Intro to Adobe InDesign: Free Online Course

In this free class we’ll cover the basics of InDesign so you can get started using it to create ads, books, magazines, and more! InDesign is the industry standard page layout app, primary focused on print design. InDesign is used to create ads, books, magazines, and much more. In this free class we’ll get you up and running with the fundamentals of InDesign. We’ll create some layouts from scratch showing you how to work with graphics, text, and how to output your design by printing or creating a PDF.

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InDesign Classes
Graphic Design Certificate

In this video seminar you’ll learn:

InDesign’s interface & most essential tools
Importing images
Working with text
Adding visual effects such as transparency & drop shadows
Printing & creating PDFs

This seminar is for people who are new to InDesign.

Slides

The slides shown in this online seminar can be viewed at nobledesktop.com/presentation/intro-to-indesign

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