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Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Web Premium
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Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Web Premium All-in-One For Dummies®
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About the AuthorsJennifer Smith is the co-founder and Vice President of Aquent Graphics
Institute (AGI). She has authored numerous books on Adobe’s software
products, including development of many of the Adobe Classroom in a Book
titles. She regularly speaks at conferences and seminars, including the CRE8
Conference. Jennifer has worked in all aspects of graphic design and produc-
tion, including as an art director of an advertising agency. Jennifer combines
her practical experience and technical expertise as an educator. She has
developed training programs for Adobe Systems and for all types of design-
ers involved in creating print, Web, and interactive solutions, along with
designers creating fashion and apparel. Her teaching and writing style show
the clear direction of a practiced designer with in-depth knowledge of the
Adobe Creative Suite applications. When she’s not speaking or teaching, she
can be found in suburban Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband and fi ve
children. You can read about Jennifer’s seminar and conference appearances
at www.agitraining.com.
Christopher Smith is co-founder and President of Aquent Graphics Institute
(AGI), the training and professional development division of Aquent that
serves creative and marketing organizations. An Adobe Certifi ed Expert for
multiple Adobe products, he has worked as part of the Adobe Creative Team
to develop many of the Adobe Classroom in a Book series and has authored
numerous books on both InDesign and Acrobat. Christopher manages con-
tent for the CRE8 Conference for creative professionals and also the Adobe
Acrobat & PDF Conference. He has also served as an elected member of the
School Board in his hometown in suburban Boston, Massachusetts, where he
lives with his wife and children.
Fred Gerantabee is an Emmy-award winning interactive designer, author,
and educator with more than 13 years of experience in Web and interactive
design, development, and consulting.
Most recently, Fred was an interactive producer with Walt Disney Interactive/
ABC television, creating synchronous, Flash-based applications and inter-
active games for major television events, such as the 2004 Presidential
Elections, the Academy Awards, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Fred is an Adobe Certifi ed Instructor and ACE (Adobe Certifi ed Expert)
for Flash, Dreamweaver, and Flash Lite, and is the author of several books
on Flash and Dreamweaver, including Flash CS4 Digital Classroom and
Dreamweaver CS4 Digital Classroom (Wiley), and the Adobe CS4 Design Premium All-In-One For Dummies and Adobe CS4 Web Premium All-In-One For Dummies with Jennifer and Christopher Smith. He is a training manager and
instructor at Aquent Graphics Institute, and can be found as a guest speaker
at several industry conferences and events.
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DedicationJennifer and Christopher Smith: To our parents, Ed and Nancy Smith, along
with Mary Kelly. In loving memory of Jennifer’s father, Joseph Kelly, the best
teacher of all. Also to our perfect children, Kelly, Alex, Grant, Elizabeth, and
Edward.
Fred Gerantabee: Love and thanks to my wonderful wife Samantha for all
her support and love, and, my mom Francine for her never-ending support
and encouragement. Thanks to Cindy and Michael Urich, my friends and
family, my colleagues at Aquent Graphics Institute, and Jennifer Smith for
the opportunity to work with her on these great books. In memory of my
loving grandmother, Yolande Gray, and my father, Michael Nas Gueran, who
inspires me to this day.
Authors’ AcknowledgmentsThanks to all our friends and colleagues at Adobe Systems for their sup-
port and the many product team members who responded to our questions
throughout the writing process. Extra thanks to Ron Friedman and Lori
Defurio of Adobe Systems for their inspiration and encouragement.
To the highly professional instructional staff at Aquent Graphics Institute
(AGI), we appreciate your great insight into the best ways to help others dis-
cover creative software applications.
Thanks to all at Wiley Publishing and to our technical editor Cathy Auclair for
her great insight.
Grant, Elizabeth, and Edward — thanks for putting up with our long hours in
front of the keyboard night after night.
Thanks to all of Kelly and Alex’s friends for permission to use their photos.
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Contents at a GlanceIntroduction ................................................................ 1
Book I: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Basics ........................... 7Chapter 1: Introducing Adobe Creative Suite 4 ............................................................. 9
Chapter 2: Using Common Menus and Commands ..................................................... 17
Chapter 3: Exploring Common Panels........................................................................... 29
Chapter 4: Using Common Extensions .......................................................................... 35
Chapter 5: Importing and Exporting .............................................................................. 41
Chapter 6: Handling Graphics, Paths, Text, and Fonts ............................................... 53
Chapter 7: Using Color .................................................................................................... 61
Book II: Photoshop CS4 .............................................. 67Chapter 1: Exploring New Features in Photoshop CS4 ............................................... 69
Chapter 2: Getting Into Photoshop CS4 Basics ............................................................ 75
Chapter 3: Messing with Mode Matters ........................................................................ 85
Chapter 4: Creating a Selection ...................................................................................... 93
Chapter 5: Using the Photoshop Pen Tool ................................................................. 109
Chapter 6: Thinking about Resolution Basics ............................................................ 119
Chapter 7: Creating a Good Image ............................................................................... 125
Chapter 8: Working with Painting and Retouching Tools......................................... 139
Chapter 9: Using Layers ................................................................................................ 155
Chapter 10: Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web ................................. 171
Book III: Illustrator CS4 ........................................... 183Chapter 1: What’s New in Illustrator CS4.................................................................... 185
Chapter 2: Discovering Illustrator CS4 ........................................................................ 191
Chapter 3: Using the Selection Tools .......................................................................... 205
Chapter 4: Creating Basic Shapes ................................................................................ 215
Chapter 5: Using the Pen Tool and Placing Images ................................................... 223
Chapter 6: Using Type in Illustrator ............................................................................ 237
Chapter 7: Organizing Your Illustrations .................................................................... 261
Chapter 8: Using Layers ................................................................................................ 271
Chapter 9: Livening Up Illustrations with Color ........................................................ 277
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Chapter 10: Using the Transform and Distortions Tools .......................................... 295
Chapter 11: Working with Transparency and Special Effects Tools ....................... 307
Chapter 12: Using Filters and Effects .......................................................................... 319
Chapter 13: Using Your Illustrator Images ................................................................. 331
Book IV: Dreamweaver CS4 ...................................... 347Chapter 1: Getting Familiar with New Features in Dreamweaver ............................ 349
Chapter 2: Introducing Dreamweaver CS4.................................................................. 359
Chapter 3: Creating a Web Site .................................................................................... 369
Chapter 4: Working with Images .................................................................................. 379
Chapter 5: Putting Text on the Page ............................................................................ 391
Chapter 6: Linking It Together ..................................................................................... 405
Chapter 7: Creating Tables ........................................................................................... 413
Chapter 8: Creating CSS Layouts ................................................................................. 423
Chapter 9: Publishing Your Web Site .......................................................................... 433
Book V: Fireworks CS4 ............................................. 441Chapter 1: Introducing Fireworks CS4 ........................................................................ 443
Chapter 2: Free to Create .............................................................................................. 451
Chapter 3: Livening Up Your Artwork with Color...................................................... 461
Chapter 4: Creating Text in Fireworks ........................................................................ 467
Chapter 5: Getting Images In and Out of Fireworks ................................................... 475
Chapter 6: Hotspots, Slices, and CSS Layouts ............................................................ 485
Chapter 7: Using Buttons and Symbols ....................................................................... 497
Chapter 8: Don’t Just Sit There — Animate! ............................................................... 505
Book VI: Soundbooth ................................................ 517Chapter 1: Getting Started with Soundbooth CS4...................................................... 519
Chapter 2: Recording and Editing Audio .................................................................... 531
Chapter 3: Applying EQ, Effects, and Dynamics ........................................................ 553
Chapter 4: Finalizing and Exporting Audio ................................................................. 563
Book VII: Flash CS4 ................................................. 573Chapter 1: Getting Started in Flash CS4 ...................................................................... 575
Chapter 2: Drawing in Flash CS4 .................................................................................. 589
Chapter 3: Now You’re in Motion ................................................................................ 605
Chapter 4: Applying More Advanced Animation ....................................................... 625
Chapter 5: Importing Graphics and Sounds ............................................................... 645
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Chapter 6: Lights, Camera, Movie Clips! ..................................................................... 665
Chapter 7: Controlling Your Movie with ActionScript .............................................. 677
Chapter 8: Getting Into the (Work)fl ow ...................................................................... 693
