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• InDesign CS2 lets you directly export Adobe PDF files without having to go through Acrobat Distiller®—in fact, you don’t need Distiller or an installed PostScript® driver.
Page 2 • PageMaker toolbar. The PageMaker toolbar (Window > PageMaker Toolbar) is similar to tool- bars used in Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft® Word and gives both Mac® OS and Windows® users easy access to commonly used commands, such as New Document, Open Document, Save, Print, Find/Change, Insert Pages, Remove Pages, Text Frame Options, Place, and Update Links.
Page 3 • When it comes to frames, InDesign CS2 works much like PageMaker. You can place graphics or text into existing frames, but you don’t have to. If you want, InDesign CS2 will create a frame or let you create one when you place a file. •...
Page 4: Section 1: Getting Started With Indesign Cs2
Section 1: Getting Started with InDesign CS2 In this section, you’ll learn about several important differences between PageMaker and InDesign CS2 and how you can customize InDesign CS2 to suit your personal preferences. Major differences between PageMaker and InDesign CS2 Even if you’re the type of person who likes to figure things out for yourself, knowing about the differences between PageMaker and InDesign before you begin creating and modifying objects, formatting text, laying out pages, and building documents will help you quickly become proficient...
Page 5 Terminology differences between PageMaker and InDesign CS2 Many of the terms used in the InDesign CS2 menus, dialog boxes, and palettes are identical to and have the same meaning as terms used in PageMaker. For example, words like page, book, leading, horizontal and vertical scale, group and ungroup, lock and unlock, and place have essen- tially the same meaning in both programs.
Page 6 PageMaker Term InDesign CS2 Term Rounded corners. The Rounded Cor- Corner effects. You can use the Corner Effects command ners command lets you apply any of six (Object menu) to quickly apply any of five corner styles (Fancy, rounded corner styles to rectangles. Bevel, Inset, Inverse Rounded, or Rounded) to any path.
Page 7 The Preferences dialog box (Windows: Edit > Preferences; Mac OS: InDesign > Preferences) lets you specify a wide range of default settings. InDesign CS2, like PageMaker, allows you to specify application defaults that apply to all new documents, as well as document-specific defaults that apply only to the current document. If you change settings when no documents are open, your changes set the defaults for new documents.
Page 8 The New Document dialog box in InDesign CS2 has many of the same controls as the Document Setup dialog box in PageMaker, plus several additional controls. For example, in InDesign CS2 you can add a master text frame to document pages, which makes it easy to flow text from page to page in a multipage document.
Page 9 The three icons at the bottom of the screen let you create and open documents and templates. Here’s a description of each control: • What’s New In InDesign opens your web browser and takes you to the Adobe InDesign CS2 home page at .
Page 10 Using the tools The InDesign CS2 toolbox includes all of the tools found in PageMaker, plus additional tools for drawing and laying out pages, stroke and fill proxies, and icons for displaying your document in any of four modes. Some InDesign CS2 tools are combined with other tools in the toolbox and are not visible.
Page 11 • In InDesign CS2, you can set a new default proxy point by deselecting all objects and picking a new reference point on the proxy. • The PageMaker Control palette includes an icon that indicates the type of object you have selected (for example, a group versus a single object).
Page 12 Modifying keyboard shortcuts InDesign CS2 provides a vast array of shortcuts to help you quickly maneuver through and alter a document without using the mouse. The Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box (Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts) lets you pick from Default InDesign CS2 shortcut set, PageMaker 7.0 shortcut set, QuarkXPress 4.0 shortcut set, and shortcut sets you create.
Page 13: Section 2: Converting Pagemaker Publications
For detailed information about what happens to various PageMaker features, settings, and elements when you open PageMaker publications in InDesign CS2, go to www.adobe.com/ support/techdocs/324329.html. The InDesign CS2 online help file (Help > InDesign Help) also includes information about converting PageMaker publications.
