Hot Adobe InDesign How-Tos
How To: Use the Mini Bridge panel in Adobe InDesign CS5
Whether you're new to Adobe InDesign or a seasoned graphic arts professional after a general overview of CS5's most vital new features, you're sure to be well served by this official video tutorial from the folks at Adobe TV. In it, you'll learn how to Take the frustration out of finding previously used assets with Adobe Mini Bridge. See how to peer into your InDesign CS5 documents to find linked images, text and more to use them in another layout.
How To: Build interactive documents in Adobe InDesign CS5
Whether you're new to Adobe InDesign or a seasoned graphic arts professional after a general overview of CS5's most vital new features, you're sure to be well served by this official video tutorial from the folks at Adobe TV. In it, you'll learn how to build rich interactive documents for playback in the Flash Player using a series of new panels.
How To: Build with wild cards in GREP using InDesign CS4
This Lynda tutorial goes over the various GREP meta characters that can be found in InDesign CS4. These characters describe a variety of things, including specific characters, how often characters may repeat in a text document, location, or conditions to searches (for words or characters within a text). The meta characters outlined in this tutorial can be found in the special characters menu of InDesign, the first grouping of which are called the wild cards. To find this group, you will need ...
How To: Use camera raw with Adobe InDesign
Camera raw is great for designers because of the fact that images remain editable and will automatically update with changes. Here is a tutorial about using that functionality with InDesign.
How To: Use the step and repeat command in Adobe InDesign CS4
This tutorial covers how to distribute frames evenly across a document using the step and repeat command.
How To: Use the next style paragraph feature in Adobe InDesign
Tip of the Day writer Jeff Witchel shares some of his favorite InDesign tips about formatting with paragraph styles palette and the next style feature.
How To: Create headline styles using effects in Adobe InDesign
Layers Tip of the Day writer, Jeff Witchel shows off a headline effect created using InDesign. For more Adobe software tutorials from Layers Magazine, search Layers Magazine on WonderHowTo. WonderHowTo indexes all Layers Magazine tutorials for Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver and Flash.
How To: Work with the effects panel in Adobe InDesign
Layers Tip of the Day writer, Jeff Witchel has created this video tutorials sharing some of his popular tips for working with the effects panel in InDesign.
How To: Design a photobook in Adobe InDesign
In this tutorial, AJ Wood shows you how to use InDesign CS4 to design a photobook that can be exported in JPEG format and sent to the printers.
How To: Use nested styles in Adobe InDesign CS3
Adobe InDesign CS3 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simply...
How To: Create an interactive PDF in InDesign CS3
Adobe InDesign CS3 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Preflight graphic elements in Adobe InDesign CS3
Adobe InDesign CS4 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Use image frames & object styles in Adobe InDesign CS4
Object Styles allow you to format your frames and their contents quickly. Also, if you ever need to make global changes you can simply update the Object Style and everything in your layout changes accordingly. If you know the benefits of working with Paragraph & Character Styles, then you owe it to yourself to check out Object Styles in this video. Use image frames & object styles in Adobe InDesign CS4.
How To: Start a new document in InDesign CS4
Adobe InDesign CS4 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Make a text frame in Adobe InDesign CS4
Adobe InDesign CS4 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Make a paragraph style in Adobe InDesign CS4
Adobe InDesign CS4 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Place and flow text in InDesign CS4
Adobe InDesign CS4 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Place an image in Adobe InDesign CS4
Adobe InDesign CS4 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Wrap text around a graphic in Adobe InDesign CS4
Adobe InDesign CS4 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Preflight files in Adobe InDesign CS4
Adobe InDesign CS4 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Use the links panel in InDesign CS4
Adobe InDesign CS4 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Export from InDesign CS4 to SWF
Adobe InDesign CS4 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Rotate a spread view in Adobe InDesign CS4
Adobe InDesign CS4 software is used to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. It is built for graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments. Simpl...
How To: Design a contact sheet in InDesign CS3
Dave Cross demonstrates how to create a contact sheet for your Illustrator artwork using InDesign. Having a good contact sheet is important for any company or artist, especially artists. Learn how to create your own stylized contact sheet in this InDesign and Illustrator tutorial. Design a contact sheet in InDesign CS3.
How To: Create a stroke & apply 3D effects in Illustrator CS3
This software tutorial shows you how to create 3D shapes in Illustrator CS3. Corey learned this from a fellow designer. He shows us how to use Illustrator to create a stroke and apply 3D effects to it and then bring it over to Photoshop to use as an interesting background graphic. Create a stroke & apply 3D effects in Illustrator CS3.
