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Produce pages quickly and output them more reliably with Adobe® InDesign® CS2. By combining extraordinary production power and creative freedom with innovative cross-media support, Adobe® InDesign® CS takes page design to a whole new level. Long time VTC author, Brian White, covers the application’s many tools, page setup, creating and importing tables, text and image manipulation, previewing and printing, and much, much, more. Due to its tight integration with Adobe Photoshop®, Illustrator®, and Acrobat® software, Adobe® InDesign® CS2 is an essential tool in the CS suite. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the movie topics.
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Intro
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| Introduction | (01:43) | ||
| Computer Set-up | (02:28) | ||
| The ID Screen | (04:11) | ||
| The Control Pallet | (02:28) | ||
| Pallets | (03:38) | ||
| Customizing Shortcuts | (03:59) | ||
| Context Menus | (01:52) | ||
| Opening Files | (03:14) | ||
| Missing Fonts | (04:09) | ||
| Missing Links | (03:16) | ||
| Changing the View | (03:37) | ||
| Zoom Tool | (02:42) | ||
| Navigator Pallet | (01:29) | ||
| Scrolling/Hand tool | (02:07) | ||
| Turning pages | (02:47) | ||
| Multiple Windows | (01:38) | ||
| Save and Save As | (01:34) | ||
| Undo/Revert | (01:50) | ||
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Page Setup
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| New Documents | (04:28) | ||
| Bleeds and Slugs | (03:17) | ||
| Document Preset | (03:24) | ||
| Document Measurements | (02:05) | ||
| Document Window | (01:51) | ||
| Pasteboard | (01:56) | ||
| Margins and Columns | (03:10) | ||
| Ruler Guides I | (03:25) | ||
| Ruler Guides II | (03:58) | ||
| View guides | (01:28) | ||
| Baseline Grid | (04:15) | ||
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Pages and Masters
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| Intro to Pages Pallet | (03:51) | ||
| Adding and Deleting Pages | (03:16) | ||
| Duplicating Pages | (01:37) | ||
| Multiple Page Spreads | (01:27) | ||
| Re-organizing Pages | (01:20) | ||
| Master Pages Intro | (03:02) | ||
| Page Numbering | (01:15) | ||
| Advanced Page Numbering | (02:32) | ||
| Prefix and Section Markers | (02:31) | ||
| Multiple Master Pages | (03:38) | ||
| Overriding Masters | (01:22) | ||
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Layers
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| Intro to Layers | (02:13) | ||
| Creating New Layers | (02:56) | ||
| Moving and Copying to Layers | (02:51) | ||
| Adjusting Text Wrap | (02:07) | ||
| Duplicating / Deleting and Moving | (02:28) | ||
| Pasting onto layers | (02:27) | ||
| Locking Layers | (02:06) | ||
| Layers and Master Pages | (02:22) | ||
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Adobe Bridge
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| Intro to Bridge | (03:25) | ||
| Viewing Files | (04:02) | ||
| Organizing files | (03:42) | ||
| Searching / Labeling and Rating | (04:05) | ||
| Adobe Stock Photos | (03:08) | ||
| Opening Files | (04:07) | ||
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Selecting and Manipulating
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| Selecting | (02:37) | ||
| Selecting Multiple Objects | (02:37) | ||
| Direct Select | (03:45) | ||
| Position Tool | (01:10) | ||
| Toggling Selection Tools | (01:13) | ||
| Moving Objects | (03:26) | ||
| Positioning by numbers | (04:41) | ||
| Nudging | (01:51) | ||
| Rotating | (03:11) | ||
| Shearing | (02:53) | ||
| Scaling Tool | (04:00) | ||
| Scaling - other | (04:05) | ||
| Free Transform | (02:36) | ||
| Transform Again | (03:24) | ||
| Duplicating | (01:46) | ||
