- Unit 1: Understanding the Interface
- - InDesign CS4 Basics
- - Start InDesign and Open a Document
- - Change Page Views
- - Scroll Using the Hand Tool
- - Show and Hide Panels
- - View Multiple Documents
- - Workspaces
- - Create and use Custom Workspaces
- - New Documents
- - Create a New Document
- - Change Document Setup
- - Text Frames
- - Create a Text Frame
- - Frame Tools
- - Create Frames
- - Preferences
- - Change the Units and Increments to Inches
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- Unit 2: All about Text Basics
- - Text Frames
- - Set the Default Screen Mode
- - Create a Text Frame
- - Typing Text
- - Type Text into a Text Frame
- - Overset Text
- - Work with Overset Text
- - Formatting Text Frames
- - Format a Text Frame
- - On-screen Editing
- - Make Simple Edits
- - Selecting Text
- - Moving Text
- - Cut, Copy and Paste Text
- - Character Attributes
- - Change Character Attributes
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- Unit 3: Adding Text and Formatting Paragraphs
- - Document Presets
- - Create a Document Preset
- - Placing Text
- - Place Text
- - Drag and Drop Text into a Layout
- - Paragraph Alignment
- - Align Paragraphs
- - Paragraph Spacing
- - Create Multiple Columns
- - Set a First Line Indent
- - Add Paragraph Space
- - Set Leading
- - Set Paragraph Rules
- - Bullets and Numbers
- - Add Bullets to Text
- - Set a Hanging Indent
- - Edit the Bullet Position
- - Add Custom Bullets to Lists
- - Create Numbered Lists
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- Unit 4: Text Frames and Advanced Threading
- - Placing Longer Text Files
- - Flow Text Onto Multiple Pages
- - Navigating Multi-Page Documents
- - Set Pages Panel Options
- - Insert and Delete Pages
- - Master Text Frames
- - Work with a Master Text Frame
- - Modify a Master Text Frame
- - Step and Repeat, and Ruler Guides
- - Use Step and Repeat
- - Add Ruler Guides to the Page
- - Threading Text Frames
- - Use the Selection Tool to Thread Frames
- - Unthreading and Changing a Thread
- - Use the Selection Tool to Unthread Text Frames
- - Thread Text Over Multiple Pages
- - Thread Text Across Multiple Pages
- - Thread Text into Shapes
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- Unit 5: Perfecting Text with Tab Stops, Strokes and Inset Spacing
- - Tabs and Tab Stops
- - Set and Move a Tab Stop
- - Add a Tab Stop Leader
- - Set a Decimal Tab Stop
- - Use the “Align to Other” Tab
- - Hanging Indents
- - Create a Hanging Indent
- - Apply Text Formatting Using the Eyedropper Tool
- - Frame Strokes and Inset Spacing
- - Add a Stroke to a Frame
- - Add Inset Spacing
- - Set Vertical Justification
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- Unit 6: Inserting Graphics and Clipping Paths
- - Placing and Altering Images
- - Place an Image
- - Place an Image in an Existing Frame
- - Move and Resize an Image
- - Change the Scale of an Image
- - Rotate and Skew an Image
- - Resize the Frame and Graphic with the Mouse and Keyboard
- - Clipping Paths
- - Create a Clipping Path
- - Clipping Thresholds and Inset Frames
- - Customize a Clipping Path
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- Unit 7 : Adding and Modifying Objects and Gradients
- - Step and Repeat
- - Use Step and Repeat
- - Align Objects
- - Grouping and Ungrouping
- - Lock Position
- - Resize a Group
- - Smart Guides
- - Combining Objects
- - Compound Paths
- - Stacking Order
- - Pass through a Stack
- - Shape Editing
- - Change and Edit a Shape
- - Add Arrowheads to a Line
- - Change Frame Content
- - Object Styles
- - Create a Gradient Swatch
- - Create an Object Style
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- Unit 8: Creating a One-Page Flyer and Preparing Print Ready Copy
- - Multiple-Column Text Frames
- - Create a Page Border
- - Create a Multiple-Column Text Frame
- - The Find/Change Command
- - Use Find/Change
- - Save a Query
- - Paragraph Styles
- - Create a Paragraph Style for the Body Text
- - Add Ruler Guides
- - Place a Graphic Onto the Page.
