Digital Publishing With Adobe Indesign Cs6

Print designers and compositors, feeling the pressure to create documents for multiple devices, will be thrilled with the powerful new layout tools that Adobe has included with InDesign CS6. Now they just need to know learn to use them. Digital Publishing with Adobe InDesign CS6thoroughly covers the theory and best practices of using InDesign's revolutionary new layout features, including Alternate Layouts, Liquid Layouts, and the new linked content tools, which more easily allow repurposing of content for easily outputting to various devices such as phones and tablets. The book, written by two respected publishing experts Sandee Cohen and Diane Burns, will examine not just the Hows of using the tools, but also the When and Why of choosing between the various digital format options--ePub, PDF, SWF, and so on. Clear explanations and plentiful full-color graphics will guide readers through the potentially confusing digital publishing landscape.

Sandee Cohen has taught for numerous private computer graphics schools as well as New York University, Parson’s School of Design, New School University, University of Hawaii, and Cooper Union, as well as at many publishing houses and design studios all over the United States. She is the senior contributing editor to InDesign Magazine. She has also contributed to InDesign Secrets and CreativePro.com. In addition to the basics of InDesign, she teaches classes on creating interactive documents and ePubs from InDesign.

Diane Burns founded TransPacific Digital, Inc. (formerly TechArt), which provides print, web, and interactive design services. She is an Adobe® Certified Training Instructor and Adobe® Certified Expert in InDesign, the author of several books and articles on publishing, and a regular speaker at InDesign conferences. She teaches InDesign courses in San Francisco and for many major publishing companies. She has worked extensively with pre-release versions of Adobe products, most recently InDesign and the Digital Publishing Suite.

 Chapter 1-Page layout in the digital age Chapter 2-Interactive tools Chapter 3-Animations Chapter 4-Layout controls Chapter 5-ePubs Chapter 6-Tablet Apps Chapter 7-HTML Output Chapter 8-Interactive Documents Appendix A-Comparison of formats