Lesson # 1
(User Interface:more palettes, fewer dialog Boxes than QuarkXPress)
The Tools Palette
Views and Navigation
Showing and Hiding Page Elements
Palettes and Windows
Context Menus
Managing Palettes
Saving Workspaces
Keyboard Shortcuts
InDesign Plug-ins
Lesson # 2
(Building Pages: More Options Than QuarkXPress In InDesign)
Creating Frames
Tools for Selecting
Creating and Editing Shapes
Fills and Strokes
Compound Paths
Transforming Objects
Grouping, Stacking, and Locking Objects
Selecting with Complex Stacking and Nesting
Duplicating and Deleting Objects
Aligning and Distributing Objects
Layers
Object Libraries
Lesson # 3
(Building Documents:differences in Lingo QuarkXPress and InDesign)
Creating New Documents
Adding, Deleting, and Arranging Pages
Multipage Spreads
Creating and Applying Master Pages
Targeting versus Selecting Pages
Overriding Master Items
Ruler Guides
Margin and Column Guides
Document and Baseline Grids
Numbering and Sectioning
Lesson # 4
(Converting Quark Documents)
Opening Quark Documents in InDesign
Alert Dialog Boxes
Fixing Font Errors
Relinking Images
Other Things to Watch For
Turning on Warnings in Preferences
Lesson # 5
(Typography: InDesign's Innovative Features)
Typing and Editing Text
Importing Text
Threading and Unthreading Text Frames
Checking Spelling
Foreign Languages and Dictionaries
Character and Paragraph Formatting
Composition
Hanging Indents and Punctuation
Hyphenation and Justification
Setting Tabs
Text Frame Properties
Special Characters
Find/ Change and Find Font
Paragraph and Character Styles
Applying and Editing Styles
Importing and Exporting Text
Tagged Text
Lesson # 6
(Graphics: Adobe InDesign's New Picture Modification Features)
Importing Graphics
Graphic File Formats
Scaling Graphics Precisely
Linking & Embedding Graphics
Display Options
Colorizing Images
Clipping Paths
Inline Objects
Text Wraps
Converting Text to Outlines
Text and Graphics on a Path
Lesson # 7
(Tables: InDesign's Built-In Table Creation Capabilities)
Creating and Importing Tables
Formatting Tables
Formatting Text in Tables
Using Graphics within a Table
Table Alignment and Spacing
Lesson # 8
(Color and Transparency: Similarities QuarkXPress and InDesign)
Creating Colors
Applying Colors
Gradients
Eyedropper Tool
Colors & Color Libraries
Transparency
Drop Shadows & Feathering
Overprinting Color
Color Management
Lesson # 9
(Long Documents: The Advantages of InDesign Over QuarkXPress)
Managing Book Files
Making a Table of Contents
Building an Index
Lesson # 10
(Printing and Exporting: More Options in InDesign)
Preflighting
Packaging a Document for Print
Printing
Think Outside the Box: Transparency & Printing
Advanced Print Settings
Creating Printer Styles
Trapping
Exporting EPS
Creating PDF Files
Exporting to HTML
