From here McClelland focuses on the structure of the document. Within InDesign, it comes in three forms; pages, master pages and layers, and finally XML. Lesson nine you will work with pages, layers and XML. Pages are the real pages of the document. Master pages and layers are virtual containers that are the basis for the pages. XML; the Extensible Markup Language, is used to assign tags which identify the content of your document. You can also partition a page into XML elements and pair the XML tags with style sheets. The result is an intelligent template that will allow you to import all forms of content in one operation.
Up till now, everything has been geared for newsletters, brochures and other short documents. Lesson ten will teach you how to create long documents and books. Here you will learn about binding, how to assemble documents into a book, synchronize, and index the document.
Now that you have created long and short documents, lesson 11 shows you how to make interactive documents by using hyperlinks, bookmarks generating them into PDF files. Lesson 12 finishes up by explaining all about printing and output. The author explains the difference between Postscript and Inkjet printing, printing drafts and explains about the commercial printing process and what it means to you and your product.
What I like about Adobe InDesign CS2 One-On-One is that not only is it a great learning tool that reinforces what you are learning, by showing and explaining, but it takes its time to do so. These are not short chapters. At 528 pages the average lesson is 30 to 40 pages in length. There is a lot of information, but you have the time to learn at your own pace.
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