Chapter 9: Publishing and Final Delivery .................................................................... 707
Book VIII: Acrobat 9.0 ............................................. 719Chapter 1: Discovering Essential Acrobat Information ............................................ 721
Chapter 2: Creating PDF Files ....................................................................................... 731
Chapter 3: Adding Interactivity to PDF Files .............................................................. 741
Chapter 4: Editing and Extracting Text and Graphics ............................................... 749
Chapter 5: Using Commenting and Annotation Tools ............................................... 757
Chapter 6: Securing Your PDF Files ............................................................................. 769
Book IX: Contribute CS4 ........................................... 775Chapter 1: Getting Started with Contribute CS4 ........................................................ 777
Chapter 2: Getting Connected ...................................................................................... 783
Chapter 3: Creating Drafts and Editing Page Content ............................................... 797
Chapter 4: Creating New Pages and Advanced Content ........................................... 815
Chapter 5: Managing Roles and Drafts ........................................................................ 831
Index ...................................................................... 841
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Table of ContentsIntroduction ................................................................. 1
About This Book .............................................................................................. 1
Foolish Assumptions ....................................................................................... 2
Conventions Used in This Book ..................................................................... 2
What You Don’t Have to Read ........................................................................ 3
How This Book Is Organized .......................................................................... 3
Book I: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Basics ................................................. 4
Book II: Photoshop CS4 ......................................................................... 4
Book III: Illustrator CS4.......................................................................... 4
Book IV: Dreamweaver CS4................................................................... 4
Book V: Fireworks CS4 .......................................................................... 5
Book VI: Soundbooth CS4 ..................................................................... 5
Book VII: Flash CS4 ................................................................................ 5
Book VIII: Acrobat 9.0 ............................................................................ 5
Book IX: Contribute CS4 ........................................................................ 5
Icons Used in This Book ................................................................................. 6
Where to Go from Here ................................................................................... 6
Book I: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Basics ............................ 7
Chapter 1: Introducing Adobe Creative Suite 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Getting Started with Photoshop CS4 ............................................................. 9
Using Illustrator CS4 ...................................................................................... 10
Introducing Dreamweaver CS4 .................................................................... 11
Welcoming you to Fireworks CS4 ................................................................ 12
Recording and Editing Audio in Soundbooth ............................................ 12
Moving into Flash CS4 ................................................................................... 13
Working with Acrobat 9.0 ............................................................................. 13
Collaborating with Contribute ..................................................................... 15
Crossing the Adobe Bridge ........................................................................... 15
Integrating Software ...................................................................................... 15
Chapter 2: Using Common Menus and Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17Discovering Common Menus ....................................................................... 17
Using Dialog Boxes ........................................................................................ 19
Encountering Alerts ...................................................................................... 20
Using Common Menu Options ..................................................................... 21
About Contextual Menus .............................................................................. 22
Using Common Shortcuts ............................................................................. 23
Changing Your Preferences .......................................................................... 25
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Chapter 3: Exploring Common Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Understanding the Synchronized Workspace ........................................... 29
Using Panels in the Workspace .................................................................... 30
Moving panels ...................................................................................... 32
Looking at common panels ................................................................. 33
Chapter 4: Using Common Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Looking at Common Extensions and Filters ............................................... 35
Adding on to Photoshop ..................................................................... 36
Using Illustrator plug-ins ..................................................................... 37
Adding on capabilities to Acrobat ..................................................... 37
Extending Dreamweaver ..................................................................... 38
Using Filters or Plug-Ins ................................................................................ 38
Chapter 5: Importing and Exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Discovering the Adobe Bridge Application ................................................ 41
Accessing the Bridge software ........................................................... 42
Navigating in Adobe Bridge ................................................................ 43
Managing color ..................................................................................... 45
Importing Files into a Document ................................................................. 46
Adding content to a Photoshop fi le ................................................... 46
Placing fi les into Illustrator ................................................................ 47
Adding to Acrobat................................................................................ 48
Importing into Dreamweaver ............................................................. 49
Exporting Your Documents .......................................................................... 50
Exporting content from Photoshop ................................................... 50
Exporting Illustrator fi les .................................................................... 50
Exporting Acrobat content ................................................................. 51
Exporting Dreamweaver content ....................................................... 51
Chapter 6: Handling Graphics, Paths, Text, and Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . .53Using Graphics in Your Documents ............................................................ 53
Working with bitmap images .............................................................. 54
Discovering vector graphics .............................................................. 54
Working with Paths and Strokes .................................................................. 56
Adding Text .................................................................................................... 57
Using fonts ............................................................................................ 57
Discovering types of fonts .................................................................. 58
Using text and fonts on the Web ........................................................ 59
Exploring Web Page Layout Fundamentals ................................................ 59
Chapter 7: Using Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61Looking at Color Modes and Channels ....................................................... 61
Using RGB ............................................................................................. 62
Looking at color channels................................................................... 62
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Choosing Colors ............................................................................................. 63
Using swatches ..................................................................................... 63
Mixing colors ........................................................................................ 64
Using Color on the Web ................................................................................ 65
Book II: Photoshop CS4 ............................................... 67
Chapter 1: Exploring New Features in Photoshop CS4 . . . . . . . . . . . . .69An Improved Workspace Helps You Find the Tools You Need ............... 69
Adjustments Panel ......................................................................................... 70
Make Your Layers Go 3D! ............................................................................. 72
Kuler System Comes to Photoshop ............................................................. 73
ConnectNow ................................................................................................... 73
Chapter 2: Getting Into Photoshop CS4 Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75Getting to Know the Tools ............................................................................ 75
Navigating the Work Area ............................................................................. 78
Docking and saving panels ................................................................. 78
Taking advantage of new workspace features ................................. 78
Zooming in to get a better look .......................................................... 79
Choosing Your Screen Mode ........................................................................ 80
Getting Started with Basic Tasks in Photoshop CS4 ................................. 81
Opening an image ................................................................................ 81
Creating a new fi le................................................................................ 82
Cropping an image ............................................................................... 83
Saving images ....................................................................................... 84
Chapter 3: Messing with Mode Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85Working with Bitmap Images ....................................................................... 85
Choosing the Correct Photoshop Mode ..................................................... 86
Bitmap ................................................................................................... 86
