Lynda.com - Creating Long Documents with InDesign
Lynda.com - Creating Long Documents with InDesign | 1.00 GB
English | Video: AVC (.mov) @ 1623Kbps | h264, yuv420p, 960x540 25fps | aac, 48000 Hz, stereo
Genre: Video Training | Duration: 04h 59m | Released: 1/13/2012 | Level: Intermediate
Creating Long Documents with InDesign shows designers how to create book-length documents in workflows with multiple users—using both InDesign features and third-party plug-ins. Publishing veteran Mike Rankin focuses on long document elements such as page and chapter numbering, table of contents, cross-references, and indexes. The course also provides an overview of document construction, from creating master pages and applying consistent formatting with styles to placing text and images and outputting to both print and interactive PDF. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:
* Using text variables
* Creating templates for InDesign, InCopy, and Word
* Employing nested styles
* Creating GREP styles
* Managing color with swatches
* Building page elements with libraries and snippets
* Performing GREP find/changes
* Using InCopy workflows
* Tracking changes
* Adding footnotes and indexes
* Using InDesign book files
* Versioning documents with conditional text or object styles
* Preflighting documents
* Archiving a project
* Finding and installing useful scripts and plug-ins for frequent challenges
Lynda.com - Creating Long Documents with InDesign
