Adobe InDesign for Absolute Beginners

Adobe InDesign for Absolute Beginners, available at $19.99, has an average rating of 4.1, with 37 lectures, based on 28 reviews, and has 113 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn the absolute basics for creating simple documents with Adobe InDesign This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginner designers, amateur photographers wanting to expand their skill base, self-published book authors It is particularly useful for Beginner designers, amateur photographers wanting to expand their skill base, self-published book authors.

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Summary

Title: Adobe InDesign for Absolute Beginners

Price: $19.99

Average Rating: 4.1

Number of Lectures: 37

Number of Published Lectures: 37

Number of Curriculum Items: 37

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 37

Original Price: A$29.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Learn the absolute basics for creating simple documents with Adobe InDesign

Who Should Attend

Beginner designers, amateur photographers wanting to expand their skill base, self-published book authors

Target Audiences

Beginner designers, amateur photographers wanting to expand their skill base, self-published book authors

Learn the basicsof this amazing page layout application with these clear, step-by-step lectures presented in an easy-to-understand, plain English format.

I?have been a publisher and magazine editor, running my own company for more than 15 years, so can appreciate both the power of this application, its creative potential – as well as its quirks and complexities.

The curriculum begins with a simple step-by-step walk-through for creating your first InDesign document. Once you have achieved this, the following steps pave the way for an ever-expanding understanding of this application.

I hope I can pass on both my enthusiasm for this software, as well as my commercial experience, to all the students taking this class.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction and Contents

Lecture 2: InDesign Overview

Chapter 2: Setting up Your First Document

Lecture 1: Creating a New Document

Lecture 2: Fine-tuning the document Margins and Columns

Lecture 3: Adding simple Text Elements

Lecture 4: Using the Spellchecker

Lecture 5: Adding a picture

Lecture 6: Saving the Document

Lecture 7: Packaging the Document

Lecture 8: Exporting the document to a PDF

Chapter 3: InDesign Features in Detail

Lecture 1: Selection & Direct Selection Tools

Lecture 2: Control Panel explained (1)

Lecture 3: Control Panel explained (2)

Lecture 4: Pages Panel

Lecture 5: Controlling colour with the Swatches Panel

Lecture 6: Editing text using the Character Panel

Lecture 7: Formatting text using the Paragraph Panel

Lecture 8: Connecting assets with the Links Panel

Lecture 9: Text Wrapping

Chapter 4: Productivity Helpers

Lecture 1: Fit to Frame Function

Lecture 2: How to Add Page Numbers

Lecture 3: Adjusting Page View Performance

Lecture 4: Grids and Guides

Lecture 5: Flowing Text

Lecture 6: Text Layout Options

Lecture 7: InDesign Preferences

Lecture 8: Editing images for import to InDesign

Lecture 9: Document Export Options

Lecture 10: Backwards Compatability: IDML Files

Chapter 5: Advanced Features

Lecture 1: Using the Preflight Checker

Lecture 2: Adding Special Effects

Lecture 3: Adding Special Characters – Glyphs

Lecture 4: Sourcing InDesign Templates

Lecture 5: Blurb Book Plug-In

Lecture 6: Using the Content Collector

Chapter 6: Advanced Output

Lecture 1: Creating Multimedia PDF Files

Lecture 2: Working with Bridge and Stock Photos

Instructors

Robin Nichols
Freelance Writer and Lecturer at Sydney University

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