Grayscale .............................................................................................. 86
Duotone ................................................................................................. 87
Index color ............................................................................................ 89
RGB ........................................................................................................ 89
CMYK ..................................................................................................... 90
Lab color ............................................................................................... 90
Multichannel ......................................................................................... 91
Bit depth ............................................................................................... 91
Chapter 4: Creating a Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93Getting to Know the Selection Tools ........................................................... 93
The Marquee tool................................................................................. 94
The Lasso tool ...................................................................................... 96
The Quick Selection tool ..................................................................... 97
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The Magic Wand tool........................................................................... 98
Painting with the Quick Mask tool ..................................................... 99
Manipulating Selections with Refi ne Selection ........................................ 100
Transforming selections ................................................................... 100
Feathering ........................................................................................... 101
More fun with selections................................................................... 103
Saving Selections ......................................................................................... 104
Using the Improved Vanishing Point Feature .......................................... 105
Chapter 5: Using the Photoshop Pen Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109Using Shape Layers ..................................................................................... 109
Creating and using a custom shape................................................. 110
Changing the color of the shape ...................................................... 112
Editing a shape ................................................................................... 113
Removing a shape layer .................................................................... 113
Using a Path as a Selection ......................................................................... 114
Clipping Paths .............................................................................................. 115
Chapter 6: Thinking about Resolution Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119Creating Images for Print ............................................................................ 119
The resolution formula ..................................................................... 120
Changing the resolution .................................................................... 120
Determining the Resolution for Web Images ........................................... 122
Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter to an Image ........................................ 122
Chapter 7: Creating a Good Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125Reading a Histogram ................................................................................... 125
Breaking into key types ..................................................................... 127
Setting up the correction .................................................................. 127
Creating a Good Tone Curve ...................................................................... 129
Finding and setting the highlight and the shadow ........................ 130
Setting the highlight and shadow values ........................................ 133
Adjusting the midtone ....................................................................... 134
Finding a neutral ................................................................................ 134
Editing an Adjustment Layer ...................................................................... 135
Testing a Printer .......................................................................................... 136
Chapter 8: Working with Painting and Retouching Tools . . . . . . . . .139Using the Swatches Panel ........................................................................... 139
Choosing Foreground and Background Colors ....................................... 140
The Painting and Retouching Tools .......................................................... 140
Changing the brush ........................................................................... 141
The Spot Healing Brush tool............................................................. 142
The Healing Brush tool ..................................................................... 142
The Patch tool .................................................................................... 143
The Red Eye tool ................................................................................ 143
The Brush tool.................................................................................... 144
The Clone Stamp tool ........................................................................ 146
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The History Brush tool ...................................................................... 148
The Eraser tool ................................................................................... 148
The Gradient tool ............................................................................... 149
Blending Modes ........................................................................................... 150
Painting with color............................................................................. 152
Filling selections ................................................................................ 153
Saving Presets .............................................................................................. 153
Chapter 9: Using Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155Creating and Working with Layers ............................................................ 155
Duplicating a layer ............................................................................. 157
Selecting a layer ................................................................................. 158
Controlling the visibility of a layer .................................................. 158
Rearranging the stacking order ....................................................... 158
Creating a Text Layer .................................................................................. 159
Warping text ....................................................................................... 159
Fine-tuning text .................................................................................. 159
Using Layer Masks ....................................................................................... 160
Creating a layer mask from a selection ........................................... 160
Creating a vector mask from a pen path ......................................... 162
Organizing Your Layers .............................................................................. 162
Activating multiple layers simultaneously ..................................... 162
Auto-Align Layers tool ....................................................................... 163
Layer groups ....................................................................................... 164
Duplicating a layer group.................................................................. 164
Using Layer Styles ....................................................................................... 165
Applying a style .................................................................................. 165
Creating and saving a style ............................................................... 166
Thinking about opacity versus fi ll ................................................... 166
Smart, Really Smart! Smart Objects .......................................................... 167
Experimenting with 3D Files ....................................................................... 168
Merging and Flattening the Image ............................................................. 168
Merging ............................................................................................... 169
Flattening ............................................................................................ 169
Chapter 10: Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web . . . . . .171Choosing a File Format for Saving ............................................................. 171
Wonderful and easy Photoshop PSD ............................................... 172
Photoshop EPS ................................................................................... 172
Photoshop PDF ................................................................................... 172
TIFF ...................................................................................................... 173
DCS ....................................................................................................... 173
Saving for the Web and Devices ................................................................ 173
GIF ........................................................................................................ 174
JPEG ..................................................................................................... 177
PNG ...................................................................................................... 178
WBMP .................................................................................................. 179
Matte .................................................................................................... 180
Saving Settings ............................................................................................. 181
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Book III: Illustrator CS4 ............................................ 183
Chapter 1: What’s New in Illustrator CS4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185Finally! Multiple Artboards ......................................................................... 185
Creating a document with multiple artboards ............................... 185
Printing a document with multiple artboards ................................ 186
Fun with the New Blob Brush tool ............................................................ 188
Improving Appearances with the Appearance Panel .............................. 188
Chapter 2: Discovering Illustrator CS4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191Deciding When to Use Illustrator CS4 ....................................................... 191
Opening an Existing Document .................................................................. 193
Creating a New Document .......................................................................... 193
Taking a Look at the Document Window .................................................. 195
Becoming Familiar with the Tools ............................................................. 196
Checking Out the Panels ............................................................................. 199
Changing Views ............................................................................................ 200
Navigating the Work Area with Zoom Controls ....................................... 202
