Adobe InDesign CS4
by Brian White
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Course content
Introduction2 lessons
Interface Basics8 lessons
Navigating the Document6 lessons
Page Setup & Guides14 lessons
- New Documents6:531 credit or ad
- Bleeds & Slugs6:081 credit or ad
- Document Preset3:361 credit or ad
- Document Measurements3:511 credit or ad
- Document Window4:331 credit or ad
- Pasteboard3:001 credit or ad
- Margins & Columns4:591 credit or ad
- Rulers Guides pt. 16:381 credit or ad
- Rulers Guides pt. 23:511 credit or ad
- Guides & Ruler Options3:391 credit or ad
- Document & Baseline Grid pt. 12:431 credit or ad
- Document & Baseline Grid pt. 24:471 credit or ad
- Smart Cursor3:501 credit or ad
- Smart Guides6:241 credit or ad
Pages & Masters13 lessons
- Pages Pallet pt. 12:401 credit or ad
- Pages Pallet pt. 24:401 credit or ad
- Adding Pages5:451 credit or ad
- Duplicating & Deleting Pages4:241 credit or ad
- Re-organizing Pages5:041 credit or ad
- Rotating Pages2:341 credit or ad
- Creating Master Pages pt. 14:071 credit or ad
- Creating Master Pages pt. 23:091 credit or ad
- Page Numbering5:441 credit or ad
- Section Markers3:591 credit or ad
- Multiple Master Pages pt. 13:261 credit or ad
- Multiple Master Pages pt. 23:331 credit or ad
- Overriding Masters5:431 credit or ad
Layers6 lessons
Adobe Bridge5 lessons
Drawing Tools8 lessons
Selecting & Manipulating13 lessons
- Selecting Objects6:401 credit or ad
- Direct Select Tools pt. 13:331 credit or ad
- Direct Select Tools pt. 23:381 credit or ad
- Toggling Selection Tools4:061 credit or ad
- Moving & Positioning7:161 credit or ad
- Rotating & Shearing5:441 credit or ad
- Scaling Objects pt. 13:591 credit or ad
- Scaling Objects pt. 24:191 credit or ad
- Free Transform3:241 credit or ad
- Transform Options Menu4:061 credit or ad
- Transform Again5:141 credit or ad
- Copy & Paste4:371 credit or ad
- Duplicating / Step & Repeat5:241 credit or ad
Working with Objects11 lessons
- Aligning within a Frame6:411 credit or ad
- Aligning Objects6:151 credit or ad
- Distributing Objects5:001 credit or ad
- Order & Locking Objects4:551 credit or ad
- Grouping5:281 credit or ad
- Clipping Paths pt. 13:171 credit or ad
- Clipping Paths pt. 24:001 credit or ad
- Photoshop Layers4:451 credit or ad
- Object Layer Options2:331 credit or ad
- Pathfinder pt. 13:261 credit or ad
- Pathfinder pt. 23:421 credit or ad
Working with Frames13 lessons
- Creating Text Frames3:371 credit or ad
- Moving & Resizing Text Frames3:241 credit or ad
- Importing Text Files pt. 13:161 credit or ad
- Importing Text Files pt. 23:221 credit or ad
- Text Frames pt. 14:561 credit or ad
- Text Frames pt. 24:031 credit or ad
- Automatic Text Flow4:411 credit or ad
- Text Frame Options pt. 15:101 credit or ad
- Text Frame Options pt. 23:011 credit or ad
- Master Text Frames6:121 credit or ad
- Smart Text Reflow3:311 credit or ad
- Frame Text Wrap pt. 13:111 credit or ad
- Frame Text Wrap pt. 23:361 credit or ad
Character Formatting8 lessons
Paragraph Formatting11 lessons
- Paragraph Alignment5:331 credit or ad
- Setting Indents5:071 credit or ad
- Paragraph Spacing & Drop Caps5:361 credit or ad
- Baseline Alignment3:361 credit or ad
- Hyphenation4:581 credit or ad
- Rules Above & Below5:451 credit or ad
- Setting Tabs & Indents pt. 15:491 credit or ad
