InDesign 2.0 takes Adobe's popular page-layout program to the nextlevel--there's no area that hasn't been improved, streamlined, redesigned,or stuffed with new features. Who better to show you the fastest, easiestway to get to work with InDesign 2.0 than the pros behind the software?Adobe InDesign 2.0 Classroom in a Book brings the company's officialtraining series to your desktop.

Adobe InDesign 2.0 Classroom in a Book is a hands-on workbookstructured as a series of lessons--tested in Adobe's own classrooms andlabs--that you can follow on your own time, at your own pace. Forbeginners, there are step-by-step lessons that cover the fundamentalconcepts and features you need to master the program. If you've been usingInDesign, you can skip straight to the many sections on advanced features.Every chapter is sprinkled with professional tips and techniques and endswith a review section that reinforces what you've just put into practice; aCD full of project files provides everything you need to complete thelessons. Adobe InDesign 2.0 Classroom in a Book covers what's newand improved in InDesign 2.0: XML import and export, transparency, tablecreation, long document support, a superior printing interface, native MacOS X support, and tighter integration with Adobe LiveMotion, Photoshop,Illustrator, and more.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 11 Ratings

Surprising Disappointment - 2003-02-26
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My review of this book echoes those before me insofar as the typos are concerned. I am transitioning over to InDesign from Pagemaker and thank goodness I know Adobe products as well as I do. In the first 25 pages there are over 5 major errors that cost time. They misnumber their example pages (ie: see page 3 but the picture they show is actually of page 2) to telling you the wrong menu to select (Go to type>text wrap, when in reality the text wrap command is under window>text wrap) Since I have a good knowledge of Adobe, I can overcome this, but if you are not mostly familiar with adobe's interfaces through photoshop, pagemaker, etc, this IS NOT THE BOOK FOR YOU. I love a lot of the CIB books too, but this one is a miserable experience. Hope they get a new editor before they lose more readers. Plus, once you open the classwork CD you can't return the book. Don't make my mistake!

Passable for Some - 2003-02-24
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I'm a really big fan of the classroom in a book series, so I bought the book despite other reviewers warnings of errors in the book. I'll confirm that the book had errors, sometimes annoying ones. The technical mistakes divide the book's useful customer base in half. If you feel you have enough software/Adobe experience to recognize when the book is wrong, then I'd still recommend this book, as the format of CIAB is great. If you're newer to professional software, and think you'll be thrown into disarray when the book instructs you to do something that doesn't work - then this may not be a good purchase. I'm glad I bought the book, as I now know how to use InDesign.

Excellent book! - 2005-11-21
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My first college course in the printing arts utilized a Classroom in a Book-type book. Learning from it (as well as this book) is easy with the step-by-step instructions and illustrations to guide you.

I recommend these types of books for anyone who is seriously interested in learning Adobe applications.

CIB does it again - 2007-05-13
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Thsi book covers everything you need to know about InDesign and gives you examples. Once again teh CIB books come through

Let's Look At The Big Picture - 2006-02-19
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As a graphic artist and an instructional designer for 20+ years, I've got to take my hat off to Adobe for providing an educational experience in this book that demonstrates both fundamental and advanced software features. The clear learning objectives for each chapter build knowledge, skill and confidence needed to launch your own project. They assemble a rather robust series of exercises underpinned with all the files you need to complete them.
Simply reviewing help files will not provide learning within a project context. As for typos, they exist. But learning fundamentals are still in tact. I'm reminded of software training I've written for custom programming in a corporate environment. I recall those rascal software developers unable to resist tweaking the software well beyond our agreed to press times for the sake of improvement. This ultimately contributed to learner confusion, undermining training quality and credibility. Certainly a house as reputable as Adobe would be aware of this fundamental inclination and not allow this to happen. Yeah! Right! You want credible training aimed at what seems the high school - junior college level, this works.

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