Lesson 1 - InDesign Interface & Setup
- What is InDesign used for?
- Example of what you can create
- InDesign Interface & Workspace overview
- Panel Overview and Customization
- Basic Keyboard Shortcuts
Lesson 2 - Creating a New Document
- Units of Measure
- Understanding Margins, Bleeds, Slugs and Page settings
- Saving Presets
- Overview of InDesign Templates
Lesson 3 - Working with Shapes
- Drawing basic shapes
- Understanding Fill and Stroke
- Stroke color, width and style settings
- Color overview (CMYK, RGB, HSB, Hexadecimal)
- Creating Swatches
- Corner options
- Resizing, rotating and moving shapes
- Using the Properties Panel for Shapes
Lesson 4 - Creating a Basic Poster
- Document Setup
- Ruler and Guides
- Drawing and coloring Shapes
- Creating basic Text Frames
- Placing Graphics
- Using the Selection Tool
- Shapes Transparency settings
- Intro to Layers
- Saving InDesign files
Lesson 5 - Working with Larger Documents
- Overview of Pages panel
- Customizing Pages panel
- Inserting new pages
- Moving pages
- Intro to Master Pages
- Understanding Layers
Lesson 6 - Working with Images
- Placing images
- Image placement options
- Image Frames
- Fitting options for images
- Using the Properties Panel for Images
- Autofit options for image resizing
- Stroke color, width and style settings
- Text wrapping
- Cloning images
- Cropping
- Object Effects including Drop Shadow, Glow, Feathering
- Object Transparency
- Intro to Object Styles
Lesson 7 - Object Styles
- Why create Object Styles?
- Overview of Object Styles panel
- Overview of object settings
- Drop Shadow, Corner Options, Stroke, Columns, Text Wrapping
- Creating an Object Style
- Applying an Object Style
- Overriding and updating Object Styles
Lesson 8 – Working with Type
- Using the Control Panel
- Using the Properties Panel
- Basic Formatting
- Overview of basic typographic settings (Kerning, Tracking, Leading)
- Paragraph properties settings
- Placing text from Word Document
- Bullets and Numbering
- Paragraph Margins
- Paragraph Rules
- Paragraph and Cell Style introduction
Lesson 9 - Intro to Paragraph Styles
- Why do we use Paragraph Styles?
- Examples of Paragraph Styles
- Intro to Paragraph Style Panel
- Creating a Paragraph Style
- Applying a Paragraph Style
- Nesting a Paragraph Style inside a Text Object Style
Lesson 10 - Intro to Character Styles
- Why do we use Character Styles?
- Examples of Character Styles
- Intro to Character Style Panel
- Creating a Character Style
- Applying a Character Style
- Using Find and Replace and Character Styles
- Nesting a Character Style inside a Paragraph Style
Lesson 11 - Master Pages
- The value of Master Pages
- Creating a Master Page
- Adding a running footer/heading
- Adding Page Numbers
- Adding Section Markers
- Creating Master placeholder pages
Lesson 12 – Exporting Files for Print and Digital Deployment
- Managing Links
- Preflighting Documents for Printing
- Creating a Custom Preflight Profile
- Converting RGB & Spot Colors to Process Colors
- Packaging the InDesign File
- Embedding & Sharing a Custom Preflight Profile
- Sharing Files & Packages with Earlier InDesign Versions
- Previewing Color Separations
- Previewing Transparency
- Exporting PDF Files for Printing & Proofs