| Step and Repeat | (01:03) | ||
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Drawing tools
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| Intro to Drawing Tools | (01:15) | ||
| Line Tool | (02:13) | ||
| Frame vs Rectangle tool | (02:13) | ||
| Rectangle/Oval Tools | (01:51) | ||
| Sizing Rectangle/Ovals | (01:31) | ||
| Creating Polygons | (02:09) | ||
| Pencil Tool | (01:11) | ||
| Smooth/Erase | (01:15) | ||
| Pen Tool | (01:13) | ||
| Adding/Deleting Direction Points | (01:43) | ||
| Using Direction Lines | (02:32) | ||
| Changing Curves | (01:54) | ||
| Converting text to Outlines | (01:13) | ||
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Working with Objects
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| Aligning Within a Frame | (03:32) | ||
| Sizing Objects in Frame | (00:49) | ||
| Aligning Objects | (02:44) | ||
| Distribute | (02:49) | ||
| Order of objects | (03:11) | ||
| Locking Objects | (01:41) | ||
| Adding a Drop Shadow | (05:37) | ||
| Feathering | (02:21) | ||
| Corner Effects | (02:16) | ||
| Intro to Clipping Paths | (01:16) | ||
| Clipping Paths - Creating | (02:42) | ||
| Clipping Paths - Importing | (04:53) | ||
| Clipping Paths – Detect Edges | (05:18) | ||
| Grouping | (02:17) | ||
| Transparency | (04:44) | ||
| Flattening | (01:01) | ||
| Duplicating Effects | (02:44) | ||
| Compound Paths | (03:19) | ||
| Convert Shape | (03:11) | ||
| Object Styles I | (03:55) | ||
| Object Styles II | (05:40) | ||
| Object Styles III | (03:07) | ||
| Paste Into | (02:23) | ||
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Working with Text
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| Creating Text Frames | (03:23) | ||
| Moving and Resizing Text Frames | (03:04) | ||
| Auto Text Frames | (02:41) | ||
| Frames on Master Pages | (02:22) | ||
| Creating text - Pasting | (01:52) | ||
| Importing Text Files | (01:57) | ||
| Threading Text Frames I | (03:25) | ||
| Threading Text Frames II | (02:07) | ||
| Automatic Text Flow | (03:13) | ||
| Frames Columns | (03:30) | ||
| Frames - Insets/Align | (04:18) | ||
| Frames – Text Wrap | (01:05) | ||
| Break Characters | (04:14) | ||
| Spell Checker | (03:09) | ||
| Story Editor | (03:59) | ||
| Story Editor Preferences | (02:10) | ||
| Find/Change | (04:34) | ||
| Finding Meta characters | (03:52) | ||
| Glyphs | (02:34) | ||
| Quotation Marks | (02:01) | ||
| Special Characters | (01:28) | ||
| Type on a Path | (03:43) | ||
| Type on a Path - Alignment | (03:26) | ||
| Type on a Path - Effects | (01:39) | ||
| Text Wrap I | (03:22) | ||
| Text Wrap II | (04:44) | ||
| Text Wrap III | (01:06) | ||
| Overriding Text Wrap | (01:16) | ||
| Drag and Drop Text | (00:57) | ||
| In-line Graphics | (03:09) | ||
| Anchored Objects I | (05:26) | ||
| Anchored Objects II | (02:30) | ||
| Anchored Objects III | (01:08) | ||
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Formatting Text
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| Introduction | (02:16) | ||
| Selecting Text | (03:41) | ||
| Applying Fonts | (02:41) | ||
| Font Size and Leading | (04:11) | ||
| Changing Case | (01:42) | ||
| Small Caps and Super/Subscript | (02:43) | ||
| Kerning | (03:03) | ||
| Tracking | (02:10) | ||
| Scaling Type | (02:11) | ||
| Baseline Shift | (02:02) | ||
| Skew | (02:11) | ||
| Dictionary | (01:32) | ||
| Paragraph Formatting | (01:30) | ||
| Alignment | (02:52) | ||
| Setting Indents | (03:56) | ||
| Space Above/Below | (02:06) | ||
| Drop Caps | (01:48) | ||
| Baseline Alignment | (02:53) | ||
| Hyphenation | (04:28) | ||
| Rules Above/Below | (04:39) | ||
| Setting Tabs | (05:28) | ||
| Hanging Indents | (01:41) | ||
| Bullets | (02:18) | ||
| Copying Attributes | (01:59) | ||
