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Adobe Indesign CC 2023
Create interactive PDFs, automate repetitive tasks, and publish your designs across multiple platforms using Adobe Indesign CC 2023.
- 16 Interactive Lessons and 178 topics mapped to the official exam objectives
- 237 Practice Test Questions
Beginner Self-paced · 1 year access
16Interactive Lessons
178Topics
237Practice Test Questions
100Flashcards
100Glossary of terms
01 / Skills you'll get
What you will be able to do
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In this InDesign 2023 essential training course, you’ll learn to create professional-quality designs using the latest features. From brochures and magazines to interactive ebooks and social media graphics, InDesign CC 2023 puts you in full control. Explore new features like Content Aware Scale for intelligent resizing, Creative Cloud Libraries for centralized asset management, History Panel for revising previous tasks, and Adobe Stock integration for easy access to high-quality content.
- Navigate the workspace, customize panels, and adjust magnification to streamline workflow
- Set up documents, work with page layouts, and apply parent pages to ensure consistency
- Create and manipulate text and graphic frames, apply effects, and import assets
- Apply styles, adjust typography, and create tables to enhance readability and save time with efficient workflows
- Preflight files, create PDFs, and export for various platforms for print & digital distribution
- Work with transparency, create interactive PDFs, and publish
Target Career Roles
- Graphic Designer Layout Artist Publication Designer Print Production Specialist Art Director Desktop Publisher Digital Designer Marketing Coordinator Creative Services Specialist Production Artist
02 / Lessons & labs
See exactly what you will learn and practice
Lessons
16 Interactive Lessons · 178 topics01 Getting Started 6 topics +
- About Classroom in a Book
- Prerequisites
- Installing the software
- Online content
- Saving and restoring the InDesign Defaults file
- Training resources
02 Introducing the Workspace 11 topics +
- Getting started
- Looking at the workspace
- Working with panels
- Customizing the workspace
- Changing the magnification of a document
- Navigating through a document
- Using context menus
- Using panel menus
- Modifying Interface preferences
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
03 Getting to Know InDesign 11 topics +
- Getting started
- Viewing guides
- Adding text
- Working with styles
- Working with graphics
- Working with objects
- Working with object styles
- Preflighting as you work
- Viewing the document in Presentation mode
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
04 Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages 15 topics +
- Getting started
- Creating a new document
- Creating and saving custom document settings
- Creating a new document from a preset
- Working with parent pages
- Applying parent pages to document pages
- Adding new document pages
- Rearranging and deleting document pages
- Changing the size of pages within one InDesign document
- Adding sections to change page numbering
- Overriding parent page items and placing text and graphics
- Printing to the edge of the paper: Using the bleed guides
- Viewing the completed spread
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
05 Working with Objects 14 topics +
- Getting started
- Introducing layers
- Working with layers
- Creating and modifying text frames
- Creating and modifying graphics frames
- Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
- Wrapping text around a graphic
- Transforming the shape of frames
- Transforming and aligning objects
- Selecting and modifying grouped objects
- Flowing type along a path
- Drawing lines and modifying arrowheads
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
06 Working with Color 11 topics +
- Getting started
- Managing color
- Defining printing requirements
- Creating colors
- Applying colors
- Finding and changing color swatches
- Working with tint swatches
- Working with gradients
- Working with color groups
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
07 Flowing Text 13 topics +
- Getting started
- Flowing text into an existing frame
- Flowing text manually
- Creating text frames while flowing text
- Creating threaded frames automatically
- Flowing text automatically
- Using Find/Change to delete extra paragraph returns
- Applying paragraph styles to text
- Adjusting columns
- Using the baseline grid to align text
- Adding a jump line page number
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
08 Editing Text 9 topics +
- Getting started
- Entering and importing text
- Finding and changing text and formatting
- Checking spelling
- Editing text by dragging and dropping
- Using the Story Editor
- Tracking changes
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
09 Working with Typography 12 topics +
- Getting started
- Adjusting vertical spacing
- Working with fonts, type styles, and glyphs
- Working with columns
- Changing paragraph alignment
- Creating a drop cap
- Adjusting letter and word spacing
- Adjusting line breaks
- Setting tabs
- Working with paragraph shading and rules
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
10 Working with Styles 10 topics +
- Getting started
- Creating and applying paragraph styles
- Creating and applying character styles
- Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
- Creating and applying object styles
- Creating and applying table and cell styles
- Globally updating styles
- Loading styles from another document
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
11 Creating Tables 10 topics +
- Getting started
- Working with tables
- Converting text to a table
- Changing rows and columns
- Formatting a table
- Adding graphics to table cells
- Creating a header row
- Creating and applying table and cell styles
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
12 Importing and Modifying Graphics 15 topics +
- Getting started
- Adding graphics from other programs
- Comparing vector and pixel-based graphics
- Managing links to imported files
- Updating revised graphics
- Adjusting display quality
- Importing and sizing graphics
- Editing placed pictures
- Working with dropped backgrounds
- Importing native Adobe graphic files
- Using Subject-Aware Text Wrap
- Filling type with a graphic
- Using an InDesign library to manage objects
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
13 Working with Transparency 9 topics +
- Getting started
- Creating a background graphic
- Applying transparency settings
- Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics
- Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
- Applying transparency settings to text
- Working with effects
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
14 Printing and Exporting 13 topics +
- Getting started
- Preflighting files
- Previewing separations
- Managing colors
- Previewing transparency effects
- Previewing the pages
- Creating an Adobe PDF proof
- Creating a press-ready PDF and saving a PDF preset
- Printing a proof and saving a print preset
- Packaging files
- Exporting graphics for the web and other digital destinations
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
15 Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields 9 topics +
- Getting started
- Setting up a workspace for forms
- Adding form fields
- Setting the tab order of the fields
- Adding a button to submit the form
- Exporting an interactive PDF file
- Testing your form in Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
16 Creating a Fixed-Layout Epub and Publishing Online 10 topics +
- Getting started
- Creating a new document for fixed-layout export
- EPUB: Fixed-layout versus reflowable
- Adding animation
- Buttons
- Adding multimedia and interactive elements
- Exporting a fixed-layout EPUB file
- InDesign Publish Online
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
03 / FAQs
Questions before you start
What are the new features of Adobe InDesign CC 2023?+
Adobe InDesign2023 offers significant improvements over earlier versions, such as:
- Expand and resize images using Generative Expand
- Jump to the previous action using the History Panel
- Alter text case
- GUID support for UXP third-party 3D developers
- PDF conversions
- Accessibility improvements
- Enhanced Typography
Are there any prerequisites for taking the Adobe InDesign CC 2023 course?+
No, there are no prerequisites for taking this Adobe InDesign CC 2023 course. All you need is a creative mindset, an understanding of design principles, and InDesign software.
How can I stay updated with the latest features and updates in Adobe InDesign CC 2023?+
To stay updated, you can join the Adobe community, join Adobe’s newsletter subscriptions, follow the latest blogs, and connect with creative professionals. You can also leave feedback directly in-app.
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