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Course Description
InDesign is the leading professional page layout program created by Adobe Systems Inc. Using it, graphic designers can integrate photographs and graphics with text to create both long and short publications such as brochures, catalogs, magazines, etc. Adobe InDesign CS5: Beginner offers an introduction to the fundamentals of layout & design including page-set-up, working with text & graphics and building basic object, paragraph & text styles to get new users and users switching from other software packages up and running. Work files are included. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.
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Introduction
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| Introduction | (02:53) | T | |
| New Features Overview | (04:57) | T | |
| Using the Included Work Files | (03:05) | T | |
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Interface Basics
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| The Welcome Screen | (03:23) | T | |
| Mac vs. PC Interfaces | (04:22) | T | |
| Interface Overview | (06:16) | T | |
| Panels & Workspaces pt. 1 | (05:04) | T | |
| Panels & Workspaces pt. 2 | (02:46) | T | |
| Control Panel pt. 1 | (02:32) | T | |
| Control Panel pt. 2 | (03:21) | T | |
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Navigating the Document
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| Tabbed Windows | (04:57) | T | |
| Changing the View pt. 1 | (03:28) | T | |
| Changing the View pt. 2 | (03:00) | T | |
| Zoom Tool | (03:07) | T | |
| Hand Tool | (03:02) | T | |
| Power Zoom | (03:47) | T | |
| Navigating Pages | (03:26) | T | |
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Page Setup & Guides
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| New Documents | (05:21) | T | |
| Document Measurements | (04:54) | T | |
| Bleed & Slug | (04:52) | T | |
| Document Window | (05:31) | T | |
| Margins & Columns | (04:57) | T | |
| Rulers Guides pt. 1 | (05:53) | T | |
| Rulers Guides pt. 2 | (04:29) | T | |
| Smart Cursor | (02:26) | T | |
| Smart Guides | (05:55) | T | |
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Pages & Masters
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| Pages Pallet pt. 1 | (04:14) | T | |
| Pages Pallet pt. 2 | (03:46) | T | |
| Adding Pages | (04:31) | T | |
| Duplicating & Deleting Pages | (03:39) | T | |
| Master Pages pt. 1 | (04:50) | T | |
| Master Pages pt. 2 | (02:27) | T | |
| Page Numbering | (05:24) | T | |
| Overriding Master Pages | (04:34) | T | |
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Drawing Tools
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| Intro to Drawing Tools | (01:42) | T | |
| Line Tool | (05:30) | T | |
| Pencil / Smooth & Erase Tools | (06:53) | T | |
| Pen Tool | (06:27) | T | |
| Rectangle & Frame Tools | (05:12) | T | |
| Polygon Tool | (04:03) | T | |
| Gridify | (03:52) | T | |
| Rounded Corners | (05:16) | T | |
| Curves in Action | (05:05) | T | |
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Selecting & Manipulating
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| Selecting Objects pt. 1 | (06:54) | T | |
| Selecting Objects pt. 2 | (03:52) | T | |
| Select & Move pt. 1 | (02:51) | T | |
| Select & Move pt. 2 | (04:59) | T | |
| Direct Select Tool | (04:11) | T | |
| Frame Fitting Options | (06:19) | T | |
| Scaling Objects | (06:05) | T | |
| Rotate & Shear | (06:50) | T | |
| Free Transform Tool | (04:26) | T | |
| Transform Menu | (04:18) | T | |
| Transform Again | (06:08) | T | |
| Copy & Paste | (05:32) | T | |
| Duplicating / Step & Repeat | (05:43) | T | |
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Working With Objects
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| Aligning Frames | (05:52) | T | |
| Distributing Frames | (04:42) | T | |
| Order & Locking Objects pt. 1 | (05:04) | T | |
| Order & Locking Objects pt. 2 | (02:02) | T | |
| Grouping | (04:41) | T | |
| Pathfinder pt. 1 | (04:00) | T | |
| Pathfinder pt. 2 | (06:09) | T | |
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Working With Text
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| Creating Text Frames | (04:38) | T | |
| Pasting Text | (05:34) | T | |
| Importing Text | (05:11) | T | |
| Selecting Text | (05:51) | T | |
| Applying Fonts | (05:15) | T | |
| Font Size & Leading pt. 1 | (05:31) | T | |
| Font Size & Leading pt. 2 | (02:20) | T | |
| Changing Case | (04:36) | T | |
| Kerning | (05:20) | T | |
| Tracking | (04:35) | T | |
| Scaling / Skewing & Baseline | (05:35) | T | |
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Paragraph Formatting
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| Paragraph Alignment | (06:19) | T | |
| Setting Indents | (06:19) | T | |
| Paragraph Spacing & Drop Caps | (06:22) | T | |
| Baseline Alignment | (04:01) | T | |
| Rules Above & Below pt. 1 | (05:30) | T | |
| Rules Above & Below pt. 2 | (01:45) | T | |
| Setting Tabs & Indents | (06:59) | T | |
| Bullets | (06:08) | T | |
| Setting Default Type | (04:05) | T | |
| Spell Checker & Dictionary | (05:25) | T | |
| Story Editor pt. 1 | (06:05) | T | |
| Story Editor pt. 2 | (01:40) | T | |
| Glyphs | (04:25) | T | |
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Working With Frames
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| Text Frames | (06:37) | T | |
| Flowing Text | (06:36) | T | |
| Text Frame Options pt. 1 | (04:23) | T | |
| Text Frame Options pt. 2 | (02:32) | T | |
| Master Page Frames | (05:02) | T | |
| Smart Text Reflow | (04:03) | T | |
| Span & Split Columns | (04:32) | T | |
| Text Wrap pt. 1 | (04:51) | T | |
| Text Wrap pt. 2 | (03:44) | T | |
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Adding Color
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| Intro to Color | (05:08) | T | |
| Color Picker | (04:16) | T | |
| Swatches | (06:18) | T | |
| Tint Swatches | (03:06) | T | |
| Gradient Swatches pt. 1 | (04:57) | T | |
| Gradient Swatches pt. 2 | (02:48) | T | |
| Kuler | (05:00) | T | |
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Working With Graphics
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| Graphic Displays Options pt. 1 | (05:08) | T | |
| Graphic Displays Options pt. 2 | (02:32) | T | |
| Placing Graphics | (05:33) | T | |
| Perils of Cut & Paste | (04:58) | T | |
| Interacting with Illustrator & Photoshop | (03:55) | T | |
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Basic Styles
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| Intro to Styles | (01:52) | T | |
| Creating Paragraph Styles | (06:26) | T | |
| Editing Paragraph Styles | (04:36) | T | |
| Creating a Character Style | (04:51) | T | |
| Overriding / Deleting & Groups | (05:24) | T | |
| Object Styles | (05:13) | T | |
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Printing & Export to PDF
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| Print Basics pt. 1 | (01:50) | T | |
| Print Basics pt. 2 | (04:48) | T | |
| Print Basics pt. 3 | (02:51) | T | |
| Export to PDF pt. 1 | (03:27) | T | |
| Export to PDF pt. 2 | (03:44) | T | |
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Final Thoughts
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| Wrap Up | (02:58) | T | |
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Credits
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| About the Author | (02:07) | T | |
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| Course: | Adobe InDesign CS5: Beginner |
| Author: | Brian White |
| SKU: | 34154 |
| ISBN: | 1-936334-47-X |
| Release Date: | 2010-08-17 |
| Duration: | 9.5 hrs / 121 tutorials |
| Work Files: |
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| Captions: | Available on CD and Online University |
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