InDesign CC Digital Classroom

Starting up
Prerequisites 1
System requirements 2
Starting Adobe InDesign CC 3
Resetting the InDesign workspace and preferences 4
Loading lesson files 4
Working with the video tutorials 5
Setting up the video tutorials for viewing 6
Viewing the video tutorials with the Adobe Flash Player 6
Additional resources 7
Lesson 1: InDesign CC Essential Skills
Starting up 9
InDesign tools 10
The InDesign workspace 11
The document window 11
Using guides 13
Viewing modes 14
Working with panels 15
The Tools panel 15
Managing panels 17
Saving your workspace 19
Working with the Control panel 20
Navigating through an InDesign document 21
Using the Pages panel 21
Changing the magnification of your document 22
Working with type 24
Entering and formatting type 24
Placing and formatting type 26
Flowing type 27
Using styles 28
Applying paragraph styles 29
Applying character styles 30
Apply styles across a story using Find/Change 30
Applying object styles 32
Working with graphics 34
Placing graphics 34
Positioning graphics within a frame 36
Applying text wrap 39
Understanding layers 40
Applying effects 42
Resources for additional help 43
DigitalClassroomBooks.com 43
In-product help 44
Online help 44
Forums 44
Conferences, seminars, and training 44
Self study 45
Review 45
Lesson 2: Working Smarter with Master Pages
Starting up 47
Planning your document 48
Creating custom page sizes 48
Creating a new custom-sized document 48
Creating and formatting master pages 51
Formatting master pages 53
Adding automatic page numbers 53
Using text variables 56
Basing master pages on other master pages 60
Overriding master page items 61
Adding layout pages 66
Placing formatted text 71
Creating the classified page 73
Adding images and text to the master frames 75
Applying master pages to multiple pages 77
Self study 78
Review 78
Lesson 3: Working with and Formatting Text
Starting up 79
Adding text to your document 80
Creating a text frame 80
Changing character attributes 82
Changing font and type styles using the new font search feature 82
Setting a font favorite 84
Adjusting size 84
Adjusting Leading 84
Adjusting character spacing: kerning and tracking 85
Using a baseline shift 86
Changing paragraph attributes 87
Horizontally aligning text 87
Changing the spacing before and after paragraphs 87
Using tabs 88
Adding rules above or below paragraphs 91
Changing text color 93
Creating drop caps 95
Finding and changing text 95
Finding and changing text and text attributes 95
Finding and changing text using GREP 98
Checking and correcting spelling 100
Checking spelling 101
Adding words to the dictionary 102
Checking spelling as you type 103
Automatically correcting spelling 104
Editing text using the Story Editor 106
Using Track Changes 107
Drag-and-drop text editing 109
Special characters and glyphs 111
Using the Glyphs panel and glyph sets 114
Text frame options 115
Adjusting text inset 115
Vertically aligning text 116
Importing text 117
Flowing text manually 117
Threading text between frames 119
Using semi-autoflow to link several text frames 120
Changing the number of columns in a text frame 122
Baseline grid 124
Viewing and changing the baseline grid 125
Adding story jumps 126
Using styles to format text 128
Creating a headline and applying a style 128
Importing styles from other documents 130
Redefining styles 130
Placing text on a path 132
Importing text from Microsoft Word 135
Missing fonts 138
Finding and fixing missing fonts 138
Self study 140
Review 140
Lesson 4: Using Styles to Save Time
Starting up 141
Style types 142
Paragraph styles 143
Defining paragraph styles 143
Applying paragraph styles 145
Character styles 146
Defining character styles 146
Applying character styles 148
Using nested styles 148
Updating styles 150
Loading styles from another InDesign document 151
Quick Apply 153
Organizing styles into groups 156
Object styles 157
Creating object styles 157
Applying an object style 159
Changing an object style 159
Finishing up 161
GREP Styles 161
Self study 164
Review 164
Lesson 5: Designing with Graphics
Starting up 165
Understanding how InDesign handles graphics 166
Locating missing images 166
Working with the Links panel and the Link badge 167
Customizing the Links panel 171
Adding graphics to your layout 172
Fitting an image within an existing frame 176
Auto Fitting 179
Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics 180
Placing multiple graphics using Mini Bridge 182
Using object styles for images 185
Wrapping text around images 189
Wrapping text around the bounding box 189
Using graphics with clipping paths and alpha channels 190
Removing an image background using InDesign 193
Using anchored objects 196
Advanced importing 200
Importing layered Photoshop files 200
Importing InDesign layouts as graphics 202
Adding a QR Code to a layout 203
