INDESIGN CS2 at Your Fingertips -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Interface Overview -- The Macintosh Interface -- The Windows Interface -- The Document Window -- Interface Objects -- Chapter 2: Menus -- Menu Overview -- InDesign Menu (Mac Only) -- File Menu -- Edit Menu -- Layout Menu -- Type Menu -- Object Menu -- Table Menu -- View Menu -- Window Menu -- Help Menu -- Chapter 3: InDesign Tools -- Toolbox -- Control Bar -- Selection Tool -- Direct Selection and Position Tools -- Pen Tools -- Type Tools -- Pencil Tools -- Line Tool -- Frame Tools -- Shape Tools -- Rotate Tool -- Scale Tool -- Shear Tool -- Free Transform Tool -- Eyedropper Tool -- Measure Tool -- Gradient Tool -- Button Tool -- Scissors Tool -- Hand Tool -- Zoom Tool -- Other Toolbox Functions -- Chapter 4: InDesign Palettes -- Organizing Palettes -- Customizing Your Workspace -- Attributes Palette -- Automation Palettes -- Color Palette -- Gradient Palette -- Info Palette -- Interactive Palettes -- Layers Palette -- Links Palette -- Object & Layout Palettes -- Object Styles Palette -- Output Palettes -- PageMaker Toolbar -- Pages Palette -- Stroke Palette -- Swatches Palette -- Tags Palette -- Text Wrap Palette -- Transparency Palette -- Type and Tables Palettes -- Book and Library Palettes -- Chapter 5: Preferences and Presets -- General Preferences -- Type Preferences -- Advanced Type Preferences -- Composition Preferences -- Units & Increments Preferences -- Grids Preferences -- Guides & Pasteboard Preferences -- Dictionary Preferences -- Spelling Preferences -- Autocorrect Preferences -- Story Editor Display Preferences -- Display Performance Preferences -- Appearance of Black Preferences -- File Handling Preferences -- Document Presets -- Print Presets -- Adobe PDF Presets -- Configure Plug-ins -- Keyboard Shortcuts.

Chapter 6: Creating and Managing Documents -- Starting a New Document -- Saving Document Presets -- Opening InDesign Documents -- Opening PageMaker and QuarkXPress Documents -- Save vs. Save As -- Saving Backward with INX Export -- Saving Files for Use with InCopy -- Adding, Arranging, and Deleting Pages -- Creating Multipage Spreads and Master Pages -- Targeting vs. Selecting Pages -- Creating Master Pages -- Converting Document Pages to Master Pages -- Applying Master Pages -- Deleting Master Pages -- Creating and Applying Parent/Child Master Pages -- Overriding Master Page Items -- Adding Page Numbers to Sections -- Adjusting Ruler Guides -- Adjusting Margin and Column Guides -- Aligning to Baseline Grid -- Snapping to Document Grid -- Chapter 7: Frames and Shapes -- Frame/Shape Overview -- Selection Tool vs. Direct Selection Tool -- Selecting Multiple Objects -- Selecting Type -- Drawing Rectangles, Ellipses, and Polygons -- Drawing Custom Shapes -- Drawing Freeform Shapes -- Modifying Paths and Frames -- Nesting Objects -- Filling with Solid and Transparent Colors -- Filling with Gradients -- Filling Text -- Stroking Frames, Shapes, and Paths -- Stroking Text -- Aligning Strokes -- Applying Stroked Path Start and End Styles -- Saving and Applying Custom Strokes -- Applying Gap Color to Open Stroke Styles -- Applying Corner Effects -- Applying and Editing Compound Paths -- Creating Custom Shapes with Pathfinder -- Chapter 8: Manipulating Objects -- Moving Objects -- Resizing Objects -- Resizing Objects -- Rotating Objects -- Flipping Objects -- Shearing Objects -- Grouping and Ungrouping Objects -- Selecting Objects within a Group -- Nesting Grouped Objects -- Stacking, Arranging, and Locking Objects -- Duplicating Objects -- Aligning Objects -- Distributing Objects -- Saving Objects to a Library -- Deleting Objects.

Creating and Naming a New Layer -- Placing Objects on Layers -- Enabling Layout Adjustment -- Chapter 9: Working with Text -- Text Frame Options -- Threading and Unthreading Text Frames -- Importing Text -- Importing Tagged and ASCII Text -- Importing XML -- Flowing Text -- Filling with Placeholder Text -- Editing Using the Story Editor -- Changing Case -- Check Spelling -- Editing the Dictionary -- Using the Dictionary with Foreign Languages -- Font Overview -- Find/Replace Missing Fonts -- Applying Find/Change -- Chapter 10: Formatting -- Kerning and Tracking -- Scaling and Skewing Type -- Adjusting Leading and Baseline Shift -- Underline and Strikethrough -- Copy/Paste Text Formatting -- Formatting Paragraphs -- Creating Drop Caps -- Applying Keep Options -- Creating Hanging Indents and Punctuation -- Change/Apply Hyphenation -- Bullets and Numbering -- Setting Tabs -- Inserting Special Characters -- Inserting Footnotes -- Chapter 11: Styles -- Creating and Applying Character Styles -- Creating and Applying Paragraph Styles -- Creating and Applying Parent/Child Styles -- Creating and Applying Nested Styles -- Creating and Applying Object Styles -- Editing and Deleting Styles -- Importing Styles -- Chapter 12: Placed Images -- Importing a Graphic Image -- Setting Import Options -- Object Layer Options and Placed PSDs -- Copying to and from Adobe Illustrator -- Resizing Placed Images -- Updating Missing and Modified Links -- Emdedding Images -- Object-Level Display Settings -- Applying and Editing a Photoshop Clipping Path -- Creating and Editing an InDesign Clipping Path -- Chapter 13: Combining Graphics with Text -- Placing and Editing Text Wraps -- Converting Text to Outlines -- Creating and Editing Type on a Path -- Creating Paragraph Rules -- Creating a New Table -- Creating a New Table -- Making Table Selections.

Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns -- Merging and Splitting Cells -- Adjusting Cell Spacing and Alignment -- Resizing Tables -- Setting Table Borders, Strokes, and Fills -- Creating and Editing Table Headers and Footers -- Importing Tables from Microsoft Word or Excel -- Chapter 14: Color and Transparency -- Using Color Settings -- Color-Managing Imported Graphics -- Using Proof Setup for Soft Proofing -- Creating and Saving Mixed-Ink Swatches and Groups -- Accessing Colors Stored in Libraries -- Converting Spot Colors to Process -- Importing Colors from Other Documents -- Changing an Object's Opacity Level -- Applying Blend Modes -- Adding Drop Shadows -- Feathering -- Importing Transparent TIFFs -- Chapter 15: Preflighting and Packaging -- Preflighting Fonts -- Preflighting Links and Images -- Preflighting Colors and Inks -- Preflighting Print Settings -- Packaging -- Packaging for GoLive -- Chapter 16: Printing -- Printing a Document -- Creating Transparency Flattener Presets -- Creating and Assigning Trap Presets -- Chapter 17: Exporting -- Exporting as Adobe PDF -- Embedding PDF Hyperlinks -- Embedding Movies and Sound in PDFs -- Exporting as EPS -- Exporting as JPEG -- Exporting as XML -- Chapter 18: Books and Other Large Documents -- Creating a New Book File -- Synchronizing Book Chapters -- Page Numbering across Book Documents -- Building a Table of Contents -- Creating and Saving a TOC Style -- Building an Index -- Preflighting, Printing, and Exporting Books -- Index -- A Visual, Task-Oriented Reference.