- Setting Tabs & Indents pt. 22:401 credit or ad
- Bullets4:101 credit or ad
- Eyedropper Tool2:581 credit or ad
- Setting Default Type3:401 credit or ad
Other Text Features19 lessons
- Missing Fonts4:041 credit or ad
- Special Characters pt. 13:571 credit or ad
- Special Characters pt. 23:381 credit or ad
- Footnotes pt. 14:481 credit or ad
- Footnotes pt. 21:541 credit or ad
- Spell Checker & Dictionary4:501 credit or ad
- Story Editor5:581 credit or ad
- Glyphs3:111 credit or ad
- Type on a Path pt. 15:131 credit or ad
- Type on a Path pt. 23:551 credit or ad
- Conditional Text pt. 11:481 credit or ad
- Conditional Text pt. 23:171 credit or ad
- Conditional Text pt. 33:251 credit or ad
- Conditional Text pt. 43:141 credit or ad
- Conditional Text pt. 52:351 credit or ad
- Find & Change Text pt. 13:001 credit or ad
- Find & Change Text pt. 24:111 credit or ad
- Find & Change GREP6:261 credit or ad
- Find & Change Glyphs & Objects5:291 credit or ad
Stroke & Fill10 lessons
- Intro to Color4:341 credit or ad
- Color Panel3:321 credit or ad
- Color Modes4:221 credit or ad
- Swatches pt. 15:231 credit or ad
- Swatches pt. 22:281 credit or ad
- Swatches pt. 33:461 credit or ad
- Swatches pt. 43:451 credit or ad
- Applying & Exporting Colors5:271 credit or ad
- Stroke & Corner Options pt. 13:201 credit or ad
- Stroke & Corner Options pt. 23:311 credit or ad
Special Effects6 lessons
Tables10 lessons
- Intro â Getting Data3:591 credit or ad
- Importing Tables4:001 credit or ad
- Moving & Selecting Cells6:161 credit or ad
- Inserting Columns & Rows4:331 credit or ad
- Merging & Resizing pt. 14:461 credit or ad
- Merging & Resizing pt. 22:501 credit or ad
- Cell Formatting pt. 15:561 credit or ad
- Cell Formatting pt. 24:251 credit or ad
- Formatting Strokes4:531 credit or ad
- Adding Graphics & Scaling4:051 credit or ad
Styles15 lessons
- Intro to Styles5:451 credit or ad
- Paragraph Styles pt. 14:361 credit or ad
- Paragraph Styles pt. 23:071 credit or ad
- Creating a Character Style4:241 credit or ad
- Nesting a Drop Cap6:251 credit or ad
- Nesting Styles pt. 17:131 credit or ad
- Nesting Styles pt. 24:241 credit or ad
- Adding GREP Styles2:511 credit or ad
- Setting Next Style5:111 credit or ad
- Style Based On4:201 credit or ad
- Bullet Styles5:461 credit or ad
- Object Styles pt. 16:491 credit or ad
- Object Styles pt. 24:261 credit or ad
- Table & Cell Styles5:221 credit or ad
- Overriding / Deleting & Groups4:491 credit or ad
Working with Graphics10 lessons
- Graphic Displays Options5:071 credit or ad
- Graphic Types4:371 credit or ad
- Placing Graphics pt. 13:311 credit or ad
- Placing Graphics pt. 22:251 credit or ad
- Perils of Cut & Paste4:381 credit or ad
- In-line Graphics3:571 credit or ad
- Anchored Objects7:091 credit or ad
- Managing Links pt. 14:381 credit or ad
- Managing Links pt. 22:421 credit or ad
- Managing Links pt. 33:091 credit or ad
Interactive InDesign6 lessons
Creative Suite at Work9 lessons
Other Document Features11 lessons
- Templates4:041 credit or ad
- Libraries5:161 credit or ad
- Snippets2:221 credit or ad
- Importing ID Files4:011 credit or ad
- Notes3:141 credit or ad
- Creating a Book pt. 13:061 credit or ad
- Creating a Book pt. 23:151 credit or ad
- Creating a Book pt. 33:111 credit or ad
- Table of Contents5:111 credit or ad
- Connect Now2:521 credit or ad
- Kuler3:481 credit or ad