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The InDesign Interface and Workspace

InDesign’s Workspace 00:07:25

Using InDesign’s Tools 00:08:29

Navigating Documents and Panels 00:08:58

Setting the Best Preferences 00:15:32

Building a New Document and Saving a Preset 00:09:57

Creating and Formatting Text 00:10:54

Changing Text Color and Paragraph Settings 00:07:21

Working with Graphics 00:06:47

Working with Frames 00:11:59

InDesign Project Explorations

Placing and Formatting Text 00:09:05

Intro to Paragraph Styles 00:09:47

More Paragraph Styles 00:09:29

Editing Styles for Global Updates 00:06:59

Master Pages and Page Numbers 00:07:25

Creating or Adding Columns 00:07:43

Placing Images and Wrapping Text 00:07:44

Creating Letterhead 00:09:09

Building a Newsletter 00:09:25

Adding a Table of Contents and Jump Page Numbers 00:10:15

Using Selection Tools 00:06:39

Placing, Scaling, and Aligning Several Images with Multi-Place 00:06:30

Creating the Front of a Postcard 00:08:09

Creating the Back of a Postcard 00:06:56

Color Me Happy

Creating Colors and Adding Swatches 00:06:50

Creating a “Color Story” with the Kuler Panel 00:08:30

Adding “Spot” or Pantone® Colors 00:06:28

Drawing with Shapes and Lines 00:10:24

Creating Gradients 00:14:51

Creating Special Effects 00:08:23

Building Object Styles 00:07:35

Using a Clipping Path or Silhouette to Create Depth 00:03:10

High-End Text Handling

Building Character Styles 00:03:11

Creating Nested Styles 00:03:37

Nested Styles for the Power User 00:09:20

Removing Text Formatting and Relinking Word Styles to InDesign Styles 00:07:16

Hyphenation Settings and Widow/Orphan Control 00:07:54

Setting Tabs 00:09:18

Moving Beyond the Basic Tab Settings 00:09:12

Favorite Typography Keyboard Shortcuts 00:09:34

Using Find Font to Replace Missing Fonts 00:04:01

Custom Bullets and the Glyphs Panel 00:08:23

All About Pages

Using Custom Page Numbers 00:04:49

Creating a Section 00:06:19

Building a Table of Contents 00:10:37

Creating Facing-Page (Spread) Layouts 00:08:36

Building Libraries for Frequently Used Content 00:09:23

Working with Multiple Master Pages and Referenced Master Pages 00:07:38

Unlocking and Resetting Master Page Items 00:05:17

Adding Layers to Your Document 00:06:48

Isolating, Moving, and Selecting Objects with Layers 00:04:17

Layout Adjustment 00:03:03

Using Liquid Layout 00:05:40

Alternate Layouts 00:06:52

Fun with Images

Dragging and Dropping from Mini Bridge 00:04:20

Dynamic Captions and Adobe Bridge 00:03:20

Creating a Clipping Path (Silhouette) 00:05:45

The Align Panel 00:06:49

The Pathfinder Panel 00:08:04

Anchored Objects 00:04:49

The Links Panel 00:05:37

The Content Collector and Content Placer Tools 00:02:21

Book Features

Creating Document Templates 00:02:10

Building a Book 00:04:18

Synchronizing Colors and Styles in a Book 00:03:17

Building a Table of Contents for a Book 00:03:05

Creating Folding Spreads 00:04:40

Dynamic Content

Creating Hyperlinks and Building Buttons 00:07:14

Building Document-Wide Navigation 00:04:53

Animating Content 00:06:37

Creating Motion Paths 00:03:31

Adding Object States 00:04:13

Output

Preflight and Packaging 00:08:52

The Separations Preview and Ink Manager Panels 00:04:37

Printing 00:03:41

InDesign Color Settings 00:02:41

Exporting to PDF and Loading PDF Settings 00:07:40