Chapter 3: Using the Selection Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205Getting to Know the Selection Tools ......................................................... 205
Anchor points ..................................................................................... 205
Bounding boxes.................................................................................. 206
Selection tools .................................................................................... 206
Working with Selections ............................................................................. 207
Creating a selection ........................................................................... 207
Selecting an anchor point ................................................................. 209
Using a marquee to select an object ............................................... 209
Selecting multiple objects ................................................................. 210
Saving a selection .............................................................................. 210
Grouping and Ungrouping .......................................................................... 211
Creating a group................................................................................. 211
Using the Isolation mode .................................................................. 212
Manipulating Selected Objects .................................................................. 212
Chapter 4: Creating Basic Shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215The Basic Shape Tools ................................................................................ 215
Creating rectangles and ellipses ...................................................... 216
Using the Rounded Rectangle tool .................................................. 216
Using the Polygon tool ...................................................................... 217
Using the Star tool ............................................................................. 217
Resizing Shapes ........................................................................................... 218
Tips for Creating Shapes ............................................................................ 219
Creating advanced shapes ................................................................ 220
Using the Pathfi nders ........................................................................ 221
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Chapter 5: Using the Pen Tool and Placing Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223Pen Tool Fundamentals .............................................................................. 223
Creating a straight line ...................................................................... 224
Creating a constrained straight line ................................................ 226
Creating a curve ................................................................................. 226
Reconnecting to an existing path .................................................... 227
Controlling the curves ....................................................................... 229
Creating a corner point ..................................................................... 230
The Hidden Pen Tools ................................................................................. 231
Additional tools to help you make paths ........................................ 231
Using the Eraser tool ......................................................................... 232
Tracing Artwork ........................................................................................... 233
Creating a template layer .................................................................. 233
Using Live Trace................................................................................. 234
Other Things You Should Know about Placing Images .......................... 235
Using Photoshop Layer Comps ................................................................. 235
Chapter 6: Using Type in Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237Working with Type ...................................................................................... 237
Creating text areas ............................................................................. 238
Creating a line of text ........................................................................ 238
Flowing text into an area ................................................................... 239
Dealing with text overfl ow ................................................................ 239
Creating columns of text with the Area Type tool......................... 239
Threading text into shapes ............................................................... 241
Wrapping text ..................................................................................... 242
Outlining text ...................................................................................... 244
Putting text on a path, in a closed shape,
or on the path of a shape .............................................................. 245
Assigning Font Styles .................................................................................. 247
Using the Character Panel .......................................................................... 249
Using the Control Panel .............................................................................. 251
Using the Paragraph Panel ......................................................................... 251
Alignment ............................................................................................ 252
Indents ................................................................................................. 252
Text Utilities: Your Key to Effi ciency ........................................................ 253
Find and Replace ................................................................................ 253
Spell checker ...................................................................................... 253
The Hyphenation feature .................................................................. 254
The Find Font feature ........................................................................ 254
The Change Case feature .................................................................. 256
Text styles ........................................................................................... 257
Chapter 7: Organizing Your Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261Setting Ruler Increments ............................................................................ 261
Using Guides ................................................................................................. 262
Creating a ruler guide ........................................................................ 263
Creating a custom guide ................................................................... 263
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Using the Transform Panel for Placement ................................................ 263
Changing the Ruler Origin .......................................................................... 264
Thinking about Object Arrangement ........................................................ 264
Hiding Objects .............................................................................................. 266
Locking Objects ........................................................................................... 268
Creating a Clipping Mask ............................................................................ 268
Chapter 8: Using Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271Creating New Layers ................................................................................... 272
Using Layers for Selections ........................................................................ 275
Changing the Layer Stacking Order .......................................................... 275
Moving and Cloning Objects ...................................................................... 275
Hiding Layers ............................................................................................... 276
Locking Layers ............................................................................................. 276
Chapter 9: Livening Up Illustrations with Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277Choosing a Color Mode ............................................................................... 277
Using the Swatches Panel ........................................................................... 278
Applying Color to the Fill and Stroke ........................................................ 279
Changing the Width and Type of a Stroke ................................................ 280
Using the Color Panel .................................................................................. 282
Saving Colors ................................................................................................ 283
Building and using custom libraries ................................................ 283
Using the Color Guide and color groups ........................................ 284
Adding Pantone colors ...................................................................... 286
Editing Colors ............................................................................................... 286
Building and Editing Patterns .................................................................... 288
Working with Gradients .............................................................................. 290
Copying Color Attributes ............................................................................ 291
The Live Trace Feature ............................................................................... 292
The Live Paint Feature ................................................................................ 293
Chapter 10: Using the Transform and Distortions Tools . . . . . . . . . . .295Working with Transformations .................................................................. 295
Transforming an object ..................................................................... 297
Using the Transform tools ................................................................ 299
Creating Distortions .................................................................................... 302
The Liquify tools ................................................................................ 302
Chapter 11: Working with Transparency and Special Effects Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
The Mesh Tool ............................................................................................. 307
The Blend Tool ............................................................................................. 309
The Symbol Sprayer Tool ........................................................................... 312
Transparency ............................................................................................... 314
Blend modes ....................................................................................... 315
Opacity masks .................................................................................... 316
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Chapter 12: Using Filters and Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319Working with Effects ................................................................................... 319
Understanding the Appearance panel............................................. 319
Applying an effect .............................................................................. 320
Adding a Drop Shadow effect ........................................................... 322
Saving Graphic Styles .................................................................................. 323
Creating 3D Artwork .................................................................................... 324
