Online Adobe InDesign Training Course

Here we look at the general workspace in InDesign, learning how we can control and customise the various panels and menu items that InDesign has to offer.

A look at the new document dialogue box and how we can set up/create new documents within InDesign

We will look at the correct method of placing and linking images to your InDesign documents.

A lesson explaining how to increase/decrease your image sizes and also rotating them.

In this InDesign lesson we will place multiple images in at the same time and group them together.

We will look at how you can place multiple images in to a grid placement within InDesign.

Repairing broken links to your images and replacing your images within your InDesign documents.

How to apply curved corner edges to your frames.

Adding/deleting and effectively using the layers panel with InDesign.

Applying various effects to your image frames including drop shadows and feathering.

How to add delete and organising the colours within your InDesign swatches panel.

Looking at how you can apply the various swatches to both the stroke and fill of your frames.

How to add, delete and reorganise all your InDesign pages within your pages panel.

Create text frames and learn how to thread the text in to other InDesign text frames.

Here we will look at how to use your swatches panel to add colour to your text and the text frames.

We will adjust and apply a baseline grid to the body text to ensure perfect alignment.

A look at the text and paragraph panels to format the text content.

Applying a text wrap to both images and text frames using the InDesign Text wrap panel.

Using the gradient feather tool to merge images together along with the transparency options.

Creating and saving an InDesign Library to reuse your content on other InDesign documents.

A detailed look at setting tabs so we can get perfectly aligned text lists.

A look at the master pages within the pages panel to create consistent page templates.

Duplicating master pages and applying the master to various pages within your InDesign document.

Applying special characters to your master pages to produce automatic page numbering on all your InDesign documents pages.

Using the character styles panel we will create consistent character styles for our body and header text.

Using compound paths we can merge frames together to carry a single image in InDesign.

Using clipping paths we can automatically crop images in to InDesign frames.

Run your text along any path that has been created with InDesign.

Here we look at the effects panel in more depth, applying effects with more precise control.

Using the pathfinder panel we can merge delete and cut out frames with each other to create more bespoke shapes.

A look at the Pen Tool, why we use it and the benefits of mastering it for not only Adobe InDesign but for all Adobe applications.

A more in-depth look at InDesign’s pen tool, drawing a bespoke frame to crop an image.

Pre Flight checking your InDesign document to find any errors that may need fixing before sending to print.

Using the Pre flight to check that your swatches and bleed in your InDesign documents are set correctly for print.

Create your own pre flight pre-sets within InDesign.

Package all your links and fonts together in to a single folder for archiving or passing on to somebody else to edit.

Exporting your InDesign document in to a lo-resolution PDF format for on screen or web use.

Exporting a Hi-resolution PDF from your InDesign document ready to send for hi quality print output.

Add interactive buttons to your InDesign pages so when you export a PDF the user can flick between pages.

In this video we will look at how to create interactive image galleries with Adobe InDesign. We will use multistate objects to create the gallery and export as flash files to be reimported in to the InDesign document and exported as a PDF.