Adobe InDesign CS2 Training DVD

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QUICK START TOUR OF ADOBE INDESIGN CS2

• Creating Guides Using the Line Tool
• Using Photoshop Files in InDesign
• Using Illustrator Files in InDesign
• Creating a Shadow & Adding a Logo
• Placing & Stylizing Text
• Entering Text & Images into a Table
• Changing Display Quality & Multiple Text Layers
• Exporting an InDesign File as a PDF

LETTING INDESIGN WORK FOR YOU

• Introducing Document Preferences
• General, Type & Advanced Type Preferences
• Units, Increments & Grids Preferences
• Guides, Pasteboards, Spelling & Story Editor Preferences
• Display Performance & Appearance of Black Preferences
• File Handling Preferences & Type Tool Options
• Grouping Palettes into Clusters
• Setting Palette Options & Sliding Palettes
• Showing/Hiding Palettes with Keyboard Shortcuts
• Creating & Modifying Keyboard Shortcuts
• Creating New Layer & Workspace Shortcuts

DOCUMENTS, PRESETS & DEPENDENCIES

• Creating a New Document
• Saving & Editing Document Presets
• Working with File Types & Extensions
• Opening Files
• Fixing Dependencies Automatically
• Fixing Dependencies Manually

NAVIGATION & ADOBE BRIDGE

• Adjusting Page Size
• Using the Zoom Tool
• Scrolling the Page & Changing View Size
• Using the Navigator Palette
• Introducing Adobe Bridge
• Viewing Files in Bridge
• Saving a Workspace, Rating & Labeling
• Filtering, Reordering & Sorting Files in Bridge
• Viewing Images in a Slideshow

LETTING INDESIGN GUIDE YOU

• Creating Margins & Columns
• Understanding Master Pages
• Setting Up Rulers
• Creating Guides
• Understanding Guides as Objects
• Using Control Palette Calculations
• Customizing Guide Colors
• Placing Guides on Layers
• Placing Guides on Multiple Pages
• Using Preview Modes

BEGINNING YOUR LAYOUT DESIGN

• Saving a Document
• When Not to Turn on Allow Pages to Shuffle
• The Rectangle Tool vs. the Rectangle Frame Tool
• Creating Frames for Text & Graphics
• Organizing Elements in the Layers Palette
• Changing the Basic Paragraph Style
• Selecting, Adjusting & Filling Text Frames

IMPORTING, POURING, FLOWING & AUTOMATION

• Setting up Microsoft Word Import Options
• Setting Options for Placing Imported Text
• Placing & Directing Overflow Text
• Adding Pages to the Document
• Creating a Layout & Duplicating Text Frames
• Setting up Text Links Across Multiple Frames
• Pre-Linking & Adjusting Text Frame Options
• Using Autoflow for Automatic Documents

TYPE FORMATTING TUTORIALS

• Selecting a Font
• Adjusting Type Size & Leading
• Exploring More Character Options
• Adjusting Tracking
• Introducing Kerning & the Eyedropper Tool
• Adjusting Kerning & Baseline Shift

PARAGRAPH FORMATTING & DESIGN

• Hyphenating Text
• Adjusting Paragraph Spacing
• Creating a Bulleted List
• Indenting Paragraphs Manually
• Using Drop Caps

THE BASICS OF TYPOGRAPHY

• Inserting Special Characters
• Inserting White Spaces
• Using Notes
• Applying Optical Margin Alignment to Linked Frames
• Applying Optical Margin Alignment to an Object Style

OPENTYPE & TYPOGRAPHY

• Using Ligatures
• Exploring OpenType Fonts
• Using Discretionary Ligatures & Fractions
• Using Proportional Oldstyle & Ordinals
• Using Small Caps & Force Line Break
• Exploring Glyphs
• Glyph Palette Options & Applying Glyphs

BASIC PARAGRAPH STYLE SHEETS

• Creating a New Style Sheet
• Linking Style Sheets
• The Advantages of Linked Style Sheets
• Importing Style Sheets from Other Documents
• Redefining a Style

