Smashing Magazine book template documentation.pdf

Smashing Magazine book template

Book template

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Otto Coster

Documentation

How to use this template

H i and thanks for downloading this template from Smashing Magazine. This

InDesign template can be used for books, eBooks, papers, reports or other long

documents. It is designed to be used both in print and in screen format for

eReaders such the iPad and Kindle. In this documentation I’m going to explain what

elements are included in this template and how you can use them in your document.

Have fun designing,

Otto Coster

Contents of the template

The zip ile contains two InDesign iles, an INDD ile for use with InDesign version CS5

or later, and an IDML ile for use with InDesign CS4. InDesign CS4 does not support all

the functionality in the template such as the ‘Span Columns’ option in Paragraph Styles

so I recommend that you use InDesign CS5 or later. However, with some adjustments

you should be able to create the same layouts in CS4.

Requirements

Adobe InDesign CS4 or later (CS5 or later is recommended)

Myriad Pro typeface, ideally the complete family (included with Adobe Creative Suite

CS4 or later, you can ind it on the Content DVD), but essential are the weights Light,

Light Italic, Semibold & Bold

Charis SIL typeface, available from http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.

php?item_id=CharisSILfont

About the design

Ofcourse you can

adapt this template

to use any typeface

combination you like.

Start by editing the

Basic Paragraph style,

as most of the other

styles are based on that

one. I’d recommend FF

Meta with Meta Serif or

DIN with Tisa.

The goal I had for this template was to create a versatile, highly readable and profes-

sional design for long documents. It had to perform equally well in print as on screen.

Besides that, I wanted to use typefaces included with Creative Suite or otherwise freely

available. I found an excellent typeface for the body text on the SIL website (sil.org):

Charis SIL . That’s what you’re looking at now. It it highly readable, comes in 4 weights,

has support for many languages and is available under the Open Font License. I’ve

combined it with Myriad Pro and this serif–sans serif combination was the ideal start-

ing point for the template. Typography is everything , right?

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The Master pages

The template contains many diferent master pages that you can use to build a layout for

your document. Master pages are pages with predeined elements such as text frames,

image frames, headings and paragraphs. When you insert a new page in your docu-

ment, you can choose on which master page you want to base it. The new pages then

contains all the elements deined on the master page, so that you just have to edit them.

tips

To create a new page in your document, go to the Pages panel > Insert Pages or via the menu

Layout > Pages > Insert Pages and choose which master to apply.

To edit the text on the new pages you created, hold Control - Shift and click on the text frame.

(Command - Shift - click on a Mac). This function overrides the text frame on the master page so

that it becomes editable in your document.

To place images in the graphic frames, choose File > Place from the menu (or press Control /

Command - D) and click with the loaded cursor on a red frame.

The template contains the following master pages:

A-Master

These are the main master pages on which all the other master pages are based. It

contains the header and footer with the page numbers and the title of the document.

F1-Front cover & F2-Front cover alternative

This are two front cover designs, one classic version on a black background and one

modern version with space for an image.

P-Preface

This is a single column layout intended for the preface or foreword. The left page is left

blank, but you could also use it for copyright information or advertisements.

TOC-Table of Contents

This master contains the Table of Contents on the right page. If needed, you can use

both pages inserting another text frame and linking it to the irst (Click on the small

red square with a ‘+’ on the bottom right of the selected text frame).

1A-Chapter start & 1B-Chapter start image

This master contains two chapter titles and introduction texts, on both the left and

right page. You should only use one of these and leave the other page blank. Master

1B contains an image frame in addition.

An overview of the

master pages

2A-Chapter 1 column

You can use this master page for eBooks or other documents intended for screen use. It

is advisable to use single column layouts for screen use, to prevent users from scrolling

constantly. This master contains sidenotes and a graphic frame.

2B-Chapter 2 columns & 2C-Chapter 3 columns

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These masters are suitable for documents for print use. They contain two or three

columns of body text, sidenotes, pull quotes, colored text frames and a table layout.

3A-Photo + text

This master is intended for articles including full page photographs.

3B-Interview

This master includes a graphic frame for a portrait photo, pull quote boxes and uses

the ‘Question’ paragraph style, suited for interviews.

4-Event calendar

This is a master page that you can use to display an event calendar or any timeline

activities. It uses special paragraph styles for the numbers and text and contains several

small graphic frames for photographs.

AD1-Advertisements & AD4-4 Advertisements

These masters can be used as placeholders for a full page advertisement or 4 quarter

page ads. The grey background is on a non-printed layer.

BC-Back cover

This is a layout for the back cover, including a frame suiteable for larger marketing text.

tips

Some useful keyboard combinations in InDesign:

W: Toggle between preview and normal mode (useful to hide all the grid lines)

Control-Alt-0 (Command-Option-0 on Mac): Fit Spread in Window

Control-1 (Command-1): Zoom to 100%

Control-2 (Command-2): Zoom to 200%

Control-Alt-Shift-H (Control-Command-Option-H): Enable high-quality display mode, also avail-

able via View > Display Performance

Updating the Table of Contents

If you want the Table of Contents to be correct, make sure that you’ve overridden all

the Chapter titles (Paragraph style Heading 1) and introduction texts (Paragraph style

Heading 2) in your document. Then, go to the master page TOC, select the text frame

and choose Layout > Update Table of Contents. The master page should update and

so should the TOC page in your document.

Using the paragraph styles

The paragraph styles should be mostly self-explanatory. They are organized in folders

and named as clearly as possible. Check the master page designs on how the styles can

be used. The styles follow each other to make writing easier. So after using a Heading

1 style and typing Return for a new paragraph, the style automatically goes to Heading

2 and then to the irst paragraph with the drop cap. You can change this in the style

dialogs.

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The accent colors used throughout the template are deined in swatches, right click on

the swatch in the Swatches panel and choose ‘Swatch Options’ to edit the color.

Final remarks for desinging an eBook

This template is primarily designed for print use. You can use it for the layout of an

eBook as well, but keep the following things in mind:

• Preferably, use the single column layout for your book. This is easier to read

because your readers only have to scroll down.

• Keep in mind that some eReaders, such as the Kindle, have a greyscale display, so

that the colored elements in this template will look diferent.

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