Adobe InDesign CC

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In this class, you’ll start with styling text and adding photos. You’ll then learn to create colors, add multiple pages, and thread text frames. By the end of the training, you’ll understand how to create page layouts for books, magazines, ads and more.
InDesign is covered comprehensively. You’ll learn paragraph and character styles, master pages, baseline grid, hyphenation, libraries, and more. You’ll be able to package your files to send them to be printed, and generate PDFs for print or web. You’ll even learn essential techniques for professional typesetting!
 

What You’ll Learn

Section 1
Letter Creation
Topics
  • Setting Preferences
  • The Control Panel
  • Text Frames
  • Basic Text Attributes
  • Basic Keyboard Shortcuts
Large Type Letter
Topics
  • More Text Attributes
More Text Styling
Topics
  • Baseline Shift
  • Small Caps
  • Line Tool
  • Making Proper Fractions
Magazine Ad
Topics
  • Setting Up a Document Bleed
  • Placing Images
  • Combining Text and Images
  • White Type on a Black Background
Advanced Word Processing/Formatting
Topics
  • Paragraph Spacing
  • Tabs
Section 2
Professional Typesetting Techniques
Topics
  • Bulleted Lists
  • Hanging Bullets
  • Hyphenation
  • Discretionary Hyphens
  • Special Break Characters
Kerning/Tracking
Topics
  • Optical vs. Metric Kerning
  • Kerning vs. Tracking
  • Manual Kerning
2–Page Magazine Ad
Topics
  • Facing Pages
  • Color Swatches
  • Defining Colors
Sporktown Brochure
Topics
  • Placing Text, Photos, & Illustrations
  • Gradient Swatches
  • Drop Shadows
  • Alignment
  • Text Wrap
Section 3
Drawing Bézier Curves
Topics
  • Pen Tool
  • Segments, Anchor Points, Curves
Multiple Column Ad with Text Wrap
Topics
  • Multiple Text Columns
  • Drop Caps
  • Baseline Grid
  • Text Wrap
Magazine Cover
Topics
  • Placing Transparent Art
  • Defining & Using Color Swatches
  • Type on a Path
Section 4
Style Sheets in a Magazine Article
Topics
  • Paragraph Styles
  • Character Styles
  • Nested Styles
Tables
Topics
  • Creating Tables
  • Placing Excel Tables (with their formatting)
  • Auto-Flowing across Multiple Pages
  • Table Headers
  • Formatting Tables (fills, strokes, etc.)
Anchored Frames
Topics
  • Anchoring Frames So They Reflow with Text
  • Positioning Anchored Objects
Section 5
Leaders Magazine—Master Pages & 1st Article
Topics
  • Master Pages
  • Spanning Columns
  • Step & Repeat
  • Paragraph and Character Styles
Leaders Magazine—Libraries & More
Topics
  • Libraries
Leaders Magazine—Searches & Spell Check
Topics
  • Spell Checking
  • Find/Change
Section 6
The Lawyer Joke Book: Setting it Up
Topics
  • Master Pages
  • Automatic Page Numbers
  • Automatic Text Flow
  • Running Heads
The Lawyer Joke Book: Styling the Text
Topics
  • Paragraph Rules
  • Baseline Grid
  • Find/Change with Paragraph Formatting
Table of Contents Creation
Topics
  • Table of Contents Defining & Building
  • Table of Contents Formatting & Updating
Books: Creating
Topics
  • Using Multiple Files to Create a Book
  • Synchronizing Files
Books: Auto Page Numbering
Topics
  • Auto Page Number across Files

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