Step-by-step tutorials from Lynda.com provide a real-world learning environment for those looking to get up to speed on Adobe's InDesign CS2. With the Release of CS2, InDesign is set to become the market leading layout and design software. Lynda.com's signature hands-on training style allows readers to use InDesign CS2 effectively in their own projects. A companion CD-ROM packed with exercise files, QuickTime training movies, and bonus material sets this book apart. InDesign, with its ever tightening integration into Adobe's full suite of creative products and its own increasingly sophisticated feature set, is transforming the way designers work. For many major magazines, newspapers, publishers, advertising agencies, and graphic design firms, InDesign is now their layout and design software of choice. With the release of InDesign CS2, Adobe is set to further entrench its position as the technology leader in this space. up, or you are an experienced Quark or Pagemaker user who wants to make the switch, this guide from Adobe Systems trainer Brian Wood will teach you the inner workings of this powerful page layout program. Using a combination of project-based lessons (the files for which are included on the companion CD-ROM), insider tips, detailed figures and screen shots, and QuickTime movie tutorials, this full-color volume walks you through all of InDesign's features, including those new to CS2: the Adobe Bridge, drag and drop text editing, defining layers from Photoshop files new text formatting options, improved color management, and much more. You'll also learn how to navigate the user interface, set up documents, work with text and type, add color, bring in graphics, create InDesign vector artwork, create layers, work with tables, prepare your work for output- and more.