GRAPHIC FRAMES & OBJECT STYLES

• Creating Basic Graphic Frames
• Adding & Aligning a Stroke to a Graphic Frame
• Saving a New Object Style
• Saving a Thin Line as a New Object Style
• Arranging & Aligning Objects
• Copying Shapes & Applying Rich Black
• Editing the Shape & Size of Objects in Sequence
• Transform Again Individually to Duplicate Frames
• Converting Shapes in Adobe InDesign CS

IMPORTING VECTOR GRAPHICS

• Importing Illustrator Files
• The Main Selection Tool vs. the Direct Selection Tool
• Scaling an Image Numerically
• Moving an Anchor Point, Rotating, Scaling & Moving
• Fitting Content Proportionally
• Using Shortcuts to Scale a Graphic
• Importing an Illustrator File from Bridge
• Importing an Image & Changing Its Transparency

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP IMPORT & CREATIVITY

• Importing & Adjusting Photoshop Images
• Utilizing the Links Palette
• Drag & Drop from Bridge & Fill Frame Proportionally
• Adjusting Display Performance
• Placing a Background Image
• Drawing a Line & Adding an Illustrator Title
• Nudging an Image with the Arrow Keys
• Accessing Layers Using Object Layer Options
• Cropping & Viewing Layers

LAYERED DESIGN & TEXT WRAP

• Bringing in Separate Images Defined by One Image
• Placing a Background Image & Changing Text Color
• Organizing Layers & Placing a Title
• Customizing a Title Layout Design
• Creating an Advanced Layered Design
• Using Photoshop Clipping Paths
• Using Text Wrap

CREATING & STORING COLOR

• Introducing the Swatches & Color Palettes
• Creating Color & Tint Swatches
• Working with Spot Colors
• Creating Mixed Ink Swatches & Groups
• Using Gradients & Making a New Gradient Swatch
• Adding Small Color Reference Frames to Images

INTELLIGENT TYPE STYLES

• Adding & Positioning a Text Frame
• Formatting & Aligning Text
• Creating Paragraph Styles
• Editing Style Sheets for Automation Using Next Styles
• Duplicating a Text Frame & Replacing the Text
• Creating a Tint Swatch to Change Text Color

BASELINE GRID CONTROL

• Creating an Image Box & Placing the Image
• Importing & Placing a Layered PDF File
• Using the Paste In Place Command
• Dragging & Dropping Images from Bridge
• Introducing Document & Baseline Grids
• Setting Grid Preferences & Snapping into Alignment

POWERFUL NESTED STYLES & SNIPPETS

• Importing Style Sheets
• Snapping to Baseline Grid
• Creating Character Style Sheets
• Creating Nested Style Sheets
• Adjusting the Optical Margin Alignment
• Introducing Snippets
• Working with Snippets

COMPOUNDS, SHADOWS & TRANSPARENCY

• Setting Transparency Options
• Applying a Drop Shadow
• Using the Redefine Object Style Command
• Working with Compound Paths
• Using the Pathfinder Palette
• Final Comments & Credits

COOL TEXT & IMAGE TABLES

• Introducing Image Tables
• Creating & Working with Tables
• Formatting Cells in a Table
• Using the Cell Options Dialog Box
• Editing Text & Importing Snippets
• Adjusting Alignment & Color
• Rules for Importing Images
• Adjusting the Size & Crop of Imported Images

TABLES FOR DESIGN

• Creating a Table in Adobe InDesign
• Merging & Splitting Cells
• Adjusting Cell Stroke & Color
• Placing Images & Snippets into a Cell
• Image Placement & Formatting Tips
• Correcting the Stroke Color

STORY EDITING & GLYPH SETS

• Adding an Accented Character
• Using the Story Editor & Quick Apply
• Adjusting Hyphenation & Justification Settings
• Adjusting Overset Type in the Story Editor
• Using Contextual & Swash Alternates
• Adding Glyphs on the Fly & Creating a Glyph Setbr>