Page 14: Section 3: Setting Up Documents
Section 3: Setting Up Documents After you open a new document, you’ll probably want to do some initial setup work before you begin adding text and graphics and laying out pages. For example, if you’re creating a newsletter and you want to use different page layouts, your first task is to adjust the columns and margins on one of the pages.
Page 15 Setting up columns Both PageMaker and InDesign CS2 let you create columns to control the flow of text and help you position text and graphics. By default, a page has one column defined by two column guides, one at the left margin and one at the right margin. Changing the number of columns replaces all existing columns with a new set of equally spaced columns.
Page 16 Adding custom guides In addition to margin and column guides, both PageMaker and InDesign CS2 let you create custom horizontal and vertical ruler guides and custom grids. InDesign CS2 has an additional feature that lets you create sets of evenly spaced guides. Like PageMaker, you can create a custom ruler guide in InDesign CS2 by clicking on the horizontal or vertical ruler at the top and left edges of the screen, respectively, and then dragging the pointer onto a page or the pasteboard.
Page 17 A new feature in InDesign CS2 lets you assign a baseline grid to individual text frames, which enables you to mix multiple baseline grids on a single page or spread. To apply a baseline grid to a selected text frame, choose Object > Text Frame Options. Use the controls in the Baseline Options panel to specify the grid attributes.
Page 18 Working with layers The Layers palette (Window > Layers) in InDesign CS2 is similar to the Layers palette in PageMaker. Layers are listed in the palette with the frontmost layer appearing at the top of the palette. You can use the Layers palette to create, delete, hide, lock, and merge layers and specify options that determine how layers are displayed and printed.
Page 19 Creating a master page from a document page InDesign CS2 also lets you create a master page from a document page. For example, if you lay out a document page and then decide you want to use it as a master page, you can choose the Save As Master command from the Pages palette menu.
Page 20 Rearranging pages You can use the Pages palette to rearrange document pages. To do so, drag a document page icon in the Pages palette to a new position. As you drag the icon, a vertical bar is displayed to indicate where the page will be placed when you drop it.
Page 21: Section 4: Working With Frames
Section 4: Working with Frames In PageMaker, frames are optional—you can place text and graphics within frames, or text blocks and imported graphics can stand alone (that is, text and graphic objects can exist without frames). In InDesign CS2, you place all text and imported graphics within frames. While this might sound like a small difference, it has a big impact on the way you select, resize, move, and crop graphics in InDesign CS2.
Page 22 A few things to keep in mind about paths and frames: • Paths are vector graphics like those you create in a drawing program, such as Adobe Illustrator. A path can be closed, such as a rectangle or a polygon, or open, such as a curved or straight line.
Page 23 Similarly, when you place a text file, you can place the text into an existing frame or create a new one. The current selection determines where the text is placed: • If the text insertion point is flashing, the imported text is inserted at the text insertion point. •...
Page 24 Fitting a graphics within a frame The Fill Frame Proportionally option, new InDesign CS2 automatically resizes a graphic to fill its frame while preserving the graphic’s original proportions. If the content and the frame have different proportions, some of the graphic is cropped by the frame’s bounding box. The two images on the left are the original, unscaled graphic.
Page 25: Section 5: Working With Text
Section 5: Working with Text Whether you use a word processing program to write text and then import the text into your InDesign CS2 layouts, or you type text directly within InDesign CS2, you can take advantage of the program’s many powerful typographic features to create superior-looking content. In this section, you’ll learn how to place text into InDesign CS2 layouts, how to flow text through text frames, and how to format text.
Page 26 is embedded, not linked. If you choose to create linked text files, you can check the status of the links in the Links palette. As is the case with placed graphics, a linked text file’s status can be OK, Modified, or Missing, and you can use the Update Link command in the Links palette menu to update modified or missing links.
