Course curriculum

  • 1

    Getting Started

    • Introduction
  • 2

    Magazine Project | Introduction

    • About this project

    • Inspiration - Men's Health Magazine article: The Perfect Curry

    • Inspiration - Men's Health Magazine article: The Best and Worst Drugs

    • Project files
  • 3

    Magazine Project | Spreads 1-2

    • Setting up the document

    • Preparing the opening spread

    • Adding the main elements to the second spread

    • Defining Paragraph Styles

    • Additional Paragraph Styles

    • Defining Character Styles

    • Formatting the subheadings

    • Adding GREP to Paragraph Styles

    • Formatting the byline and captions

    • Refining the captions
  • 4

    Magazine Project | Spreads 3-4

    • Defining the layout of the third spread

    • Refining the layout

    • Setting up the Parent page design

    • Footer and header elements

    • Adding image credit placeholders

    • Creating a Parent page variant

    • Adding jumpline icon and end mark

    • Finalising credits and captions

    • Designing the headline for the opening spread in Photoshop

    • Completing the headline in InDesign

    • Archiving the project by saving a Package

    • Exporting a PDF

    • Saving the layout as a template for future issues
  • 5

    Catalog Project | Introduction

    • About this project

    • Travel Catalog - Analysis

    • Travel Catalog - A single text frame with 3 Paragraph Styles

    • Travel Catalog - Inline icons

    • Inspiration - Catalogs

    • Project files
  • 6

    Catalog Project | Data Merge

    • The assets we will work with

    • Database terminology

    • Single record layout - Setting up the image placeholder

    • Single record layout - Text placeholders

    • Single record layout - Setting up Paragraph Styles

    • Single record layout - Inline icons and refinements

    • Single record layout - Parent page setup

    • Four record layout - Adapting the record layout

    • Four record layout - Setting up placeholders for the additional records

    • List layout - Adapting the record layout

    • List layout - Data Merge with Multiple Records
  • 7

    Catalog Project | XML Import

    • GREP Style for treehouse descriptions

    • XML terminology

    • Assigning tags and setting up the layout

    • Fixing the XML structure

    • Additional corrections to the XML structure

    • Creating a template

    • Combining layouts
  • 8

    Book Project | Introduction

    • About this project

    • Book anatomy and standard formats

    • Inspiration - Books

    • Inspiration - More books

    • Project files
  • 9

    Book Project | Part 1 - Preparations

    • Setting up the document

    • Using the Van De Graaf canon for defining margins

    • Importing the text

    • Dividing up the book into smaller sections (if necessary)

    • Finding poems with Find/Change GREP

    • Finding remaining poems manually with the Story Editor

    • Fixing copy

    • Using a custom JavaScript for formatting the first paragraph in each story

    • Choosing typeface for body copy

    • Testing and comparing typefaces
  • 10

    Book Project | Part 2 - Formatting the Copy

    • Formatting the body copy

    • Refining the body copy

    • Drop caps techniques

    • Refining image drop caps

    • Formatting the story title (heading)

    • Formatting the story subtitle (sub-heading)

    • Refining the story subtitles

    • Formatting the poems

    • Improvements to the body copy

    • Final GREP for body copy
  • 11

    Book Project | Part 3 - Designing the Body Matter

    • Setting up the illustrations

    • Adding captions to the illustrations

    • Live vs Static captions

    • Setting up the Parent page

    • Using Sections to separate stories into independent documents

    • Creating a Book file

    • Syncing documents within the Book

    • Additional advantages of a Book file
  • 12

    Book Project | Part 4 - Front and Back Matter

    • Setting up the Table of Contents

    • Refining the Table of Contents

    • Fixing issues within the Table of Contents

    • Transferring the Table of Contents into the Book file

    • Creating an Index of Illustrations

    • Footnote, Endnotes and Cross-References

    • Creating an Index

    • Frontispiece, Title page and Preface
  • 13

    Book Project | Part 5 - Cover Design and Final Touches

    • Setting up the cover document

    • Adding the front cover illustration

    • Adding copy to the front cover

    • Designing the spine and back cover

    • Using Preflight and Exporting PDF for print

    • Exporting the book as Fixed Layout and Reflowable ePub

    • Advanced Text Handling workflows - Linked text file and plugins

    • Advanced Text Handling workflows - Adobe InCopy and Track Changes