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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!
Who this course is for:
Users of all levels

What you'll learn

Requirements

  • You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design experience is needed.
  • No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.

Course Content

27 sections • 95 lectures
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1-Introduction
4
1.1-Important - Download These First - Working Files
1.2-0102 A Quick Sampling Of Features
1.3-0103 Finding Answers With Adobe Help
1.4-0104 Having InDesign Resources At Your Fingertips
2-Workspace Basics
3
2.1-0201 Setting Up Your Own Workspace
2.2-0202 The Ins And Outs Of Preferences
2.3-0203 Recovery And Undo
3-Layout
11
3.1-0301 Setting Up New Documents
3.2-0302 Opening And Saving Documents
3.3-0303 Rulers And Setting Up Guides
3.4-0304 Using Grids
3.5-0305 Pages Panel Basics
3.6-0306 Rotating Page View
3.7-0307 Creating And Using Masters Pages
3.8-0308 Setting Up Sections
3.9-0309 Varying The Size Of Pages With The New Page Tool
3.10-0310 The All New Layers Panel - Part 1
3.11-0311 The All New Layers Panel - Part 2
4-Frames And Objects
6
4.1-0401 Selecting Objects And Moving Objects
4.2-0402 Transforming Objects And Content
4.3-0403 Transforming With The Control Panel
4.4-0404 Aligning And Distributing Objects
4.5-0405 Copying, Pasting And Duplicating Objects
4.6-0406 Creating And Working With Groups
5-Drawing
6
5.1-0501 Understanding Paths And Frames
5.2-0502 Using The Pen Tool
5.3-0503 Using The Rectangle And Ellipse Tools
5.4-0504 Creating Polygons And Stars
5.5-0505 Pathfinder And Compound Paths
5.6-0506 Corner Options
6-The Basics Of Working With Text
4
6.1-0601 Adding Or Placing Text
6.2-0602 Using The Basics Of Find/Change
6.3-0603 Check Spelling
6.4-0604 Selecting And Editing Text
7-Character Formatting
4
7.1-0701 Using The Character Panel - Part 1
7.2-0702 Using The Character Panel - Part 2
7.3-0703 A Look Under The Character Panel Options Menu
7.4-0704 Creating Custom Underlines And Strikethroughs
8-Paragraph Formatting
5
8.1-0801 Using The Paragraph Panel
8.2-0802 Composing Type
8.3-0803 The New Span And Split Columns Feature
8.4-0804 Fun With Paragraph Rules
8.5-0805 Formatting Bullets And Numbering
9-A Look At Other Type Options
9
9.1-0901 Basic Tab Formatting
9.2-0902 Creating A Fill-In-The-Blanks Form Using Tabs
9.3-0903 Fun With Type On A Path
9.4-0904 Using The Glyphs Panel
9.5-0905 Inserting Special Characters - Part 1
9.6-0906 Inserting Special Characters - Part 2
9.7-0907 Inserting White Space
9.8-0908 Inserting Break Characters
9.9-0909 Text Frame Options
10-Styles
7
10.1-1001 Creating And Using Paragraph Styles
10.2-1002 Creating And Using Character Styles
10.3-1003 Understanding Nested Styles
10.4-1004 Creating And Using Line Styles
10.5-1005 Using GREP Styles Without Being An Engineer
10.6-1006 Using Next Style
10.7-1007 Creating And Using Object Styles
11-Combining Text With Objects
3
11.1-1101 Working With Anchored Objects
11.2-1102 Text Wrap Basics
11.3-1103 Taking Text Wrap Beyond The Basics
12-Using Long Document Features
4
12.1-1201 Threading Text Frames Made Simple
12.2-1202 Using Next And Previous Page In Continued Stories
12.3-1203 Setting Up And Working With Books
12.4-1204 Creating And Updating A Table Of Contents
13-Setting Up Tables
3
13.1-1301 Creating Simple Tables
13.2-1302 Editing And Customizing Tables - Part 1
13.3-1303 Editing And Customizing Tables - Part 2
14-Adding Graphics
6
14.1-1401 Understanding Graphics Formats
14.2-1402 Placing Graphics
14.3-1403 Fitting Graphics To Their Frames Automatically
14.4-1404 Using The New Gap Tool
14.5-1405 Managing Graphic Links
14.6-1406 Creating And Using Snippets
15-Color
6
15.1-1501 Mixing Colors In The Color Panel
15.2-1502 Creating Swatches And Tints
15.3-1503 Working With Gradients
15.4-1504 Understanding Process And Spot Colors
15.5-1505 Making Much More Of Two Colors With Mixed Ink
15.6-1506 More Swatches Panel Options
16-Transparency
5
16.1-1601 Effects Panel Basics
16.2-1602 Adding Feather Effects
16.3-1603 Working With Shadow Effects
16.4-1604 Bevel, Emboss And More
16.5-1605 Let's Get Glowing
17-EPUB For InDesign CS5.5
8
17.1-1701 Intro To EPUB
17.2-1702 Articles
17.3-1703 Anchored Objects
17.4-1704 Linked Stories
17.5-1705 Export Tagging
17.6-1706 Adding Video To An EPUB
17.7-1707 Exporting An EPUB
17.8-1708 A Look At The EPUB
18-Printing
3
18.1-1801 Printing Documents
18.2-1802 Preflight Your Layout
18.3-1803 Package To Collect Your Files For Print Production
19-Making Layouts Interactive
4
19.1-1901 Adding Simple Hyperlinks
19.2-1902 Creating Buttons Will Take You Places
19.3-1903 Making Objects Into Multi-State Objects
19.4-1904 Animating Objects In Layouts
20-Exporting
3
20.1-2001 Acrobats For Print
20.2-2002 Exporting For On-Screen And Interactive
20.3-2003 Exporting To Other Formats
21-Conclusion
1
21.1-2101 Where Do You Go From Here?