After installing your new Adobe Creative Suite 3 software, you’re probably anxious
to get right to work. Before you do, though, you should take a little time to set up the
software the way you like to work. Over the long haul, this will greatly improve your
efficiency, as well as that of CS3. The following five steps are best practices for getting
started in InDesign, but you can apply them to your entire CS3 workflow.
1. Take a good look
The first thing you should do is take a
really good look around. When you first
launch InDesign, you’re presented with
an entirely redesigned welcome screen,
as shown in Figure A. From here, you can
easily open recent items, choose what sort
of file you want to create, access a wealth
of inform...