InDesign CS4 For Dummies

InDesign is the preferred graphic design software, and InDesign CS4 is loaded with cool new desktop publishing features. InDesign CS4 For Dummies shows you how to use every one!

Whether you’re an experienced designer or just want to create a cool newsletter for the school soccer team, you’ll benefit from Galen Gruman’s guidance. This desktop publishing expert shows you how to navigate InDesign menus, dialog boxes, panels, and panes; streamline your work with templates; prepare your creations for printing or online publication, and more.

• Explore the new tools, work with the application frame, and set preferences for the way you work
• Learn to open and save documents and export content
• Get familiar with the Pages panel, apply Master Pages, and work with Layers
• Make the most of color with color libraries, multi-ink colors, spot versus process color, and gradients
• Create layout guidelines and use color swatches for consistency
• Streamline text formatting by using styles and treat text as a graphic element
• Design for the Web with hyperlinks, multimedia elements, and Flash files
• See how InDesign CS4 works seamlessly with other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite
• Discover why good design is part science and part art and learn to manipulate, organize, and align design objects
• Take advantage of tips for cropping and positioning graphics
• Prepare for printing or other output with enhanced preflighting tools

InDesign CS4 For Dummies also offers great advice for designing pages that do their job perfectly. Start creating today!

InDesign 是首選的平面設計軟體，而 InDesign CS4 充滿了許多新穎的桌面出版功能。《InDesign CS4 For Dummies》將教你如何使用每一個功能！無論你是經驗豐富的設計師，還是只想為學校足球隊創建一個酷炫的通訊，你都會從 Galen Gruman 的指導中受益。這位桌面出版專家將向你展示如何操作 InDesign 的選單、對話框、面板和窗格；如何使用模板來提高工作效率；如何為打印或網上發佈準備你的作品，等等。

• 探索新工具，使用應用程式框架，並設置你的工作偏好
  


• 學習打開和保存文件，以及導出內容
  


• 熟悉頁面面板，應用主頁面，並使用圖層
  


• 充分利用顏色庫、多墨色、特色色彩和漸變效果
  


• 創建版面指南，使用色板確保一致性
  


• 通過使用樣式和將文字視為圖形元素來簡化文字格式設定
  


• 使用超連結、多媒體元素和 Flash 檔案進行網頁設計
  


• 了解 InDesign CS4 如何與 Adobe Creative Suite 中的其他應用程式無縫協作
  


• 發現為什麼良好的設計既是科學又是藝術的一部分，並學習如何操作、組織和對齊設計物件
  


• 利用裁剪和定位圖形的技巧
  


• 使用增強的預檢工具為打印或其他輸出做好準備
  

《InDesign CS4 For Dummies》還提供了設計完美工作頁面的寶貴建議。立即開始創作吧！