Adobe InDesign Made Easy. A Beginners Guide To InDesign

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