In Design Cs3 One On One: Style Sheets

by Deke McClelland

Like other page layout applications, InDesign allows users to control the appearance of every element on a page. It helps format elements with style sheets, which collect formatting attributes for easy replication. But that's where the similarities end. InDesign CS3 One-on-One: Style Sheets demonstrates why InDesign's style sheets are far more powerful than anything found in any other page layout program. Pioneering electronic publisher and author Deke McClelland goes to the heart of InDesign's style sheets, and discusses how they define and guide just about every other program feature. He covers how to format words, paragraphs, whole frames, objects, tables, and even entire stories with a single click. Exercise files accompany the course.

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Virginia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm kind of on the fence about this book. On the one hand, McClelland is giving lots of useful tips, and I'm learning things I didn't know about the program.

On the other hand, the dude is obsessed with keyboard shortcuts that, as far as I can tell, don't really do all that much time saving.

In one of the videos, he was talking about ways to deselect a text frame, giving about three different keyboard "shortcuts" to do so, when all you really need to do is click anywhere else on the page or on the pasteboard.

I had to roll my eyes a little at that one.

Anyway, as with all of these types of books, use it as a springboard for finding your own way to do things, rather than taking it as gospel.

Like most programs these days, there are 50 million ways to do one simple task.

[Devri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great guide. McClelland does an excellent job of breaking InDesign into manageable pieces and then weaving them back together for an overall picture.