ADOBE INCOPY ASSIGNMENTS

• Creating an Assignment
• Adding Stories to an Assignment & Updating
• Identifying InCopy Stories inside InDesign
• Editing in InDesign & InCopy Simultaneously
• Checking Out Stories to Edit Them
• Copyfitting & Checking Stories Back In
• Editing in InDesign & Updating in InCopy

RULES, STROKES & TABS

• Activating Dynamic Spelling
• Utilizing Next Style Sheets
• Aligning Text Using the Tabs Ruler
• Redefining a Paragraph Style
• Drawing a Line Using Paragraph Rules
• Editing Stroke Styles

FLEXIBLE FOOTNOTES & SPELL CHECKING

• Inserting Footnotes
• Numbering & Formatting Footnotes
• Customizing a Footnote Layout
• Working with Multiple Footnotes
• Using the Check Spelling Dialog Box
• Adding Words to the Dictionary

FEATHERING MAGIC

• Learning to Use the Pen Tool
• Drawing a Closed Path
• Subtracting One Path from Another
• Modifying a Path
• Creating & Modifying a Feathered Edge
• Using the Paste Into Command

FOLIOS, MASTER PAGES & LIBRARIES

• Creating a Folio Layer & Importing a Folio Style
• Creating a Folio on a Master Page
• Duplicating & Deleting Folios
• Creating a Folio Library
• Applying Saved Folios to Other InDesign Files

MULTIPLE MASTERS, OVERRIDES & PDF IMPORT

• Performing a Local Override
• Exploring Override Rules & Options
• Working with Multiple Master Pages
• Distributing Objects & Applying Object Styles
• Importing Multiple Images from a PDF

SECTIONS, BOOKS & AUTO PAGINATION

• Numbering Pages & Creating Sections
• Assembling a Book
• Synchronizing Styles

TABLE OF CONTENTS SECRETS

• Creating a Table of Contents
• Adding Titles & Descriptions
• Pasting Into Specific Layers
• Applying Table of Contents Styles
• Affecting the Visibility of Type
• Updating the Table of Contents

TRAPPING & OUTPUT PREVIEW

• Trapping in Adobe InDesign
• Knowing When to Use Trapping
• Creating a Trap Preset
• Using the Flattener Preview
• Dealing with Flattening Issues
• Using the Separations Preview

PREFLIGHT, PACKAGE & PRINT

• Using the Preflight Dialog Box
• Updating Links & Editing Original Images
• Packaging a Document for a Printer
• Setting Print Options & Presets
• More Options & Outputting to a Printer

ADOBE PDF EXPORT

• Introducing PDF Presets
• Exporting a PDF for Approval
• Compressing Images & Other Export Options
• Adding Security & Exporting the File
• Exporting a PDF for Print
• Setting Color & Security Options

XML WORKFLOW & ADOBE GOLIVE PACKAGES

• Creating, Assigning & Saving Tags
• Exporting XML & Loading Tags
• Mapping Tags to Styles & Importing XML
• Creating & Opening a Package
• Modifying Packaged Text Styles in GoLive
• Modifying Packaged Graphics in GoLive

INTERACTIVE PDF MAGIC

• Adding Hyperlinks to Interactive Buttons
• Working with Flash Movies in InDesign
• Working with QuickTime Files in InDesign
• Creating Interactive Text Buttons
• Assigning Actions to Buttons
• Creating a Rollover State for a Graphic Button
• Previewing Media Files in Bridge
• Adding Sound Files to an InDesign Document
• Exporting to PDF
• Mini Outro

POSTER DESIGN MAGIC

• Creating Presets & Drawing Guides
• Drawing Rules & Using Step and Repeat
• Loading Swatches & Drawing a Shape
• Aligning Type & Rotating an Image
• Extending a Gradient & Creating Drop Shadows
• Creating an Overlay Gradient
• Converting a Text Snippet to a Table
• Applying Styles & Swatches to a Table
• Formatting Text around a Graphic
• Placing a Logo & Scaling Objects
• Joining & Subtracting Paths & Fitting Images
• Placing a Graphic inside Type
• Creating a Lens Effect with Text
• Final Comments & Credits

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