InDesign CS3 Beyond the Basics

Teaches the intricacies of creating, editing, and publishing professional layouts with InDesign CS3.Instructor David Blatner teaches the intricacies of creating, editing, and publishing professional layouts with InDesign CS3, from setting preferences to employing advanced typography and transparency effects. InDesign CS3 Beyond the Basics covers each step in the publishing process, and explores such topics as structuring InDesign content to use XML; setting up preferences for composition, type, and units of measure; avoiding problems with transparency, managing and producing long documents; and exporting files for print. Exercise files accompany the course. Topics include: Working with column guides Scaling objects to a specific size Using Illustrator and InDesign together Building a multi-document book Constructing a Data Merge document Setting up swatch and style defaults Working with CMYK and RGB images Exporting files Creating interactive PDFs with movies and buttons Using the scripts that come with InDesign