Page 27 Threading and unthreading text frames PageMaker is like InDesign CS2 in that the text in a frame can be independent of other frames, or it can be part of a linked sequence of frames. Linked frames can be on the same page or spread, or on any other page in the document.
Page 28 • Adding an existing frame to a thread. To add an existing frame to a thread, choose the Selection tool, select a text frame, and then click the in port or the out port to load a text icon. Next, position the loaded text icon over the frame you want to connect to. The loaded text icon changes to the thread icon.
Page 29 Applying character formats To apply character formats, select the Type tool, and then select the range of text you want to format or click in a frame to place the text insertion bar, and then specify formats for the next text you type.
Page 30 When you automatically generate bullet and numbered list characters, InDesign displays them but does not actually insert them into text. This means that they cannot be found through a text search or selected with the Type tool, nor do they appear in the Story Editor window. Instead, you edit their formatting and indent spacing by using the Bullets And Numbering dialog box (choose Bullets And Numbering from the Paragraph palette menu) or the Bullets and Numbering section of the Paragraph Style Options dialog box if they’re part of a paragraph style (select the paragraph...
Page 31 In the Object Options area, the Content menu lets you specify the kind of frame that will be inserted (Text, Graphic, or Unassigned), assign an object style and paragraph style, and specify the size of the object. In the Position area, the Position menu lets you specify the position of the anchored object. Choose Inline or Above Line if you want to place the anchored object within the text frame.
Page 32 Using OpenType® fonts InDesign unlocks the full potential of OpenType fonts with support for multilingual and alternate glyphs. InDesign can set type in Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, and other double-byte alphabets supported by OpenType. It also automatically inserts alternate glyphs, including oldstyle numbers, fractions, ligatures, and swashes.
Page 33: Section 6: Working With Graphics
Before you copy and paste or drag and drop Illustrator objects into InDesign, make sure that Copy As AICB (Adobe Illustrator Clipboard) is checked in the File Handling & Clipboard panel of the Illustrator Preferences dialog box. If Prefer PDF When Pasting is selected in the File Handling &...
Page 34 Placing PDF documents In addition to placing single-page documents into an InDesign layout, you can use the Place com- mand (File menu) to import multipage PDF files into a layout with the option to place a single page, all pages, or any combination of pages. If you choose Show Import Options in the Place dialog box when you place a PDF file, the Place PDF dialog box is displayed and lets you select the pages you want to import, specify how the PDF pages are cropped, and choose whether a transparent back- ground is maintained or ignored.
Page 35 • Use the transparency features in InDesign CS2 to create dazzling special effects for graphics. For more information, see “Section 9: Applying Transparency, Colors, and Strokes” on page 45. Left: A feathered edge applied to a placed Photoshop graphic. Right: A drop shadow applied to a placed Illustrator graphic.
Page 36 InDesign CS2 has many of the same drawing tools as PageMaker and offers additional drawing tools similar to the ones found in Adobe Illustrator. In addition to providing tools for drawing standard shapes and frames, InDesign CS2 includes tools for adding and deleting points on a path or frame, smoothing a hand-drawn path, and creating complex paths and shapes.
Page 37: Section 7: Working With Styles
Section 7: Working with Styles InDesign CS2 lets you create three kinds of styles: character and paragraph styles for formatting text and object styles for formatting objects. In this section, you’ll learn about using styles to save time and ensure consistency. Using character and paragraph styles Both PageMaker and InDesign CS2 let you save a collection of text formatting attributes in a paragraph style.
Page 38 Use the New Paragraph Style menu (Paragraph Styles palette menu > New Paragraph Style) to create paragraph styles for quickly applying a set of paragraph attributes. Using nested styles InDesign CS2 lets you create nested styles that specify character-level formatting for one or more ranges of text within a paragraph.
Page 39 Object styles have many uses. For example, if the publications you create often include sidebars within stroked text frames, you can set up an object style that specifies the width, style, and color of the stroke, as well as text insets. Each time you need a sidebar frame, you can simply create a rectangular object and then apply your object style.
