Adobe InDesign - Create a Professional Book For Beginners

Name: Adobe InDesign - Create a Professional Book For Beginners
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Learn about InDesign while creating a professional looking book from scratch

Created byJamel Fraser

Last updated 4/2021

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What you'll learn

You will create a professional print ready book from scratch.
You will resize, rotate & crop images
Learn how to create PDF files ready for printing.
You will be able to start doing layout and design work for businesses
You will learn how to setup a document in InDesign
You will learn about the master page in InDesign
You will learn about automatic page numbering
You will learn how to layout text and images like the professionals do
You will learn how to use paragraph styles to make your work easier
You will learn how to create an automatic table of contents by using the paragraph styles you created

Course content

6 sections • 16 lectures • 1h 48m total length

Create a Professional Book Course Introduction2:04
Learn to create a professional book in Adobe InDesign for beginners by mastering document setup, margins, automatic page numbering, fonts, color schemes, paragraph styles, and exporting to PDF.

Set your general book dimensions3:51
Open InDesign, create a print booklet, and set the general book dimensions to 5.5 by 8.5 inches in portrait orientation for a 12-page, one-column, facing-page layout.
Set your document bleed5:18
Set your document bleed to define the outer boundary of content, extending images beyond the page to avoid white edges after printing; configure bleed to 0.125 inches around all pages.
Set your document margin1:49
Set and verify the document margins to align text and images, using layout margins and columns with a 0.5 inch inner margin. Adjust back when needed to meet the specification.

Learn about the master page4:59
Use master pages to streamline book design by applying shared elements across pages, so you can place page numbers and repeating content once, with non-master pages allowing selective exceptions.
Page numbering6:10
Learn to add dynamic page numbers in Adobe InDesign using the master page, text box, and current page number feature, center alignment, color tweaks, and fast copying to all pages.
Download your fonts2:30
Choose and download fonts for the book design, install them, and substitute similar fonts if some aren’t available, to enhance the book’s attractiveness in your InDesign project.
Select a color scheme2:40
Select a color scheme for your book in Adobe InDesign and apply it to page elements like the rectangle and page numbers.

Layout heading and content - part 112:57
Learn to layout a book in InDesign, from front and inside covers to credits, table of contents, chapters, typography, alignment, placeholders, and bleed in a two-page spread.
Layout heading and content - part 215:00
Master a professional book layout in Adobe InDesign by inserting royalty-free images, creating headers, fitting content to margins, and linking text boxes to flow content across chapters.
Layout heading and content - part 320:09
Design a professional book layout in Adobe InDesign by finishing the back cover, setting the table of contents, and styling the front matter with color, typography, and imagery.

What are paragraph styles2:36
Master paragraph styles in Adobe InDesign to save body text characteristics such as font name, size, color, and style, enabling consistent reuse across chapters and automating the table of contents.
Main paragraph styles6:28
Create and apply paragraph styles for chapters, subchapters, and body text to build a consistent book in InDesign. Copy and paste styles to propagate formatting across chapters, avoiding manual edits.
Create and style your table of contents12:22
Create and style your table of contents by applying paragraph styles, setting chapter numbers and names, and customizing the layout with toc styles for clear navigation.

Requirements

You will need access to the InDesign software (a trial version will work just fine)
No prior graphic design or knowledge of the InDesign software is needed.

Description

Did you ever find yourself admiring a really good eye catching magazine, book or annual report on a desk somewhere and thought, that looks really good, I wish I could do that kind of stuff.

I was once there, until I decided that I will, I will actually take the time to learn how to do that graphic design stuff, enough to get me at least similar results. This is the product of the hours upon hours spent going over the software and scouring through design concepts to get a grasp of it all.

This course summarizes this knowledge and experience into just over an hour and a half of content that will afford you the opportunity to replicate our results in the shortest time possible; so if you don't have much time to learn an entire software, this course teaches you just what you need to make that book or report look moons greater than that other document created in MS Word.

Join us on the ride for this short project and come out on the other end feeling satisfied with a digital content in hand that you can add to your portfolio or print for your book shelf. You will also learn new skills that will make your work easier and have you earning more money by designing publications for businesses.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who is curious about creating compelling communication print

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 2min

Document Setup3 lectures • 11min

Master Page, Fonts and Color Scheme4 lectures • 16min

Content and Layout3 lectures • 48min

Paragraph Styles and Table of Contents3 lectures • 21min

Export Your Book2 lectures • 10min

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