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Adobe InDesign CS Tutorials

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Produce pages quickly and output them more reliably with Adobe® InDesign® CS. By combining extraordinary production power and creative freedom with innovative cross-media support, Adobe® InDesign® CS takes page design to a whole new level. Long time VTC author, Brian White, covers the application’s many tools, page setup, creating and importing tables, text and image manipulation, previewing and printing, and much, much, more. Due to its tight integration with Adobe Photoshop®, Illustrator®, and Acrobat® software, Adobe® InDesign® CS is an essential upgrade from InDesign® 2.0. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the movie topics below.
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Intro
Introduction (02:06)
The ID Screen (03:29)
The Control Pallet (02:47)
Pallets (02:57)
Customizing Shortcuts (03:09)
Context Menus (01:29)
Opening Files (02:25)
Missing Fonts (02:00)
Missing Links (02:06)
Changing the View (02:17)
Zoom Tool (02:36)
Navigator Pallet (01:18)
Scrolling/Hand Tool (02:09)
Turning Pages (02:58)
Multiple Windows (01:17)
Save/Save As (01:12)
Undo/Revert (01:40)
Page Setup
New Documents (03:55)
Document Preset (01:20)
Document Measurements (02:00)
Document Window (04:39)
Changing Margins and Columns (02:55)
Baseline Grid (02:22)
Document Grid (03:12)
Ruler Guides pt. 1 (01:39)
Ruler Guides pt. 2 (03:29)
Working with Pages
Intro to Pages Pallet (03:10)
Adding and Deleting Pages (01:05)
Multiple Page Spreads (01:23)
Re-Organizing Pages (01:43)
Master Pages Intro (03:47)
Page Numbering (01:56)
Advanced Page Numbering (03:20)
Multiple Master Pages (06:03)
Intro to Layers (02:42)
Creating New Layers (04:13)
Duplicating and Deleting Layers (01:22)
Changing Order (01:32)
Move/Copy to Another Layer (01:55)
Pasting onto Layers (01:33)
Locking Layers (01:21)
Selecting and Manipulating
Selecting (02:16)
Selecting Multiple Objects (01:38)
Direct Select (02:48)
Using the Control Pallet (00:52)
Moving Objects (02:11)
Moving by Numbers (02:49)
Nudging (01:12)
Rotating (03:09)
Shearing (02:00)
Scale Tool (02:28)
Scale - Selection Tool (01:17)
Free Transform (01:23)
Duplicating (02:45)
Paste Into (01:33)
Removing from Container (02:07)
Drawing Tools
Intro to Drawing Tools (01:05)
Line Tool (01:00)
Rectangle/Oval Frame Tools pt. 1 (02:04)
Rectangle/Oval Frame Tools pt. 2 (01:35)
Sizing Rectangle/Ovals (01:23)
Creating Polygons (01:41)
Pencil/Smooth/Erase (01:28)
Pen Tool (01:31)
Adding/Deleting Direction Points (01:31)
Using Direction Lines (01:47)
Changing Curves (02:03)
Converting Text to Outlines (03:38)
Working with Objects
Aligning within a Frame (01:50)
Aligning Objects (01:50)
Distribute (03:18)
Order of Objects (02:42)
Locking Objects (01:05)
Adding a Drop Shadow (03:27)
Feathering (01:53)
Corner Effects (01:28)
Intro to Clipping Paths (01:20)
Clipping Paths - Creating (01:28)
Clipping Paths - Importing (03:42)
Clipping Paths - Detect Edges (03:39)
Grouping (03:01)
Transparency (04:14)
Copying Transparency Effects (04:14)
Flattening (00:42)
Duplicating Objects (00:59)
Step and Repeat (01:20)
Compound Paths (03:36)
Working with Text
Creating Text Frames (01:59)
Moving and Resizing Text Frames (02:00)
Text Frames and Master Pages (04:06)
Creating Text - Pasting (02:03)
Importing Text Files (03:54)
Threading Text Frames pt. 1 (02:30)
Threading Text Frames pt. 2 (01:44)
