Adobe InDesign Advanced

Goals

Gain a deeper knowledge of the program, being able to create long or complex documents

Prerequisite

Having followed the InDesign introduction course and having practiced

Contents

Reminders

• Automatic text flow
• Paragraph styles
• Text and image import
• Basic shapes

Text and tables

• Character styles
• Cell styles
• Table styles
• Alternate glyphs
• Drop caps and nested styles
• Correct setup of lists
• Import options
• Create a table of contents
• Create footnotes
• Text frame options
• Automatic scaling of text boxes

Interactivity

• Create and reuse hyperlinks
• Create cross-references
• Create PDF forms

Masters

• Base masters upon each other
• Create masters of different sizes

Setup

• Perfect binding
• Gusset folds
• Folds and cut-outs
• Sections

Graphic objects

• Shape options
• Create complex shapes
• Color gradients
• Opacity gradients
• Object effects
• Anchored objects: creation, options

Document review

• Useful text and object search options
• Preflight options
• Overprint preview