Course Outline
CHAPTER 01: OVERVIEW 10:35
- Lesson 01 Introduction
- Lesson 02 Exercise Files & Projects
- Lesson 03 What Does Adobe® InDesign® Do?
- Lesson 04 What are the Differences between InDesign & Other Design Programs?
CHAPTER 02: PROJECT 1: ONE-PAGE FLYER 1:17:44
- Lesson 01 Changing Units of Measurement & Dictionary Settings
- Lesson 02 New Document Settings – Bleed & Slug
- Lesson 03 Creating Your Own RGB & CMYK Colors in InDesign
- Lesson 04 Stealing Colors from a Logo & the Swatches Panel
- Lesson 05 Coloring the Background of a Page in InDesign
- Lesson 06 Importing & Resizing Images & Logos
- Lesson 07 Importing Text from Microsoft® Word into InDesign
- Lesson 08 Grouping, Ungrouping & Rotating Images in InDesign
- Lesson 09 Making a Dotted Line, a Dashed Line & Borders in InDesign
- Lesson 10 Previewing Your Work in InDesign
- Lesson 11 Creating a Simple PDF from InDesign
- Lesson 12 Saving Your InDesign File as a .JPEG
- Lesson 13 Why Should I Use CC Libraries in InDesign?
- Lesson 14 Using Package Document to Share InDesign Files
- Lesson 15 Class Exercise 1 – Practice the Basics
CHAPTER 03: PROJECT 2: OTHER PEOPLE’S FILES 20:24
- Lesson 01 Getting Ideas, Inspiration & Starter Templates
- Lesson 02 Working with Other People’s InDesign Documents & Missing Images
- Lesson 03 Finding Missing Fonts in InDesign
- Lesson 04 Replacing Images in InDesign
- Lesson 05 Setting Opacity & Transparency in InDesign
- Lesson 06 Why is InDesign Adding [Converted] & making me Save As?
- Lesson 07 What If I Can’t Find the InDesign File – Can I Open the PDF?
CHAPTER 04: PROJECT 3: COMPANY NEWSLETTER/BROCHURE 1:30:34
- Lesson 01 Creating a Newsletter & Working with Spreads
- Lesson 02 Using a Master Page in InDesign
- Lesson 03 Automatic Page Numbering
- Lesson 04 Removing a Master Page & Deleting Parts off the Master Page
- Lesson 05 Production Video 1 – Assembling the Newsletter Cover
- Lesson 06 Setting an Effective PPI & Image Resolution in the Links Panel
- Lesson 07 Adding a Drop Shadow to an Image or Logo – Effects
- Lesson 08 Using TypeKit in InDesign
- Lesson 09 Adding the Copyright, Registered & Trademark Symbols – Glyphs
- Lesson 10 Finding the Different Versions of Letters in InDesign – Ligatures
- Lesson 11 Adding Placeholder Text – Lorem Ipsum & Getting a Word Count in nDesign
- Lesson 12 Importing Text from Microsoft Word & Keeping or Removing the Formatting
- Lesson 13 Creating Columns in a Text Box Using InDesign
- Lesson 14 Justifying Text & Turning off Hyphenation in InDesign
- Lesson 15 What is the Space After & Leading in InDesign?
- Lesson 16 Underlining Text with a Full Width Line – Paragraph Rules
- Lesson 17 Creating a Paragraph Style in InDesign
- Lesson 18 Updating a Paragraph Style in InDesign
- Lesson 19 Using Find & Change to Remove Double Spaces after a Period or Full Stop
- Lesson 20 Sampling Colors from Images & Using the Eyedropper Tool
- Lesson 21 Class Exercise 2 – Magazine Spread
CHAPTER 05: PROJECT 4: LONG BUSINESS DOCUMENT 1:46:26
- Lesson 01 Importing Lots of Text into InDesign at Once & Text Frames
- Lesson 02 Importing Paragraph Styles from another Document
- Lesson 03 Inserting Blank Pages in InDesign
- Lesson 04 Creating a Gradient in InDesign
- Lesson 05 Do I Need to Use Layers in InDesign?
- Lesson 06 Advanced Opacity, Watermarks & Transparency Effects in InDesign
- Lesson 07 Adding Rounded Corners to an Image or Box in InDesign
- Lesson 08 Add a Large First Letter to Text – Drop Caps
- Lesson 09 Using Tracking & Leading to Adjust Text Spacing
- Lesson 10 Placing Text around a Shape or Image Using Text Wrap
- Lesson 11 Why Can’t I Put Text over Anything That Has Text Wrap Applied?
- Lesson 12 Drawing Shapes in InDesign
- Lesson 13 Cropping & Putting Images inside Shapes
- Lesson 14 Using Adobe Stock
- Lesson 15 Finding Free Images & Icons for Your Business
- Lesson 16 Adding Bullets & Numbered Lists in InDesign
- Lesson 17 Creating a Table in InDesign
- Lesson 18 Converting Tables from Microsoft Word or Excel into Adobe InDesign
- Lesson 19 Using Anchored Objects to Get Images to Move with Text
- Lesson 20 Creating Line Breaks, Column Breaks & Page Breaks
- Lesson 21 Generating a Table of Contents in InDesign
- Lesson 22 Setting Tabs in InDesign
- Lesson 23 Starting Page Numbering on a Later Page
CHAPTER 06: PROJECT 5: CONFERENCE NAME BADGE 10:21
- Lesson 01 Using Data Merge to Personalize InDesign Documents with Excel Data
- Lesson 02 Class Exercise 3 – Create Your Own Business Card
CHAPTER 07: WHAT NEXT 09:30
- Lesson 01 Creating Mockups for Your Portfolio in InDesign
- Lesson 02 What to Do after This InDesign Tutorial Course?
- Lesson 03 Class Exercise 4 – Create Your Own Portfolio
CHAPTER 08: CHEAT SHEET & SHORTCUTS 13:32
- Lesson 01 InDesign Cheat Sheet & Shortcuts