Learn how to use Adobe InDesign to build comprehensive page layouts. A beginners course by Infinite Skills

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Introduction

Important – Download These First – Working Files
0102 A Quick Sampling Of Features
0103 Finding Answers With Adobe Help
0104 Having InDesign Resources At Your Fingertips

Workspace Basics

0201 Setting Up Your Own Workspace
0202 The Ins And Outs Of Preferences
0203 Recovery And Undo

Layout

0301 Setting Up New Documents
0302 Opening And Saving Documents
0303 Rulers And Setting Up Guides
0304 Using Grids
0305 Pages Panel Basics
0306 Rotating Page View
0307 Creating And Using Masters Pages
0308 Setting Up Sections
0309 Varying The Size Of Pages With The New Page Tool
0310 The All New Layers Panel – Part 1
0311 The All New Layers Panel – Part 2

Frames And Objects

0401 Selecting Objects And Moving Objects
0402 Transforming Objects And Content
0403 Transforming With The Control Panel
0404 Aligning And Distributing Objects
0405 Copying, Pasting And Duplicating Objects
0406 Creating And Working With Groups

Drawing

0501 Understanding Paths And Frames
0502 Using The Pen Tool
0503 Using The Rectangle And Ellipse Tools
0504 Creating Polygons And Stars
0505 Pathfinder And Compound Paths
0506 Corner Options

The Basics Of Working With Text

0601 Adding Or Placing Text
0602 Using The Basics Of Find/Change
0603 Check Spelling
0604 Selecting And Editing Text

Character Formatting

0701 Using The Character Panel – Part 1
0702 Using The Character Panel – Part 2
0703 A Look Under The Character Panel Options Menu
0704 Creating Custom Underlines And Strikethroughs

Paragraph Formatting

0801 Using The Paragraph Panel
0802 Composing Type
0803 The New Span And Split Columns Feature
0804 Fun With Paragraph Rules
0805 Formatting Bullets And Numbering

A Look At Other Type Options

0901 Basic Tab Formatting
0902 Creating A Fill-In-The-Blanks Form Using Tabs
0903 Fun With Type On A Path
0904 Using The Glyphs Panel
0905 Inserting Special Characters – Part 1
0906 Inserting Special Characters – Part 2
0907 Inserting White Space
0908 Inserting Break Characters
0909 Text Frame Options

Styles

1001 Creating And Using Paragraph Styles
1002 Creating And Using Character Styles
1003 Understanding Nested Styles
1004 Creating And Using Line Styles
1005 Using GREP Styles Without Being An Engineer
1006 Using Next Style
1007 Creating And Using Object Styles

Combining Text With Objects

1101 Working With Anchored Objects
1102 Text Wrap Basics
1103 Taking Text Wrap Beyond The Basics

Using Long Document Features

1201 Threading Text Frames Made Simple
1202 Using Next And Previous Page In Continued Stories
1203 Setting Up And Working With Books
1204 Creating And Updating A Table Of Contents

Setting Up Tables

1301 Creating Simple Tables
1302 Editing And Customizing Tables – Part 1
1303 Editing And Customizing Tables – Part 2

Adding Graphics

1401 Understanding Graphics Formats
1402 Placing Graphics
1403 Fitting Graphics To Their Frames Automatically
1404 Using The New Gap Tool
1405 Managing Graphic Links
1406 Creating And Using Snippets

Color

1501 Mixing Colors In The Color Panel
1502 Creating Swatches And Tints
1503 Working With Gradients
1504 Understanding Process And Spot Colors
1505 Making Much More Of Two Colors With Mixed Ink
1506 More Swatches Panel Options

Transparency

1601 Effects Panel Basics
1602 Adding Feather Effects
1603 Working With Shadow Effects
1604 Bevel, Emboss And More
1605 Let’s Get Glowing

EPUB For InDesign CS5.5

1701 Intro To EPUB
1702 Articles
1703 Anchored Objects
1704 Linked Stories
1705 Export Tagging
1706 Adding Video To An EPUB
1707 Exporting An EPUB
1708 A Look At The EPUB

Printing

1801 Printing Documents
1802 Preflight Your Layout
1803 Package To Collect Your Files For Print Production

Making Layouts Interactive

1901 Adding Simple Hyperlinks
1902 Creating Buttons Will Take You Places
1903 Making Objects Into Multi-State Objects
1904 Animating Objects In Layouts

Exporting

2001 Acrobats For Print
2002 Exporting For On-Screen And Interactive
2003 Exporting To Other Formats

Conclusion

2101 Where Do You Go From Here?