The Adobe(R) InDesign(R) Guide

Most importantly, though, this book helped me immensely in providing a background to general back-end issues and the entire printing process. This is an area that I have no familiarity with, and the introductory material provided within this book was a great addition. This material could have easily been left out, but I am very thankful to see it.

My only criticisms are: 1) lack of CD-ROM -- nowadays, these sort of project texts often come with CDs or at least a publisher-supplied donwload website. It's omission is too bad, but liveable considering the quality of the text in general. 2) repetition of material -- often, certain text is repeated several times, but this is probably due to way the book is organized.

Even though I have InDesign CS, I am still happy to have purchased this text for all that is has provided (in background). For someone with more backend / 3rd-party printing experience, the book may have too much background material for their liking.


No tutorial files for book   May 30, 2000
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

When I first opened this book I was excited by the way it was set up, with real-world tutorials. Half the book is tutorials. However, the publisher decided to cheap out and not include a CD ROM with the files that the tutorials refer to. As a designer on a tight schedule I don't have the time to waste looking for (or making) files to use with the tutorials.

This made half the book useless. It was very disappointing. Don't make a $31 mistake, look for something better.


In Design guide is Great!   April 27, 2000
3 out of 5 found this review helpful

I am a design instructor from Boston interested in teaching Adobe's new In Design software. I was very pleased with my purchase of the Adobe InDesign Guide. I found it different from typical software guides because of its visual approach to learning. Plus, it's filled with practical information, tips, "crash courses," and more. I especially liked the "In a Hurry" section for quick references and getting started right away. This guide will be required reading for my future students, and I highly recommend it to other In Design users, from beginner to advanced.


REACHING NEW HEIGHTS   March 12, 2000
1 out of 13 found this review helpful

WITKOWSKI AND BOYLE WORKED AS A GREAT TEAM AS THEY WROTE THIS SECOND BRILLIANT PUBLICATION FOR ADOBE.

I WOULD SHOUT ITS PRAISES TO EVERYONE FROM THE TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. THE ADOBE INDESIGN GUIDE WAS BETTER THAN THE HELICOPTER SCENE IN MISS SAIGON.