Mastering InDesign with
Deke McClelland
Sebastopol,
CA—If
you're getting ready to
learn something new, nothing
beats having a trainer by
your side. And if you want
to learn InDesign CS3,
nothing comes closer to a
personal coach than
Deke McClelland's unique
and effective multimedia
package,
Adobe InDesign CS3
One-on-One (O'Reilly,
$54.99 US).
Indeed, Michael Ninness,
Adobe InDesign's senior
product manager heartily
agrees. He recommends Deke's
new book and companion video
to anyone who needs
immediate results. "Deke
really gets it. He
understands what it takes to
pick up InDesign CS3 for the
first time and make it work
for you."
Deke--who has written more
than 85 books on computer
graphics and design books
and logged hundreds of hours
of tutorial-style video
training for industry leader
lynda.com--says his new
book was designed for visual
learners. "I tried to devise
creative ways to weave the
graphics into the text.
Throughout the book, every
step is clearly illustrated
as well as explained."
Aimed at students, teachers,
and anyone working in
electronic design, Deke's
important new guide to
InDesign CS3 serves as an
all-in-one training package.
It comes packed with many
exciting new projects, 900
full color images, diagrams,
and screenshots, and more
than three hours of
lynda.com video instruction
to show you how to do the
work in real time.
"All the video instructions
were created for my new
book. We provide a video for
each lesson along with an
overview of what's going on
in a design program and how
it differs from text
editors," explains Deke.
Throughout his new book and
video system, Deke
encourages you to proceed at
your own pace. Under Deke's
seasoned guidance, through
twelve step-by-step lessons
and relevant, real-world
projects, you learn both
fundamental and advanced
concepts, theories,
techniques, and best
practices for making the
most out of InDesign.
Deke's comprehensive
multimedia training solution
teaches you how to:
-
Create
professional-looking
documents with
InDesign's powerful text
and graphic tools
-
Import text from a word
processor, move and
scale existing text
frames, and check
spelling
-
Use the line, pen, and
geometric shape tools to
draw complex graphic
objects
-
Apply fill and stroke,
specify process and spot
colors, and design
custom rules
-
Use Adobe Bridge to
organize and manage your
digital assets
-
Import and modify
layered artwork from
Photoshop and
Illustrator
-
Create inline graphics
and anchored objects
that move automatically
with your text from one
page to the next
-
Create, edit, and link
paragraph styles,
complete with nested
character styles
-
Apply a sequence of
style sheets to format
an entire document in
one operation
-
Build object styles with
embedded paragraph
styles in order to
format entire frames at
a time
-
Use master pages to
automate repeating page
features
-
Automatically generate a
table of contents
-
Compose a fully
interactive
document--with
bookmarks, hyperlinks,
buttons, sounds, and
movies--and export your
creation to a PDF file
that can be played on
most computers
"By the time you're finished
with my book, you'll be
ready to take on any design
challenge that comes your
way," adds Deke. "You aren't
going to waste time and you
aren't going to need any
other guides."
Advance
Praise for
Adobe InDesign CS3
One-on-One
"Deke McClelland is a joy to
watch present and in many
ways more of a joy to read.
Deke is best known for his
work in Photoshop; however,
one of Deke’s best-kept
secrets is his understanding
of Adobe InDesign. Adobe
InDesign CS3 has tons of
little nuances and hidden
features. Deke helps you
uncover them all. Having
used InDesign since version
1.0, I’m often surprised
when I can learn a tip or
trick that I hadn’t seen
before. When I read Deke’s
books, I always learn
something new."
--Terry White
Director, Creative Pro
Sales, Adobe Systems, Inc.
"Deke McClelland’s "'Adobe
InDesign CS3 One-on-One' is
an effective and thorough
way to learn how to get the
most out of Adobe InDesign
in a step-by-step, hands-on
fashion. There’s no
substitute for learning by
doing, and if you’re looking
for a hands-on tutorial to
learn how to tap into all
the power of InDesign, this
is the book for you."
--Tim Cole
Senior InDesign Evangelist,
Adobe Systems, Inc.
"This book is not only
enjoyable and approachable,
it’s a valuable reference
for just about anybody.
Whether you’re going through
lessons step by step or
merely skipping from one
'Pearl of Wisdom' to the
next, you’ll find it well
worth the price."
--Terri Stone
Editor in Chief of InDesign
Magazine and Creativepro.com
For a review copy or more
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Please include your delivery
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information.
Deke
McClelland
is a popular lecturer on
Adobe Photoshop and the
larger realm of computer
graphics and design. He has
hosted the interactive
"Video Workshop" CD that
shipped with Photoshop
Versions 7, CS, and CS2, as
well as hundreds of hours of
tutorial-style video
training for industry
leaders lynda.com and Total
Training. In addition to his
video work, Deke has written
84 books translated into 24
languages, with more than 4
million copies in print. One
of the most award-winning
writers in the technology
market, Deke received the
Benjamin Franklin Award for
Best Computer Book in 1989.
Since then, he has garnered
more than 20 honors,
including seven independent
citations from the Computer
Press Association. In 2002,
he was inducted into the
Photoshop Hall of Fame.
Additional Resources:
For more information about
the book, including table of
contents, index, author
bios, and cover graphic,
see:
http://www.oreilly/catalog/9780596529765
Adobe InDesign CS3
One-on-One
Deke McClelland
ISBN: 0-596-52976-7, 560
pages,
$54.99 USD, £34.50 GBP
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