Adobe InDesign CC - Essentials Training Course

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Hi there, my name is Dan. I am a graphic designer and Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) for InDesign. We will work with colour, picking your own and also using corporate colours. You will explore how to choose & use fonts like a professional. We will find, resize & crop images for your documents.

There are projects for you to complete, so you can practise your skills & use these for your creative portfolio.

In this course I supply exercise files so you can play along. I will also save my files as I go through each video so that you can compare yours to mine - handy if something goes wrong.

Know that I will be around to help - if you get lost you can drop a post on the video 'Questions and Answers' below each video and I'll be sure to get back to you.

I will share every design trick I have learnt in the last 15 years of designing. My goal is for you to finish this course with all the necessary skills to start making beautiful documents using InDesign.

NOTE: Adobe InDesign CC 2018 or above recommended.

Exercise files: Download here

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Syllabus

InDesign Tutorial Basics Course Introduction
Exercise files & projects
What does Adobe InDesign do?
What are the differences between InDesign and PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark?
How to change MM to Inches & changing UK to US dictionary in InDesign?
New document in InDesign - what is bleed & slug?
How to create your own RGB & CMYK colors in Adobe InDesign.
How do I steal colors from a logo using InDesign?
How to color the background of a page in InDesign?
Importing resizing rotating & flipping images & Logos inside InDesign.
How to Import text from Microsoft Word into Adobe InDesign.
How to group, ungroup & rotate images in Adobe InDesign.
How to make a dotted line, dashed line & borders in InDesign.
How best to preview your work in Adobe InDesign.
How to make a simple PDF from InDesign.
How to save your InDesign file as a JPEG.
Why should I use CC Libraries in InDesign?
How to share your InDesign files with others by using package document.
Class Exercise 1
Ideas, Inspiration & starter templates.
Working with other people's InDesign documents, missing images.
How to find missing fonts in InDesign?
How to replace images in InDesign?
Opacity, transparency and see through ness in Adobe InDesign.
Why is InDesign adding [Converted] and making me save as.
What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?
Creating a new company newsletter or brochure, what are spreads.
How to use a Master Page in Adobe InDesign.
How do I add automatic page numbering to a InDesign file.
Removing a masterpage & deleting parts off the master page in InDesign.
Production Video 1
What is Effective PPI & Image resolution in the InDesign links panel.
How to add drop shadows to an image or logo in InDesign
What is TypeKit used for in Adobe InDesign?
How to add the Copyright, Registered & Trademark symbols in InDesign
Where can I find the different versions of letters in InDesign - Ligatures.
How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
Creating Columns in a text box using Adobe InDesign?
How do I justify text & turn off hyphenation in InDesign?
What is a the space after & leading in Adobe InDesign?
How to underline text with a full width line in Adobe InDesign?
How do I make a paragraph style in Adobe InDesign
How do I update a Paragraph Style in Adobe InDesign?
How to us Find & Change to remove double spaces after a period or full stop.
Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
InDesign Class Exercise 2 - Magazine Spread
How to bring in lots of text into InDesign at once?
How do I import paragraph styles from another document?
How do I insert completely blank pages in Adobe InDesign?
How do I create a gradient in Adobe InDesign?
Do I need to use layers in Adobe InDesign?
Opacity advanced, mater marks and Transparency Effects in Adobe InDesign
How do I add rounded corners to an image or box in Adobe InDesign?
How to add a large first letter to my text aka Drop Cap?
How do I increase the space between letters in Adobe InDesign aka Tracking or Kerning?
How do I get text to move around an image or shape using text wrap?
Why can’t I put text over anything that has text wrap applied?
How to draw an arrow or triangle or star in Adobe InDesign?
How do I put an image inside other shapes like a circle - cropping?
What is Adobe Stock?
Where can I find free images & icons that I can use for my business?
How do I add bullets and numbered lists in Adobe InDesign?
How can I create a table inside Adobe InDesign?
How do I convert tables from Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel into Adobe InDesign?
How do I get images to move with the text in Adobe InDesign?
How do I create a Line Break, Column Breaks & Page Breaks in Adobe InDesign?
How do I make an automatic table of contents in Adobe InDesign?
How do you change the tabs in Adobe InDesign?
Can i change the numbering of my pages so 1 starts later in the InDesign file?
How do I combine Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in InDesign?
CLASS EXERCISE: Create your own business card.
How to create a mockup for your portfolio using InDesign
What to do after this InDesign tutorial course?
Class project for your own portfolio.
BONUS: Software Updates
Adobe InDesign CC 2021 New Features & Updates!
Adobe InDesign CC 2022 New Features & Updates!
InDesign cheat sheet & shortcuts.