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Intro
- Overview of Page Layout App Demo
- What's New in 2.0 Demo
- Interface Basics Demo
- Palettes Demo
- Mistakes Demo
- Keyboard Shortcuts Demo
- Help & Contextual Menus Demo
- Preferences Demo
Getting Started
- New Document Demo
- Working with Layers Demo
- Ruler Guides Demo
- Stacking Order Demo
- Document Grid Demo
- Adding Frames Demo
- Auto Guides & Columns Demo
Tools
- Tools Palette Demo
- Selection Tool Demo
- Pen Tool Demo
- Type Tool Demo
- Pencil Tools Demo
- Line Tool Demo
- Frame Tools Demo
- Rotate and Shear Tool Demo
- Shear Tool Demo
- Free Transform Demo
- Eye Dropper Tool Demo
- Gradient Tool Demo
- Hand & Zoom Tools Demo
- Fill and Stroke Demo
- Preview Mode Button Demo
Adding Content
- Adding Graphics
- Resizing Graphics
- Dragging from Photoshop
- Fitting Options
- Adding Text
- Dragging from InDesign
- Using Master Pages
- Auto Page Numbering
- Editing Master Pages
- Aligning Objects
Working with Text
- Selecting Text
- Editing Fonts and Sizes
- Enforcing Type Parameters
- Type Color
- Threading Text Frames
- Breaking Threads
- Aemi-autoflow & Autoflow
- Text Frame Options
Formatting Text
- Formatting Characters
- Character Palette Menu
- Open Type Fonts
- Open Type Font Options
- Paragraph Palette Options
- Baseline Grid
- Composition Methods
- Justification Options
- Hyphenation Options
- H&J Highlighting
- Keep Options
- Paragraph Rules
- Optical Margin Alignment
- Paragraph Styles
- Redefining Styles
- Apply / Change Styles
- Deleting Paragraph Styles
- Glyphs Palette
Pages Palette
- Pages Palette Basics
- Adding / Deleting & Reordering
- Targeting Vs. Selecting
- Island Spreads
- Applying Master Pages
- Child Master Page
- Master Items Layers
- Adding Sections
- Deleting Sections
- Reordering Pages
- Master Overrides
- Local vs Selected Overrides
- Navigating Pages
Tables
- Tabs Palette
- Convert / Add and Import Tables
- Selecting Table Cells
- Adding Rows and Columns
- Table Palette Options
- Table Coloring Options
- Cell Options
- Cell Fill and Stroke
Colors
- Colors Palette
- Swatches Palette
- Gradient Swatches
- Gradient Palette
- Applying Color to Text
- Swatches Vs. Color Palette
- Pantone Spot Color
- Tint Swatch
Vector Graphics
- Vector vs. Raster
- Pen Tool Basics
- Compound Shapes
- Outlining Shapes
- Inline Frame
- Scissors Tool
- Shapes as Text Frames
- Stroke Options
- Type on Path
- Overprint Preview
Working With Graphics
- Display Mode
- Links Palette
- Embed and Editing Original
- Clipping Path / Edges
- Clipping Path /Alpha Channel
- Text Wrap
- Semi-transparent Effects
- Importing Illustrator Files
- Photoshop Files
- Transparency
- Knock Out and Isolate
- Corners & Drop Shadows
- Feather
- Flattening
- Roughing Out Spreads
- Libraries
Long Document Features
- Table of Contents
- Index
- Books
- Find/Change and Spell Check
- Color Management
Output & Printing
- Saving
- PDF files
- PDF General Options
- PDF Image compression
- PDF Security & Color
- Preflight & Package
- Export EPS File.mov
- Export HTML
- Export SVG
- Printer Styles
- Page Setup
- Printer Setup
- General Print Options
- Print Setup
- Marks & Bleeds
- Print Output Options
- Print Graphics Options
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