Adobe InDesign CS6: Beginner
by Brian White
Start the free chapterThis Adobe InDesign CS6: Beginner course gives you all the information you need to get up and running with Adobe\'s premier page layout software. Long-time VTC author Brian White guides you through all the important elements including page layout, master pages, layers, text, and graphics. Also included are features new to InDesign CS6: Alternate Layout, Conveyor Tool, Liquid Pages, and Auto-Resize for text frames. The course concludes with an introduction to styles which are the powerhouse tools that bring everything together and makes your workflow fast, efficient, and consistent. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.
Course content
Introduction3 lessons
Interface Basics6 lessons
Navigating Documents5 lessons
Page Setup and Guides8 lessons
- New Documents6:311 credit or ad
- Presets and Document Sizes4:101 credit or ad
- Document Measurements6:441 credit or ad
- Bleed and Slug6:541 credit or ad
- Margins and Columns6:181 credit or ad
- Rulers and Guides pt. 15:271 credit or ad
- Rulers and Guides pt. 25:571 credit or ad
- Smart Cursor and Guides6:321 credit or ad
Pages and Masters6 lessons
Alternate / Liquid Layouts5 lessons
Layers6 lessons
Drawing Tools7 lessons
Selecting and Manipulating11 lessons
- Selecting Objects pt. 16:591 credit or ad
- Selecting Objects pt. 26:291 credit or ad
- Direct Selection Tool5:551 credit or ad
- Scaling4:071 credit or ad
- Fit Frame Options5:571 credit or ad
- Rotating and Skewing5:371 credit or ad
- Free Transform5:341 credit or ad
- Transform Menus5:001 credit or ad
- Transform Again4:061 credit or ad
- Cut / Copy / Paste5:481 credit or ad
- Duplicating / Step / Repeat7:021 credit or ad
Working with Objects6 lessons
Working with Text11 lessons
- Text Frames5:361 credit or ad
- Pasting Text5:171 credit or ad
- Importing Text6:081 credit or ad
- Selecting Text5:491 credit or ad
- Applying Fonts6:511 credit or ad
- Font Size and Leading6:581 credit or ad
- Changing Case6:551 credit or ad
- Kerning4:331 credit or ad
- Tracking4:581 credit or ad
- Scaling / Skewing / Baseline5:231 credit or ad
- Glyphs5:211 credit or ad
Paragraph Formatting11 lessons
- Paragraph Alignment6:181 credit or ad
- Setting Indents5:341 credit or ad
- Paragraph Spacing and Drop Caps6:091 credit or ad
- Baseline Alignment6:331 credit or ad
- Rules Above and Below6:411 credit or ad
- Setting Tabs and Indents6:511 credit or ad
- Bullets pt. 14:591 credit or ad
- Bullets pt. 25:041 credit or ad
- Default Formatting3:561 credit or ad
- Spell Checker and Dictionary5:121 credit or ad
- Story Editor7:371 credit or ad