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Adobe InDesign CS5/CS5.5 tutorials

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Essential InDesign tutorials and learning resources for getting started and new features.

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New content for CS6

Learn InDesign CS6 video tutorials

Getting started and what's new content

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Getting started

Setup

 

Downloading, installing, and setting up

Overview

 

Getting Started: What is InDesign CS5? (video 2:33)

Tutorials

 

Getting Started (GS) tutorials, Learn InDesign CS5 show (video series)

Layers magazine video tutorial


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What's new

CS5.5

 

Build digital magazines with InDesign CS5.5 and Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (video 09:06)

Create more compelling eBooks with InDesign CS5.5  (video 16:11)

Folio Producer Tools (video 1:04)

Enhanced eBook Authoring (video 1:10)

Styles mapped to tags in InDesign for improved EPUB export  (video 05:13)

New export options for EPUB (video 05:56)

Creating covers and title pages for EPUB (video 05:50)

Controlling order of content export from InDesign to EPUB without changing your layout (video 04:54)

Using Object Export options to customize how objects and images export to EPUB ( video 05:18)

Adding audio and video content to EPUB (video 02:46)

CS5

 

What's new in CS5 and CS5.5 (HTML)

Spanning and Splitting columns (video 6:15)

Paragraphs that span and split columns (video 2:01)

Creating documents with Interactive features (video 8:06)

Creating and editing motion presets (video 5:23)

Mixing page sizes with the new Page tool (video 8:03)

Exploring new FLA export options (video 6:26)

Track text changes (video 2:01)

Selection tool, Gap tool & Live Corner effects (video 5:13)

Document installed fonts (video 2:29)

Layers panel (video 2:59)

Grid Mode and Live Distribute (video 2:48)

Live Captions (video 3:04)


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How-to guides

Creating accessible PDF documents (PDF, 2.6 MB)

Adobe Creative Suite 5/5.5 Printing Guide (PDF, 21 MB)

Setting object export options (PDF, 160 KB)

Creating rich interactive documents (PDF, 6.7 MB)

Exporting documents to EPUB (PDF, 265 KB)

Building a grid of objects quickly (PDF, 100 KB)

Creating multistate objects (PDF, 203 KB)

Saving production time (PDF, 148 KB)

Creating interactive documents in a snap (PDF, 201 KB)

Linking text stories (PDF, 217 KB)

Exporting to EPUB for the Apple iBookstore (PDF, 2.5 MB)

Generating image captions with metadata (PDF, 148 KB)

Making shiny graphics (PDF, 203 KB)

Managing documents with multiple page sizes (PDF, 136 KB)

Mini Bridge: Getting access to your assets (PDF, 180 KB)

Improving productivity with enhanced UI features (PDF, 227 KB)


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Learn more

Work area

Using the Control panel (video 2:14), CS3-CS5.5

Using keyboard shortcuts (video 8:36), CS3-CS5.5

Working with Smart Guides (video 4:04), CS4-CS5.5

Rotating Spread view (video 3:31), CS4-CS5.5

 

Layout

Managing pages (video 3:53), CS3-CS5.5

Working with master pages (video 3:00), CS3-CS5.5

Synchronizing master pages (video 2:54), CS3-CS5.5

Setting pagination (video 3:56), CS3-CS5.5

Defining Sections (video 4:59), CS3-CS5.5

Mixing page sizes with the new Page tool (video 8:03)

 

Text and typography

Working with text (video 5:51), CS3-CS5.5

Working with text styles (video 3:36), CS3-CS5.5

Creating conditional text (video 6:48), CS4-CS5.5

Applying GREP styles (video 4:46), CS4-CS5.5

Creating bullets and numbering (video 12:16), CS3-CS5.5

Creating running headers and footers (video 5:22), CS3-CS5.5

Finding and changing expressions, text and object formatting  (video 6:38), CS3-CS5.5

Working with Microsoft Word and Excel tables in InDesign  (video 9:36), CS3-CS5.5

Creating footnotes (video 2:44), CS3-CS5.5

 

Tables

Creating and formatting tables (video 6:29), CS3-CS5.5

Adding headers and footers to tables (video 3:18), CS3-CS5.5

Placing images in tables (video 4:16), CS3-CS5.5

Using table styles (video 7:23), CS3-CS5.5

Combining text and graphics

Using the Text Wrap panel (video 5:03), CS3-CS5.5

Working with anchored objects (video 6:10), CS3-CS5.5

Live captions (video 3:04)

 

Importing, exporting, and outputting files

Importing content into InDesign (video 8:37), CS3-CS5.5

Creating documents with Interactive features (video 8:06)

Creating and editing motion presets (video 5:23)

Exploring new FLA export options (video 6:26)

Preparing files for output (video 7:09), CS3-CS5

 

Long documents

Creating cross-references (video 5:45), CS4-CS5.5

Creating a table of contents (video 4:15), CS3-CS5.5

Creating an index (video 3:50), CS3-CS5.5

 

Graphics, objects, and effects

Using the Links panel (video 5:23), CS4-CS5.5

Selection tool, Gap tool, and Live Corner effects (video 5:13)

Using object styles (video 3:54), CS3-CS5.5

Creating drop shadows (video 3:39), CS3-CS5.5

Creating an index (video 3:50), CS3-CS5.5

Setting opacity (video 2:31), CS3-CS5.5

 

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