How To: Use paragraph rules in InDesign CS3
Dave Cross shows us how to take advantage of InDesign’s paragraph rules by creating and applying new styles to your text. See how to use paragraph rules in InDesign CS3 in this software tutorial. Use paragraph rules in InDesign CS3.
How To: Use the InDesign CS4 link panel
A.J. Wood explores the new link panel in InDesign CS4. This is an important feature because this is where InDesign users go to check the status of the places objects in their documents. This includes using the panel to re-link, update, and sometimes even edit the original files. If you have a copy of InDesign CS4 check out this tutorial and learn how to work with the link panel. Use the InDesign CS4 link panel.
How To: Use InDesign CS4 smart guides
Before InDesign CS4, placing image content and aligning it on the page without the use of guides and frames would be difficult, but with the new smart guides feature, InDesign has given users the tool to accomplish these tasks without a lot of layout preparation. Watch and see how easy it is to place content with smart guides in InDesign CS4. Use InDesign CS4 smart guides.
How To: Export a Flash presentation from InDesign CS4
Adobe instructor A.J. Wood shows viewers how to export a Flash presentation from InDesign CS4. This page presentation will include hyperlinks and buttons, created with the buttons panel in InDesign, whose action will be to move through the pages of the presentation once it has been exported to Flash. Learn how to setup the controls in InDesign CS4 and then export everything to Flash in this video. Export a Flash presentation from InDesign CS4.
How To: Automate contact sheets in InDesign
This video is a follow-up lesson to Dave Cross' tutorial in Adobe Illustrator Techniques' newsletter. Dave further explains the Automated Contact Sheet function and working with Adobe InDesign's templates and styles. Automate contact sheets in InDesign.
How To: Feather objects in InDesign CS3
Join renowned InDesign expert David Blatner as he shows you how to use the feathering transparency feature of Adobe InDesign CS3.
How To: Create drop shadows in InDesign
This tutorial with David Blatner shows you how to create and control drop shadows on text in InDesign.
How To: Use the control panel with InDesign CS3
This video shows you how to use the new context-sensitive control panel in InDesign to access frequently-used editing features without opening additional panels. You learn how control panel options adapt to the type of object you select, such as an image, text, or table. Check out this video created by Adam Pratt now! Use the control panel with InDesign CS3.
How To: Spell check and use Autocorrect in InDesign CS2
With InDesign's Dynamic Spelling you can check/correct your spelling as you go. Also with Autocorrect you can correct your common mistyped words automatically as you type them. In this video Terry White will show you how to enable Autocorrect and enter your own Autocorrect words.
How To: Create business cards using InDesign CS2
If you like designing using InDesign, why not offer your service to design business cards at home? In this Indesign video tutorial you will learn to create a setup ready to make business cards. Learn to set margins, and set bleed for proper printing. Create business cards using InDesign CS2.
How To: Apply a drop cap to a letter with InDesign CS2
In this InDesign video tutorial you will learn to apply a drop cap to a letter. With a drop cap, the initial sits within the margins and runs several lines deep into the paragraph, pushing some normal-sized text off these lines. This keeps the left and top margins of the paragraph flush. Apply a drop cap to a letter with InDesign CS2.
How To: Add an image and wrap text around it with InDesign CS2
Adobe InDesign is the clear leader in typographic sophistication, object handling, multilingual publishing, and transparency effects for text and graphics. In this InDesign CS video tutorial you will learn to use text wrap. Learn how to import an image, use the pen tool to make a box, apply text wrap, and then make the text flow around box. Add an image and wrap text around it with InDesign CS2.
How To: Use Word Wrap and Story in InDesign
Formatting is everything in InDesign. Here are a couple tips to help you out when formatting type in InDesign: word wrap and story. Use these tools to achieve correct spacing for a truely professional look. Use Word Wrap and Story in InDesign.
How To: Perform remote image adjustment in InDesign
Is it possible to adjust a photo within InDesign without having to go to Photoshop? In this video tutorial Adam Hay will show us how to adjust Adobe Photoshop files from InDesign and QuarkXPress. Check out the powerful Layer Comps function! Perform remote image adjustment in InDesign.
How To: Format text with InDesign
This tutorial on Adobe InDesign CS2 looks at a variety of ways that fonts can be formatted. We will learn about terms such as kerning and tracking. Kerning is the adjustment of space between pairs of letters, while tracking is the adjustment of space for groups of letters and entire blocks of text. Format text with InDesign.