Adding Multiple Fills and Strokes .............................................................. 327
Chapter 13: Using Your Illustrator Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331Saving and Exporting Illustrator Files ....................................................... 331
The native Adobe Illustrator fi le format ......................................... 332
Saving Illustrator fi les back to previous versions ......................... 334
The EPS fi le format ............................................................................ 335
The PDF fi le format ............................................................................ 336
Saving Your Artwork for the Web .............................................................. 338
Flattening Transparency ............................................................................. 341
Flattening a fi le ................................................................................... 342
Using the Flattener Preview panel ................................................... 343
Printing from Illustrator .............................................................................. 344
Book IV: Dreamweaver CS4 ....................................... 347
Chapter 1: Getting Familiar with New Features in Dreamweaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
All New CS4 Interface .................................................................................. 350
Improved Property Inspector Panel .......................................................... 351
Photoshop Smart Objects .......................................................................... 351
Browser Compatibility Check and the CSS Advisor ................................ 352
Live View ....................................................................................................... 354
Code Navigator ............................................................................................ 354
New Spry Widgets ........................................................................................ 355
Related Documents ..................................................................................... 356
Improved CSS Capabilities ......................................................................... 357
Chapter 2: Introducing Dreamweaver CS4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359Getting to Know the New Workspace Setup ............................................ 359
The Insert panel ................................................................................. 360
The Document toolbar ...................................................................... 361
Using the panel groups ..................................................................... 363
Saving your workspace ..................................................................... 363
Creating a Site .............................................................................................. 364
Checking Out the Property Inspector ....................................................... 365
Previewing Your Page in a Browser or with Live View ........................... 366
Previewing your page using Live View ............................................ 367
Understanding Dreamweaver Preferences ............................................... 368
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Chapter 3: Creating a Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369Web Site Basics ............................................................................................ 369
Starting a New Site ....................................................................................... 371
Creating a New Page for Your Site ............................................................. 373
Adding an Image to Your Page ................................................................... 373
Naming Files ................................................................................................. 375
Managing Your Web Site Files .................................................................... 376
Delving into HTML Basics ........................................................................... 376
Chapter 4: Working with Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379Creating Images for the Web ...................................................................... 379
Putting Images on a Page ............................................................................ 380
Inserting an image .............................................................................. 381
Dragging and dropping an image ..................................................... 381
Getting to Know the Property Inspector .................................................. 382
Placing Photoshop Files .............................................................................. 384
Photoshop Smart Objects ................................................................. 384
Updating Photoshop Smart Objects ................................................ 386
Aligning an Image ......................................................................................... 386
Adding Space around the Image ................................................................ 387
Using an Image as a Background ............................................................... 387
Creating Rollovers ....................................................................................... 388
Inserting Media Content ............................................................................. 389
Chapter 5: Putting Text on the Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391Adding Text .................................................................................................. 391
Formatting text ................................................................................... 392
Using the Property inspector to style text ..................................... 393
Spell checking your text .................................................................... 395
Understanding Cascading Style Sheets ..................................................... 396
Using CSS for text ............................................................................... 397
Creating a new tag style .................................................................... 398
Creating a new class style ................................................................. 401
Chapter 6: Linking It Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405The Basics of Linking .................................................................................. 405
Implementing Internal Links ...................................................................... 406
Using the Hyperlink dialog box to create a link ............................. 406
Using the Property inspector to create a link ................................ 407
Creating hyperlinks with Point to File ............................................. 407
Creating Anchors ......................................................................................... 408
Linking to an anchor manually ......................................................... 409
Linking to anchors with Point to File .............................................. 410
Linking to Pages and Files Outside Your Web Site .................................. 410
Linking to E-Mail .......................................................................................... 411
Linking to a PDF File .................................................................................... 411
Resolving Link Errors .................................................................................. 411
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Chapter 7: Creating Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413Working with Tables ................................................................................... 413
Editing your table’s attributes ......................................................... 416
Adding and deleting rows and columns.......................................... 416
Spanning or merging cells................................................................. 417
Selecting a Table and a Cell ........................................................................ 419
Changing the Color of Table Cells ............................................................. 420
Adding and Importing Content .................................................................. 421
Importing CSV and tab-delimited fi les ............................................. 421
Setting alignment for table cells....................................................... 422
Chapter 8: Creating CSS Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423Using CSS Starter Pages .............................................................................. 423
Modifying a New Layout ............................................................................. 424
Creating AP Divs .......................................................................................... 425
Creating Relatively Positioned DIVs .......................................................... 429
Using Behaviors with Boxes ....................................................................... 431
Chapter 9: Publishing Your Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433Clean Up after Yourself! .............................................................................. 433
Running Site Reports ................................................................................... 434
Checking CSS Compatibility ....................................................................... 435
Getting Connected ....................................................................................... 437
Your Web site — live! ........................................................................ 438
Synchronizing your site .................................................................... 439
Improving Your Site .................................................................................... 440
Book V: Fireworks CS4 .............................................. 441
Chapter 1: Introducing Fireworks CS4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443Why Use Fireworks? .................................................................................... 443
Jumping Right into the Interface ............................................................... 444
Touring the workspace ..................................................................... 444
Working with basic selection tools ................................................. 449
Chapter 2: Free to Create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451Knowing What Happens in Layers ............................................................. 451
Choosing Vector or Bitmap Graphics ....................................................... 452
Creating with Bitmap Tools ........................................................................ 453
Moving pixels ..................................................................................... 454
Changing the way pixels appear ...................................................... 454
Using additional bitmap tools .......................................................... 455
Creating with Vector Tools ........................................................................ 456
Using shape tools ............................................................................... 456
Creating a path ................................................................................... 457
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Changing an existing path................................................................. 457
Working with type.............................................................................. 459
Masking: Going Beyond Tape ..................................................................... 459
