[...]... applications We know you want to get up and running as fast as possible Others of you may be reading this book because you' re considering whether you should even start using InDesign We've been there; we feel your pain Learning a new program is no fun,especially when you' re facing a publication deadline We want to help you learn InDesign faster and easier by leveraging your knowledge, using what you know about. .. volunteers in the InDesign User to User Forums at www adobe.com/suppor~forumdmain btml InDesign Magazine Creativepro.com, in conjunction with our own David Blatner, launched InDesign Magazine in July, 2004 The PDFbased magazine is packed with in- depth features, reviews, and tutorials You can find more information at www.indesignmag.com InDesign Users Groups At the time of this writing, there are InDesign Users... beginning (a very good place to start, as JuIie Andrews would tell us), but what we often need is a manual that knows what we already understand and just tells us what' s different and what' s the same That's what this book is all about We know you already know how to use QuarkXPress or PageMaker We know many of you recently added a new toolAdobe InDesign -to your existing toolbox of desktop publishing... flyout menu to release all the items on a spread See Chapter 16 for more information about this Note that you do not need to override master page items when you' re importing text or graphics into your document (see Chapters 19 and 28) "How am I supposed to link text boxes together without a Link tool?" I n QuarkXPress, you use the Link and Unlink tools in the Tool palette to control text threading InDesign. .. doing layout in your page-layout application For example, because InDesign understands native Photoshop (.PSD) files and retains their transparency, you may never have to make a clipping path in Photoshop again; just erase the background to the checkerboard transparency and import into InDesign Similarly ,you don't have to use an XTension or switch to Photoshop just to make a drop shadow or to feather... multiple InDesign documents "I can't find the Cropping tool." PageMaker' s Cropping tool is cool because it lets you specifjr which part of an image should be visible Unfortunately, InDesign doesn't normally have a Cropping tool Instead, you have to use two tools: The Selection tool and the Direct Select tool After you place an image into a graphic frame in InDesign, you can drag the frame's handles with... polygon into a starburst) Top Ten Totchas" for PageMaker Users If you' re an Adobe PageMaker user, you' ve likely been using it for many years, and the idea of switching to another program-even a different is Adobe program- anathema to you Nevertheless ,you see the writing on the wall, you know that PageMaker is a dead end street, and you' re trying to stay upbeat as you tackle this new whippersnapper, InDesign. .. same, but you' re going to miss out on a lot InDesign has to offer Using InDesign is all about finding new and better ways of working-integrating all your tools together for maximum efficiency For More Information As we said earlier, as deep as we can go in the next 400 pages, we don't expect to answer every question you ever have about InDesign For example, we don't cover how to script InDesign or importlexportXML... advisable to leave items on InDesign' s pasteboard indefinitely.Instead, use InDesign' s Library feature to keep track of objects that you may need to use again (Fiie>New:Library) .You can drag and drop text frames, graphic frames, and even entire page layouts in and out of a floating library palette as needed Because the library palette is a separate InDesign file, you can access it from anywhere in your layout,... manage linked images?" In PageMaker you' d use the Links Manager, Link Options, and Link Info dialog boxes to manage linked graphics In InDesign these functions are all handled by the Links palette (Window>Links; see Egure 2-4) The palette displays warning icons to notify you when a linked image is missing, has been modified, or is on the pasteboard Buttons at the bottom of the palette allow you to easily . many of you recently added a new tool - Adobe InDesign -to your existing toolbox of desktop publishing applications. We know you want to get up and running as fast as possible. Others of you. facing a pub - lication deadline. We want to help you learn InDesign faster and easier by leveraging your knowledge, using what you know about QuarWress or PageMaker as a springboard to. out on a lot InDesign has to offer. Using InDesign is all about finding new and better ways of working - integrating all your tools together for maximum efficiency. For More Information