- - Text Wrap
- - Create a Text Wrap Around an Object
- - Spell Check
- - Check Spelling Dynamically
- - Spell Check a Document
- - Autocorrect
- - Use Autocorrect
- - Live Package
- - Packaging a Document
- - Create a PDF
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- Unit 9: CMYK Colors, Libraries and Adobe CS4 Bridge
- - Working with Picas
- - Change the Units and Increments
- - Delete and Load Document Presets
- - Create and Modify an Object
- - CMYK Colors
- - Add and use Process Color
- - Type and Format Text
- - Libraries
- - Create and use a Library
- - Adobe Bridge
- - Use Adobe Bridge
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- Unit 10: Master Pages, Page Numbering and Text Wrapping
- - Creating Master Pages
- - Create a Master Page
- - Add Objects to a Master Page
- - Add a Spread Guide
- - Automatic Page Numbers
- - Add an Automatic Page Number
- - Duplicate and Rename Master Pages
- - Layout Adjustmen
- - Enable Layout Adjustment
- - Assign a Master Page
- - Custom Text Wrap Around Objects
- - Wrap Text Around an Image
- - Edit a Text Wrap
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- Unit 11: Mastering InDesign CS4 Styles
- - Creating and Using Styles
- - Create a Body Text Paragraph Style
- - Create a Headline Paragraph Style
- - The Story Editor
- - Use the Story Editor
- - Editing Styles
- - Orphan and Widow Control
- - Set Keep Options
- - Direct Formatting
- - Apply Direct Formatting to a Paragraph
- - Create a New Style Based on a Selection
- - The Baseline Grid
- - Lock Text to a Paragraph Grid
- - Insert Drop Caps
- - Character and Nested Styles
- - Create and Nest a Character Style
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- Unit 12: Tracking, Kerning and Hyphenation
- - Tracking
- - Track Text
- - Kerning
- - Kern Letter Pairs
- - Tracking in Layouts
- - Use Tracking as a Layout Tool
- - Hyphenation
- - Adjust Hyphenation
- - User Dictionaries
- - Create User Dictionary Hyphenation Exceptions
- - Work with Discretionary Hyphens
- - Prevent Selected Text From Breaking
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- Unit 13: Tables with Styles
- - Creating Tables
- - Draw a Table
- - Add Data, Columns and Rows
- - Combine Cells and Format Text
- - Format a Table
- - Change Text Rotation and Cell Stroke Weight
- - Place Graphics in Table Cells
- - Converting Text to Tables
- - Convert Text to a Table
- - Scale a Table and Its Content
- - Table and Cell Styles
- - Create a Table Style
- - Create a Cell Style
- - Load Styles From an Existing Document
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- Unit 14: Fonts, Links and Templates
- - Fonts and InDesign
- - Use Find Font to Replace a Font
- - Links to Graphics
- - Use the Links Panel to Update a Graphic
- - Templates
- - Create and use a Template
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- Unit 15: Layers, Inline Graphics and Anchored Objects
- - Working with Layers
- - Create and Modify Layers
- - Move Objects to Layers
- - Hide and Show Layers
- - Reorder Layers
- - Inline Graphics
- - Make an Inline Graphic
- - Set Anchored Object Options
- - Show Object Threads
- - Create an Object Style
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- Unit 16: Creating Books and Table of Contents
- - Book Files
- - Create a Book File
- - Add Documents to a Book File
- - Reorder and Remove Book Documents
- - Synchronize Book Files
- - Synchronize Selected Documents
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