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Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production View Larger Image | Pariah S. Burke
Sybex, Paperback, Published July 2007, 640 pages, ISBN 0470114568 | List Price: $49.99
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Chapter 1: Customizing
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Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production shows how experienced professionals
with deadlines and billable hours use InDesign efficiently and effectively.
Through the case studies and interviews, readers will find inspired to look
beyond the over-emphasized basic features and into the depths of InDesign's
utility for real-world print design.
Most InDesign books are written for beginners, and experienced users are frustrated
by them. When you already know how to make, fill, and thread a text box, the
entire first half of most InDesign books is useless. But this one doesn't dwell
on the basics. Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production fulfills the
promise of the Mastering series, to provide real-world skills to professionals
and students. Like all Mastering books, this one includes:
• A "by pros for pros" approach: The author is an active professional
working in the field of graphic arts, layout, and design, writing for professionals
who want to improve their skills or learn new skills.
• Real-world examples: Running throughout the text are examples of how the various
skills are applied in real scenarios, described throughout the book in the form
of examples and case studies from the author’s own design and consulting
work, as well as interviews with other designers using InDesign on the job.
• Skill-based teaching and hands-on exercises
Although the book has a comprehensive glossary, page one begins right away
speaking to the core market—print professionals—in industry terms
about industry challenges. This immediately lets experienced InDesign users
know the book is about them. The approach is humorous, making the digestion
and retention of complicated information easier for the reader through quips,
anecdotes, and design- and print-geek humor. But at all times the book is true
to its mission: Helping a professional do their job in InDesign without frustration,
confusion, or aesthetic compromise.
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