Written by Galen Gruman, a respected INGN and QuarkXPress expert, this title is packed with real-world insights from publishing pros who use INGN in critical projects. INGN Bible shows users the program's innovative architecture and functionality and tells them everything they need to know to get up to speed. Whether experienced designers, novices, or somewhere in between, readers will find all the real-world tips and techniques they're looking for in this reference.

About the Author

Galen Gruman is the author of the previous edition of this book. He is principal at The Zango Group, an editorial and marketing consulting firm, and senior editorial associate at BayCreative, a creative consultancy, as well as editorial director at EmergeMedia, publisher of IT Wireless. Currently a frequent contributor to SBS Digital Design, Macworld, CIO, and InfoWorld, he has also been editor of Macworld and M-Business, executive editor of Upside, West Coast bureau chief of Computerworld, and Vice President of Content for ThirdAge.com. He is coauthor of 18 other books on desktop publishing.

Table of Contents:
Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Quick Start: Building a Document from Start to Finish. Part I: Welcome to InDesign. Chapter 1: What InDesign Can Do for You. Chapter 2: Inside the InDesign Interface. Chapter 3: Getting InDesign Ready to Go. Part II: Document Fundamentals. Chapter 4: Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents. Chapter 5: Working with Pages and Layers. Chapter 6: Creating Layout Standards. Chapter 7: Defining Colors, Tints, and Gradients. Part III: Object Fundamentals. Chapter 8: Adding Frames, Shapes, and Lines. Chapter 9: Manipulating Objects. Chapter 10: Transforming Objects. Chapter 11: Applying Effects to Objects. Chapter 12: Orchestrating Objects. Part IV: Text Fundamentals. Chapter 13: Importing Text Files. Chapter 14: Flowing Text through a Document. Chapter 15: Editing and Formatting Text. Chapter 16: Specifying Character Attributes. Chapter 17: Specifying Paragraph Attribute. Chapter 18: Creating Special Text Formatting. Chapter 19: Setting Up Styles. Chapter 20: Using Special Characters. Part V: Business Document Fundamentals. Chapter 21: Setting Up Tabs and Tables. Chapter 22: Using Automatic and Custom Text. Chapter 23: Working with Footnotes, Indexes, and TOCs. Chapter 24: Creating Multidocument Projects. Part VI: Graphics Fundamentals. Chapter 25: Importing Graphics. Chapter 26: Fitting Graphics and Frames Together. Chapter 27: Drawing Free-Form Shapes and Curved Paths. Part VII: Output Fundamentals. Chapter 28: Preparing for Color Prepress. Chapter 29: Preparing for Printing. Chapter 30: Printing Documents. Chapter 31: Creating Prepress Files. Part VIII: Electronic Publishing Techniques. Chapter 32: Creating Web, Interactive PDF, and Flash Document. Chapter 33: Working with XML. Part IX: Workgroup Publishing Techniques. Chapter 34: Working with Others. Chapter 35: Workgroup Editing with InCopy. Part X: Extending InDesign. Chapter 36: Using Plug-Ins. Chapter 37: Using Scripts. Part XI: Appendixes. Appendix A: Installing or Upgrading InDesign. Appendix B: What's New in InDesign CS4. Appendix C: Using Version Cue. Appendix D: Shortcuts Cheat Sheet. Index.