During this excellent InDesign CC Essentials course you will work through real-life projects so you can acquire the necessary skills to start making beautiful documents in InDesign. Topics covered include: rotating images, adding borders, saving and converting files, working with CC Libraries, page numbering, adding type effects, using placeholder text, and so much more. The course has been created by an expert instructor with years of experience, as you can imagine, you will be given an abundance of insider knowledge and tips.
Our learning material is available to students 24/7 anywhere in the world, so it’s extremely convenient. These intensive online courses are open to everyone, as long as you have an interest in the topic! We provide world-class learning led by IAP, so you can be assured that the material is high quality, accurate and up-to-date.
Daniel Scott is a Microsoft Trainer and Adobe® Certified Instructor. He’s been teaching for more than 14 years – covering topics such as print, digital publishing, web, and video. He loves to see how it all connects, and how we can share those connections. He prides himself on delivering the best service to his clients and making sure all his students learn to their fullest potential. He is currently the lead trainer at Bring Your Own Laptop Training Center in New Zealand.
If you pass the exam successfully then you will be awarded a certificate in InDesign CC Essentials.
With this qualification, you are able to fulfil various roles in a range of industries, such as:
PLEASE NOTE: We do not provide any software with this course.c
1: OVERVIEW | |||
1. Introduction | |||
2. Exercise Files & Projects | |||
3. What Does Adobe® InDesign® Do? | |||
4. What are the Differences between InDesign & Other Design Programs? | |||
2: PROJECT 1: ONE-PAGE FLYER | |||
1. Changing Units of Measurement & Dictionary Settings | |||
2. New Document Settings – Bleed & Slug | |||
3. Creating Your Own RGB & CMYK Colors in InDesign | |||
4. Stealing Colors from a Logo & the Swatches Panel | |||
5. Coloring the Background of a Page in InDesign | |||
6. Importing & Resizing Images & Logos | |||
7. Importing Text from Microsoft® Word into InDesign | |||
8. Grouping, Ungrouping & Rotating Images in InDesign | |||
9. Making a Dotted Line, a Dashed Line & Borders in InDesign | |||
10. Previewing Your Work in InDesign | |||
11. Creating a Simple PDF from InDesign | |||
12. Saving Your InDesign File as a .JPEG | |||
13. Why Should I Use CC Libraries in InDesign? | |||
14. Using Package Document to Share InDesign Files | |||
15. Class Exercise 1 – Practice the Basics | |||
3: PROJECT 2: OTHER PEOPLE’S FILES | |||
1. Getting Ideas, Inspiration & Starter Templates | |||
2. Working with Other People’s InDesign Documents & Missing Images | |||
3. Finding Missing Fonts in InDesign | |||
4. Replacing Images in InDesign | |||
5. Setting Opacity & Transparency in InDesign | |||
6. Why is InDesign Adding [Converted] & making me Save As? | |||
7. What If I Can’t Find the InDesign File – Can I Open the PDF? | |||
4: PROJECT 3: COMPANY NEWSLETTER/BROCHURE | |||
1. Creating a Newsletter & Working with Spreads | |||
2. Using a Master Page in InDesign | |||
3. Automatic Page Numbering | |||
4. Removing a Master Page & Deleting Parts off the Master Page | |||
5. Production Video 1 – Assembling the Newsletter Cover | |||
6. Setting an Effective PPI & Image Resolution in the Links Panel | |||
7. Adding a Drop Shadow to an Image or Logo – Effects | |||
8. Using TypeKit in InDesign | |||
9. Adding the Copyright, Registered & Trademark Symbols – Glyphs | |||
10. Finding the Different Versions of Letters in InDesign – Ligatures | |||
11. Adding Placeholder Text – Lorem Ipsum & Getting a Word Count in InDesign | |||
12. Importing Text from Microsoft Word & Keeping or Removing the Formatting | |||
13. Creating Columns in a Text Box Using InDesign | |||
14. Justifying Text & Turning off Hyphenation in InDesign | |||
15. What is the Space After & Leading in InDesign? | |||
16. Underlining Text with a Full Width Line – Paragraph Rules | |||
17. Creating a Paragraph Style in InDesign | |||
18. Updating a Paragraph Style in InDesign | |||
19. Using Find & Change to Remove Double Spaces after a Period or Full Stop | |||
20. Sampling Colors from Images & Using the Eyedropper Tool | |||
21. Class Exercise 2 – Magazine Spread | |||
5: PROJECT 4: LONG BUSINESS DOCUMENT | |||
1. Importing Lots of Text into InDesign at Once & Text Frames | |||
2. Importing Paragraph Styles from another Document | |||
3. Inserting Blank Pages in InDesign | |||
4. Creating a Gradient in InDesign | |||
5. Do I Need to Use Layers in InDesign? | |||
6. Advanced Opacity, Watermarks & Transparency Effects in InDesign | |||
7. Adding Rounded Corners to an Image or Box in InDesign | |||
8. Add a Large First Letter to Text – Drop Caps | |||
9. Using Tracking & Leading to Adjust Text Spacing | |||
10. Placing Text around a Shape or Image Using Text Wrap | |||
11. Why Can’t I Put Text over Anything That Has Text Wrap Applied? | |||
12. Drawing Shapes in InDesign | |||
13. Cropping & Putting Images inside Shapes | |||
14. Using Adobe Stock | |||
15. Finding Free Images & Icons for Your Business | |||
16. Adding Bullets & Numbered Lists in InDesign | |||
17. Creating a Table in InDesign | |||
18. Converting Tables from Microsoft Word or Excel into Adobe InDesign | |||
19. Using Anchored Objects to Get Images to Move with Text | |||
20. Creating Line Breaks, Column Breaks & Page Breaks | |||
21. Generating a Table of Contents in InDesign | |||
22. Setting Tabs in InDesign | |||
23. Starting Page Numbering on a Later Page | |||
6: PROJECT 5: CONFERENCE NAME BADGE | |||
1. Using Data Merge to Personalize InDesign Documents with Excel Data | |||
2. Class Exercise 3 – Create Your Own Business Card | |||
7: WHAT NEXT | |||
1. Creating Mockups for Your Portfolio in InDesign | |||
2. What to Do after This InDesign Tutorial Course? | |||
3. Class Exercise 4 – Create Your Own Portfolio | |||
8: CHEAT SHEET & SHORTCUTS | |||
1. InDesign Cheat Sheet & Shortcuts |