INDESIGN.AP1 ISBN: 978-1-64459-437-7
Adobe Indesign 2023
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54 Hands-On LiveLabs
Practice real IT tasks in guided environments.
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Lessons
16 Interactive Lessons · 178 topics01 Getting Started 6 topics +
- About Classroom in a Book
- Prerequisites
- Installing the software
- Online content
- Saving and restoring the InDesign Defaults file
- Training resources
02 Introducing the Workspace 11 topics · 4 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Looking at the workspace
- Working with panels
- Customizing the workspace
- Changing the magnification of a document
- Navigating through a document
- Using context menus
- Using panel menus
- Modifying Interface preferences
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
03 Getting to Know InDesign 11 topics · 4 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Viewing guides
- Adding text
- Working with styles
- Working with graphics
- Working with objects
- Working with object styles
- Preflighting as you work
- Viewing the document in Presentation mode
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
04 Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages 15 topics · 5 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Creating a new document
- Creating and saving custom document settings
- Creating a new document from a preset
- Working with parent pages
- Applying parent pages to document pages
- Adding new document pages
- Rearranging and deleting document pages
- Changing the size of pages within one InDesign document
- Adding sections to change page numbering
- Overriding parent page items and placing text and graphics
- Printing to the edge of the paper: Using the bleed guides
- Viewing the completed spread
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
5 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
05 Working with Objects 14 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Introducing layers
- Working with layers
- Creating and modifying text frames
- Creating and modifying graphics frames
- Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
- Wrapping text around a graphic
- Transforming the shape of frames
- Transforming and aligning objects
- Selecting and modifying grouped objects
- Flowing type along a path
- Drawing lines and modifying arrowheads
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
06 Working with Color 11 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Managing color
- Defining printing requirements
- Creating colors
- Applying colors
- Finding and changing color swatches
- Working with tint swatches
- Working with gradients
- Working with color groups
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
07 Flowing Text 13 topics · 7 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Flowing text into an existing frame
- Flowing text manually
- Creating text frames while flowing text
- Creating threaded frames automatically
- Flowing text automatically
- Using Find/Change to delete extra paragraph returns
- Applying paragraph styles to text
- Adjusting columns
- Using the baseline grid to align text
- Adding a jump line page number
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
7 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
08 Editing Text 9 topics · 6 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Entering and importing text
- Finding and changing text and formatting
- Checking spelling
- Editing text by dragging and dropping
- Using the Story Editor
- Tracking changes
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
6 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
09 Working with Typography 12 topics · 13 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Adjusting vertical spacing
- Working with fonts, type styles, and glyphs
- Working with columns
- Changing paragraph alignment
- Creating a drop cap
- Adjusting letter and word spacing
- Adjusting line breaks
- Setting tabs
- Working with paragraph shading and rules
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
13 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
10 Working with Styles 10 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Creating and applying paragraph styles
- Creating and applying character styles
- Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
- Creating and applying object styles
- Creating and applying table and cell styles
- Globally updating styles
- Loading styles from another document
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
11 Creating Tables 10 topics · 5 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Working with tables
- Converting text to a table
- Changing rows and columns
- Formatting a table
- Adding graphics to table cells
- Creating a header row
- Creating and applying table and cell styles
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
5 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
12 Importing and Modifying Graphics 15 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Adding graphics from other programs
- Comparing vector and pixel-based graphics
- Managing links to imported files
- Updating revised graphics
- Adjusting display quality
- Importing and sizing graphics
- Editing placed pictures
- Working with dropped backgrounds
- Importing native Adobe graphic files
- Using Subject-Aware Text Wrap
- Filling type with a graphic
- Using an InDesign library to manage objects
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
13 Working with Transparency 9 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Creating a background graphic
- Applying transparency settings
- Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics
- Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
- Applying transparency settings to text
- Working with effects
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
14 Printing and Exporting 13 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Preflighting files
- Previewing separations
- Managing colors
- Previewing transparency effects
- Previewing the pages
- Creating an Adobe PDF proof
- Creating a press-ready PDF and saving a PDF preset
- Printing a proof and saving a print preset
- Packaging files
- Exporting graphics for the web and other digital destinations
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
15 Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields 9 topics +
- Getting started
- Setting up a workspace for forms
- Adding form fields
- Setting the tab order of the fields
- Adding a button to submit the form
- Exporting an interactive PDF file
- Testing your form in Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
16 Creating a Fixed-Layout Epub and Publishing Online 10 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Getting started
- Creating a new document for fixed-layout export
- EPUB: Fixed-layout versus reflowable
- Adding animation
- Buttons
- Adding multimedia and interactive elements
- Exporting a fixed-layout EPUB file
- InDesign Publish Online
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
Hands-On Labs Our edge
54 LiveLabs- Reviewing the Control Panel
- Working with Multiple Document Windows
- Moving the Tools Panel and Control Panel
- Rearranging and Customizing Panels
- Viewing Guides
- Typing and Styling Text
- Applying Paragraph Styles
- Creating and Applying a Character Style
- Creating a New Document
- Creating and Saving Custom Document Settings
- Creating a New Document from a Preset
- Adding New Document Pages
- Adding Sections to Change Page Numbering
- Working with Layers
- Creating a Tint Swatch
- Creating a Gradient Swatch
- Resizing Text Frames Automatically
- Applying a Paragraph Style
- Importing Text into an Existing Text Frame
- Flowing Text Manually
- Using the Story Editor
- Creating Text Frames While Flowing Text
- Working with Tables
- Entering and Importing Text
- Finding and Changing Formatting
- Automatically Correcting Misspelled Words
- Adding Words to a Document-Specific Dictionary
- Checking Spelling in the Document
- Tracking Changes
- Changing the Spacing Between Paragraphs
- Applying a Stroke and Fill to Text
- Adding a Special Character
- Applying a Font, Style, Size, and Leading
- Adding a Font from Adobe Fonts
- Inserting Fraction Characters
- Specifying Columns for a Text Frame
- Hanging Punctuation Outside the Margin
- Changing Paragraph Alignment
- Adjusting the Tracking and Kerning
- Inserting Manual Line Breaks
- Applying a Rule to a Paragraph
- Applying Shading to a Paragraph
- Converting Text to a Table
- Formatting an Object for a Style
- Rearranging Rows and Columns
- Adding and Deleting Rows
- Adding Table Borders
- Applying a Fill Color to Cells
- Adding a Fill Pattern
- Adding Graphics from Other Programs
- Working with Clipping Paths from Photoshop in InDesign
- Applying Transparency Settings
- Creating Print Presets
- Creating a Hyperlink
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