Introduction

1. Getting Started
   
   Why Use InDesign?
   Creative Suite 2 and InDesign CS2
   InDesign for QuarkXPress Users
   InDesign for PageMaker Users
   New Features in InDesign CS2
   
2. Interface
   
   The Welcome Screen
   Interface Overview
   The Toolbox
   Toolbox Fly-Out Menus
   InDesign Palettes
   Exercise 1_Collapsing and Grouping Palettes
   Exercise 2_Moving and Resizing Docked or Collapsed Palette Groups
   Exercise 3_Moving the Control Palette
   Exercise 4_Moving the PageMaker Toolbar
   Exercise 5_Resetting and Saving Workspace Settings
   Working with Palette Menus
   InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts
   
3. Setting Up Documents
   
   Opening InDesign Documents from Previous Versions
   Opening QuarkXPress Files
   Opening a QuarkXPress Document or Template
   Opening PageMaker Files
   Opening a PageMaker Document or Template
   Exercise 1_Setting Initial Preferences
   Exercise 2_Creating a New Document
   Exercise 3_Saving Document Presets
   Exercise 4_Saving InDesign Files
   Exercise 5_Navigating through InDesign
   What Are Guides?
   Exercise 6_Working with Rulers and Guides
   Exercise 7_Changing the Zero Point in InDesign
   Exercise 8_Starting from an InDesign Template
   
   
4. Working with Text
   
   Working with Text Frames
   Exercise 1_Typing Text on the Page
   Basic Character Formatting
   Exercise 2_Applying Character Formatting
   Text Import Options for Plain Text Files Explained
   Exercise 3_Placing Text
   Exercise 4_Creating Multiple Columns with a Single Text Frame
   What Is Text Threading?
   Exercise 5_Threading Text
   Exercise 6_Unthreading Text Frames
   Basic Paragraph Formatting
   Exercise 7_Applying Paragraph Formatting
   Exercise 8_Checking Spelling
   
5. Typography in InDesign
   
   Character vs. Paragraph Formatting
   Exercise 1_Finding and Replacing Missing Fonts
   Working with Leading, Kerning, and Tracking
   Working with Leading in InDesign CS2
   Exercise 2_Applying Leading
   Exercise 3_Applying Kerning
   Exercise 4_Working with Tracking
   Exercise 5_Drop Caps
   What Is Hyphenation?
   Working with Tabs
   The Tabs Palette
   Exercise 6_Setting Tabs
   Exercise 7_Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists
   Paragraph Rules
   Exercise 8_Working with Glyphs
   Exercise 9_Changing Type Case
   Sampling Text Formatting
   Exercise 10_Find/Change in Text
   
6. Type Styles
   
   The Paragraph Styles Palette
   Exercise 1_Creating Paragraph Styles Manually
   Exercise 2_Creating Paragraph Styles from Text
   Exercise 3_Applying Paragraph Styles
   Exercise 4_Editing Paragraph Styles
   Exercise 5_Basing Paragraph Styles
   What Are Character Styles?
   The Character Styles Palette
   Exercise 6_Creating Character Styles Manually
   Exercise 7_Creating Character Styles from Formatted Text
   Exercise 8_Applying Character Styles
   What Are Nested Styles
   Exercise 9_Working with Nested Styles
   Exercise 10_Using the Story Editor
   
7. Working with Color
   
   Color Modes in InDesign CS2
   The Color Picker
   Stroke and Fill
   Exercise 1_Creating a CMYK Color Using the Color Picker
   The Color Palette
   Exercise 2_Creating a Color Using the Color Palette
   The Swatches Palette
   Exercise 3_Saving Colors in the Swatches Palette
   Exercise 4_Creating a Tint
   What Is a Spot Color?
   Exercise 5_Creating a Spot Color
   What Are Gradients?
   Exercise 6_Applying a Stroke
   
8. Bringing in Graphics
   
   InDesign-Accepted Graphic Types
   The Place Dialog Box
   Graphics and Frames
   Linking Graphics vs. Embedding
   Exercise 1_Placing Graphics
   The Adobe Bridge
   Resized Graphics and Resolution
   The Info Palette and Graphics
   Scale Tool Options
   The Control Palette and Graphics
   Fitting Options
   Exercise 2_Cropping and Scaling Graphics
   Exercise 3_Rotating and Flipping Graphics
   The Links Palette
   Exercise 4_Editing and Relinking Using the Links Palette
   The Text Wrap Palette
   Exercise 5_Text Wrap
   
