Online Tutorial Lesson Schedule

Online Tutorials
Lesson 1
Lynda: Indesign CS 5:
Introduction
Welcome
What is InDesign CS5
Using the exercise files
Lesson 2
Lynda: Indesign CS 5: Essential Training
1. The Workspace
Understanding the Application window
2. Getting to the features
Using the tool panel
3. Creating a Document
Creating new documents
Saving and reverting documents
5. Text
Understanding text frames
6. Graphics
Importing graphics
17. Packaging, Printing and Exporting
Exporting a PDF
Lesson 3
Lynda: Indesign CS 5: Essential Training
1. Workspace
Navigating pages
Zooming and magnifying
Managing more than one document window
Setting rulers and measurements
Positioning panels correctly
Setting the view quality of artwork
Adjusting view and preview settings
3. Creating a document
Setting margin and column guides
Using ruler guides
Lesson 4
Lynda: Indesign CS 5: Essential training
2. Getting to the Features
Using contextual menus
Choosing menu items with Quick Apply
3. Creating a Document
Using multiple Undo and Revert
Bleeding colors or images off the side of the page
4. Managing Pages
Inserting, deleting, moving pages
Changing page size
5. Text
Typing and editing text
Importing text
Filling with placeholder text
Inserting special characters
Threading text frames
Setting vertical justification and first baseline position

Lesson 5
Lynda: Indesign CS 5: Essential training
5. Text
Putting text on a path
12. Character Formatting
Applying basic character styling
Applying advanced character formatting
11. Paragraph Formatting
Applying formatting to a paragraph
Using drop caps
Adjusting text hyphenation
Fine-tuning justifies text
Aligning to a baseline grid
7. Formatting Objects
Selecting Objects
Applying basic strokes and fills
Using advanced strokes
Adjusting transparency
Adding drop shadows
Applying feathering
Copying formatting with the Eyedropper tool
10. Managing Objects
Positioning objects with the Page Gap tool
Stacking objects
Creating and controlling layers
Managing objects in the layers panel
Lesson 6
Lynda: Indesign CS 5: Essential training
9. Color
Creating color swatches
The danger and power of unnamed colors
Building tint swatches
Creating gradient swatches
Applying gradients
6. Graphics
Importing from Mini Bridge
Using the Links panel
Embedding links
Fitting graphics to a frame
10. Managing Objects
Grouping objects
Locking objects
Understanding text wrap
11. Transforming Objects
Duplicating objects
Rotating objects
Scaling objects