Adobe InDesign

Getting Started

• Introducing the Workspace Getting started
• Looking at the workspace
• Working with panels
• Customizing the workspace
• Changing the magnification of a document
• Navigating through a document
• Using context menus

• Getting to Know InDesign
• Getting started
• Viewing the lesson document
• Viewing guides
• Adding text
• Working with styles
• Working with graphics
• Working with objects

• Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages Getting started
• Creating and saving custom document settings
• Creating a new document
• Switching between open InDesign documents
• Working with master pages
• Changing the size of pages
• Adding sections to change page numbering
• Placing text and graphics on document pages
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• Working with Objects
• Flowing Text
• Getting started
• Flowing text into an existing frame
• Flowing text manually
• Creating text frames while flowing text
• Flowing text automatically
• Creating threaded frames automatically

• Editing Text
• Working with Typography Getting started
• Adjusting vertical spacing
• Changing fonts and type styles
• Changing paragraph alignment
• Creating a drop cap
• Adjusting letter and word spacing
• Setting tabs

• Working with Color
• Working with Styles
• Getting started
• Creating and applying paragraph styles
• Creating and applying character styles
• Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
• Creating and applying object styles
• Creating and applying table and cell styles
• Globally updating styles
• Loading styles from another document

• Importing and Modifying Graphics
• Creating Tables Getting started
• Converting text to a table
• Formatting a table
• Creating a header row
• Adding graphics to table cells
• Creating and applying table and cell styles

• Working with Transparency
• Printing and Exporting
• Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields Getting started.
• Adding form fields.
• Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file