Chapter 3: Livening Up Your Artwork with Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461Choosing Web Colors .................................................................................. 461
Finding Colors in Fireworks ....................................................................... 462
Applying Colors to Objects ........................................................................ 462
Adding Colors to Fireworks ........................................................................ 463
Adding a color with the Eyedropper tool ....................................... 463
Adding a color with the color palette ............................................. 463
Creating Gradients ....................................................................................... 465
Chapter 4: Creating Text in Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467Creating Text ................................................................................................ 467
Setting Text Attributes ................................................................................ 468
Fine-Tuning Spacing, Alignment, and Orientation ................................... 469
Adding Effects .............................................................................................. 470
Giving Your Text Some Style ...................................................................... 471
Applying an existing style ................................................................. 471
Creating your own style .................................................................... 472
Spell-Checking Your Text ........................................................................... 472
Attaching Text to a Path ............................................................................. 473
Outlining Text .............................................................................................. 474
Chapter 5: Getting Images In and Out of Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .475Getting Images into Fireworks ................................................................... 475
Editing Images .............................................................................................. 476
Scaling ................................................................................................. 476
Cropping ............................................................................................. 478
Painting ............................................................................................... 479
Cloning ................................................................................................ 479
Filtering ............................................................................................... 480
Optimizing Images for the Web ................................................................. 482
Previewing Web settings ................................................................... 482
Working with the Optimize panel .................................................... 483
Exporting for the Web ................................................................................. 483
Chapter 6: Hotspots, Slices, and CSS Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485Understanding Layers ................................................................................. 485
Navigating the Layers panel ............................................................. 485
Working with the Layers panel ........................................................ 486
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Creating Hotspots ........................................................................................ 486
Defi ning a hotspot .............................................................................. 487
Linking a hotspot ............................................................................... 487
Working with Image Maps .......................................................................... 488
Creating an image map ...................................................................... 488
Linking an image map ........................................................................ 489
Testing and exporting an image map .............................................. 489
Slicing Up Your Art ...................................................................................... 490
Creating the basic image ................................................................... 491
Adding text ......................................................................................... 492
Doing the actual slicing and dicing .................................................. 492
Exporting Slices ........................................................................................... 494
Exporting slices as tables ................................................................. 494
Changing the export format from table to CSS .............................. 494
Chapter 7: Using Buttons and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497Using States in Fireworks ........................................................................... 497
Making a Rollover Button ........................................................................... 498
Creating the basic art ........................................................................ 498
Adding rollover behavior .................................................................. 499
Testing and exporting the button .................................................... 500
Discovering Fireworks Symbols ................................................................ 500
Working with a precreated symbol ................................................. 501
Converting artwork to a symbol ...................................................... 502
Editing a symbol................................................................................. 502
Chapter 8: Don’t Just Sit There — Animate! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505Getting Started with Animation ................................................................. 506
Creating an animation ....................................................................... 506
Onion skinning ................................................................................... 507
Making the animation move ............................................................. 508
Testing the animation ....................................................................... 508
Adjusting Playback ...................................................................................... 510
Changing the frame rate .................................................................... 510
Playing it again: Looping ................................................................... 511
Tweening in Fireworks ................................................................................ 511
Creating a symbol .............................................................................. 512
Cloning the symbol ............................................................................ 512
Tweening the symbols ...................................................................... 513
Animating with Masks ................................................................................. 514
Creating an image and mask ............................................................. 514
Animating the mask ........................................................................... 515
Exporting an Animation .............................................................................. 516
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Book VI: Soundbooth ................................................. 517
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Soundbooth CS4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .519Discovering the Lifecycle of a Soundbooth Audio Project ..................... 520
Understanding Digital Audio Basics .......................................................... 521
Capturing sounds as bytes ............................................................... 521
Introducing sample rate and bit depth ........................................... 522
Choosing mono versus stereo .......................................................... 523
Checking out common audio fi le formats ....................................... 523
Getting to Know the Soundbooth Workspace ......................................... 524
Setting Up a Soundbooth Project .............................................................. 525
Creating a new empty audio fi le ....................................................... 526
Creating a multi-track fi le .................................................................. 527
Importing audio fi les.......................................................................... 527
Saving Files from Soundbooth ................................................................... 528
Chapter 2: Recording and Editing Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531Recording Audio with Soundbooth ........................................................... 531
Choosing a microphone .................................................................... 532
Recording audio into a Soundbooth fi le ......................................... 532
Previewing and playing back audio ................................................. 534
Editing and Sequencing Audio ................................................................... 536
Placing audio fi les in the editing window ....................................... 536
Trimming, cutting, and pasting ........................................................ 537
Creating fade ins and fade outs ........................................................ 539
Adjusting clip volume ........................................................................ 541
Working with Multi-Track Files .................................................................. 544
What are tracks and how do they help? ......................................... 545
Adding tracks ..................................................................................... 545
Renaming tracks................................................................................. 546
Controlling multi-track views ........................................................... 546
Sequencing and Mixing Audio .................................................................... 547
Sequencing tracks .............................................................................. 547
Working with mute, solo, and pan ................................................... 548
Undoing with the History Panel and Snapshots ...................................... 549
Working with the History panel ....................................................... 550
Creating and recalling snapshots .................................................... 550
Chapter 3: Applying EQ, Effects, and Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553Working with Equalizers (EQ) .................................................................... 553
What is equalization? ........................................................................ 553
Applying an equalizer preset ........................................................... 554
Creating your own equalizer settings ............................................. 555
Adding Compression to Control Dynamics .............................................. 557
Adding compression to a clip .......................................................... 557
Understanding the compression settings ...................................... 558
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Creating Space with Reverb and Delay Effects ........................................ 559
Applying effects.................................................................................. 559
Saving rack and effects presets ........................................................ 560
