( 8 reviews )
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Posted: Feb 6 2009
Big book and a bargain at any price. Truely covers everything there is to know about InDesign CS - I've since upgraded to CS4, but still use this book as a reference.
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Posted: Jan 10 2009
I have been in the publishing business for more years than I will admit. My first exposure to desktop publishing was back in the late 1980s when I used a program called SuperPage. Over the years, I moved up to QuarkXpress and then to InDesign. Although I am not a power user, nor do I earn my living as a graphic designer, my work does require me to use the product on a regular basis. In order to increase my skills with the software, I purchased this book to better learn its functions, with particular emphasis on preparing documents for conventional printing as well as web publishing. I found each section of the book to be very detailed, clearly written, and with more than sufficient explanations of the many functions within the software. As a result, I can now easily create the documents I need and only have to refer to the book occasionally. I strongly recommend this book as an excellent way to learn the complexities of the powerful InDesign software. However, before committing a file for final printing, I urge you to speak to your printer or web hosting service to be sure that what you have done meets their specifications and requirements. Don't make the assumption, as I did, that your outside vendor wants the output files submitted the way the book suggests. Other than that, the time you spend teaching yourself the software will be time well spent.
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Posted: Oct 22 2007
Another great product from Adobe and the book does a very good job helping my students work with the program.
