Working with Objects

• Review - Creating and modifying graphics frames
• Creating multiple frames in one step
• Transforming the shape of frames
• Selecting and modifying grouped objects
• Flowing type along a path

Working with Color

• Managing color
• Search and replace colors.
• Working with tint swatches
• Working with gradients
• Working with color groups

Flowing Text

• Create linked frames automatically.
• Add pages and linked frames automatically while flowing text.
• Clean up text by deleting extra paragraph returns.
• Apply paragraph styles to text.
• Control column breaks.
• Align text to the baseline grid.

Editing Text

• Finding and changing a missing font
• Editing text by dragging and dropping
• Using the Story Editor

Working with Styles

• Review - Creating and applying paragraph styles
• Review - Creating and applying character styles
• Creating and applying object styles
• Globally update styles.
• Import and apply styles from other InDesign documents.

Importing and Modifying Graphics

• Distinguish between vector and bitmap graphics.
• Manage imported graphic files using the Links panel.
• Adjust the display quality of graphics.
• Import Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator graphics using different techniques.
• Use various sizing and fitting techniques.
• Wrap text around graphics.

Fill type with a graphic.

Working with Transparency

• Change the opacity of objects drawn in InDesign.
• Apply transparency settings to imported graphics.
• Apply transparency settings to text.
• Apply blending modes to overlapping objects.
• Apply feathering effects to objects.
• Add a drop shadow to text.
• Apply multiple effects to an object.
• Copy effects between objects.
• Apply an effect to one layer of a Photoshop file.
• Edit and remove effects.

Printing and Exporting

• Pre-flighting files
• Previewing separations
• Managing colors
• Previewing the page
• Creating an Adobe PDF proof
• Creating a Press-Ready PDF and saving a PDF preset
• Printing a proof and saving a print preset