Know InDesign 3 Setting up a Document and Working with Pages 4 Working with Objects 5 Flowing Text 6 Editing Text 7 Working with Typography 8 Working with Color 9 Working with Styles 10 Importing and Modifying Graphics 11 Creating Tables 12 Working With Transparency 13 Outputing and Exporting 14 Creating Rich interactive documents Appendix: Color Management Bonus 15 (on disc) Working with Long Documents