Indesign in easy steps

Table of contents

The Working Environment

Document Setup
The Working Environment
Opening Publications
The Toolbox
Managing Palettes
Zooming and Scrolling
Ruler Guides
Saving Documents
Undoing Mistakes
Margin and Column Guides
Master Text Frames

Building Pages

Ellipse and Rectangle Drawing Tools
The Frame Tools
Polygon Tool
Converting and Deleting Objects
Moving Objects
Selection Techniques
The Transform Palette
Lines
Corner Effects
Resizing Objects
Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear

Text Basics

Entering and Importing Text
Basic Text Editing
Highlighting Text
The Text Insertion Point
Cutting, Copying and Pasting Text
Threading Text
Understanding Text Threads

Character Settings

Font, Size, Style
Leading
Kerning
Tracking
Horizontal and Vertical Scale
Baseline Shift & Slanted Text

Paragraph Settings

Indents
Space Before/Space After
Alignment
Drop Caps
Aligning to a Baseline Grid
Hyphenation
Keep Options
Column and Page Breaks
Text Composers

Picture and Text Frames

Placing an Image
Fitting Options
Scaling and Cropping Images
Stroking a Frame
Image Links
Managing Links
Text Frame Options - Columns
Text Frame Insets and First Baseline

Arranging Objects

Stacking Order
Creating Layers
Understanding Layers
Moving Objects from Layer to Layer
Managing Layers
Hiding and Locking Layers
Grouping Objects
Working with Groups
The Group Selection Tool
Aligning Objects
Distributing Objects
Locking Objects
Step and Repeat

Working with Colour

Filling and Stroking Objects
The Swatches Palette
Adding, Deleting & Editing Swatches
The Colour Palette
Colour Matching Systems
Creating Tints
Creating Gradients
Applying Gradients

Managing and Editing Text

Spell Checking
Adding Words to the Dictionary
Inserting Special Characters
Find/Change Words
Find/Change Basic Text Formatting
Text Wrap

The Pages Palette and Master Pages

The Pages Palette
Inserting and Deleting Pages
Moving from Page to Page
Repositioning Document Pages
Setting Master Pages
Adding and Deleting Master Pages
Setting Master Page Options
Automatic Page Numbering
Overriding Master Page Objects
Applying Master Pages

Paragraph and Character Styles

Paragraph Styles
Character Styles
Applying Styles
Editing Style Sheets
Copying Style Sheets

Tabs and Paragraph Rules

Setting and Editing Tabs
Leader Dots
Paragraph Rules
Reverse Paragraph Rules

Printing and Exporting

Printing a Composite
Exporting to HTML
Exporting to PDF

Paths and the Pen Tool

Points and Paths
The Pen Tool
Adding and Deleting Points
Selecting and Manipulating Points
Smooth and Corner Points
The Convert Direction Point Tool
The Scissors Tool
Creating Text Outlines