Lesson 1 - InDesign Interface & Setup
- Customize Preferences
- Customize Keyboard Shortcuts
- Setup Custom Workspaces
Lesson 2 – Creating Documents using Templates
- Overview of InDesign Templates
- Web, Print or Mobile
- Customizing Template documents
Lesson 3 – Graphic Design Principles and Illustrations
- Drawing basic and custom shapes
- Using the Pen Tool
- Using the Direct Selection tool
- Using the Pathfinder Panel to create complex shapes
- Overview of graphic design principles
- Creating a complex poster/flyer using illustration tools
- Optimizing the Properties Panel
- Object Styles using Shapes
Lesson 4 – Advanced Text Frame Techniques
- Placing text from large documents
- Advanced text placement techniques
- Linking text documents
- Creating columns and gutters
Lesson 5 – Advanced Text Formatting Techniques
- Creating Tabs
- Paragraph Rules
- Hyphenation Settings
- Shading and Borders
- Creating Paragraph and Character Styles
- Advanced bullets and numbering
Lesson 6 - Working with Larger Documents
- Masters overview in large documents
- Load Masters
- Masters and guides
- Overriding masters
- Exporting Masters
- Creating Placeholder Templates
- Inserting Page and Section Markers
- Using graphics in Master Pages
Lesson 7 – Advanced Paragraph and Character Styles
- Understanding GREP Styles
- Shading
- Borders
- Nested Paragraph Styles
- Nested Character Styles
Lesson 8 – Working with Tables
- Importing Excel/CSV/Text data into Tables
- Creating Tables
- Formatting Tables
- Table Layout
- Creating Table Styles
- Nest Paragraph Styles into Table Styles
Lesson 9 – Creating a Book Document
- Adding Documents to a Book File
- Specifying Page Numbering Across the Book
- Customizing Page Numbering
- Creating a Running Footer
- Defining a Text Variable
- Inserting a Text Variable
- Adding a Footnote
- Adding a Cross-Reference
- Synchronizing a Book
- Generating a Table of Contents for the Book
- Setting Up the Table of Contents
- Flowing the Table of Contents
- Indexing a Book
- Viewing Index Pages
Lesson 10 - Interactivity
- Buttons
- Links
- Rollovers
- Forms
- Save as PDF Interactive
Lesson 11 - Data Merge Postcard Mailers
- Setting Up the Source Data File & Template
- Importing Data Records
- Mapping Merged Fields
- Previewing & Creating a Data Merged Document
Lesson 12 - Create Document with Alternate Layouts
- Create a trifold document
- Create a document with alternate layout options
- Working with Allowing Pages to Shuffle option
Lesson 13 – Publishing Your Document for Printer
- Create Press Quality document
- Secure your documents
- Adjust compression values of images for exporting
- Adjust PDF viewing properties
- Preflight and package
