Adobe InDesign
About Course
InDesign is an essential tool for design firms, ad agencies, magazines, newspapers, book publishers, and freelance designers around the world.
Learn the core features and techniques that make this powerful page-layout application fun and easy to use, providing a foundation upon which advanced skills and workflows can be built.
What Will You Learn?
- Managing documents and pages
- Editing text and graphics
- Creating interactive documents, and much more.
Course Content
01 Introduction
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01-InDesign – Learn the fundamentals
00:44 -
02-Using the exercise files
02:08
02 Learning InDesign in 30 mins
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03-Getting started
03:26 -
04-Adding or editing text
04:14 -
05-Adding or replacing graphics
04:06 -
06-Moving objects around
03:18 -
07-Printing and exporting PDF file
03:32
03 Creating a Document
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08-New documents
05:32 -
09-Guides and measurements
03:40 -
10-Adding text frames
05:01 -
11-Typing and editing text
03:27 -
12-Choose a better workspace for editing
03:46 -
13-Applying basic text formatting
05:12 -
14-Importing graphics
04:43 -
15-Saving and reverting documents
05:28
04 Managing Pages
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16-Inserting, deleting, and moving pages
04:35 -
17-Creating and applying master pages
04:40 -
18-Overriding master page items
03:22 -
19-Changing page size and margins
05:30 -
20-Setting bleed and slug guides
03:32 -
21-Adding page numbering
02:26
05 Text
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22-Importing text
04:28 -
23-Threading text frames
04:20 -
24-Setting text frame attributes
03:35 -
25-Inserting special characters
03:59 -
26-Using the Story Editor
04:40 -
27-Checking spelling
05:14 -
28-Using Find_Change
05:04 -
29-Putting text on a path
04:43
06 Graphics
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30-Options when placing images
03:43 -
31-Using the Links panel
05:13 -
32-Editing graphics in their original app
03:30 -
33-Cropping and fitting graphics
04:02
07 Color and Transparency
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34-Stroking and filling frames and paths
05:47 -
35-Transparency, drop shadows, and effects
05:28 -
36-Creating color swatches
05:31 -
37-The danger (and power) of unnamed colors
05:06 -
38-Finding and replacing colors
03:45 -
39-Creating and applying gradient swatches
04:40
08 Frames and Paths
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40-Drawing path and frame shapes
04:53 -
41-Adjusting corner options
03:49 -
42-Creating text outlines
04:44
09 Managing Objects
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43-Resizing and rotating objects
05:07 -
44-Duplicating objects and making grids
03:22 -
45-Moving objects above or below each other
02:19 -
46-Creating and controlling layers
04:56 -
47-Aligning and distributing
04:26 -
48-Understanding text wrap
04:05 -
49-Using anchored objects
04:54
10 Text Formatting
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50-Applying advanced character formatting
03:49 -
51-Using Find_Replace Font
04:21 -
52-Applying formatting to a paragraph
03:51 -
53-Using drop caps
02:09 -
54-Adding rules (lines) above or below
03:07 -
55-Setting tabs and tab stops
04:04 -
56-Spanning and splitting paragraphs
03:23 -
57-Adding automatic bullets and numbers
05:10 -
58-Using Find_Change for text formatting
03:50 -
59-Highlighting paragraphs with boxes
03:39
11 Styles
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60-Creating and applying paragraph styles
04:02 -
61-Using character styles
03:43 -
62-Editing, clearing, and redefining styles
04:02 -
63-Using object styles
03:18
12 Tables
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64-Creating a table
04:29 -
65-Adjusting rows and columns
03:39 -
66-Formatting a table
03:36 -
67-Formatting cells
04:34
13 Interactive Documents
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68-Adding hyperlinks
04:30 -
69-Creating an interactive PDF
05:49 -
70-Exporting to the web with Publish Online
07:16
14 Package Print and Exporting
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71-Packaging for output and archive
05:29 -
72-Using the Print dialog box
04:28 -
73-Exporting a PDF
05:11
