Adobe InDesign CS3 Tutorial

Interface Basics
The Welcome Screen
The ID Screen
The Control Pallet
Pallets
Customizing Pallets
Customizing Menus
Workspaces
Shortcuts
Opening Files
Missing Links
Missing Fonts

Navigating the Document
Changing the View
Zoom Tool
Navigator Pallet
Scrolling and Hand Tool
Multiple Windows
Turning Pages

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Page Setup
New Documents
Bleeds
Slugs
Document Preset
Document Measurements
Document Window
Pasteboard
Margins and Columns
Ruler Guides - Lesson 1
Ruler Guides - Lesson 2
Ruler Options
Baseline Grid
Templates

Pages and Masters
Intro Pages
Pages Pallet
Adding Pages
Duplicating Pages
Deleting Pages
Re-organizing Pages
Multiple Page Spreads
Master Pages Intro
Page Numbering
Advanced Page Numbering
Prefix and Section Markers
Multiple Master Pages
Overriding Masters

Layers
Intro to Layers
Creating New Layers
Moving and Copying to Layers
Adjusting Text Wrap
Duplicating and Deleting
Pasting onto Layers
Locking Layers
Layers and Master Pages

Adobe Bridge
Intro to Bridge
Viewing Files
Organizing Files
Searching / Labeling and Rating
Adobe Stock Photos
Opening Files

Drawing Tools
Intro To Drawing Tools
Line Tool
Rectangle vs Frame Tool
Rectangles and Ovals
Resizing Rectangles and Ovals
Polygon Tool
Pencil Tool
Smooth / Erase
Pen Tool
Adding and Deleting Direction Points
Converting Text to Outlines

Selecting and Manipulating
Selecting
Selecting Multiple Objects
Direct Select
Position Tool
Toggling Selection Tools
Moving Objects
Positioning By Numbers
Nudging
Rotating
Shearing
Scaling Tool
Scaling - Other Technique
Free Transform
Transform Again
Duplicating
Step and Repeat

Working with Objects
Aligning Within a Frame
Aligning Objects
Distribute
Order of Objects
Locking Objects
Grouping
Corner Effects
Intro to Clipping Paths
Paths - Creating
Paths - Imported
Paths - Detect Edges
Compound Paths
Convert Shape

Working with Frames
Creating Text Frames
Moving and Resizing Text Frames
Auto Text Frames
Frames on Master Pages
Importing Text Files
Threading Text Frames - Lesson 1
Threading Text Frames - Lesson 2
Automatic Text Flow
Frames Columns
Frames - Insets / Align
Frames - Text Wrap

Formatting Text
Introduction
Selecting Text
Applying Fonts
Font Size and Leading
Changing Case
Small Caps and Super / Subscript
Kerning
Tracking
Scaling Type
Baseline Shift
Skew
Dictionary
Paragraph Alignment
Setting Indents
Space Above and Below
Drop Caps
Baseline Alignment
Hyphenation
Rules Above and Below
Setting Tabs
Hanging Indents
Bullets
Copying Attributes
Setting Defaults

Other Text Features
Special Characters
Section Markers
Footnotes
Break Characters
Spell Checker
Story Editor
Story Editor Preferences
Glyphs
Type on a Path
Type on a Path - Alignment
Type on a Path - Effects
Text Wrap - Lesson 1
Text Wrap - Lesson 2
Overriding Text Wrap
In-line Graphics
Anchored Objects - Lesson 1
Anchored Objects - Lesson 2
Anchored Objects - Lesson 3
Find / Change Text
Find / Change GREP
Find / Change Glyphs
Find / Change Objects

Stroke and Fill
Intro
Intro to Color
Color Modes
Color Picker
Intro to Swatches
Creating Swatches
Creating Tints
Coloring Imported Graphics
Creating Gradient Swatches
Multi Colored Gradients
Modifying Gradients
Swatches Options

Special Effects
Introduction
Applying Special Effects
Special Effects - Lesson 1
Special Effects - Lesson 2
Special Effects - Lesson 3
Special Effects - Lesson 4
Flattening
Duplicating Effects

Tables
Intro
Creating a Table
Importing Tables
Moving Around a Table
Selecting Cells
Inserting Columns and Rows
Formatting Type
Merging Cells
Resizing Columns and Rows
Cell Formatting
Alternating Colors
Strokes
Adding Graphics
Scaling Tables

Styles
Intro
Paragraph Styles - Lesson 1
Paragraph Styles - Lesson 2
Editing Paragraph Styles
Basing Styles
Creating a Character Style
Nesting Styles - Lesson 1
Nesting Styles - Lesson 2
Nesting a Drop Cap
Setting Next Style
Bullet Color
Bullet Levels
Overriding and Deleting
Object Styles - Lesson 1
Object Styles - Lesson 2
Object Styles - Lesson 3
Table Styles
Style Groups

Managing Graphics
Types of Graphics
Graphic Displays
Placing Graphics
Cut and Paste
Links
Updating Links

Creative Suite at Work
Quick Start Overview
Introduction
ID & Bridge
ID & Photoshop
ID & Illustrator
ID & Export

Other Document Features
Libraries - Lesson 1
Libraries - Lesson 2
Snippets
Importing ID Files
Notes
Creating a Book
Synchronizing Book Documents
Table of Contents
Measurement Tool

Previewing the Document
Viewing Separations
Ink Limit
Flattener Preview
Pre-flighting
Packaging

Printing and PDF
Basic Printing
Advanced Print Options
Exporting to PDF
Create High Resolution PDF File
PDF Presets
Create Normal Print Presets
Printing Oversized Documents (Booklets)

Final Thoughts and Considerations
Using the Included " Work Files "
Closing Remarks
About the Author