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In this class, youll start with styling text and adding photos. Youll then learn to create colors, add multiple pages, and thread text frames. By the end of the training, youll understand how to create page layouts for books, magazines, ads and more.
InDesign is covered comprehensively. Youll learn paragraph and character styles, master pages, baseline grid, hyphenation, libraries, and more. Youll be able to package your files to send them to be printed, and generate PDFs for print or web. Youll even learn essential techniques for professional typesetting!
What Youll Learn
Section 1
Letter Creation
Topics
Setting Preferences
The Control Panel
Text Frames
Basic Text Attributes
Basic Keyboard Shortcuts
Large Type Letter
Topics
More Text Attributes
More Text Styling
Topics
Baseline Shift
Small Caps
Line Tool
Making Proper Fractions
Magazine Ad
Topics
Setting Up a Document Bleed
Placing Images
Combining Text and Images
White Type on a Black Background
Advanced Word Processing/Formatting
Topics
Paragraph Spacing
Tabs
Section 2
Professional Typesetting Techniques
Topics
Bulleted Lists
Hanging Bullets
Hyphenation
Discretionary Hyphens
Special Break Characters
Kerning/Tracking
Topics
Optical vs. Metric Kerning
Kerning vs. Tracking
Manual Kerning
2Page Magazine Ad
Topics
Facing Pages
Color Swatches
Defining Colors
Sporktown Brochure
Topics
Placing Text, Photos, & Illustrations
Gradient Swatches
Drop Shadows
Alignment
Text Wrap
Section 3
Drawing Bzier Curves
Topics
Pen Tool
Segments, Anchor Points, Curves
Multiple Column Ad with Text Wrap
Topics
Multiple Text Columns
Drop Caps
Baseline Grid
Text Wrap
Magazine Cover
Topics
Placing Transparent Art
Defining & Using Color Swatches
Type on a Path
Section 4
Style Sheets in a Magazine Article
Topics
Paragraph Styles
Character Styles
Nested Styles
Tables
Topics
Creating Tables
Placing Excel Tables (with their formatting)
Auto-Flowing across Multiple Pages
Table Headers
Formatting Tables (fills, strokes, etc.)
Anchored Frames
Topics
Anchoring Frames So They Reflow with Text
Positioning Anchored Objects
Section 5
Leaders MagazineMaster Pages & 1st Article
Topics
Master Pages
Spanning Columns
Step & Repeat
Paragraph and Character Styles
Leaders MagazineLibraries & More
Topics
Libraries
Leaders MagazineSearches & Spell Check
Topics
Spell Checking
Find/Change
Section 6
The Lawyer Joke Book: Setting it Up
Topics
Master Pages
Automatic Page Numbers
Automatic Text Flow
Running Heads
The Lawyer Joke Book: Styling the Text
Topics
Paragraph Rules
Baseline Grid
Find/Change with Paragraph Formatting
Table of Contents Creation
Topics
Table of Contents Defining & Building
Table of Contents Formatting & Updating
Books: Creating
Topics
Using Multiple Files to Create a Book
Synchronizing Files
Books: Auto Page Numbering
Topics
Auto Page Number across Files
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