InDesign Advanced Tutorial

Overview

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Dive into an advanced InDesign tutorial designed for curious beginners to advanced creatives across industries. Master the interface and workspace, learn to draw and manipulate shapes, apply color, and implement typography. Explore image placement, editing, and text wrapping techniques. Delve deep into paragraph, character, and object styles, including nested styles. Discover the power of Master pages and learn to export and package documents for publishing. Advance your skills with data merging, creating Tables of Contents and interactive forms. Unleash your creativity with vector and shape manipulation tools, and leverage Creative Cloud Libraries for efficient asset management. This comprehensive 3-hour 19-minute tutorial covers everything from basic illustration to special effects and interactivity, equipping you with the skills to create stunning posters, brochures, newsletters, books, and more.

Syllabus

Start
Introduction
CC Libraries
Adobe Stock
Advanced Layers
Master Pages
Inserting Sections
Placeholders
Loading Masters
Styles
Nested Character Styles
Nested Object Styles
Applying Borders to Styles
Applying Shading to Styles
Creating Custom Strokes
Direct Selection Tool
Pen Tools
Pathfinder Panel
Creating Outlines and Shapes from Type
Creating a Table of Contents
Creating Table of Contents Bookmarks in a PDF
Cross Referencing - Paragraph Styles
Cross Referencing - Text Anchors
Working with Hyperlinks
Creating Interactive Forms
Working with Tables
Data Merge Tool
Conclusion