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with Colin Fleming
InCopy CS2 Essential Training teaches you how InCopy, in conjunction with InDesign, can facilitate editorial the print publishing workflows between designers, editors, and writers. Adobe Certified Instructor Colin Fleming shows you how each project contributor can use InCopy in a way that is relevant to his or her particular tasks. Editors and writers will learn how to use the InCopy CS2 editing tools, including styles, notes, text macros, and the thesaurus.

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If you're switching from other page layout programs, or learning layout for the first time, InDesign CS2 Essential Training covers what you need to know. Through task-oriented, movie-based tutorials, you'll be able to learn the program and be up and running in little time. Targeted toward beginning to intermediate users, the lessons cover all the basic principles of InDesign CS2, from getting to know the workspace and tools to using advanced new features such as Object Layer Options and Object Styles. The projects walk you through the real-world process of creating documents, working with text and objects, applying formatting and styles, placing images, managing color, and outputting files.
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InDesign CS2 Beyond the Basics delves into the more advanced features of Adobe InDesign CS2, including tools for working with long documents. The tutorial covers the program’s features for dealing with books, indexes, and tables of contents, and teaches you how to use the automation tools like Scripts and Data Merge. Brian Wood, a certified Adobe Creative Suite 2 Master, also shares tips and tricks for working more efficiently in the program by using Snippets, Libraries, Object Styles, and more. This video tutorial is recommended for intermediate-level InDesign CS2 users, and those who have completed the InDesign CS2 Essential Training or its equivalent.
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