Contents
Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app
Accessing the lesson files and Web Edition
Saving and restoring the InDesign Defaults file
Moving the current InDesign Defaults file
Restoring the saved InDesign Defaults file
Reviewing the document window and pasteboard
Working with multiple document windows
Expanding and collapsing panels
Rearranging and customizing panels
Moving the Tools panel and Control panel
Modifying interface preferences
Formatting text for the character style
Creating and applying a character style
Changing an object’s stroke and fill
Viewing the document in Presentation mode
3 SETTING UP A DOCUMENT AND WORKING WITH PAGES
Creating and saving custom document settings
Adding guides to the master page
Step and repeat, paste, and delete guides
Creating a text frame on the master page
Adding placeholder frames for text
Adding placeholder frames for graphics
Creating an additional master page
Applying master pages to document pages
Rearranging and deleting document pages
Changing the size of pages within one InDesign file
Adding sections to change page numbering
Overriding master page items and placing text and graphics
Printing to the edge of the paper: using the bleed guides
Creating and reordering layers
Move items to the Background layer
Creating and modifying text frames
Creating and resizing text frames
Creating multicolumn text frames
Adjusting text inset and vertical alignment
Creating and modifying graphics frames
Placing a graphic within an existing frame
Resizing a graphics frame to crop a graphic
Placing a graphic without an existing frame
Placing multiple graphics in a grid of frames
Resizing and moving images within frames
Adjusting the space between frames
Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
Placing and linking graphics frames
Modifying and updating parent–child graphics frames
Wrapping text around a graphic
Transforming the shape of frames
Adding rounded corners to frames
Transforming and aligning objects
Rotating an image within its frame
Selecting and modifying grouped objects
Drawing lines and modifying arrowheads
Flowing text into an existing frame
Importing text into an existing text frame
Resizing text frames automatically
Creating text frames while flowing text
Creating threaded frames automatically
Applying paragraph styles to text
Using the baseline grid to align text
Adding a jump line page number
Finding and changing a missing font
Finding and changing text and formatting
Finding and changing formatting
Checking spelling in the document
Adding words to a document-specific dictionary
Automatically correcting misspelled words
Editing text by dragging and dropping
Changing the spacing between paragraphs
Working with fonts, type styles, and glyphs
Adding a font from Adobe Fonts
Applying a stroke and fill to text
Specifying columns for a text frame
Hanging punctuation outside the margin
Adjusting letter and word spacing
Adjusting the tracking and kerning
Aligning text to tabs and adding tab leaders
Creating a numbered list with a hanging indent
Working with paragraph shading and rules
Applying shading to a paragraph
Applying a rule to a paragraph
Displaying images at full resolution
Specifying color settings in InDesign
Defining printing requirements
Converting a color mode for a swatch
Creating a PANTONE color swatch
Applying fill colors to objects
Adjusting the direction of the gradient blend
Adding colors to a color group
Adding a theme to the Swatches panel
Adding a color theme to your CC Library
Creating and applying paragraph styles
Creating and applying character styles
Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
Creating character styles for nesting
Creating and applying object styles
Formatting an object for a style
Creating and applying table and cell styles
Loading styles from another document
10 IMPORTING AND MODIFYING GRAPHICS
Adding graphics from other programs
Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
Managing links to imported files
Viewing information about linked files
Showing files in Explorer (Windows) or Finder (macOS)
Place a graphic into an existing frame and use frame fitting options
Place a graphic into an existing frame by dropping from the desktop
Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics
Working with dropped backgrounds
Working with clipping paths from Photoshop in InDesign
Working with transparent backgrounds from Photoshop in InDesign
Importing native Adobe graphic files
Working with a Photoshop file with layers
Creating an anchored graphics frame
Adding text wrap to an anchored graphics frame
Importing an Illustrator file with layers
Using an InDesign library to manage objects
Adjusting column widths, row heights, and text placement
Applying a fill color to cells
Adding graphics to table cells
Converting cells to graphic cells
Placing images in graphic cells
Anchoring graphics in table cells
Creating and applying table and cell styles
Creating table and cell styles
Applying table and cell styles
Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
Applying transparency settings
Changing the opacity of solid-color objects
Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics
Applying transparency to a vector graphic
Applying transparency to a bitmap graphic
Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
Applying transparency settings to text
Applying a basic feather to the edges of an image
Applying multiple effects to an object
Copying effects between objects
Previewing transparency effects
Creating a press-ready PDF and saving a PDF preset
Printing a proof and saving a print preset
14 CREATING ADOBE PDF FILES WITH FORM FIELDS
Adding either/or choices: radio buttons
Adding yes or no choices: check boxes
Adding a list of choices: combo box
Setting the tab order of the fields
Adding a button to submit the form
Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file
Testing your form in Adobe Acrobat Reader
15 CREATING A FIXED-LAYOUT EPUB
Creating a new document for fixed-layout export
EPUB: Reflowable versus fixed-layout
Using a motion preset to create animation
Adjusting the timing of animations
Using buttons to play animations
Using a button to trigger custom motion paths for animations