Get Started Creating Layouts

This class is designed to get you up and running quickly with the fundamentals of InDesign: text, pictures and pages. Learn how to layout pages with text and graphics. In no time at all you’ll be able to control typography, add photos, create/use colors, and more!
This 6-hour class is meant to get you started fast. If you want to learn InDesign in greater depth, you should check out our 18-hour Adobe In-design class.

What You’ll Learn

Section 1

Letter Creation

Topics

• Setting Preferences
• The Control Panel
• Text Frames
• Basic Text Attributes
• Basic Keyboard Shortcuts

Advanced Word Processing/Formatting

Topics

• Paragraph Spacing
• Tabs

Magazine Ad

Topics

• Setting up a Document Bleed
• Placing Images
• Combining Text and Images
• White Type on a Black Background

More Text Styling

Topics

• Baseline Shift
• Small Caps
• Line Tool
• Making Proper Fractions

Section 2

2–Page Magazine Ad

Topics

• Facing Pages
• Color Swatches
• Defining Colors

Multiple Column Ad with Text Wrap

Topics

• Multiple Text Columns
• Drop Caps
• Baseline Grid
• Text Wrap

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.