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Class Pages
- Administrative Stuff
- Syllabus Review
- Required Text & Tools
- Adobe Product Guide
- History
- Quick Introduction to InDesign Creative Cloud 2022
- What is InDesign
- Chapter 1: Introducing the Workspace
- Getting Help
- The InDesign UI
- Selecting and Using Tools
- Reviewing the Control Panel
- Reviewing the Application Bar
- Working with Multiple Document Window
- Working with Panels
- Customizing the Workspace
- Changing the Magnification of a Document
- Navigating Throught a Document
- Using Context Menus
- Using Panel Menus
- Modifying Interface Preferences
- Chapter 2: Getting to Know InDesign
- Styles
- Working with Graphics
- Working with Objects
- Screen Modes
Chapter 3: Setting up a Document and working with the Page
- Creating and Saving Document Settings
- Creating a New Document
- Working with Master/Parent Pages
- Master/Parent Pages Vs. Pages
- Adding Guides to the Master/Parent Page
- Creating A Text Frame on the Master/Parent Page
- Renaming the Master/Parent Page
- Adding Placeholder Frames for Text
- Adding Placeholder Frames for Graphics
- Creating an Additional Master/Parent Page
- Overriding Master Items
- Modifying A Parent Master
- Applying Master/Parent Pages to Document Pages
- Adding New Document Pages
- Rearranging and Deleting Document Pages
- Changing the Size of Pages Within One InDesign File
- Using the Measuring Tool
- GOT TO HERE: Adding Sections to Change Page Numbers
- Adjusting Layout Feature
- Overriding Master/Parent Page Items and Placing Text and Graphics
- Replacing Placeholder Text
- Printing To The Edge Of The Paper: Using The Bleed Guides
- Viewing The Completed Spread
Assignment One: Assigned
Assignment 1: One Page Black & White Assigned
- Lesson 3 Continued
- Adding Sections to Change Page Numbers
- Adjusting Layout Feature
- Overriding Master/Parent Page Items and Placing Text and Graphics
- Replacing Placeholder Text
- Printing To The Edge Of The Paper: Using The Bleed Guides
- Viewing The Completed Spread
- Prep for Assigment 1
- Chapter 4: Working with Objects
- Working With Layers
- Creating and Modifying Text Frames
- Chapter 4: Working with Objects Continued
- Creating, Modifying, And Resizing Graphics Frames
- Adding Metadata Captions To Graphics Frames
- Placing And Linking Graphic Frames
- Wrapping Text Around A Graphic
- Transforming The Shape Of Frames
- Transforming And Aligning Objects
- Selecting And Modifying Grouped Objects
Drawing Lines And Modifying Arrowheads
- Chapter 5: Flowing Text
- Flowing Text Into An Existing Frame
- Flowing Text Manually
- Creating Text Frames While Flowing Text
- Creating Threaded Frames Automatically
- Flowing Text Automatically
Assignment 1 Due
Assignment 2: Eight Page Newsletter Assigned
- Setting Up Assigment 2
- Lessons Learned from Assignment 1
- Chapter/Lesson 7
- Chapter/Lesson 8
- Lessons Learned Continued
- Chapter 5 Continuted ( Lesson05_Middle.zip)
- Chapter 6: Editing Text
- Finding And Changing A Missing Font
- Entering And Importing Text
- Finding And Changing Text And Formatting
- Checking Spelling
- Editing By Dragging And Dropping
- Using the Story Editor
- Traking Changes
Assignment 2 Due
Assignment 3: Four Page Color Brochure Assigned
- Lessons Learned from Assignment 2
- Chapter 7: Working With Typography (Reviewed)
- Adjusting Vertical Spacing
- Working With Fonts, Type Styles, And Glyphs
- Chapter 7: Working With Typography (Continued)
- Working With Fonts, Type Styles, And Glyphs
- Working With Columns
- Changing Paragraph Alignment
- Creating A Drop Cap
- Adjusting Letter And Word Spacing
No meeting due to Flex Day
Assignment 3 Due
Assignment 4: CIAB Textbook Assigned
- Assignment 03: Color Brochure Due
- Assignment 04: CIAB Start
- Managing Color
- Defining Printing Requirements
- Creating Colors
- Applying Colors
- Working With Tint Swatches
- Working With Gradients
- Working With Color Groups
- Color Themes
- Lesson 9: Working With Styles
- Creating And Applying Paragraph Styles
- Creating And Applying Character Styles
- Nesting Character Styles Inside Paragraph Styles
- Creating And Applying Object Styles
- Creating And Applying Table And Cell Style
- Globally Updating Styles
- Loading Styles From Another Document
- Setting up the Doc
- Setting up the Master/Parent Pages
- Building out the Master/Parent Pages
- Creating the Heading 1, Body Copy, and Red Bullets styles
- Building Out the Master/Parent Pages continued
- Anchored Clock Graphic
- Graphic Object Style for Dropshadow
- Correcting Some Errors
- Build Out Chapter Intro Pages
- Begin Building Out Chapter Pages
- Numbered Bulleted List Paragraph and Character Styles
- Heading 2 and 3 Paragraph Styles
- Review 8 Page Newsletter Submissions Part 1
- Review
- Continue Building Out Chapter Pages
- Review 8 Page Newsletter Submission Part 2
- Note & Tip Leader Shapes
- Anchoring Notes & Tips
- Continue Building Out Chapter Pages