Build your InDesign expertise,one technique at a time. In Adobe InDesign CS3 How-Tos, authors John Cruise and Kelly Kordes Anton bring you 100 carefully selected techniques to help you get right to work in InDesign, the world’s most powerful page layout program. Their strategy is to focus on those features you’re most likely to use, showcasing each in a clearly explained, well-illustrated, stand-alone technique—complete with a relevant hint or two. These bite-sized lessons offer a great way to learn just what you need to know when you need it, exploring the program in a way, and at a pace, that makes sense to you. Before you know it, you’ll master all these tools and techniques, and more:

• Customize the interface [Tip #6]
• Add metadata to documents [Tip #14]
• I nsert variable text [Tip #29]
• Add special effects to type [Tip #34]
• Format tables with styles [Tip #45]
• U se spot colors, process colors, and tints [Tip #74]
• Paginate a book [Tip #86]
• U se PDF presets for output [Tip #96].

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 4 Ratings

Nothing you can't get from a Deke book - 2007-12-28
Reviewer Rating:
The book is okay. However, you can get the same information from pretty much any basic Indesign primer. I'm a fan of the Deke books, and I would not recommend this book as a primer.

The nice thing about this book, though, is how it indexes each technique. It makes a handy reference manual. For that function, it's just fine.

If you need an instruction manual, buy one. If you need a reference manual, buy this.

Very good book - 2008-04-16
Reviewer Rating:
This book is an excellent choice for anyone - beginner to advanced users of InDesign. I started using InDesign when the first CS came out and I learned plenty from this book. Excellent choice for the price.

Good beginner book - 2009-04-19
Reviewer Rating:
There certainly wasn't anything wrong with this book. Many of the 100 techniques covered the basics which I already knew. I still use it to refresh my memory. Great book for the novice.

Only for Beginners - 2009-02-26
Reviewer Rating:
This book is good if you've never used a computer before. But if you've used one at all, you will be bored with this book. Way too many simple, commonly known tips for me.

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