Overview
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In-house designers face unique challenges. Learn the tips and tricks for a more efficient and foolproof InDesign workflow.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- About this course
- Using the exercise files
- About fonts
- Setting preferences
- Exploring the interface
- Creating a workspace
- Automatic document recovery and multiple undo
- Exploring the New Document dialog
- Facing vs. non-facing pages
- Setting up margins and columns
- How master pages work
- Setting up master pages
- Creating text frames
- Importing text
- Using Find/Change and spell-check
- Using text wrap
- Setting up tabs and split columns
- Creating paragraph styles
- Creating character styles
- Creating nested and next paragraph styles
- Creating bulleted and numbered lists
- Paragraph rules and shading
- Underline and strikethrough effects
- Text on a path
- Graphic formats
- Importing graphics: Three methods
- Aligning and transforming frames
- Scaling and rotating graphics
- Managing graphics links
- Creating image grids
- Modifying graphics frames
- Anchored frames
- Object Layer options
- Creating custom stroke styles
- Adding drop shadows
- Choosing between RGB, CMYK, or spot color spaces
- Creating a new swatch
- Creating tints
- Creating gradients
- Mixed ink swatches
- Importing and exporting swatches
- Table basics
- Importing from Excel
- Headers and footers
- Rearranging rows and columns
- Table and cell styles
- Adding graphics to tables
- Comparing InDesign Libraries and CC Libraries
- Storing assets in InDesign Libraries
- Storing assets in CC Libraries
- Sharing CC Libraries
- Advantages of templates
- Saving and using a template
- Creating an automatic table of contents
- Using a book file to consolidate multiple documents
- Differences between in-house and commercial printing requirements
- Preflighting and packaging your project
- Exporting to PDF for online or email viewing
- Exporting to PDF for commercial print
- Creating packaging
- What I hope you’ve learned
- Next steps
