Designing a Book

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