Adobe InDesign CS4

Start Publishing Your Own Brochures, Books, Magazines, and More

Course Description: Learn to use Adobe InDesign, the popular program of publishing professionals. This course begins with the basics of setting up multipage documents and explains how to create text and graphic documents using Adobe’s desktop publishing software. Start producing sophisticated layouts with typeset headings and text and graphic images. Learn to use professional graphic design, layout, typography, and typesetting techniques. This course also discusses how to properly prepare work to be sent to the service bureau or production house. Start here and learn InDesign from cover to cover.

Author: Liz LaBlond

Runtime: 5hrs. 18min.

Lessons: 62

Lessons	Time (Min:Sec)
Introduction PREVIEW, CLICK HERE	02:49
Chapter 1: Getting Started
New Document PREVIEW, CLICK HERE	09:10
Rulers and Guides 1 PREVIEW, CLICK HERE	06:55
Rulers and Guides 2	06:26
Pages	07:53
Layers	08:14
Chapter 2 : Working with Text
Working with Text	00:12
Importing Text	02:55
Paragraph and character styles 1	11:50
Paragraph and character styles 2	14:12
Spell Check	04:48
Find-Change	02:32
Chapter 3: Frames
Frames	00:16
Text Frames	07:43
Linking Text Frames	03:53
Graphic Frames	11:53
Transforming and aligning 1	07:37
Transforming and aligning 2	07:11
Grouping	07:13
Chapter 4: More on Text
More on Text	00:18
Spacing	05:24
Paragraph Rules	06:58
tabs	06:36
columns	01:47
Glyphs	02:44
Chapter 5: Style Sheets
Style Sheets	00:38
Paragraph Styles	09:35
Character styles	03:44
Applying style sheets	03:00
Editing style sheets	02:07
Chapter 6: Master Pages
Master Pages	01:25
Creating a master page	13:00
Applying masters to pages	02:20
Updating master pages	02:57
Overriding master pages	03:16
Chapter 7: Color
Color	00:21
Types of Colors	05:14
Adding swatches	07:07
Strokes and fills	04:41
Transparency	02:38
Gradients	03:45
Chapter 8: Graphics
Graphics	00:12
Text Wrap	09:53
Object Styles	03:37
Libraries	05:59
Chapter 9: Tables
Tables	00:33
Creating Tables	01:40
Text Formatting in a Table	05:42
Formatting the table	10:40
Chapter 10: Working with a Book
Working with a book	00:43
Book organization	03:04
Building a book	04:42
Managing a book	03:23
Chapter 11: Preflight-Packaging
Preflight-Packaging	00:43
Finding and fixing errors	11:38
Packaging	03:51
Booklet Printing	04:39
Saving as a PDF	06:32
Chapter 12: Project Introduction
project intro	00:19
Project Exercise	12:10
Project Exercise Continued	14:34
Conclusion	00:33

Adobe InDesign CS4 Introduction Course Objective
At the end of this course, you will be able to: identify state-of-the-art equipment and software programs utilized in industry for professional publishing, create text and graphic documents using the desktop publishing software program, import existing files from word processing and raster and vector graphics programs into the publishing program, and utilize professional graphic design, layout, typography, and typesetting techniques.