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Projects at a Glance

The Against The Clock Portfolio Series teaches graphic Letterhead Design
design software tools and techniques entirely within
the framework of real-world projects; we introduce and project 1 o Setting up the urban architecture & natural landscapes
explain skills where they would naturally fall into a real Workspace
project workflow.
The project-based approach in The Professional o Creating Basic Page
Portfolio Series allows you to get in depth with the Elements
software beginning in Project 1 — you don’t have to read o Placing External
several chapters of introductory material before you can Images
start creating finished artwork.
Our approach also prevents “topic tedium” — in o Creating and 5048 Sun Drive, Solano, CA 94533 800-555-1234 www.crowephoto.net
other words, we don’t require you to read pages and pages Formatting Basic Text
of information about text (for example); instead, we
explain text tools and options as part of larger projects (in o Printing InDesign Files
this case, beginning with placing text on a letterhead).
Clear, easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions walk
you through every phase of each job, from creating a new
file to saving the finished piece. Wherever logical, we also
offer practical advice and tips about underlying concepts Festival Poster
and graphic design practices that will benefit you as you o Building Graphic
enter the job market. project 2 Interest
The projects in this book reflect a range of different
types of InDesign jobs, from creating a client letterhead o Importing and
to implementing a newsletter template to compiling a Formatting Text
multi-chapter book. When you finish the eight projects
in this book (and the accompanying Portfolio Builder o Graphics as
exercises), you will have a substantial body of work that Text and Text as
should impress any potential employer. Graphics
The eight InDesign projects are described briefly
here; more detail is provided in the full table of contents o Outputting the
(beginning on Page viii). File

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