Adobe (R) Indesign (R) 2.0 Classroom in a Book [With CDROM] [With CDROM]

Thsi book covers everything you need to know about InDesign and gives you examples. Once again teh CIB books come through

As a graphic artist and an instructional designer for 20+ years, I've got to take my hat off to Adobe for providing an educational experience in this book that demonstrates both fundamental and advanced software features. The clear learning objectives for each chapter build knowledge, skill and confidence needed to launch your own project. They assemble a rather robust series of exercises underpinned with all the files you need to complete them. Simply reviewing help files will not provide learning within a project context. As for typos, they exist. But learning fundamentals are still in tact. I'm reminded of software training I've written for custom programming in a corporate environment. I recall those rascal software developers unable to resist tweaking the software well beyond our agreed to press times for the sake of improvement. This ultimately contributed to learner confusion, undermining training quality and credibility. Certainly a house as reputable as Adobe would be aware of this fundamental inclination and not allow this to happen. Yeah! Right! You want credible training aimed at what seems the high school - junior college level, this works.

My first college course in the printing arts utilized a Classroom in a Book-type book. Learning from it (as well as this book) is easy with the step-by-step instructions and illustrations to guide you. I recommend these types of books for anyone who is seriously interested in learning Adobe applications.

I am a designer that is completely self educated. I have found in my 3 years of study that the books I most enjoy are the step by step lesson/ tutorial books. Now I know some people have complained that this book doesn't deliver the goods, but I am here to say that it does and more. It shows you how to use each aspect of InDesign 2 and how you can apply it to real world use. The problem that I have with books like Visual Quickstart books is that they say: " This tool does this and this is how you get this," but if you're a new designer you don't know what things are or what a "Pull Quote" is or for. That is why I stick to these step by step books. They explain the what and the why of what you're doing so you can apply it to your real world work. My complements to Adobe on a JOB WELL DONE~!