InDesign CS5: Interactive Documents and Presentations

Welcome
Introduction
Using the exercise files

1. Trends in Digital Design
Interactive documents: Born Magazine
Annual report case study: Unitus
Self-publishing
Digital books: iBooks, ePub
Digital newspapers: Times Reader
Digital magazines: Wired, iGIZMO, The New Yorker

2. Setting Up InDesign for Designing Digital Documents
Setting preferences for interactive documents
Customizing the workspace
Understanding intent and presets
Working with images
Installing scripts

3. Presentation File Format Options and Tips
Comparing PDF and SWF presentations
Presenting from InDesign: Presentation mode
Presenting a SWF
Presenting a PDF
Creative tip: Practice your presentation

4. Creating a Simple PDF or SWF Slide Presentation
What we're going to build
Previewing your layout with the Preview panel
Creative tip: KISS (Keep It Super Simple)
Setting up a presentation with layers
Creating a navigation system
Creating a title and content slides
Overriding master page items
Setting page transitions
Creating hyperlinks
Using the slug for notes

5. Adding Advanced PDF Presentation Options
Adding a Full Screen button with a tool tip
Creating PDF bookmarks in InDesign
Using a button to go to a specific page in a PDF
Using animation inside a PDF presentation
Exporting your presentation to interactive PDF
Creating a PDF Portfolio presentation

6. Building the Presentation as a Complex SWF File
Exploring the Animating Encyclopedia Script
Using the Animation panel
Animating a list
Designing an alternate navigation
Creating a multistate object
Creating a page number indicator
Animating an opening page
Using Page Turn vs. Page Curls
Exporting your presentation to SWF
Watching out for transitions with animations

7. Creating an Interactive Microsite
What we're going to build
Creative tip: Breaking down a complex animation
Taming the Timing panel
Animating on a motion path
Creating a sound hot spot
Creating a slideshow with a multistate object
Creating a loaded button
Creating an interactive map
Creative tip: Have fun!

8. Creating an interactive Mood Board
What we're going to build
Creating the opening transition
Creating a logo slideshow
Animating the color palette
Combining multistate objects and buttons

9. Creating an Interactive Catalog
What we're going to build
Building an interactive table of contents
Building a navigation system
Creating PDF-only buttons
Using a SWF slideshow in a PDF
Placing a video and using the Media panel
Setting navigation points
Placing a video from a URL
Creating URLs from hyperlinks

10. Converting from InDesign to Flash Professional
Preparing your layout for Export
Handing off your InDesign layout to Flash
Opening the FLA file in Flash CS5 Professional
Adding a stop command and testing the movie
Fixing the buttons
Importing a video into Flash
Editing the animations
Publishing a SWF

11. Production Tips for Going from InDesign to Flash
Avoiding legacy media
Converting a video into FLV with Adobe Media Encoder
Using the JPG Pass-Through filter
Avoiding compatibility issues
Slimming down your FLA
Sharing motion presets
Testing hyperlinks in a SWF

Conclusion
Further Recommendations