Chapter 4: Finalizing and Exporting Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .563Reducing Noise and Glitches ..................................................................... 563
Reducing noise with a noise print ................................................... 563
Removing clicks and pops ................................................................ 566
Silencing a rumble ............................................................................. 567
Finalizing and Mastering Audio ................................................................. 567
Exporting mixes, clips, and selections ............................................ 568
Mastering a fi nal mixdown or saved clip ........................................ 570
Book VII: Flash CS4 .................................................. 573
Chapter 1: Getting Started in Flash CS4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .575Creating Your First Flash Document ......................................................... 575
Getting Familiar with the Workspace ........................................................ 576
The Tools panel ................................................................................. 576
The Timeline ....................................................................................... 578
The Motion Editor .............................................................................. 579
The Property inspector ..................................................................... 580
Panels (right side).............................................................................. 580
Creating and Saving Workspaces .............................................................. 582
Saving and Opening Documents ................................................................ 583
Getting to Know Flash Player 10 ................................................................ 583
Talking about Layers ................................................................................... 584
Importing Files ............................................................................................. 585
Exporting Files from Flash .......................................................................... 586
Publishing Your Final Movie ...................................................................... 587
Chapter 2: Drawing in Flash CS4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .589Drawing Shapes and Lines .......................................................................... 589
Drawing basic shapes with the shape tools ................................... 589
Merging shapes .................................................................................. 590
Creating perfect lines with the Line tool ........................................ 590
Creating lines and curves with the Pen tool................................... 590
Drawing freehand with the Pencil tool ............................................ 591
Selecting and Editing Shapes ..................................................................... 592
Modifying fi ll and stroke colors ....................................................... 592
Merge versus Object Drawing mode ............................................... 594
Splicing and Tweaking Shapes and Lines ................................................. 594
Tweaking a shape with the Selection and Subselection tools ..... 595
Editing a shape with the Lasso tool................................................. 596
Modifying artwork created with the Pen and Pencil tools ........... 597
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Transforming Artwork and Shapes ........................................................... 597
Using the Transform tool .................................................................. 597
Using the Transform panel ............................................................... 598
Skewing your artwork........................................................................ 599
Working with Type ...................................................................................... 599
Transforming type ............................................................................. 600
Distorting and modifying character shapes ................................... 600
Creating Colors and Gradients ................................................................... 601
Creating and adding colors from the Color panel ......................... 601
Creating gradients ............................................................................. 602
Applying and transforming gradients ............................................. 603
Working with the Paintbrush Tool ............................................................ 603
Chapter 3: Now You’re in Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605Visiting the Library ...................................................................................... 605
Creating and Modifying Graphic Symbols ................................................ 606
Adding symbols to the stage ............................................................ 608
Modifying symbols............................................................................. 609
Sorting symbols ................................................................................. 611
Duplicating symbols .......................................................................... 611
Painting with Symbols ................................................................................. 612
The Spray Brush tool......................................................................... 612
The Deco tool ..................................................................................... 613
Understanding Frames and Keyframes ..................................................... 616
Creating Animation with Motion and Shape Tweens .............................. 617
Creating a motion tween ................................................................... 617
Resizing tween spans ........................................................................ 619
Using the new Motion Editor panel ................................................. 619
Creating a shape tween ..................................................................... 621
Tweened versus Frame-by-Frame Animation ........................................... 622
Understanding Frame Rate ......................................................................... 623
Chapter 4: Applying More Advanced Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625Creating Transformations .......................................................................... 625
Joining Motion ............................................................................................. 627
Creating Fade Ins and Fade Outs ............................................................... 628
Copying and Pasting Motion ...................................................................... 629
Animating along a Path with Motion Guides ............................................ 630
Creating Inertia and Gravity with Easing .................................................. 633
Fine-Tuning Shape Tweens with Shape Hinting ....................................... 635
Creating Inverse Kinematics Poses and Animation ................................ 638
Creating animation with poses ........................................................ 640
Adding easing to Armature layers ................................................... 642
Using Mask Layers ....................................................................................... 642
Previewing Your Movie ............................................................................... 644
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Chapter 5: Importing Graphics and Sounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .645Bitmap versus Vector Artwork .................................................................. 645
Importing Other File Formats .................................................................... 646
Importing Bitmap Images ........................................................................... 648
Converting Bitmap Images to Symbols ..................................................... 649
Modifying tint and transparency ..................................................... 650
Applying motion tweens ................................................................... 651
Creating Bitmap Fills ................................................................................... 652
Importing Photoshop and Illustrator Files ............................................... 653
Importing Photoshop (.psd) fi les ..................................................... 654
Importing Illustrator (.ai) fi les .......................................................... 656
Importing Sounds ........................................................................................ 659
Placing sounds on the Timeline ....................................................... 660
Editing sounds .................................................................................... 662
Chapter 6: Lights, Camera, Movie Clips! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .665What Are Movie Clips? ................................................................................ 665
Creating and Placing Movie Clips .............................................................. 666
Previewing Movie Clip Animation ............................................................. 669
Modifying Movie Clip Instances ................................................................. 670
Combining Movie Clips ............................................................................... 670
Rendering and Animating Movie Clips in the 3D Realm ......................... 672
The 3D Rotation tool ......................................................................... 672
Using the 3D Translation tool........................................................... 674
Tweening 3D properties .................................................................... 675
Chapter 7: Controlling Your Movie with ActionScript. . . . . . . . . . . . .677Getting to Know ActionScript .................................................................... 677
The Actions panel .............................................................................. 677
Script Assist mode ............................................................................. 678
ActionScript 3.0 versus ActionScript 2.0 ........................................ 679
Specifying the correct publish settings .......................................... 679
Adding Scripts to the Timeline .................................................................. 679
Using stop() ........................................................................................ 680
Using goto: gotoAndPlay() and gotoAndStop()............................. 681
Creating Button Symbols ............................................................................ 683
Creating a new button ....................................................................... 683
Button states ...................................................................................... 684
Adding content to button states ...................................................... 684
Enable simple buttons ....................................................................... 686
Modifying button instances .............................................................. 686
Using Buttons with ActionScript ............................................................... 687
Understanding event handlers ......................................................... 687
Creating a stop button ...................................................................... 687
Using goto ........................................................................................... 690
Using frame labels.............................................................................. 690