| Setting Defaults | (03:02) | ||
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Paragraph and Character Styles
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| Intro | (02:44) | ||
| Paragraph Styles I | (04:18) | ||
| Paragraph Styles II | (05:17) | ||
| Editing Paragraph Styles I | (04:34) | ||
| Editing Paragraph Styles II | (02:54) | ||
| Setting Next Style | (04:35) | ||
| Overrides and Clearing Overrides | (02:34) | ||
| Creating a Character Style | (03:28) | ||
| Nesting a crop Cap | (03:22) | ||
| Nesting a Character Style | (04:49) | ||
| Importing Styles | (01:58) | ||
| Deleting Styles | (02:12) | ||
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Stroke and Fill
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| Intro to Color I | (02:41) | ||
| Intro to Color II | (02:57) | ||
| Color Modes | (03:56) | ||
| Intro to Swatches | (05:06) | ||
| Applying Color | (05:03) | ||
| Coloring Imported Graphics | (05:18) | ||
| Adding and Deleting Swatches | (06:23) | ||
| Import/Export Swatches | (01:58) | ||
| Creating Tints | (02:00) | ||
| Creating Gradient Swatches | (03:43) | ||
| Spot Color Gradient | (03:22) | ||
| Multi Colored Gradients | (01:40) | ||
| Modifying Gradients | (02:16) | ||
| Using the Color Picker | (01:59) | ||
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Tables
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| Intro | (01:11) | ||
| Creating a table | (03:22) | ||
| Importing a table | (04:57) | ||
| Moving Around a Table | (01:37) | ||
| Selecting cells | (03:35) | ||
| Inserting Columns and Rows | (02:43) | ||
| Formatting Type | (03:01) | ||
| Merging Cells | (02:37) | ||
| Resizing Columns and Rows | (02:01) | ||
| Cell Formatting | (05:48) | ||
| Alternating Colors | (04:09) | ||
| Strokes | (04:35) | ||
| Adding Graphics | (02:54) | ||
| Scaling Tables | (01:17) | ||
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Working with Imported Graphics
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| Types of Graphics I | (05:27) | ||
| Types of Graphics II | (03:45) | ||
| Placing Graphics | (03:24) | ||
| Cut and Paste | (03:54) | ||
| Dragging from Pasteboard | (02:12) | ||
| Intro to Links | (04:15) | ||
| Updating Links | (03:20) | ||
| Editing Links | (02:36) | ||
| Replacing Links | (02:01) | ||
| Photoshop Layers | (02:43) | ||
| Libraries | (05:40) | ||
| Snippets | (02:26) | ||
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Long Documents
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| Creating a Book | (04:25) | ||
| Synchronizing Book Documents | (03:13) | ||
| Table of Contents | (05:48) | ||
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Pre-viewing the Document
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| Viewing Separations | (03:20) | ||
| Ink Limit | (03:43) | ||
| Flattener Preview | (05:07) | ||
| Pre-flighting | (02:29) | ||
| Packaging | (03:08) | ||
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PDF and Printing
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| Exporting to PDF | (04:04) | ||
| PDF Options | (06:35) | ||
| PDF Presets | (02:12) | ||
| Printing Basics | (03:11) | ||
| Print Bleeds and Slugs | (04:06) | ||
| Printing Separations | (03:30) | ||
| Print Presets | (02:06) | ||
| Imposition | (04:04) | ||
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The End
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| Wrap up | (01:14) | ||
| Samples | (01:56) | ||
| About This Author | (00:46) | ||
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| Course: | Adobe InDesign CS2 |
| Author: | Brian White |
| SKU: | 33654 |
| ISBN: | 1-932808-92-2 |
| Release Date: | 2005-10-26 |
| Duration: | 11.5 hrs / 235 tutorials |
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