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Adobe InDesign Bible | 
 enlarge | Authors: Galen Gruman, John Cruise, Kelly Kordes Anton
Publisher: Hungry Minds
Category: Book
List Price: $39.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 1808335
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 820
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 2.1
ISBN: 076453243X
Dewey Decimal Number: 686.225445369
UPC: 785555532434
EAN: 9780764532436
ASIN: 076453243X
Publication Date: November 1999
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Condition: CD has never been opened, pristine condition
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Book Description
Adobe InDesign has been written from the ground up as a next-generation professional page-layout application. The Adobe InDesign™ Bible shows you the program's innovative architecture and functionality and tells you everything you need to know to get up to speed. Whether you're an experienced designer, a novice, or somewhere in between, you'll find all the real-world tips and techniques you're looking for in this comprehensive reference.
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 In-depth reference for Print Output May 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book had the most in-depth reference for output, which is the information I was looking for. Other books that are in the market are gear toward chapter by chapter 'training', and does not cover this information extensively like the Bible does. The Bible explains print output for your printer as well as for commercial printing, basic and advance output set up with explanation of what each set up do and what to do to get the results you want. This is a great reference for design/print professionals who are new to the field as well as experts.
One more amazing Bible - reference that you can't miss (Adobe InDesign CS3) October 14, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
With no exception this book is other great and complete InDesign (CS3) reference from Galen Gruman and Wiley Publishing.
For whom is this book? Really, for very wide auditory of InDesign users. I can recommend this books to people who consider themselves as beginners or advanced users of this program. This books will be also helpful to any designer making the switch from QuarkXpress to InDesign. Using the side-by-side comparison of features is much faster than trying to find the answers online, because in order to look up how to do something, you have to know what it's called in InDesign. With this book, you don't.
In fact, Bibles are the most convenient form of explaining of what software does that I've ever seen.
You have all information under your hand in any time of night and day. And users of Microsoft Vista will be very exited as book stays up-to-date. Book is written as for Windows users, as for Macintosh ones.
This Bible will sit next to you all day long. You can read it front to back and use it as a reference during your projects. And this book is worth it if you have or plan to purchase CS3, upgrade to CS3 or want to know more about InDesign CS3.
This book represents an excellent value. You will find anything you wanna in this book: starting from creating frames and using tables, applying color, special effects, working with images, master pages, using grids, and guides, shapes up to small color management course and output fundamentals.
If you just started with InDesign, most likely you not familiar with such terms as "leading", "kerning", "bleeds", "slugs" or other typographical terms mean, but you won't be lost in the jargon any longer. This book will bring you on right level with fine explanations.
End of the book represents summary of what we found out in whole book. Or from other hand maybe it's exactly the place to start read this book for people who just switched from QuarkXPress or PageMaker to InDesign. You can also in once to remember the most usable short cuts that will save you a plenty of time in future (in real there is 10 pages of short cuts but just start from couple and in time you will remember them all).
The most easy way to study yourself smth - just to start. Make some fake project for yourself and how to make it - this book will tell you. And i'm sure that after a couple of projects you will feel yourself almost a pro in InDesign CS3 (previous and versions that will follow, because main part of using program you will already know as 2x2).
I advice you also to pay attention to end of book to chapter number VIII and IX. If you familiar a bit with programming you will see the true value in chapter number X.
So, if you searching for good InDesign CS3 reference, put your finger on this Bible.
P.S. - If you just came from QuarkXpress, i would also recommend you other book of Galen Gruman "QuarkXPress to InDesign: Face to Face"
Far worth every penny and more - tremendous resource August 27, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I knew very little about Indesign CS3 when I purchased this book. Easy to read, extremely well-organized and cross-referenced, this in-depth book gave me everything I need to take a document from "File-Open" to Printing production. The author writes in a clear and, surprisingly, engaging style (because long books about computer programs often work better than Narcotics to help you fall asleep). I learned priceless secrets as well as indispensable basics - I will read it again and again to pick up on more and more good, solid material that will continue to help me grow as a desktop publisher. I recommend this book without reservation!
 overall pretty good July 25, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book has been a pretty good help to me. It helped me learn the program even before I got a copy of it. It is set up for just about any level of experience with the program and is organized into labeled chapters so you can skip any content that you already know or will never use (which may happen a lot if you are not a completely serious publisher). But I think this is a good help for me and I plan to keep it and use for future references with the program.
 InDesign (the software) is great. This book is a waste of money March 30, 2007
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
Over 900 utterly boring pages. I skimmed the first 150 pages and had to come to the conclusion that you cannot rely on the accuracy of this book. The author lists menus such as "File > Open..." and "explains" that ' "File > Open..." opens files.'. Wow, that was really the holy grail. The ultimate conclusion.
And "File > Print" prints a document... yeah. Sure. I wouldn't know otherwise. The options are listed, but not explained. Unless you are blind, you can see the options you have. I want a book which tells me what these options do, not how many they are. I don't need this kind of "help".
In a nutshell, this book is boring as boring can be. Wasted money. My advice: put your money elsewhere.
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