Page 40 In addition to creating object styles, you can set the default style applied to the drawing tools. To set the default style applied to new text frames, drag the text frame icon (the square box with a “T” within) displayed on the right side of the Object Styles palette list to the object style you want to use.
Page 41: Section 8: Using Adobe Bridge
Full Mode and Compact Mode by pressing Ctrl+Return (Windows) or Command+Return (Mac OS). Adobe Bridge is a standalone application that provides quick access to all the files on your computer and makes it easy to place graphic and text files into InDesign layouts.
Page 42 • You can even choose to rotate selected image assets to see them at different angles. It’s easy to drag and drop assets from Bridge (shown here in Compact mode) into an InDesign layout. Additional features of Adobe Bridge In addition to browsing assets for quick and easy placement into InDesign layouts, you can use Bridge for a variety of other purposes: •...
Page 43 Bridge provides several options for viewing the files on your computer. In this example, files are displayed as thumbnails. When you display thumbnails, you can control the size of the thumbnail preview. • View and add metadata to files. Metadata, or information about files, is descriptive informa- tion that can be searched and processed.
Page 44 You can use Adobe Bridge to search for files based on embedded metadata by choosing Find from the Metadata menu and entering the search criteria. • Set global color settings for Adobe Creative Suite applications. Bridge provides one-click access to consistent onscreen color. Just select one of the wide range of included presets to synchronize color settings across all of the components in the Creative Suite (or install and access color settings files from your service provider).
Page 45: Section 9: Applying Transparency, Colors, And Strokes
Section 9: Applying Transparency, Colors, and Strokes The many similarities between the two programs make it easy to switch from PageMaker to InDesign CS2. But while the similarities are comforting and help hasten the transition, it’s the differences between the two programs that PageMaker users learn to love. For example, InDesign CS2 lets you create dazzling graphics by applying transparency effects, such as soft drop shadows and blending modes, to text and images.
Page 46 While the Swatches palette is the recommended palette for working with colors, you can also mix colors by using the Color palette. You may be familiar with the Swatches and Color palettes if you use other Adobe products, such as Illustrator. Switching from PageMaker to InDesign CS2...
Page 47 Creating colors with the Swatches palette You can use the Swatches palette to create spot and process colors, mixed-ink colors (process colors mixed with one or more spot or process colors), RGB and LAB colors, multicolor gradi- ents, and tints. The Swatches palette (Window >...
Page 48 Creating gradients A gradient is a graduated blend between two or more colors or tints. When you create a gradient by using colors of different modes and then print or color-separate the gradient, all colors are converted to CMYK process colors. Because of the color mode change, colors may shift. For best results, specify gradients by using CMYK colors.
Page 49 You can create a single mixed-ink swatch or use a mixed-ink group to generate multiple swatches at once. A mixed-ink group contains a series of colors created from incremental percentages of different process and spot color inks. For example, mixing four tints of process cyan (20%, 40%, 60%, and 80%) with five tints of a spot color (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50%) results in a mixed- ink group that contains 20 different swatches.
Page 50 Creating custom stroke styles Unlike PageMaker, InDesign CS2 lets you create custom stroke styles by using the Stroke Styles command on the Stroke palette menu (Window > Stroke). A custom stroke style can be dashed, dotted, or striped, and you can define the stroke’s pattern, cap, and corner attributes. You can specify other stroke attributes, such as weight, gap color, and start and end shapes, after you apply a custom stroke style to an object.
Page 51 Using the eyedropper The InDesign CS2 toolbox includes an eyedropper for copying fill and stroke attributes, such as color and transparency, from any object in an InDesign CS2 file, including an imported graphic. By default, the eyedropper loads all available fill and stroke attributes of an object and sets the default fill and stroke attributes of any new objects you draw.
