Contents
Saving and restoring the InDesign Defaults file
Modifying interface preferences
Viewing the document in Presentation mode
3 SETTING UP A DOCUMENT AND WORKING WITH PAGES
Creating and saving custom document settings
Creating a new document from a preset
Applying master pages to document pages
Rearranging and deleting document pages
Changing the size of pages within one InDesign document
Adding sections to change page numbering
Overriding master page items and placing text and graphics
Printing to the edge of the paper: using the bleed guides
Creating and modifying text frames
Creating and modifying graphics frames
Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
Wrapping text around a graphic
Transforming the shape of frames
Transforming and aligning objects
Selecting and modifying grouped objects
Drawing lines and modifying arrowheads
Flowing text into an existing frame
Creating text frames while flowing text
Creating threaded frames automatically
Applying paragraph styles to text
Adding a jump line page number
Finding and changing text and formatting
Editing text by dragging and dropping
Working with fonts, type styles, and glyphs
Adjusting letter and word spacing
Working with paragraph shading and rules
Defining printing requirements
Creating and applying paragraph styles
Creating and applying character styles
Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
Creating and applying object styles
Creating and applying table and cell styles
Loading styles from another document
10 IMPORTING AND MODIFYING GRAPHICS
Adding graphics from other programs
Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
Managing links to imported files
Working with dropped backgrounds
Importing native Adobe graphic files
Using an InDesign library to manage objects
Adding graphics to table cells
Creating and applying table and cell styles
Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
Applying transparency settings
Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics
Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
Applying transparency settings to text
Previewing transparency effects
Creating a press-ready PDF and saving a PDF preset
Printing a proof and saving a print preset
Exporting graphics for the web and other digital destinations
14 CREATING ADOBE PDF FILES WITH FORM FIELDS
Setting up a workspace for forms
Setting the tab order of the fields
Adding a button to submit the form
Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file
Testing your form in Acrobat Reader
15 CREATING A FIXED-LAYOUT EPUB
Creating a new document for fixed-layout export
EPUB: Reflowable versus fixed-layout