InDesign CC Essential Training with David Blatner

Categories: Tutorials

Find out how to build well-crafted print publications, interactive documents, digital magazines, and ebooks all in one application: InDesign CC. In this course, David Blatner guides you through the core features and tools of this popular page-layout application, including concepts such as setting up documents with master pages and easily formatting text, objects, and tables using styles. The first chapter helps those who are new to the program get up to speed with creating and editing documents. From there, the course shows how to navigate and customize the workspace, work with text frames and graphics, add and format tables, build interactive documents and EPUBs, and much more. Last, learn how to package, print, and export your finished project.

Topics include:

* Getting started in just 30 minutes
* Becoming familiar with the user interface
* Setting up a new document
* Placing graphics such as QR codes and barcodes
* Formatting objects
* Creating color and gradient swatches
* Organizing projects with layers
* Transforming objects
* Incorporating drop caps, bullets, and numbering
* Applying character and object styles
* Building a multidocument book
* Creating an interactive PDF and exporting to EPUB
* Proofing a document with the Preflight panel
* Printing and exporting a document