Automatic Text Flow (02:14)
Frame Properties - Columns (03:01)
Frame Properties - Insets/Align (02:26)
Frame Properties - Baseline Offset (01:34)
Special Break Characters (04:09)
Spell Checker (01:40)
Story Editor (02:39)
Story Editor Preferences (01:51)
Find/Change (03:45)
Finding Meta-Characters (01:51)
Glyphs (02:02)
Quotation Marks (02:06)
Inserting Special Characters (01:33)
Creating Type on a Path (02:31)
Type on a Path - Alignment (01:42)
Type on a Path - Effects (02:04)
Text Wrap pt. 1 (02:13)
Text Wrap pt. 2 (03:15)
Text Wrap pt. 3 (02:23)
Overriding Text Wrap (00:45)
Formatting Text
Introduction (01:35)
Selecting Text (02:00)
Fonts and Leading (03:37)
Caps - Super/Subscript (02:12)
Kerning and Tracking (01:47)
Scaling Type (01:52)
Baseline Shift (01:26)
Skew (00:41)
Dictionary (01:06)
Paragraph Formatting (01:23)
Alignment (01:19)
Setting Indents (01:36)
Baseline Alignment (02:10)
Space Above/Below (01:00)
Drop Caps (00:55)
Rules Above/Below (04:26)
Hyphenation (03:18)
Setting Tabs (06:14)
Hanging Indents (01:36)
Copying Attributes (03:44)
Paragraph and Character Styles
Intro (02:06)
Creating Paragraph Styles pt. 1 (05:02)
Creating Paragraph Styles pt. 2 (02:24)
Editing Paragraph Styles (03:16)
Setting Next Style (02:48)
Overrides and Clearing Overrides (01:23)
Basing Styles on Other Styles (01:54)
Creating a Character Style (03:12)
Nesting Character Styles pt. 1 (02:03)
Nesting Character Styles pt. 2 (01:57)
Importing Styles (01:10)
Deleting Styles (01:14)
Stroke and Fill
Intro to Color pt. 1 (02:11)
Intro to Color pt. 2 (01:39)
Color Modes (03:00)
Swatches (03:39)
Coloring Imported Graphics (01:52)
Creating New Color Swatches (03:56)
Importing Color Swatches (00:35)
Creating Tints (01:41)
Creating Gradient Swatches pt. 1 (02:00)
Creating Gradient Swatches pt. 2 (02:06)
Multi-Colored Gradients (01:38)
Modifying Gradients (01:05)
Adding Gradients to Text (01:06)
Using the Color Picker (01:42)
Tables
Intro (00:44)
Creating a Table (02:38)
Importing a Table (04:35)
Moving Around a Table (01:19)
Selecting Cells (02:57)
Inserting Columns and Rows (02:15)
Formatting Type (01:43)
Resizing Columns and Rows (02:47)
Merging Cells (02:47)
Adding Graphics (01:26)
Coloring Cells (01:46)
Alternating Colors (02:56)
Strokes (04:59)
Scaling Tables (01:26)
Working with Imported Graphics
Types of Graphics (04:12)
Placing Graphics (03:16)
Cut and Paste (03:33)
Dragging from Pasteboard (01:26)
Intro to Links pt. 1 (01:37)
Intro to Links pt. 2 (01:22)
Updating Links (02:45)
Editing Links (03:52)
Replacing Links (00:49)
Libraries (01:53)
Creating a Library (02:13)
Book
Creating a Book (03:02)
Synchronizing Book Documents pt. 1 (02:22)
Synchronizing Book Documents pt. 2 (01:38)
Table of Contents (06:04)
Pre-Viewing the Document
Pre-Flighting (02:49)
Packaging (02:14)
Viewing Separations (03:11)
Ink Limit (02:40)
Flattener Preview (04:44)
PDF and Printing
Intro (01:01)
Exporting to PDF (02:58)
PDF Options pt. 1 (04:50)
PDF Options pt. 2 (02:27)
PDF Presets (01:12)
Printing Basics (02:14)
Print Bleeds and Slugs (03:13)
Printing Separations (04:01)
Print Presets (02:22)
Export vs. Print to PDF (01:22)
Credits
About this Author (00:50)

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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: Adobe InDesign CS
Author: Brian White
SKU: 33513
ISBN: 1-932072-66-7
Duration: 8.5 hrs / 205 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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