Have you ever seen a terrific-looking brochure or newsletter and wondered how it was made? Chances are the designer used Adobe InDesign CC, the industry-standard desktop publishing software now available through the Creative Cloud.
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Introduction to InDesign CC
- Learn everything you need to know to successfully use this popular page layout software
- Gain hands-on experience as you use graphics, images, fonts, and other content to complete projects
- Check your work or troubleshoot any problems you encounter with the finished InDesign project files explore the best ways to create different types of materials
- Explore the best ways to create different types of materials
- Learn how to produce publications for different page sizes and devices
- Instructor-led or self-paced online course
- 6-12 weeks to complete
- 24 course hours
- Feel confident using InDesign to create professional-quality business publications
- Gain the skills you need for a great new hobby and way to express your creativity
- Open the door to new freelance and employment opportunities as a designer of business publications
COURSE CONTENT
MAKING YOUR WAY AROUND INDESIGN CC
Wouldn’t it be terrific if you could use one program to create all the different types of print materials—such as letterhead, forms, and even brochures and business cards? Well, you can. This first lesson introduces the different types of content you can produce with InDesign’s workspace and tools. And then you will start working on your first project—a logo for a fictional business.
SETTING UP A NEW DOCUMENT
This lesson focuses on starting and saving a new print document. What’s one of the most common types of print documents? If you said “letterhead,” you would be right and well on your way to this lesson’s project. By the end of the lesson, you will know how to choose settings for a new file, add background images, and organize your content to create a custom letterhead.
ORGANIZING OBJECTS ON A LAYOUT
Organization is a key ingredient in successful work of any kind, and it’s critical to successfully using InDesign. This lesson introduces organizing documents in two ways. In the process, you will complete three projects: a sheet of address stickers, a sheet of business cards, and a reusable business card template.
SETTING UP A MULTIPAGE DOCUMENT
Many of your projects will use multiple pages with different layouts. Designing a catalog layout is the perfect way to learn these skills, and that’s what this lesson focuses on. You will see how to add a graphic into an existing frame, as well as how to add content instantly using a file called a snippet.
ADDING, EDITING, AND THREADING TEXT
Managing text in precise and interesting ways is one of the big advantages of working with InDesign rather than a word-processing program. In this lesson, you will start a two-page brochure project that will take you two lessons to complete.
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