InDesign CS5: Video QuickStart Guide

InDesign CS5: Video QuickStart Guide

Released October 2015
Publisher(s): Pearson
ISBN: 0132698625

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Video description

Adobe InDesign CS5 for Macintosh and Windows: Video QuickStart Guide highlights the important software features, both those new to InDesign CS5, and ones in previous versions of InDesign. More than two hours of video addresses many of InDesign’s most challenging tools and features. Coverage of InDesign CS5's features includes: working with text effects applying styles to characters and paragraphs; creating custom strokes and corners for objects; an in-depth tutorial on the Pen tool, and much more.

Table of contents

  1. Chapter 1: Getting Started
    1. Working with panels 00:05:56
    2. Using Contextual Menus 00:02:08
  2. Chapter 2: Document Setup
    1. Setting up Documents 00:17:23
    2. Working with Guides 00:10:56
  3. Chapter 3: Basic Text
    1. Typing Text 00:08:38
    2. Using the Character Panel 00:09:47
    3. Applying Paragraph Formatting 00:10:42
  4. Chapter 4: Working with Objects
    1. Types of Frames 00:06:48
    2. Replicating Objects 00:04:12
    3. Using the Transform Panel 00:07:00
  5. Chapter 5: Working in Color
    1. The Basics of Color
  6. Chapter 6: Fills, Strokes, Effects
    1. Creating Custom Stroke Styles
    2. Corner Options
    3. Working with Effects
    4. Using the Pathfinder Commands
  7. Chapter 7: Points and Paths
    1. Pen Points
  8. Chapter 8: Imported Graphics
    1. Placing Artwork
    2. Setting the Image Import Options
    3. Working with Images Inside Frames
    4. Importing Transparent Images
  9. Chapter 9: Text Effects
    1. Wrapping Text
    2. Wrapping Text
    3. Text on a Path
  10. Chapter 10: Pages and Books
    1. Navigating and Moving Pages
  11. Chapter 11: Layers
    1. Creating and Deleting Layers
    2. Working with Layers
  12. Chapter 12: Libraries and Snippets
    1. Storing Items in a Library
    2. Creating and Using Snippets
  13. Chapter 13: Tabs and Tables
    1. Inserting Tab Characters
    2. Creating and Using Tables
    3. Creating and Using Tables
    4. Working with Rows and Columns
  14. Chapter 14: Automating Your Work
    1. Using the GREP Find/Change
    2. Using the Story Editor
    3. Using the Eyedropper on Text
    4. Installing and Running Scripts
  15. Chapter 15: Styles
    1. Working with Paragraph Styles
    2. Working with Character Styles
    3. Applying Styles and Style Overrides
    4. Working with Object Styles
  16. Chapter 16: Typography
    1. Optical Margin Alignment
    2. Baseline Grid
    3. Using OpenType
  17. Chapter 17: Color Management
    1. Choosing Color Settings
  18. Chapter 19: Output
    1. Setting the General Print Options
    2. Creating Preflight Profiles
    3. Packaging a Document
  19. Chapter 20: Exporting
    1. Setting the Export File Options
  20. Chapter 21: Customizing
    1. Trashing Preferences
    2. General Preferences Controls

Product information

  • Title: InDesign CS5: Video QuickStart Guide
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: October 2015
  • Publisher(s): Pearson
  • ISBN: 0132698625