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Projects at a Glance

Th e Against Th e 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 Setting up the
explain skills where they would naturally fall into a real Workspace
project workfl ow.
Th e project-based approach in Th e Professional Creating Basic
Portfolio Series allows you to get in depth with the Page Elements
software beginning in Project 1 — you don’t have to read Placing External
several chapters of introductory material before you can Images
start creating fi nished artwork.
Our approach also prevents “topic tedium” — in Creating and
other words, we don’t require you to read pages and pages Formatting Basic
of information about text (for example); instead, we Text
explain text tools and options as part of larger projects (in
this case, beginning with placing text on a letterhead). Printing InDesign Files
Clear, easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions walk
you through every phase of each job, from creating a new
fi le to saving the fi nished piece. Wherever logical, we also Festival Poster
off er practical advice and tips about underlying concepts
and graphic design practices that will benefi t you as you Building Graphic
enter the job market. project 2 Interest
Th e projects in this book refl ect a range of diff erent
types of InDesign jobs, from creating a client letterhead Importing and
to implementing a newsletter template to compiling a Formatting Text
multi-chapter book. When you fi nish the eight projects
in this book (and the accompanying Portfolio Builder Graphics as
exercises), you will have a substantial body of work that Text and Text as
should impress any potential employer. Graphics
Th e eight InDesign CS6 projects are described briefl y Outputting the
here; more detail is provided in the full table of contents
(beginning on Page viii). File

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