Lynda.COM InDesign CS5 Essential Training

David Blatner

Software works on:

Mac and Windows

Topics include:

• Navigating and customizing the workspace
• Managing documents and pages
• Rotating pages and spreads
• Adjusting and mixing page sizes
• Overriding master page items
• Putting text on a path
• Threading text frames
• Applying strokes, fills, and other formatting effects
• Nesting, grouping, and locking objects
• Formatting: character-level and paragraph-level
• Packaging, printing, and exporting

Introduction
Welcome           01:33
What is InDesign CS5?           02:26
Using the exercise files           01:51
54:49 1. Workspace
Understanding the Application window           06:00
Navigating pages           06:39
Zooming and magnifying           06:57
Managing more than one document window           03:36
Setting rulers and measurements           02:09
Positioning panels correctly           06:28
Saving time by making workspaces           03:24
Setting the view quality of artwork           04:09
Adjusting View and Preview settings           04:56
Rotating pages and spreads           03:02
Displaying a new view with the New Window feature           03:29
Setting application and document preferences           04:00
21:31 2. Getting to the Features
Using the Tool panel           08:01
Learning and editing keyboard shortcuts           06:24
Working with spring-loaded tool shortcuts           01:17
Using contextual menus           02:51
Choosing menu items with Quick Apply           02:58
45:25 3. Creating a Document
Creating new documents           07:28
Saving and reverting documents           03:41
Using multiple Undo and Revert           04:28
Setting margin and column guides           05:16
Using ruler guides           08:10
Bleeding colors or images off the side of the page           04:29
Saving objects in libraries           04:49
Exporting and importing page snippets           04:29
Saving for CS4 with IDML           02:35
31:18 4. Managing Pages
Inserting, deleting, and moving pages           07:23
Changing page size           06:14
Adding page numbering           03:43
Changing page numbering with sections           05:58
Creating and applying master pages           05:20
Overriding master page items           02:40
01:21:16 5. Text
Understanding text frames           04:06
Typing and editing text           04:36
Filling with placeholder text           02:38
Inserting special characters           04:43
Importing text           07:49
Threading text frames           04:01
Setting text frame columns and insets           06:32
Setting vertical justification and first baseline position           06:09
Putting text on a path           06:51
Using the Story Editor           08:43
Checking spelling           07:42
Using Find/Change           09:25
Tracking text changes           08:01
49:50 6. Graphics
Importing graphics           08:11
Importing from Mini Bridge           05:27
Using the Links panel           06:34
Embedding links           02:37
Editing graphics in their original app           03:14
Fitting graphics to a frame           06:12
Taking advantage of image transparency and clipping paths           04:53
Adding live captions           05:56
Colorizing images           02:01
Turning image layers on and off           04:45
46:15 7. Formatting Objects
Selecting objects           05:32
Applying basic strokes and fills           08:18
Using advanced strokes           03:28
Adjusting transparency           04:38
Adding drop shadows           06:41
Applying feathering           04:25
Copying formatting with the Eyedropper tool           04:35
Finding and changing object formatting           04:50
Making polygons and starbursts           03:48
22:56 8. Interactive Documents
Making interactive documents           02:06
Adding hyperlinks           05:52
Building bookmarks           03:38
Creating buttons           08:57
Animating an object           02:23
23:29 9. Color
Creating color swatches           05:52
The danger and power of unnamed colors           04:47
Building tint swatches           02:18
Creating gradient swatches           03:56
Applying gradients           06:36
50:00 10. Managing Objects
Positioning objects with the Page Gap tool           02:53
Stacking objects           02:13
Creating and controlling layers           03:53
Managing objects in the Layers panel           03:37
Nesting objects           02:46
Editing frame and path shapes           04:06
Adding rounded corners and other corner options           03:57
Grouping objects           03:14
Locking objects           02:39
Aligning and distributing           05:43
Understanding text wrap           08:13
Using anchored objects           06:46
18:49 11. Transforming Objects
Duplicating objects           05:39
Rotating objects           03:03
Scaling objects           03:57
Mirroring objects           03:46
Using the Transform Again feature           02:24
25:52 12. Character Formatting
Applying basic character styling           07:08
Applying advanced character formatting           04:54
Changing case           02:51
Understanding OpenType features           03:19
Using Find/Change for text formatting           03:18
Using Find Font           04:22
45:27 13. Paragraph Formatting
Applying formatting to a paragraph           04:14
Spanning a paragraph across multiple columns           03:05
Splitting a paragraph into multiple columns           02:01
Using drop caps           03:16
Adjusting text hyphenation           03:21
Fine-tuning justified text           04:19
Setting tabs           05:54
Aligning to a baseline grid           04:24
Controlling orphans and widows with Keep Options           02:39
Adding rules (lines) above or below a paragraph           03:14
Adding automatic bullets           04:39
Working with numbered lists           04:21
31:03 14. Styles
Creating and applying paragraph styles           06:34
Using character styles           05:43
Applying styles automatically with Nested Styles           07:19
Using object styles           03:27
Using Quick Apply with styles           02:49
Cleaning up a local formatting mess           05:11
37:00 15. Tables
Creating a table           05:54
Adjusting rows and columns           06:35
Formatting a table           08:05
Adding headers and footers           01:58
Applying table styles           05:32
Adding Microsoft Word and Excel tables           08:56
10:26 16. Preflighting
Checking your document with the Preflight panel           02:54
Creating a custom preflight profile           04:45
Checking color with the Separations Preview           02:47
31:07 17. Packaging, Printing, and Exporting
Packaging for output           04:13
Using the Print dialog box           10:22
Exporting a PDF           08:47
Exporting an interactive PDF           03:59
Exporting text           01:36
Exporting SWF files           02:10
01:32 Conclusion
Finding more information and help           01:12
Goodbye           00:20