Course description
This seven part learning series will show you why InDesign is the industry standard for desktop publishing and page layout. InDesign CC is loaded with tools to help creative professionals design eye-popping layouts for brochures, magazines, e-books, and other projects. Now, you can learn the ins and outs of maximizing InDesign CC – from setting up your document and working with templates to using XML and exporting your documents with InDesign CC. Navigate the InDesign interface, set up grids and guides, and import text and images. Work with InDesign’s drawing tools and style menus Build templates, use XML, and automate routine tasks and formatting.
Prerequisites
This course assumes very little familiarity with Adobe InDesign CC. This course is part of 7 courses; InDesign CC: Workspace, Styles, Pages; InDesign CC: Layout and Text; InDesign CC: Styles, Bridge & Images; InDesign CC: Tables, Color & Effects; InDesign CC: Text, Export/Package; InDesign CC: Printing and PDF & SWF; and InDesign CC: Layouts, Forms and ePubs. Please be sure to view the courses in order if you are new to the material.
Meet the expert
Our Creative Design courses are presented by experts from Wiley Publishing. Wiley is a global provider of knowledge and knowledge-enabled services that improve outcomes in areas of research, professional practice, and education. They are the publisher of award-winning journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services.
Course outline
Proofing, Printing, PDF & SWF
Proofing, Printing & Importing (17:08)
- Introduction (00:10)
- Proofing a Document (05:37)
- Printing a Document (04:59)
- Print Booklet (00:19)
- Printing with Adobe Acrobat (01:01)
- Importing Multimedia Content (04:50)
- Summary (00:10)
Digital Publishing & Buttons (22:18)
- Introduction (00:10)
- Digital Publishing Options (06:08)
- Supported Features (03:17)
- Know Your File Formats (01:55)
- Creating Buttons (02:19)
- Multi State Object (05:36)
- Creating Animations (02:41)
- Summary (00:10)
Interactive PDF and SWF (21:23)
- Introduction (00:10)
- Creating Interactive PDF Files (05:50)
- Interactive PDF Options (04:36)
- Creating an SWF (02:19)
- Convert SWF to Interactive PDF (03:57)
- SWF to PDF Using a Script (04:19)
- Summary (00:10)