9. Vector Artwork
   
   Why Use InDesign for Vector Artwork?
   The Chapter Project
   Shapes in InDesign
   Selecting Shapes
   Exercise 1_Creating Basic Shapes
   Understanding Transformation Operations
   What Are Convert Shape Operations?
   Corner Effects
   The Transform Palette
   Exercise 2_Transforming and Converting Shapes
   What Is a Path?
   Pathfinder Operations
   Exercise 3_Using Pathfinder Operations
   Creating Compound Paths
   Understanding the Stroke Options
   Exercise 4_Using Stroke and Fill
   The Align Palette
   Exercise 5_Aligning and Distributing Objects
   What Is the Create Outlines Operation?
   Exercise 6_Converting Text to Vector Outlines
   What Is the Pen Tool?
   Pen Tool Paths Explained
   Exercise 7_Creating Shapes with the Pen Tool
   The Direct Selection Tool
   The Pen Tool Editing Tools
   Exercise 8_Editing Paths
   Placing Graphics into Shapes
   What Are Object Styles?
   
10. Pages, Master Pages, and Layers
    
    Facing-Page vs. Nonfacing-Page Documents
    The Pages Palette
    How Can You Tell If a Document Is a Facing-Page or
    Nonfacing-Page Document?
    Exercise 1_Adding Document Pages
    What Is a Master Page?
    Exercise 2_Working with Nonfacing Master Pages
    Facing Master Pages
    Exercise 3_Creating Facing-Page Master Pages and Documents
    What Are Automatic Page Numbers?
    Exercise 4_Adding Automatic Page Numbers
    What Are Numbering and Section Options?
    Exercise 5_Changing Automatic Page Numbering
    Working with Sections
    Why Use More than One Master Page?
    Basing One Master Page on Another
    Master Text Frames
    Exercise 6_Using Text Frames on a Master Page
    Working with Master Objects
    Exercise 7_Overriding Master Objects
    What Are Layers?
    The Layers Palette
    
11. Working with Tables
    
    What Is a Table in InDesign CS2?
    Exercise 1_Creating Tables Manually
    The Control Palette
    The Table Palette
    Selecting Rows, Columns, and Cells in a Table
    Exercise 2_Editing and Formatting Tables
    Understanding Table Options
    Understanding Cell Options
    Row Strokes vs. Column Strokes
    Exercise 3_Editing Table Strokes and Fills
    How Tables and Frames Work Together
    Placing Tables from Other Programs
    Excel Table Import Options
    Word Table Import Options
    Exercise 5_Placing Tables from Excel
    
12. Transparency
    
    The Chapter Project
    What Is Transparency?
    How Can You Tell That Transparency Is Present in a Document?
    What Is a Drop Shadow?
    The Drop Shadow Dialog Box
    Exercise 1_Applying Drop Shadows
    The Transparency Palette
    Blending Modes
    Exercise 2_Applying Transparency
    What Is Feathering?
    The Feather Dialog Box
    Exercise 3_Feathering in InDesign
    Transparency from Photoshop and Illustrator
    Exercise 4_Placing Transparent Graphics from Photoshop
    Previewing Transparency and Blends
    
13. Long-Document Tools
    
    What Is a Library in InDesign CS2?
    A Library Palette
    Exercise 1_Creating and Using a Library
    Exercise 2_Updating Library Items
    Footnotes in InDesign CS2
    Footnote Options
    Exercise 3_Creating a Footnote
    Exercise 4_Formatting a Footnote
    How Is a Table of Contents Made?
    What Are Baseline Grids?
    What Is an InDesign Book?
    What Is an Index?
    
14. Output and Export
    
    Preflighting Options
    Packaging Options
    Exercise 1_Preflighting and Packaging a Document
    Previewing Separations
    Packaging for the Web (to GoLive CS2)
    Printing in InDesign
    Print Options in the Print Dialog Box
    The Save Preset Button
    Print Dialog Box Options
    What Is Imposition?
    What Is a Template?
    Exercise 2_Saving a File as an InDesign Template
    What Is a PDF and Why Use It?
    PDF Presets
    PDF Preset Options
    Exercise 3_Exporting as PDF
    Exercise 4_Creating PDF Presets
    Exporting as an EPS
    Exercise 5_Exporting as EPS
    Exercise 6_Exporting to Earlier Versions of InDesign
    Exporting Text from InDesign
    What Is Color Management?
    What Is Soft Proofing?