Adobe InDesign Made Easy. A Beginners Guide To InDesign

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Title: Adobe InDesign Made Easy. A Beginners Guide To InDesign

Price: Free

Average Rating: 4.33

Number of Lectures: 105

Number of Published Lectures: 105

Number of Curriculum Items: 105

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 105

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Learn Adobe InDesign

Who Should Attend

Users of all levels

Target Audiences

Users of all levels

This Adobe InDesign CS5.5 training video by Infinite Skills is an indispensable resource for anyone wanting to learn this powerful, often intimidating page layout and design program. Including a complete chapter on the latest edition to InDesign – EPUB, this computer software training program is designed to teach the absolute beginner how to use the industry standard Adobe InDesign CS5.5 software.

Starting with the basics in this video training tutorial, this course teaches you how to use Adobe InDesign CS5, covering topics ranging from setting up your workspace, to using grids, the new layers panel in CS5, working with text, paragraph formatting, creating and using styles, and combining text and objects. New to CS5.5 is the EPUB export capabilities, and the course goes in-depth with this new feature, as well as exporting your finished work in a variety of formats, from print, to interactive documents.

By the conclusion of this computer based training program, you will be fully versed in creating print and digital ready documents in Adobe InDesign . The author has included more than 2GB of work-files, so that you can work alongside him as he teaches you the ins and outs of this powerful desktop publishing software!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Important – Download These First – Working Files

Lecture 2: 0102 A Quick Sampling Of Features

Lecture 3: 0103 Finding Answers With Adobe Help

Lecture 4: 0104 Having InDesign Resources At Your Fingertips

Chapter 2: Workspace Basics

Lecture 1: 0201 Setting Up Your Own Workspace

Lecture 2: 0202 The Ins And Outs Of Preferences

Lecture 3: 0203 Recovery And Undo

Chapter 3: Layout

Lecture 1: 0301 Setting Up New Documents

Lecture 2: 0302 Opening And Saving Documents

Lecture 3: 0303 Rulers And Setting Up Guides

Lecture 4: 0304 Using Grids

Lecture 5: 0305 Pages Panel Basics

Lecture 6: 0306 Rotating Page View

Lecture 7: 0307 Creating And Using Masters Pages

Lecture 8: 0308 Setting Up Sections

Lecture 9: 0309 Varying The Size Of Pages With The New Page Tool

Lecture 10: 0310 The All New Layers Panel – Part 1

Lecture 11: 0311 The All New Layers Panel – Part 2

Chapter 4: Frames And Objects

Lecture 1: 0401 Selecting Objects And Moving Objects

Lecture 2: 0402 Transforming Objects And Content

Lecture 3: 0403 Transforming With The Control Panel

Lecture 4: 0404 Aligning And Distributing Objects

Lecture 5: 0405 Copying, Pasting And Duplicating Objects

Lecture 6: 0406 Creating And Working With Groups

Chapter 5: Drawing

Lecture 1: 0501 Understanding Paths And Frames

Lecture 2: 0502 Using The Pen Tool

Lecture 3: 0503 Using The Rectangle And Ellipse Tools

Lecture 4: 0504 Creating Polygons And Stars

Lecture 5: 0505 Pathfinder And Compound Paths

Lecture 6: 0506 Corner Options

Chapter 6: The Basics Of Working With Text

Lecture 1: 0601 Adding Or Placing Text

Lecture 2: 0602 Using The Basics Of Find/Change

Lecture 3: 0603 Check Spelling

Lecture 4: 0604 Selecting And Editing Text

Chapter 7: Character Formatting

Lecture 1: 0701 Using The Character Panel – Part 1

Lecture 2: 0702 Using The Character Panel – Part 2

Lecture 3: 0703 A Look Under The Character Panel Options Menu

Lecture 4: 0704 Creating Custom Underlines And Strikethroughs

Chapter 8: Paragraph Formatting

Lecture 1: 0801 Using The Paragraph Panel

Lecture 2: 0802 Composing Type

Lecture 3: 0803 The New Span And Split Columns Feature

Lecture 4: 0804 Fun With Paragraph Rules

Lecture 5: 0805 Formatting Bullets And Numbering

Chapter 9: A Look At Other Type Options

Lecture 1: 0901 Basic Tab Formatting

Lecture 2: 0902 Creating A Fill-In-The-Blanks Form Using Tabs

Lecture 3: 0903 Fun With Type On A Path

Lecture 4: 0904 Using The Glyphs Panel

Lecture 5: 0905 Inserting Special Characters – Part 1

Lecture 6: 0906 Inserting Special Characters – Part 2

Lecture 7: 0907 Inserting White Space

Lecture 8: 0908 Inserting Break Characters

Lecture 9: 0909 Text Frame Options

Chapter 10: Styles

Lecture 1: 1001 Creating And Using Paragraph Styles

Lecture 2: 1002 Creating And Using Character Styles

Lecture 3: 1003 Understanding Nested Styles

Lecture 4: 1004 Creating And Using Line Styles

Lecture 5: 1005 Using GREP Styles Without Being An Engineer

Lecture 6: 1006 Using Next Style

Lecture 7: 1007 Creating And Using Object Styles

Chapter 11: Combining Text With Objects

Lecture 1: 1101 Working With Anchored Objects

Lecture 2: 1102 Text Wrap Basics

Lecture 3: 1103 Taking Text Wrap Beyond The Basics

Chapter 12: Using Long Document Features

Lecture 1: 1201 Threading Text Frames Made Simple

Lecture 2: 1202 Using Next And Previous Page In Continued Stories

Lecture 3: 1203 Setting Up And Working With Books

Lecture 4: 1204 Creating And Updating A Table Of Contents

Chapter 13: Setting Up Tables

Lecture 1: 1301 Creating Simple Tables

Lecture 2: 1302 Editing And Customizing Tables – Part 1

Lecture 3: 1303 Editing And Customizing Tables – Part 2

Chapter 14: Adding Graphics

Lecture 1: 1401 Understanding Graphics Formats

Lecture 2: 1402 Placing Graphics

Lecture 3: 1403 Fitting Graphics To Their Frames Automatically

Lecture 4: 1404 Using The New Gap Tool

Lecture 5: 1405 Managing Graphic Links

Lecture 6: 1406 Creating And Using Snippets

Chapter 15: Color

Lecture 1: 1501 Mixing Colors In The Color Panel

Lecture 2: 1502 Creating Swatches And Tints

Lecture 3: 1503 Working With Gradients

Lecture 4: 1504 Understanding Process And Spot Colors

Lecture 5: 1505 Making Much More Of Two Colors With Mixed Ink

Lecture 6: 1506 More Swatches Panel Options

Chapter 16: Transparency

Lecture 1: 1601 Effects Panel Basics

Lecture 2: 1602 Adding Feather Effects

Lecture 3: 1603 Working With Shadow Effects

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