InDesign CS2 Tutorial

Here is the Adobe InDesign CS2 Tutorial at Brown University. InDesign is a professional document layout program and works very well for working with documents that feature complex formatting and multiple pages, such as newsletters, resumes, reports, and handouts. These InDesign tutorials explain in detail InDesign’s Toolbox, Layer Manipulation, Screen Modes, Fill and Strokes, Text Wrapping. Also covered is the Pen Tool which is very commonly used.


Features Taught by this InDesign Tutorial:

InDesign Workspace:
  - Toolbox

Designing Pages In Adobe InDesign:
  - Adding and Deleting Pages
  - Adding/ Deleting Columns
  - Master Pages
  - Measurement Preferences

Layers In Adobe InDesign:
  - Creating Layers
  - Hiding Layers
  - Locking Layers

Screen Modes In Adobe InDesign:
This section discusses the ways of viewing the screen in InDesign.

Working with and Manipulating Type In Adobe InDesign:
  - Placing Text
  - Styles
  - Importing Styles
  - Fill and Stroke

Adobe InDesign Graphics:
  - Rectangle Frame Tool
  - Placing Images
  - Proportional Resizing
  - Rotating
  - Wrapping Text Around a Graphic

Wrapping Text Around a Graphic In Adobe InDesign:
  - Moving an Object
  - Scaling an Object
  - Rotating an Object
  - Shearing an Object

Adobe InDesign Pen Tool:
  - Typing on a Path

Colors:
This section covers importing colors in InDesign.

Paper Swatches In Adobe InDesign:
This section explains paper swatch setting in InDesign to see what your text and colors will look like on a certain shade of paper.

Saving Files In Adobe InDesign:
Saving a file from InDesign is explained in this section.