I recently had the opportunity to read a preview of the book “Designing the Adobe InDesign Way” I received a preview link from the publisher to read this book and give an honest review.
Who This Book Is For
This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to use Adobe InDesign to create professional print and digital documents. It’s a valuable resource for marketing and communications professionals, graphic designers, publishers, and anyone else who needs to create high-quality layouts.
My thoughts
I am really impressed. The book is comprehensive and thorough, and it covers all of the essential topics that you need to know in order to use InDesign effectively. The author does a great job of explaining the concepts in a clear and concise way, and the book is full of helpful illustrations and screenshots. I also appreciated the fact that the book includes a number of “best practices” that can help you to improve your workflow and speed up the design process.
The chapter I was most excited about, Chapter 11 “Creating Interactivity and PDF Forms” was a little bit of a let down. Andy talks about his favorite plugin In5 from Ajar Productions very briefly and than talks about what InDesign can do with out the plugin. I would have loved to learn more about this favorite plugin as its own chapter or section a little more. I understand that that was not the point of this book but to be honest, it was a let down not going into depth of that plug in.
Overall, I highly recommend “Designing the Adobe InDesign Way” to anyone who wants to learn how to use InDesign to create professional-looking documents. The book is well-written, informative, and easy to follow. If I were to use this to learn the basics of InDesign I’d come up as an expert.
If you’re interested in learning more about Adobe InDesign, I encourage you to check out this book. It’s a valuable resource that can help you to improve your skills and create more professional-looking documents. It will be by me the next time I work on an Indesign project.