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Chapter 8: Getting Into the (Work)fl ow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .693Using Workspace Layouts .......................................................................... 693
Creating new layouts ......................................................................... 694
Managing layouts ............................................................................... 694
Fine-Tuning with Grids and Guides ........................................................... 695
Enabling rulers and guides ............................................................... 695
Enabling the grid ................................................................................ 697
Aligning Artwork .......................................................................................... 699
Distributing to the stage ................................................................... 700
Using Match Size options .................................................................. 701
Experimenting with Animation Helpers .................................................... 702
Using Keyboard Shortcuts .......................................................................... 703
Working with the Movie Explorer .............................................................. 705
Chapter 9: Publishing and Final Delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .707Getting Familiar with the Publish Process ............................................... 707
Selecting Your Formats ............................................................................... 708
Previewing Your Settings ............................................................................ 709
Publishing for the Web ............................................................................... 711
Publishing for CD-ROM ............................................................................... 712
Choosing the Right Settings ....................................................................... 712
Choosing settings for Flash (.swf) fi les ........................................... 713
Choosing settings for HTML fi les ..................................................... 715
Creating Publish Profi les ............................................................................ 716
Book VIII: Acrobat 9.0 .............................................. 719
Chapter 1: Discovering Essential Acrobat Information. . . . . . . . . . . .721Working with PDF Files ............................................................................... 721
Knowing When to Use Adobe PDF Files .................................................... 723
Introducing the Adobe Acrobat Workspace and Tools .......................... 724
Changing page magnifi cation ........................................................... 724
Toolbars .............................................................................................. 725
Viewing modes ................................................................................... 726
Additional viewing options ............................................................... 727
Navigation panels .............................................................................. 728
Chapter 2: Creating PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .731Creating PDF Files from Microsoft Offi ce ................................................. 731
PDF conversion options .................................................................... 732
PDF conversion options from Microsoft Word and Excel ............ 733
Converting PowerPoint fi les to PDF ................................................ 734
Creating PDF Files from Adobe Creative Suite Applications .................. 735
Converting Photoshop and Illustrator fi les to PDF........................ 735
Converting InDesign documents to PDF ......................................... 735
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Converting Other Electronic Documents to PDF ..................................... 737
Creating PDF Files from Paper Documents and the Web ....................... 738
Converting paper documents to PDF .............................................. 738
Converting Web pages to PDFs ........................................................ 739
Chapter 3: Adding Interactivity to PDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .741Adding Bookmarks to Ease PDF Navigation ............................................. 741
Creating bookmarks that link to a page .......................................... 742
Creating bookmarks that link to external fi les ............................... 743
Using bookmarks ............................................................................... 743
Editing bookmarks ............................................................................. 744
Adding Interactive Links ............................................................................. 745
Adding Buttons to Simplify Your PDF Files .............................................. 746
Chapter 4: Editing and Extracting Text and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . .749Editing Text .................................................................................................. 749
Using the TouchUp Text tool to manipulate text .......................... 750
Using the TouchUp Object tool to edit graphics ........................... 751
Exporting Text and Graphics ..................................................................... 753
Exporting text with Select, Copy, and Paste................................... 753
Exporting text with Save As .............................................................. 754
Snapshot tool ..................................................................................... 756
Chapter 5: Using Commenting and Annotation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . .757Creating Comments with the Comment & Markup Toolbar .................. 757
The Sticky Note tool .......................................................................... 758
The Text Edits tool ............................................................................ 758
The Stamp tool ................................................................................... 759
The Highlight Text, Underline Text,
and Cross Out Text tools .............................................................. 760
The Attach File tools ......................................................................... 760
The drawing tools .............................................................................. 761
The Text Box tool .............................................................................. 762
The Callout tool.................................................................................. 763
The Pencil tool ................................................................................... 763
Managing Comments ................................................................................... 764
Viewing comments............................................................................. 764
Changing a comment’s review status .............................................. 764
Replying to a comment ..................................................................... 765
Collapsing or hiding comments ....................................................... 765
Sharing comments ............................................................................. 766
Summarizing comments .................................................................... 766
Enabling commenting in Adobe Reader .......................................... 767
Chapter 6: Securing Your PDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .769Understanding Password Security ............................................................ 769
Applying Password Security to Your PDF Documents ........................... 771
Limiting Editing and Printing ..................................................................... 772
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Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium All-in-One For Dummiesxxviii
Book IX: Contribute CS4 ........................................... 775
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Contribute CS4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .777Introducing Contribute ............................................................................... 777
Combining Dreamweaver and Contribute ................................................ 779
Working with Blogs ..................................................................................... 780
Chapter 2: Getting Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .783Setting Up a Web Site Connection ............................................................. 783
Gathering the necessary information .............................................. 784
Creating a new connection ............................................................... 784
Administering a Web Site ........................................................................... 786
Understanding preset user roles ..................................................... 786
Creating custom roles ....................................................................... 787
Creating and sending connection keys ........................................... 788
Connecting with a Key ................................................................................ 789
Using Contribute with Dreamweaver Sites ............................................... 791
Checking Out the Contribute Workspace ................................................. 793
Beginning at the Start page ............................................................... 793
Editing pages in the Browser/Document Editor window .............. 793
Navigating with the Pages panel and the Draft Console ............... 795
Finding help in the How Do I panel .................................................. 796
Chapter 3: Creating Drafts and Editing Page Content . . . . . . . . . . . . .797Introducing Drafts ....................................................................................... 798
Editing Existing Pages ................................................................................. 798
Starting and saving a draft ................................................................ 799
Reopening an existing draft .............................................................. 800
Working with Cascading Style Sheets ....................................................... 800
Applying an existing style ................................................................. 801
Creating new styles............................................................................ 802
Renaming and deleting styles........................................................... 803
Formatting Text ........................................................................................... 804
Adding Images .............................................................................................. 805
Inserting an image .............................................................................. 805
Adjusting a placed image .................................................................. 806
Creating Lists to Organize Content ........................................................... 808
Creating Hyperlinks ..................................................................................... 808
Linking to another Web site ............................................................. 809
Linking to a page within your site.................................................... 810
Editing Blog Entries ..................................................................................... 810
Creating a blog connection ............................................................... 811
Creating and posting a blog entry ................................................... 811
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