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Designing a Book

Learn how to design a book that will be cherished for years to come. Nigel French breaks down the components of an elegant and readable book, starting from the ground up in Adobe InDesign.
This class covers setting up your document, placing and styling text, working with images, creating the book cover, and preparing the book for printing.

Follow along step-by-step as Nigel goes from a blank page to a beautiful book that proves print is very much alive and well.

Contents :

Introduction
Creating a book in InDesign
What you should know
Using the exercise files
1. Getting Started
Overview of the book
Setting up a workspace
2. Document Setup and Strategy
Choosing a page size
Setting margins
Adding page numbers and running heads
3. Placing Text
Placing the text
Cleaning up text
Choosing your typeface
4. Styling the Text
Creating and applying the body style
Section paragraph styles
Section paragraph styles: Using a nested style
Creating and applying chapter number styles
Automating chapter title formatting
Align text to a baseline grid
Additional formatting
Adding and formatting a footnote
Automating character styles
Adding the running header
Removing unwanted headers
5. Working with Images
Preparing the images
Placing the images
Generating captions
Using (or not using) the InDesign Book feature
Placing the images as anchored objects
Placing inline images
6. Finessing Text Composition
Recomposing text
Paying attention to small details
Using a GREP style to fix runt lines
Fixing hyphenation and justification violations
Fixing widows and orphans
7. Creating the Front Matter
What is the front matter?
Sections and numbering
Designing the title and half-title pages
Formatting dedications
Generating the table of contents
Formatting the table of contents
Creating a list of illustrations
8. Creating the Cover
Setting up the cover document
Designing the front cover
Adding text to the front cover
Designing the spine
Designing the back cover
9. Preparing for Print
Preflighting the finished book
Exporting to print-ready PDF
Archiving the project
Conclusion
Next steps