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Create a Powerful Presentation With Adobe InDesign

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Overview

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In this class you will learn how to create powerful presentations with high impact in Adobe InDesign.

The class is built up of two parts. First you will learn all of the functions and techniques that you need to know. Then you will learn more about the layout, different types of pages and how to create all of the pages of your layout.

Part 1
Lessons 5 to 14 is all about how to use the different functions of Adobe InDesign and the techniques that you need to have knowledge of to create a presentation.

Part 2
Lessons 15 to 24 is all about the design and layout and how to create the different pages of our presentation. You need the knowledge from part one of class to be able to follow along in part two.

Who is this class for?
This class is for business users of Adobe InDesign, graphic designers and other creatives who wants to learn how to create stunning presentations with high impact. The purpose can be both for print and digital use, and you can even use what you learn in this class to create other layouts in Indesign that includes text and images.

About the teacher
Maja Faber is a surface pattern designer, Illustrator and graphic designer from Stockholm, Sweden, who has been working with graphic design for nearly a decade. Adobe InDesign is often preferred amongst her clients when it comes to presentations, as it allows for a much higher quality of the design and layout than with for example Power Point.

Resources & Downloads
For the best possible learning experience all of the resources that are used in class is available to download on the Project & resources tab here in class. So that you can follow Maja's steps to create the same presentation as her.

Note that if you're using an older version if InDesign then CC 2020, you should download the eps-files named CS5 (the logo and the icons), to be able to use them in InDesign version CS5 and up. 

Syllabus

  • Intro
  • Class Project
  • Resources and Downloads
  • Purpose of Your Presentation
  • Create a New Document
  • Working with type
  • Paragraph Style
  • Bullet Lists
  • Placing Images
  • Formatting Images
  • Margins and Columns
  • Bleeds
  • Master Pages
  • Colors
  • Layout Plan
  • Cover
  • Text Page: Mission Statement
  • Text Page: About
  • Text and Image Pages
  • Collage Page
  • Image Pages
  • Infographics: Place Pre-Made
  • Infographics: Make Your Own
  • Contact Page
  • Export
  • Thank You

Taught by

Maja Faber

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