Getting Started
About Classroom in a Book
Prerequisites
Installing the software
Online content
Saving and restoring the InDesign Defaults file
Training resources
Pearson’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1 Introducing the Workspace
Getting started
Looking at the workspace
Working with panels
Customizing the workspace
Changing the magnification of a document
Navigating through a document
Using context menus
Using panel menus
Modifying Interface preferences
Exploring on your own
2 Getting to Know InDesign
Viewing guides
Adding text
Working with styles
Working with graphics
Working with objects
Working with object styles
Preflighting as you work
Viewing the document in Presentation mode
3 Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages
Creating a new document
Creating and saving custom document settings
Creating a new document from a preset
Working with parent pages
Applying parent pages to document pages
Adding new document pages
Rearranging and deleting document pages
Changing the size of pages within one InDesign document
Adding sections to change page numbering
Overriding parent page items and placing text and graphics
Printing to the edge of the paper: Using the bleed guides
Viewing the completed spread
4 Working with Objects
Introducing layers
Working with layers
Creating and modifying text frames
Creating and modifying graphics frames
Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
Wrapping text around a graphic
Transforming the shape of frames
Transforming and aligning objects
Selecting and modifying grouped objects
Flowing type along a path
Drawing lines and modifying arrowheads
5 Working with Color
Managing color
Defining printing requirements
Creating colors
Applying colors
Finding and changing color swatches
Working with tint swatches
Working with gradients
Working with color groups
6 Flowing Text
Flowing text into an existing frame
Flowing text manually
Creating text frames while flowing text
Creating threaded frames automatically
Flowing text automatically
Using Find/Change to delete extra paragraph returns
Applying paragraph styles to text
Adjusting columns
Using the baseline grid to align text
Adding a jump line page number
7 Editing Text
Entering and importing text
Finding and changing text and formatting
Checking spelling
Editing text by dragging and dropping
Using the Story Editor
Tracking changes
8 Working with Typography
Adjusting vertical spacing
Working with fonts, type styles, and glyphs
Working with columns
Changing paragraph alignment
Creating a drop cap
Adjusting letter and word spacing
Adjusting line breaks
Setting tabs
Working with paragraph shading and rules
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 styles
Globally updating styles
Loading styles from another document
10 Creating Tables
Working with tables
Converting text to a table
Changing rows and columns
Formatting a table
Adding graphics to table cells
Creating a header row
11 Importing and Modifying Graphics
Adding graphics from other programs
Comparing vector and pixel-based graphics
Managing links to imported files
Updating revised graphics
Adjusting display quality
Importing and sizing graphics
Editing placed pictures
Working with dropped backgrounds
Importing native Adobe graphic files
Using subject-aware text wrap
Filling type with a graphic
Using an InDesign library to manage objects
12 Working with Transparency
Creating a background graphic
Applying transparency settings
Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics
Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
Applying transparency settings to text
Working with effects
13 Printing and Exporting
Preflighting files
Previewing separations
Managing colors
Previewing transparency effects
Previewing the pages
Creating an Adobe PDF proof
Creating a press-ready PDF and saving a PDF preset
Printing a proof and saving a print preset
Packaging files
Exporting graphics for the web and other digital destinations
14 Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields
Setting up a workspace for forms
Adding form fields
Setting the tab order of the fields
Adding a button to submit the form
Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file
Testing your form in Acrobat Reader
15 Creating a fixed-Layout epub and publishing online
Creating a new document for fixed-layout export
EPUB: Fixed-layout versus reflowable
Adding animation
Buttons
Adding multimedia and interactive elements
Exporting a fixed-layout EPUB file
InDesign Publish Online
Index