Page 52: Section 10: Creating And Editing Tables
Section 10: Creating and Editing Tables PageMaker users can create and edit tables and then import them into publications. The table features in InDesign CS2 are built into the program and are much more extensive than those in PageMaker. By using the built-in table functionality in InDesign CS2, you can create, edit, and format tables directly in your document with the following benefits: •...
Page 53 Creating tables from scratch When the text insertion point is flashing, you can choose the Insert Table command (Table menu) to create a new, empty table within the text frame. When you use the Insert Table command, the new table fills the width of the container text frame. A table is inserted on the same line when the insertion point is at the beginning of the line, or a table is inserted on the next line when the insertion point is in the middle of a line.
Page 54 With InDesign, you can create and format linked tables with running headers and/or footers. Formatting tables You can use any of the text formatting palettes to format text within a table—just as you would format text outside a table. For example, you can use the Control palette to manually format text and to apply paragraph styles and character styles.
Page 55 The various panes of the Cell Options dialog box (Table > Cell Options) let you control the placement of text within a table cell. The Row Strokes, Column Strokes, and Fills panes of the Table Options dialog box include controls that let you alternate strokes and fills to enhance readability or improve the appearance of a table.
Page 56: Section 11: Working With Long Documents
Section 11: Working with Long Documents Although InDesign CS2 lets you create documents with as many as 9,999 pages, you’ll probably want to break up long documents into several smaller documents. Like PageMaker, InDesign CS2 lets you assemble multiple documents into a book. Creating a book associates all of the included InDesign CS2 documents so you can work on them as a whole—creating an index and a table of contents and printing the book—while retaining the ability to independently work with each document.
Page 57 When you create a table of contents, follow these general steps: 1. Create and apply paragraph styles, such as Title, Heading 1, and Heading 2, to paragraphs you want to include in the table of contents. 2. Create a TOC style that tells InDesign CS2 which paragraph styles mark content to include in the table of contents.
Page 58 You create, edit, and preview an index by using the Index palette. The palette includes two modes: Reference and Topic. In Reference mode, the preview area displays index entries for the current document or book. In Topic mode, the preview area displays topics only, not page num- bers or cross-references.
Page 59: Section 12: Printing And Exporting To Adobe Pdf
Section 12: Printing and Exporting to Adobe PDF InDesign CS2 offers several features for producing high-quality printed publications. Some of the printing features in InDesign CS2 are new to PageMaker users, such as the ability to preview color separations on-screen. In this section, you’ll learn about several printing features in InDesign CS2, and you’ll also learn about exporting InDesign CS2 documents as PDF documents.
Page 60 Using the Separations Preview palette InDesign CS2 lets you preview color separations, ink coverage limits, and overprinting by using the Separations Preview palette (Window > Output > Separations). You can view a single separa- tion and hide all others by clicking the name of the color you want to view. By default, areas of color appear in black.
Page 61 Other printing-related features In addition to the Separations Preview palette, InDesign offers several display options that let you see on-screen how a document will look in its final printed or PDF form. • The Flattener Preview palette (Window > Output Preview > Flattener) helps prevent mistakes, reduce costs, and ensure the highest quality printed results by identifying the objects on a spread to which transparency effects are applied or that interact with transparent objects.
Page 62 Stitch, 2-up Perfect Bound, 2-up Consecutive, 3-up Consecutive, and 4-up Consecutive. InBooklet lets you arrange the pages of an InDesign CS2 document into printer spreads. Exporting documents or books to Adobe PDF Both PageMaker and InDesign CS2 let you export PDF files. In addition, InDesign CS2 can export documents in XML, SVG, JPEG, and InDesign Interchange (.inx) formats.
Page 63 PDF presets to suit your needs. PDF presets can be shared with other components of Adobe Creative Suite 2 for consistent PDF creation from any application. You can save PDF documents as Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3), Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4), Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5), or Acrobat 7 (PDF 1.6) files.
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