10 Essential InDesign Skills: Course Overview
  • Welcome!
  • Why Use InDesign?
  • An Overview of the InDesign Workspace
  • Downloading and Opening the Course Materials
Skill 1: Preparing for Print in Advance
  • Why Do I Need to Prepare for Print?
  • The New Document Window
  • What is a Bleed, and Why Do I Need it?
Skill 2: Mastering Master Pages
  • Overview of the Pages Panel and Master Pages
  • Edit Master Pages in Your InDesign Document
  • Apply Page Numbers to your Masters
Skill 3: Typography Basics
  • Overview of the Character and Paragraph Formatting Controls Panels
  • Special Typography: Tracking, Kerning, Leading, Alignment and Drop Caps
  • Applying Color to Text
  • The Basic Guide to Styles
Skill 4: 'Threading' Text
  • Introduction to 'Threading'
  • Troubleshooting Overset Text
  • PRO SKILLS TIP
Skill 5: Creating Book Files
  • Why Bother With a Book File?
  • Creating a Book File
  • Preflight Your Book File
Skill 6: Making Pages Flexible
  • Adjusting Page View
  • Adjusting Page View
  • PRO SKILLS TIP
Skill 7: Working With Images
  • The First Law of Images in InDesign
  • The Second Law of Images
  • Applying Effects to Image Frames
Skill 8: Swatches and Color
  • CMYK is the Way to Go!
  • The Swatches Panel
Skill 9: Proofing and Preflight
  • Using the Info Panel
  • Conducting a Spell Check
  • Performing a Preflight
Skill 10: Exporting for Print
  • Packaging Your InDesign File
  • Exporting Your InDesign Document as a Print-Ready File
Great Work!
  • Course Conclusion
  • Next Steps...