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Adobe InDesign CS One-on-One | 
 enlarge | Author: Deke Mcclelland
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 294196
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 0596007361
Dewey Decimal Number: 686.22544536
EAN: 9780596007362
ASIN: 0596007361
Publication Date: September 2004
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Condition: Mint interiors, no highlighting or markings, good covers, CD-ROM included
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Product Description
Adobe InDesign is widely regarded as the page layout/publishing program for the new millennium. It gives you precise creative control over the layout and design of your pages and documents, and its latest release, InDesign CS, is becoming wildly popular with users of many backgrounds, levels, and needs--from small DTP shops to graphics professionals to large corporations. Unlike any other InDesign book, the colorful Adobe InDesign CS One-on-One delivers a one-of-a-kind learning experience much like having private lessons with author Deke McClelland, an Adobe Certified Expert and professional trainer with nearly 20 years of experience. There's no better master than McClelland to show you how to master InDesign. He's a highly regarded expert and frequent lecturer on Adobe Photoshop, computer graphics, and design. He hosts the interactive Best of Photoshop CD that ships with Photoshop, and he has written more than 70 books. One of the most award-winning writers in the business, McClellenad is a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team and a contributing editor for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines. In 2002, he was inducted into the National Association of Photoshop Professional's Photoshop Hall of Fame. Under McClelland's seasoned guidance, you will proceed at your own pace through twelve step-by-step lessons packed with entertaining and informative real-world projects. More than 500 full-color photos, diagrams, and screen shots walk you through InDesign's many features, and multiple-choice quizzes following each lesson let you test your knowledge--and serve as an exceptionally practical tool for classroom instructors. Extra credit sections deliver tips and tricks for tapping into InDesign's most powerful capabilities. This unique, hands-on book comes with two hours of video instruction (hosted by McClelland himself) on CD to get you working with InDesign right away, building relevant, real-world projects while mastering fundamental and advanced concepts, theory, best practices, and techniques for making the most of InDesign--to make the most of your page designs.
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 From knowing nothing to creating good layout August 13, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My only layout experience prior to getting inDesign was MS Publisher. This book got me up and running and quickly understanding this significantly more advanced software. I found most of the videos not very relevant, except for one or two chapters where the video covered a topic more thoroughly than the book did (example: pencil tool). Even though I would recommend this book to someone learning inDesign CS2, I have two negative comments I'd mention to them first:
First, in several of the exercises the author just instructs you to select things and do things yet does not fully explain why or to what end. In many cases, I had to stop and analyze what I was doing myself. I even had to access Adobe Help several times. Sometimes the reason why you do something reveals itself in the end, but I'm looking for lessons here... not dramatic endings!
My second complaint is that there is NO GLOSSARY! This severely limits the book's usefulness as a "go-to" reference. Fortunately for me I also picked up the book "Adobe inDesign CS2 @work" by Cate Brosseau Indiano; and even though I have not read that yet it does have a glossary I've been referring to while reading this book!
 Excellent learning resource October 17, 2005
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
My only complaint - and it's very small - is the author's assumption that a certain set of fonts is "always" installed with InDesign. Apparently, that "always" doesn't necessarily apply if you happen to purchase the educational version. While that's fine for now - I don't necessarily need huge piles of additional fonts - it makes the lessons a bit frustrating because they tend to rely on the fonts. For example, in teaching kerning and tracking, the author assumes that you've opened a file set in a particular font, which will yield very specific results on-screen - which you'll have some difficulty reproducing if you don't happen to have those fonts installed.
Other than that - I'm loving this book, and it's really making a difference in my comfort level working in InDesign.
A very useful tutorial and reference September 23, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you want to quickly get up to speed with Adobe InDesign, look no further! The introductory video segues with the lessons seamlessly. The lessons themselves are thorough, and each step is clearly presented, making it simple for a new user to follow.
Additionally, I find the book an invaluable reference source.
 absolutely horrid August 10, 2005
5 out of 17 found this review helpful
I bought this book after reading the rave reviews that others gave. Unfortunately it did not meet up to my expectations at all. I found it difficult to get past the ridiculous graphics and completely silly text (even the layouts did not demonstrate strong graphic design). Also, I appreciate a good sense of humor, but I would hope that the author would aspire for something greater than using silly vocabulary to intrigue the reader. In fact this just made the text seem ridiculous, and I could hardly continue reading. Maybe this book is fine for dense people who are not familiar with adobe programs, but for an individual with any semblance of intelligence I would not recommend this book.
Excellent introduction to InDesign July 31, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am very familiar with Adobe Photoshop, but found myself in a big hurry to learn InDesign. I'm very happy I chose this book. The book works two ways: Right now, I'm using it as a textbook in conjunction with the CD. I'm going page by page and chapter by chapter, learning every aspect in plan of study that progresses sequentially and incorporates new facets and functions logically. I like that I'm treated as an intelligent person who happens to be unfamiliar with a particular program, not as a dummy who must be talked down to. Yes, there is a certain amount of humor, but we stay on task. Once I finish the course, the book will remain by my desk as an excellent source of reference. If I were to change anything, I would add more video lessons (I just happen to like them) and I wouldn't use and reuse the exact same articles to illustrate different points (I grew really annoyed with that seventies frog). But, really, the book/cd combo (assuming you're committed) can turn you from a person who has never used the program to a person who can competently and productively use InDesign.
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