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Adobe InDesign 2.0 Tutorials

Adobe InDesign 2.0 Tutorials
Author Name   Andrew J. Hathaway
Total Movies   120
Duration   8.5 Hours
 

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InDesign 2.0, Adobe's exciting new page layout application for printers and graphic designers, shares the language of professionals , delivering total creative workflow, productivity, and precision for designing layout. It integrates with Adobe Photoshop 7 and Illustrator 10 , providing a single integrated application that enhances your creative process. New features included are as follows transparency controls for creating watermarks, tables for layout, consistent color management using the Adobe Core Technology, which is great for pantone , and also InDesign's Long Document support, which is for the creation of indexes and tables of large amounts of content. The lessons begins slowly by introducing the student to the workplace interface and palettes of InDesign 2.0 studio, setting up a new document and using all the parameters, and how to use many of the tools and plug ins, such as line tools and frame tools. The lesson then moves on to creating and editing text and adding and changing graphics, formatting, editing, applying color, importing from PhotoShop or Illustrator, and more.


Intro
 Overview of Page Layout App
 What's New in 2.0
 Interface Basics
 Palettes
 Mistakes
 Keyboard Shortcuts
 Help & Contextual Menus
 Preferences

Getting Started
 New Document
 Working with Layers
 Ruler Guides
 Stacking Order
 Document Grid
 Adding Frames
 Auto Guides & Columns

Tools
 Tools Palette
 Selection Tool
 Pen Tool
 Type Tool
 Pencil Tools
 Line Tool
 Frame Tools
 Rotate and Shear Tool
 Shear Tool
 Free Transform
 Eye Dropper Tool
 Gradient Tool
 Hand & Zoom Tools
 Fill and Stroke
 Preview Mode Button

Adding Content
Adding Graphics
Resizing Graphics
Dragging from Photoshop
Fitting Options
Adding Text
Dragging from InDesign
Using Master Pages
Auto Page Numbering
Editing Master Pages
Aligning Objects

Working with Text
Selecting Text
Editing Fonts and Sizes
Enforcing Type Parameters
Type Color
Threading Text Frames
Breaking Threads
Aemi-autoflow & Autoflow
Text Frame Options

Formatting Text
Formatting Characters
Character Palette Menu
Open Type Fonts
Open Type Font Options
Paragraph Palette Options
Baseline Grid
Composition Methods
Justification Options
Hyphenation Options
H&J Highlighting
Keep Options
Paragraph Rules
Optical Margin Alignment
Paragraph Styles
Redefining Styles
Apply / Change Styles
Deleting Paragraph Styles
Glyphs Palette

Pages Palette
Pages Palette Basics
Adding / Deleting & Reordering
Targeting Vs. Selecting
Island Spreads
Applying Master Pages
Child Master Page
Master Items Layers
Adding Sections
Deleting Sections
Reordering Pages
Master Overrides
Local vs Selected Overrides
Navigating Pages

Tables
Tabs Palette
Convert / Add and Import Tables
Selecting Table Cells
Adding Rows and Columns
Table Palette Options
Table Coloring Options
Cell Options
Cell Fill and Stroke

Colors
Colors Palette
Swatches Palette
Gradient Swatches
Gradient Palette
Applying Color to Text
Swatches Vs. Color Palette
Pantone Spot Color
Tint Swatch

Vector Graphics
Vector vs. Raster
Pen Tool Basics
Compound Shapes
Outlining Shapes
Inline Frame
Scissors Tool
Shapes as Text Frames
Stroke Options
Type on Path
Overprint Preview

Working With Graphics
Display Mode
Links Palette
Embed and Editing Original
Clipping Path / Edges
Clipping Path /Alpha Channel
Text Wrap
Semi-transparent Effects
Importing Illustrator Files
Photoshop Files
Transparency
Knock Out and Isolate
Corners & Drop Shadows
Feather
Flattening
Roughing Out Spreads
Libraries

Long Document Features
Table of Contents
Index
Books
Find/Change and Spell Check
Color Management

Output & Printing
Saving
PDF files
PDF General Options
PDF Image compression
PDF Security & Color
Preflight & Package
Export EPS File.mov
Export HTML
Export SVG
Printer Styles
Page Setup
Printer Setup
General Print Options
Print Setup
Marks & Bleeds
Print Output Options
Print Graphics Options

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