Self study 205
Review 205
Lesson 6: Organizing Information Using Tables
Starting up 207
Creating a table 209
Creating new tables 209
Copying and pasting table information 210
Converting text to a table and a table to text 213
Importing a table 214
Editing tables and table options 216
Changing row height 217
Editing the border 218
Formatting rows and columns 220
Using fills 222
Formatting cells and text 225
Resetting the cell styles within a table 225
Text alignment and inset within a cell 227
Formatting text within a cell and saving paragraph styles 228
Formatting text in tables by column 233
Working with tables in Story Editor 235
Merging cells 236
Defining a header cell 236
Setting column and row dimensions 241
Setting a fixed row height 241
Setting column width 243
Using graphics in tables 244
Placing graphics in cells 245
Cell styles and table styles 249
Cell styles 250
Applying cell styles 252
Creating table styles 254
Applying table styles 255
Self study 258
Review 258
Lesson 7: Designing with Color
Starting up 259
Applying colors to frames and text 260
Applying color to text 261
Applying color to frames 262
Applying Live Corner Effects 263
Creating and saving a new swatch 265
Applying strokes to text 267
Creating a tint reduction 270
Making a dashed stroke 272
Creating and saving gradients 275
Linear gradients 275
Saving a gradient 277
Adjusting fill opacity 279
Radial gradient 279
Adjusting the direction of a radial gradient 281
One-click edits 283
Using the Eyedropper tool to copy frame attributes 283
Applying colors to multiple objects 284
Updating and editing colors 285
Using and saving spot colors 287
Colorizing a grayscale image 288
Self study 289
Review 290
Lesson 8: Getting Creative with Effects
Starting up 291
Creative effects 292
Applying opacity to objects 293
Apply effects to stroke or fill only 295
Drop shadow 296
Adjusting effects for objects 299
Bevel and Emboss 301
Object styles with effects 302
Using Find/Change to apply object styles 304
Basic Feather 305
The Gradient Feather tool 308
Converting text to a path 309
Applying blending modes to objects 312
The Screen blending mode 313
The Multiply blending mode 314
Working with imported files that use transparency 316
Applying an alpha channel selection 318
Applying a path selection 321
Self study 323
Review 323
Lesson 9: Working Efficiently with Advanced Document Features
Starting up 325
Adding text variables 326
Creating a book from multiple files 329
Defining pagination and document order 330
Synchronizing attributes across a book file 333
Creating Captions 338
Creating a Table of Contents 341
Building an index 346
Adding topics 346
Adding cross-references 349
Generating the index 350
Creating PDFs and printing from the Book panel 351
Creating PDFs 351
Printing 352
Self study 353
Review 353
Lesson 10: Preparing Files for Output from InDesign
Starting up 355
Packaging 356
Preflight checks 359
Packaging your document 362
Creating an Adobe PDF 366
Separation preview 370
Printing a proof 373
Self study 376
Review 377
Lesson 11: Getting Started with Digital Documents
Starting up 379
InDesign as your Digital Publication Hub 380
Interactive design considerations 380
Importing multimedia content 381
Adding a Hyperlink 385
Creating a Multi-State object 385
Creating buttons to control multimedia content 387
Adding buttons to control a multi-state object 390
Creating page transitions 393
Creating animations 395
Previewing your document 397
Exporting your document 398
Creating an interactive PDF 398
Creating a SWF file 400
New layout features 402
Auto-Size text frames 403
Flexible width text frames 404
Layout adjustments 406
Liquid layout 406
Alternate layouts 408
Linked content 411
The Content tools 413
Creating PDF forms 415
Adding a combo box 417
Creating a Submit button 419
Creating the PDF form 420
Self study 422
Review 422
Lesson 12: Creating an ePub in InDesign
Starting up 423
Preparing your InDesign document for ePub conversion 425
Using styles 425
Controlling Object Export Settings 428
Adding interactive links 430
Adding hyperlinks 431
Creating an interactive Table of Contents 431
Adding document metadata 433
Creating an ePub 434
Specifying Object Export Order 434
Using anchored objects to control object placement 436
Controlling object properties using Object Styles 437
Specifying the cover 439
ePub export settings 440
ePub viewers 445
Distributing ePub files 448
Self study 448
Review 448
Lesson 13: Adobe InDesign CC New Features
Starting up 449
About the new features in InDesign CC 450
Updated user interface 450
64-bit support 451
Improved Font menu 452
Font favorites 453
Native QR code generation 454
The New Document dialog box 455
ePub enhancements 456
Object Style additions 456
Emit CSS 457
Index support 457
Table of contents 458
Improved CSS naming 458