Overview
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Get a thorough introduction to InDesign, the industry-standard page-layout program. Learn how to assemble text and images into multipage documents for print, the web, and more.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- Starting a new document
- Page size, columns, and margins
- Saving a document
- Opening and getting around a document
- Using the Zoom and Hand tools
- Power zooming with the Hand tool
- Working with the rulers
- Setting ruler and column guides
- Adjusting guides across all pages
- Creating text frames
- Selecting and formatting type
- Searching and favoriting fonts (CC and up)
- Type size and leading
- Alignment, indents, and below spacing
- Drop caps, columns, and vertical alignment
- Coloring type and frames
- Installing fonts with Typekit (CC and up)
- Creating paragraph styles
- Updating all styled text in one operation
- Adding bullets and numbers
- Creating dynamic hyperlinks
- Navigating pages
- Adding, deleting, and moving pages
- Placing and flowing text
- Autoflow tricks and Primary Text Frame
- Changing page size and orientation
- Updating margins and columns
- Master pages and page numbers
- Placing artwork
- Working with the Links panel
- Adjusting display performance
- Working with color swatches
- Stroking lines and images
- Cropping and scaling
- Fitting placed art to its frame
- Stacking and layering objects
- Creating a gradient
- Alignment and distribution
- Wrapping text around a graphic
- Using the Direct Selection tool
- Creating a quick logo
- Exporting a universally compatible PDF file
- Next steps
