Real World Adobe InDesign CS3 (Real World)

This is the best, most thorough guide 2 InDesign CS3. Filled with tips & techniques--as well as real-world examples--this is the book that should have been in the box!

you though knowing Indesign, with this great book & autors you will be expert...
Vraiment formidable livre sur indesign. Tout est expliqué avec force détails. Le livre est indispensable car cette application semble facile à travailler mais elle possède des richesses incroyable que ce livre nous permet soit de découvrir soit de conforter.

I am enrolled in a course that teaches all of the Adobe CS3 programs. This is NOT the required textbook, but I ordered it as a companion.

I am hoping it comes in as handy as it looks. These books seem 2 address complex & obscure difficulties that other manuals overlook. I'm hoping this is the case. I will update the review as I use the book this semester (9/2008).

Once again the team of Kvern & Blatner has written an easy-to-follow guide 2 a very complex program. Since "Read World Pagemaker" they consistently cover just about everything you'd want 2 know about the program. For beginners, it's a great introduction & 4 those (of us) who know just enough about the program 2 make really stupid mistakes, it's a great corrective & one which I always keep near my desk. It's also the best guide 2 many of the not-so-easy-to-find features in the program.
JoeGraphics, Memphis, TN

This book gives comprehensive information covering all aspects of InDesign CS3. Helpful as a reference 4 learning specific functions. This book is required 4 a college class & it is useful.

Adobe InDesign is no longer the industry newcomer—it’s a full-fledged, sophisticated program, tightly integrated with the other Adobe industry leading graphics & Web programs. It’s the essential tool 4 anyone doing page layout & design. With the release of InDesign CS3—part of Adobe’s perfectly synchronized, tightly integrated Creative Suite 3 (which now includes Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, & Flash CS3 Professional in the Design Premium & Web Premium packages)—it takes its place in the design firmament! Real World Adobe InDesign CS3 offers industrial-strength & time-saving techniques 4 design professionals who need 2 start laying out, proofing, & printing pages with InDesign CS3, without missing a beat (or a deadline!) in their fast-paced production cycles. Design pros will find everything they need here 2 successfully master InDesign’s advanced page layout tools, manage color, snippets, & use the program more efficiently. They’ll also find complete coverage of essential features in InDesign CS3, including new gradient feather, directional feather, & bevel & emboss effects; improved transparency controls; improved long document support; expanded Find/Change; & an even more flexible & customizable user interface.