Getting started 1

About Classroom in a Book 1
Prerequisites 2
Installing the software 2
Online content 2
Saving and restoring the InDesign Defaults file 3
Training resources 4
Pearson’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion 5

1 Introducing the workspace 6

Getting started 8
Looking at the workspace 9
Working with panels 18
Customizing the workspace 23
Changing the magnification of a document 24
Navigating through a document 27
Using context menus 29
Using panel menus 29
Modifying Interface preferences 30
Exploring on your own 32

2 Getting to know InDesign 34

Getting started 36
Viewing guides 37
Adding text 38
Working with styles 41
Working with graphics 45
Working with objects 48
Working with object styles 50
Preflighting as you work 51
Viewing the document in Presentation mode 53
Exploring on your own 53

3 Setting up a document and working with pages 56

Getting started 58
Creating a new document 59
Creating and saving custom document settings 59
Creating a new document from a preset 60
Working with parent pages 62
Applying parent pages to document pages 72
Adding new document pages 73
Rearranging and deleting document pages 73
Changing the size of pages within one InDesign document 74
Adding sections to change page numbering 75
Overriding parent page items and placing text and graphics 78
Printing to the edge of the paper: Using the bleed guides 81
Viewing the completed spread 83
Exploring on your own 85

4 Working with objects 88

Getting started 90
Introducing layers 91
Working with layers 93
Creating and modifying text frames 96
Creating and modifying graphics frames 103
Adding metadata captions to graphics frames 109
Wrapping text around a graphic 110
Transforming the shape of frames 112
Transforming and aligning objects 117
Selecting and modifying grouped objects 122
Flowing type along a path 123
Drawing lines and modifying arrowheads 125
Exploring on your own 126

5 Working with color 130

Getting started 132
Managing color 133
Defining printing requirements 137
Creating colors 139
Applying colors 145
Finding and changing color swatches 149
Working with tint swatches 150
Working with gradients 152
Working with color groups 155
Exploring on your own 156

6 Flowing text 162

Getting started 164
Flowing text into an existing frame 165
Flowing text manually 168
Creating text frames while flowing text 170
Creating threaded frames automatically 171
Flowing text automatically 173
Using Find/Change to delete extra paragraph returns 176
Applying paragraph styles to text 177
Adjusting columns 179
Using the baseline grid to align text 181
Adding a jump line page number 184
Exploring on your own 186

7 Editing text 188

Getting started 190
Entering and importing text 191
Finding and changing text and formatting 193
Checking spelling 197
Editing text by dragging and dropping 200
Using the Story Editor 201
Tracking changes and adding notes 202
Exploring on your own 203

8 Working with typography 206

Getting started 208
Adjusting vertical spacing 209
Working with fonts, type styles, and glyphs 211
Working with columns 218
Changing paragraph alignment 220
Creating a drop cap 222
Adjusting letter and word spacing 223
Adjusting line breaks 225
Setting tabs 228
Working with paragraph shading and rules 232
Exploring on your own 234

9 Working with styles 236

Getting started 238
Creating and applying paragraph styles 241
Creating and applying character styles 245
Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles 247
Creating and applying object styles 254
Creating and applying table and cell styles 256
Globally updating styles 261
Loading styles from another document 263
Exploring on your own 265

10 Creating tables 268

Getting started 270
Working with tables 271
Converting text to a table 271
Changing rows and columns 272
Formatting a table 279
Adding graphics to table cells 282
Creating a header row 286
Creating and applying table and cell styles 287
Exploring on your own 290

11 Importing and modifying graphics 292

Getting started 294
Adding graphics from other programs 295
Comparing vector and pixel-based graphics 295
Managing links to imported files 296
Updating revised graphics 299
Adjusting display quality 301
Importing and sizing graphics 302
Editing placed pictures 307
Working with dropped backgrounds 308
Importing native Adobe graphic files 312
Using subject-aware text wrap 318
Filling type with a graphic 320
Using an InDesign library to manage objects 322
Exploring on your own 326

12 Working with transparency 328

Getting started 330
Creating a background graphic 331
Applying transparency settings 333
Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics 336
Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency 339
Applying transparency settings to text 340
Working with effects 342
Exploring on your own 354

13 Printing and exporting 356

Getting started 358
Preflighting files 359
Previewing separations 362
Managing colors 364
Previewing the pages 368
Creating an Adobe PDF proof 369
Creating a press-ready PDF and saving a PDF preset 370
Printing a proof and saving a print preset 373
Packaging files 376
Exporting graphics for the web and other digital destinations 378
Exporting pages for social media 381
Exploring on your own 384

14 Creating Adobe PDF files with form fields 386

Getting started 388
Setting up a workspace for forms 389
Adding form fields 390
Setting the tab order of the fields 395
Adding a button to submit the form 395
Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file 397
Testing your form in Adobe Acrobat Reader 397
Exploring on your own 398

15 Creating a fixed-layout EPUB and publishing online 400

Getting started 402
Creating a new document for fixed-layout export 403
EPUB: Fixed-layout versus reflowable 403
Adding animation 404
Buttons 408
Adding multimedia and interactive elements 416
Exporting a fixed-layout EPUB file 421
InDesign Publish Online 424
Exploring on your own 426

Index 428

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