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Adobe InDesign Basics for Beginners

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About Adobe InDesign Basics for Beginners

Welcome!

Setting Up a New Document

Working with Color

Getting Around

Working with Images

Working with Text

All About Pages

More with Images

More with Type

Paragraph Styles

Tips and Tricks: Gridify & the Line Tool

Character Styles, Drop Caps, and Hyperlinks

Exporting

Packaging

Trouble-Shooting

Wrap Up

What You Will Learn?

  • In this Beginning InDesign course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of combining images and graphics with text to create layouts for everything from newspapers and magazines, to books and pdfs..
  • Everyone is welcome! Whether you’re a total beginner with zero experience—or you’ve dabbled here and there but have always felt like you were missing something—this class has something for everyone..
  • No fear, here! I'll walk you step-by-step through the process of building a 6 page magazine-style layout. As you get comfortable in the workspace, you’ll learn how to work with images, text, paragraph and character styles, text wraps, layers, parent pages, and more..
  • Make no mistake about it: This is a beginner’s course, but it doesn’t end there! By the time you’re finished, in addition to your completed layout, you’ll have a solid understanding of InDesign basics and a taste of some of the more advanced features to get you excited about the world of possibilities waiting for you as you continue your InDesign journey..
  • Everything you need to complete the course is included: images and graphics files, text documents, a completed project file for reference, and a practice file for trouble shooting—along with a printable guide to the most frequently used InDesign keyboard shortcuts..