Course outline

The InDesign workspace
Creating a custom workspace
The tool palette
The control panel in-depth
The object pane in-depth
The character pane in-depth
The paragraph pane in-depth

Creating a basic page
Text frame options
Creating an intermediate page
Drag copying
Pasting inside a box

Placing text
Autoflowing text
semi-autoflowing text
The info palette

Creating a new document
Bleed and slug
Creating a master page
Creating paragraphs style sheets
Creating character style sheets
Creating drop caps
Creating nested style sheets
Using Find/ChangePlacing graphics
The selection tool
The direct selection tool

Using the info palette
Colorising grayscale images
Text wrap
Fills and strokes
Colour control shortcuts

Creating colour swatches
Creating process colours
Creating spot colours
Creating mixed ink groups
Creating colour tints
Creating gradients

Creating a print ready pdf
Preflighting
Packaging for output

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