InDesign CS4: Advanced

Chapter 1: CUSTOMIZING YOUR WORKFLOW (48 min)
1. Workspace, Navigation, Menus & Plug-ins
2. Advanced Document Settings
3. Advanced Preferences
4. Advanced Navigation
5. Default Tool Settings
6. Using Adobe Bridge with InDesign

Chapter 2: ADVANCED TYPE TECHNIQUES (68 min)
1. Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with Type
2. Advanced Rules
3. Advanced Paragraph Options
4. Using Languages
5. Typing on a Path
6. Inserting Text Variables
7. Putting Images inside of Type
8. Aligning Text to a Baseline Grid
9. Importing & Exporting Type
10. Flowing Type
11. Adjust Optical Margin Alignment with the Story Panel
12. Using Glyphs & Glyph Sets
13. Understanding OpenType Fonts
14. Setting Tabs
15. Using the Eyedropper for Type

Chapter 3: USING TYPE STYLES (25 min)
1. Why Use Styles?
2. Character Styles vs. Paragraph Styles
3. Working with Next Styles
4. Applying Nested Styles
5. Repeating Nested Styles
6. Nesting Line Styles & GREP Styles

Chapter 4: WORKING WITH IMAGES (32 min)
1. Exploring the Info & Links Panels
2. Importing Graphics & Using Scripts
3. Using Image Shortcuts
4. Advanced Text Wrap Options
5. Placing an InDesign Document inside an InDesign Document
6. Working with Illustrator? Files in InDesign
7. Working with Photoshop? Files in InDesign

Chapter 5: WORKING WITH OBJECTS (15 min)
1. When to Use an Object Style
2. Building an Anchored Object
3. Using Object Styles on Anchored Objects

Chapter 6: USING TABLES (11 min)
1. Basic Table Options
2. Creating & Applying a Table Style
3. Importing Microsoft? Excel? Documents

Chapter 7: STROKING, ALIGNING & TRANSFORMING (14 min)
1. Advanced Stroke Panel Options
2. Advanced Alignment Options
3. Advanced Transform Options

Chapter 8: ADVANCED COLOR TECHNIQUES (14 min)
1. Color Panel vs. Swatches Panel
2. Color Management
3. Creating Colors
4. Using the Kuler? Panel

Chapter 9: APPLYING EFFECTS (07 min)
1. Adjusting Effect Settings
2. Using the Directional Feather & Gradient Feather Tools
3. Using Blend Modes

Chapter 10: ADVANCED FIND/CHANGE OPTIONS (12 min)
1. Find/Change Text Attributes
2. Find/Change GREP
3. Find/Change Glyphs
4. Find/Change Object Attributes

Chapter 11: WORKING WITH PAGES (25 min)
1. Page Setup
2. Section Options & Moving Pages
3. Basing Master Pages on Other Master Pages
4. Using Layers
5. Advanced Guide Features
6. Rotating Spreads

Chapter 12: LIBRARIES & SNIPPETS (10 min)
1. Using Libraries
2. Using Snippets

Chapter 13: OUTPUTTING DOCUMENTS (19 min)
1. Building a Preflight
2. Transparency Flattener Settings & PDF/X-1a
3. Exploring the InDesign Interchange Format & Component Info
4. Working with Print Presets

Chapter 14: CREATING BOOKS (18 min)
1. Building a Book & Numbering the Pages
2. Synchronizing a Book
3. Creating a Table of Contents
4. Dening a Running Header
5. Generating an Index

Chapter 15: WORKING WITH XML (12 min)
1. Exporting XML
2. Importing XML

Chapter 16: INTEGRATING WITH INCOPY? (15 min)
1. The Role of InCopy
2. Importing an InCopy File into InDesign
3. Editing Stories in a Single Editor Workflow
4. Using Assignments in a Multiple Editor Workflow

Chapter 17: SCREEN SHARING & HIDDEN FEATURES (10 min)
1. Share Your Screen Using ConnectNow
2. InDesign Easter Eggs & Final Comments
3. Credits