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InDesign in a Day

Learn the fundamentals of Adobe InDesign, including page layout, typography, color, and working with graphics. It's perfect for beginners who want to get started with InDesign quickly.

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Description

Discover how to lay out pages with text and graphics. Before you know it, you'll be controlling typography, adding photos, creating and using colors, and more! This 6-hour class will quickly introduce you to the essentials. It's a great fit for anyone who uses InDesign lightly and wants to cover the basics in a short amount of time.

If you'd like to explore InDesign in greater depth, check out our Adobe InDesign Bootcamp. And if you're interested in portfolio-based classes, take a look at our Graphic Design Certificate.

What You Will Learn

  • Build layouts using text, color, and graphics
  • Import and style both text and graphics
  • Design a business card and a bi-fold brochure
  • Get files ready for final output, including printing and PDFs

Course Outline

Section 1

Business Card: Setting Up a File & Adding the Logo

  • Setting Default Preferences
  • Setting Up a File
  • Importing & Sizing a Vector Graphic (the Logo)

Business Card: Adding Text

  • Creating Text Frames
  • Basic Text Styling
  • Loading Adobe Fonts

Business Card: Colors

  • Removing the Default Color Swatches
  • Creating & Editing Color Swatches
  • Swapping Out Graphics

Business Card: Adding a 2nd Page (the Back) with QR Code

  • Creating the Back of the Business Card (a Second Page)
  • Creating QR Codes
  • Navigating Documents (Zooming and Panning)
  • Copying Appearance With the Eyedropper Tool

Business Card: OpenType Settings

  • Setting up a Document Bleed
  • Placing Images
  • Combining Text & Images
  • White Type on a Black Background

Section 2

Brochure: Creating 2-Page Spreads & Cropping Photos

  • Setting Up Spreads (Facing Pages)
  • Importing Pixel-Based Photos
  • Cropping & Scaling Photos
  • Checking Image Resolution to Ensure Good Print Quality

Brochure: Layers, Visual Effects, & Blending Modes

  • Creating & Locking Layers
  • Rotating Objects
  • Drop Shadows
  • Gradient Feather
  • Blending Modes

Brochure: Fine-Tuning Type: Kerning/Tracking & More

  • Paragraph Spacing
  • Working in Picas (Instead of Inches)
  • Metrics vs. Optical Kerning
  • Kerning vs. Tracking
  • Variable Fonts

Brochure: Working with Tabbed Text

  • Setting Tab Marker Positions
  • Adding & Styling Leader Characters

Preparing for Professional Printing: PDFs & Packaging Files

  • Exporting PDFs for printing or emailing to clients
  • Packaging InDesign Files

This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.

Refund Policy

  • Students may cancel up to 14 days before the class/program start date and receive a refund, less the registration fee (10% of the undiscounted course price). 
  • Cancellations within 14 days are not permitted, but students may reschedule up to three business days before the class start date.
  • For cancellations and reschedules, please email us at [email protected]

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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