InDesign Workshop Topics

Lesson 1: Essential InDesign skills

• Working with InDesign tools and panels
• Discovering the InDesign workspace
• Using the document window
• Using guides
• Taking advantage of viewing modes
• Saving your workspace
• Working with the Control panel
• Navigating through a document

Lesson 2: Using master pages to create consistent layouts

• Planning your document
• Formatting master pages
• Adding layout pages
• Adding images & text to master pages

Lesson 3: Designing with text and type

• Creating a text frame
• Changing character attributes
• Changing paragraph attributes
• Finding and changing text
• Checking and correcting spelling
• Using the Glyphs panel
• Flowing text and threading text between frames

Lesson 4: Using styles to save time and create consistent formats

• Defining and applying paragraph styles
• Defining and applying character styles
• Updating and loading styles
• Organizing styles into groups
• Creating and applying object styles

Lesson 5: Using graphics in your layouts

• How InDesign handles graphics
• Locating missing images
• The Links panel and Link badge
• Creating a graphic frame
• Adding graphics
• Repositioning graphics
• Fitting graphics to frames
• Wrapping text around graphics

Lesson 6: Adding color to your documents

• Applying color to text and frames
• Creating and saving a new swatch
• Creating a tint reduction
• Updating and editing colors

Lesson 7: Sharing your finished work

• Packaging your document
• Creating a PDF
• Using Adobe PDF Presets