Create a design in Adobe InDesign
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Here's a beginner Adobe InDesign tutorial for creating a simple brochure. It covers everything you need to add in images, text and shapes, as well as exporting to PDF.
PROJECT:
44:44 - Taking your project to a new computer IMPORTANT!
FIRST STEPS:
00:27 - File setup
28:54 - Setting margins and columns
BASIC ELEMENTS:
01:36 - Draw Rectangle
04:08 - Copy/Pasting
05:03 - Deleting object
08:11 - Zooming
19:23 - Sliding layout with spacebar
WORKING WITH IMAGES:
05:56 - Placing an image
06:41 - Sizing image to a frame
07:40 - Fitting an image in a frame
11:58 - Quickly fitting image within a frame
07:12 - If your image looks blurry
30:15 - Adding a circular image
COLOUR/SWATCHES
02:22 - Rotate element
02:48 - Swatches
05:09 - Changing Swatches
16:17 - Removing border/stroke on an object
21:32 - Making a new colour
TEXT:
13:01 - Adding text
14:38 - Text colour
15:59 - Text centering
24:08 - Text hyphenating
28:37 - Justifying text
26:55 - Linking multiple text boxes
04:21 - Stacking objects above and below each other
25:11 - Arranging objects
PAGES:
18:11 - Add more pages
34:09 - Navigating pages
34:18 - Add page numbers
EASY RESIZING:
32:40 - Easily enlarge/shrink object with Free Transform
38:53 - Enlarge/Shrink multiple objects at the same time
EXPORTING:
44:00 - Before PDF export, check for errors!
40:00 - Exporting to PDF
TROUBLESHOOTING:
14:11 - If you have missing text
17:41 - Can't see your object shapes - preview mode
25:25 - Can't select an object
43:35 - Can't get image to look good quality
