Real World Adobe InDesign CS4

The in-depth guide to the world's leading page layout powerhouse-- Adobe InDesign CS4.  With its tight integration with Adobe Creative Suite 3 and a multitude of new features, InDesign CS4 is now the industry standard.  This comprehensive guide provides insider expertise and guidance in real-world production environments and techniques.  Includes step-by-step instructions and professional tips and tricks to ensure mastery of the program. Adobe InDesign is a full-fledged, sophisticated program, tightly integrated with the other Adobe industry leading graphics and Web programs in the Creative Suite. It's the essential tool for anyone doing page layout and design. Real World Adobe InDesign CS4 offers industrial-strength and time-saving techniques for design professionals who need to start laying out, proofing, and printing pages with InDesign CS4, without missing a beat (or a deadline!) in their fast-paced production cycles. Design pros will find everything they need here to successfully master InDesign's advanced page layout tools, manage color, snippets, and use the program more efficiently. They'll also find complete coverage of essential features in InDesign CS4, including: live preflight, customizable Links panel, conditional text, cross references, interactive document capability with the new SWF file, animated page transitions, export to Flash CS4 functionality, Smart Guides and Smart Spacing, spread rotation, and smart text reflow. The program is available in multiple Adobe Creative Suite CS4 packages, and it can also be purchased separately. There is also special upgrade pricing available for licensed owners of Adobe InDesign CS3, InDesign CS2, InDesign CS or InDesign 2.x.

Olav Martin Kvern is an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, software designer, and writer. He coauthored the ground-breaking Real World PageMaker. He has written for Macworld, Publish, and Adobe magazines. In addition, he has designed many books for Peachpit Press and is currently on the Adobe InDesign Developer Technologies team. David Blatner is an internationally respected author or co-author of more than 15 books, including Adobe InDesign Breakthroughs, Adobe Photoshop Breakthroughs, and Real World Adobe Photoshop. He also wrote the world's best-selling book on QuarkXPress, Real World QuarkXPress.