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Topics covered on this course include:
Intro
- Introduction Demo
- The ID Screen Demo
- The Control Pallet Demo
- Pallets Demo
- Customizing Shortcuts Demo
- Context Menus Demo
- Opening Files Demo
- Missing Fonts Demo
- Missing Links Demo
- Changing the View Demo
- Zoom Tool Demo
- Navigator Pallet Demo
- Scrolling/Hand Tool Demo
- Turning Pages Demo
- Multiple Windows Demo
- Save/Save As Demo
- Undo/Revert Demo
Page Setup
- New Documents Demo
- Document Preset Demo
- Document Measurements Demo
- Document Window Demo
- Changing Margins and Columns Demo
- Baseline Grid Demo
- Document Grid Demo
- Ruler Guides pt. 1 Demo
- Ruler Guides pt. 2 Demo
Working with Pages
- Intro to Pages Pallet Demo
- Adding and Deleting Pages Demo
- Multiple Page Spreads Demo
- Re-Organizing Pages Demo
- Master Pages Intro Demo
- Page Numbering Demo
- Advanced Page Numbering Demo
- Multiple Master Pages Demo
- Intro to Layers Demo
- Creating New Layers Demo
- Duplicating and Deleting Layers Demo
- Changing Order Demo
- Move/Copy to Another Layer Demo
- Pasting onto Layers Demo
- Locking Layers Demo
Selecting and Manipulating
- Selecting
- Selecting Multiple Objects
- Direct Select
- Using the Control Pallet
- Moving Objects
- Moving by Numbers
- Nudging
- Rotating
- Shearing
- Scale Tool
- Scale - Selection Tool
- Free Transform
- Duplicating
- Paste Into
- Removing from Container
Drawing Tools
- Intro to Drawing Tools
- Line Tool
- Rectangle/Oval Frame Tools pt. 1
- Rectangle/Oval Frame Tools pt. 2
- Sizing Rectangle/Ovals
- Creating Polygons
- Pencil/Smooth/Erase
- Pen Tool
- Adding/Deleting Direction Points
- Using Direction Lines
- Changing Curves
- Converting Text to Outlines
Working with Objects
- Aligning within a Frame
- Aligning Objects
- Distribute
- Order of Objects
- Locking Objects
- Adding a Drop Shadow
- Feathering
- Corner Effects
- Intro to Clipping Paths
- Clipping Paths - Creating
- Clipping Paths - Importing
- Clipping Paths - Detect Edges
- Grouping
- Transparency
- Copying Transparency Effects
- Flattening
- Duplicating Objects
- Step and Repeat
- Compound Paths
Working with Text
- Creating Text Frames
- Moving and Resizing Text Frames
- Text Frames and Master Pages
- Creating Text - Pasting
- Importing Text Files
- Threading Text Frames pt. 1
- Threading Text Frames pt. 2
- Automatic Text Flow
- Frame Properties - Columns
- Frame Properties - Insets/Align
- Frame Properties - Baseline Offset
- Special Break Characters
- Spell Checker
- Story Editor
- Story Editor Preferences
- Find/Change
- Finding Meta-Characters
- Glyphs
- Quotation Marks
- Inserting Special Characters
- Creating Type on a Path
- Type on a Path - Alignment
- Type on a Path - Effects
- Text Wrap pt. 1
- Text Wrap pt. 2
- Text Wrap pt. 3
- Overriding Text Wrap
Formatting Text
- Introduction
- Selecting Text
- Fonts and Leading
- Caps - Super/Subscript
- Kerning and Tracking
- Scaling Type
- Baseline Shift
- Skew
- Dictionary
- Paragraph Formatting
- Alignment
- Setting Indents
- Baseline Alignment
- Space Above/Below
- Drop Caps
- Rules Above/Below
- Hyphenation
- Setting Tabs
- Hanging Indents
- Copying Attributes
Paragraph and Character Styles
- Intro
- Creating Paragraph Styles pt. 1
- Creating Paragraph Styles pt. 2
- Editing Paragraph Styles
- Setting Next Style
- Overrides and Clearing Overrides
- Basing Styles on Other Styles
- Creating a Character Style
- Nesting Character Styles pt. 1
- Nesting Character Styles pt. 2
- Importing Styles
- Deleting Styles
Stroke and Fill
- Intro to Color pt. 1
- Intro to Color pt. 2
- Color Modes
- Swatches
- Coloring Imported Graphics
- Creating New Color Swatches
- Importing Color Swatches
- Creating Tints
- Creating Gradient Swatches pt. 1
- Creating Gradient Swatches pt. 2
- Multi-Colored Gradients
- Modifying Gradients
- Adding Gradients to Text
- Using the Color Picker
Tables
- Intro
- Creating a Table
- Importing a Table
- Moving Around a Table
- Selecting Cells
- Inserting Columns and Rows
- Formatting Type
- Resizing Columns and Rows
- Merging Cells
- Adding Graphics
- Coloring Cells
- Alternating Colors
- Strokes
- Scaling Tables
Working with Imported Graphics
- Types of Graphics
- Placing Graphics
- Cut and Paste
- Dragging from Pasteboard
- Intro to Links pt. 1
- Intro to Links pt. 2
- Updating Links
- Editing Links
- Replacing Links
- Libraries
- Creating a Library
Book
- Creating a Book
- Synchronizing Book Documents pt. 1
- Synchronizing Book Documents pt. 2
- Table of Contents
Pre-Viewing the Document
- Pre-Flighting
- Packaging
- Viewing Separations
- Ink Limit
- Flattener Preview
PDF and Printing
- Intro
- Exporting to PDF
- PDF Options pt. 1
- PDF Options pt. 2
- PDF Presets
- Printing Basics
- Print Bleeds and Slugs
- Printing Separations
- Print Presets
- Export vs. Print to PDF
Credits
- About this Author
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