Adobe InDesign Made Easy. A Beginners Guide To InDesign

Learn how to use Adobe InDesign to build comprehensive page layouts. A beginners course by Infinite Skills

Created byInfinite Skills

Last updated 1/2017

English

What you'll learn

Learn Adobe InDesign

Course content

21 sections • 105 lectures • 11h 0m total length

Important - Download These First - Working Files0:01
0102 A Quick Sampling Of Features1:35
Explore how InDesign remains the layout tool for magazines, newspapers, books, and interactive and animated projects on screen and the web, offering typography, transparency effects, and seamless Creative Suite integration.
0103 Finding Answers With Adobe Help2:04
0104 Having InDesign Resources At Your Fingertips4:48

0301 Setting Up New Documents9:17
0302 Opening And Saving Documents7:46
0303 Rulers And Setting Up Guides8:26
0304 Using Grids4:51
0305 Pages Panel Basics2:28
0306 Rotating Page View4:35
Discover how rotate page view in InDesign solves layout challenges by rotating spreads 90 degrees, using the pages panel and rotate spread view to work on calendars and postcards.
0307 Creating And Using Masters Pages8:29
0308 Setting Up Sections5:25
0309 Varying The Size Of Pages With The New Page Tool6:46
0310 The All New Layers Panel - Part 19:11
0311 The All New Layers Panel - Part 29:40

0401 Selecting Objects And Moving Objects4:43
0402 Transforming Objects And Content9:05
0403 Transforming With The Control Panel8:45
0404 Aligning And Distributing Objects8:48
Learn to align and distribute objects in Adobe InDesign using the align panel, including left edges, horizontal and vertical centers, and equal spacing on the page or selection.
0405 Copying, Pasting And Duplicating Objects7:08
0406 Creating And Working With Groups4:24

0501 Understanding Paths And Frames7:13
0502 Using The Pen Tool5:51
0503 Using The Rectangle And Ellipse Tools3:37
Learn to use the rectangle and ellipse tools in InDesign to draw, resize, and constrain shapes with shift for circles, plus center-out drawing.
0504 Creating Polygons And Stars3:12
Explore creating polygons and stars in Adobe InDesign using the polygon tool, leveraging the star inset and shift-click to produce equal-sided shapes, and build bursts by adjusting points and inset.
0505 Pathfinder And Compound Paths11:24
0506 Corner Options4:18

0901 Basic Tab Formatting11:06
0902 Creating A Fill-In-The-Blanks Form Using Tabs4:54
0903 Fun With Type On A Path8:24
0904 Using The Glyphs Panel7:10
0905 Inserting Special Characters - Part 16:24
0906 Inserting Special Characters - Part 28:32
0907 Inserting White Space8:11
0908 Inserting Break Characters2:55
Learn how to insert break characters in Adobe InDesign, including column breaks, frame breaks, page breaks, and odd or even page breaks, plus when to use paragraph returns.
0909 Text Frame Options8:00

1001 Creating And Using Paragraph Styles6:39
1002 Creating And Using Character Styles8:04
1003 Understanding Nested Styles8:34
1004 Creating And Using Line Styles4:42
Master nested line styles in InDesign by applying character styles to paragraph lines, using red bold to control first line or first two lines, and testing across columns.
1005 Using GREP Styles Without Being An Engineer3:54
1006 Using Next Style4:32
Discover how to use next style in Adobe InDesign to auto-apply a question–answer paragraph pattern, by selecting text and choosing apply next style, then continue with returns.
1007 Creating And Using Object Styles5:50

Requirements

PC or Mac

Description

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!

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Adobe InDesign Made Easy. A Beginners Guide To InDesign

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Course content

Introduction4 lectures • 8min

Workspace Basics3 lectures • 21min

Layout11 lectures • 1hr 17min

Frames And Objects6 lectures • 43min

Drawing6 lectures • 36min

The Basics Of Working With Text4 lectures • 26min

Character Formatting4 lectures • 32min

Paragraph Formatting5 lectures • 35min

A Look At Other Type Options9 lectures • 1hr 6min

Styles7 lectures • 42min

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