Get up to speed on the latest features and enhancements toInDesign CS5As the industry standard in professional layout and design,InDesign delivers powerful publishing solutions for magazine,newspaper, and other publishing fields. This introductory book isan easy-to-understand reference for anyone migrating from anothersoftware application or those with little-to-no desktop publishingexperience. You'll explore InDesign basics and examine theenhancements to InDesign CS5, while you also discover how pageswork, build templates, create frames and shapes, manage styles, andmuch more.* InDesign is proving to be an increasingly popular layout anddesign application; InDesign CS5 includes new functionality andenhanced tools* Teaches all the basics for first-time users, including how toopen and save your work, arrange objects, work with color, edittext, manage styles, finesse character details, add special type,import and size graphics, set paths, work with tabs, createindices, and more* Demonstrates how to calibrate colors, export PDF files,fine-tune paragraph details, create frames and shapes, manipulateobjects, and work with automated textInDesign CS5 For Dummies offers a straightforward but funapproach to discovering how to get the most from your desktoppublishing experience when using InDesign.

Introduction 1Part I: Before You Begin 7Chapter 1: Understanding InDesign Ingredients 9Chapter 2: Making InDesign Work Your Way 33Part II: Document Essentials 47Chapter 3: Opening and Saving Your Work 49Chapter 4: Discovering How Pages and Layers Work 59Chapter 5: The Joys of Reuse 85Chapter 6: Working with Color 99Part III: Object Essentials 117Chapter 7: Adding Essential Elements 119Chapter 8: Manipulating Objects 137Chapter 9: Organizing Objects 157Chapter 10: Aligning and Arranging Objects 173Part IV: Text Essentials 197Chapter 11: Putting Words on the Page 199Chapter 12: The Ins and Outs of Text Editing 219Chapter 13: The Styles of Text 237Chapter 14: Fine-Tuning Paragraph Details 247Chapter 15: Finessing Character Details 263Part V: Graphics Essentials 277Chapter 16: Importing Graphics 279Chapter 17: Fitting Graphics and Setting Paths 291Part VI: Getting Down to Business 301Chapter 18: Working with Tabs and Tables 303Chapter 19: Working with Footnotes, Indexes, and TOCs 315Chapter 20: Working with Automatic Text 327Chapter 21: Publishing Books 337Part VII: Printing, Presentation, and Web Essentials 345Chapter 22: Printing and PDF'ing Your Work 347Chapter 23: Web Project Basics 371Chapter 24: Presentation Project Basics 383Part VIII: The Part of Tens 405Chapter 25: Top Ten New Features in InDesign CS5 407Chapter 26: Top Ten Resources for InDesign Users 411Index 415