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			Total Training for Adobe InDesign CS2 helps you advance your skills of the latest page design and publishing application. With more than 16 hours of instruction, Adobe Certified Expert, Steve Holmes helps you develop and advance your design, typography, and layout skills needed to become an InDesign expert. Watch videos and practice tutorials based on real-world scenarios to effectively sharpen your publishing skills and give documents a professional polish. Plus, access a free custom font from Mucca Designs and stock photography from iStockphoto, Inc. as an added bonus to your training. Highlights * Learn to design and output your pages quickly and efficiently, from basic page setup and type formatting to advanced graphic and type effects * Discover the innovative cross-media support and control with the visibility of layers * Automatically map the styles from Microsoft® Word files and import them in InDesign for efficient, streamlined documents * Featuring the new lightweight snippet format, recycle and share portions of a layout with “drag-n-drop” ease. Program 1: 1. Quick Start Tour of Adobe InDesign CS2 (34 min) Lesson 1: Creating Guides Using the Line Tool Lesson 2: Using Photoshop® Files in InDesign Lesson 3: Using Illustrator® Files in InDesign Lesson 4: Creating a Shadow & Adding a Logo Lesson 5: Placing & Stylizing Text Lesson 6: Entering Text & Images into a Table Lesson 7: Changing Display Quality & Multiple Text Layers Lesson 8: Exporting an InDesign File as a PDF 2. Letting InDesign Work for you (41 min) Lesson 1: Introducing Document Preferences Lesson 2: General, Type & Advanced Type Preferences Lesson 3: Units, Increments & Grids Preferences Lesson 4: Guides, Pasteboards, Spelling & Story Editor Preferences Lesson 5: Display Performance & Appearance of Black Preferences Lesson 6: File Handling Preferences & Type Tool Options Lesson 7: Grouping Palettes into Clusters Lesson 8: Setting Palette Options & Sliding Palettes Lesson 9: Showing/Hiding Palettes with Keyboard Shortcuts Lesson 10: Creating & Modifying Keyboard Shortcuts Lesson T11 Creating New Layer & Workspace Shortcuts 3. Documents, Presets & Dependencies (21 min) Lesson 1: Creating a New Document Lesson 2: Saving & Editing Document Presets Lesson 3: Working with File Types & Extensions Lesson 4: Opening Files Lesson 5: Fixing Dependencies Automatically Lesson 6: Fixing Dependencies Manually 4. Navigation & Adobe Bridge (28 min) Lesson 1: Adjusting Page Size Lesson 2: Using the Zoom Tool Lesson 3: Scrolling the Page & Changing View Size Lesson 4: Using the Navigator Palette Lesson 5: Introducing Adobe Bridge Lesson 6: Viewing Files in Bridge Lesson 7: Saving a Workspace, Rating & Labeling Lesson 8: Filtering, Reordering & Sorting Files in Bridge Lesson 9: Viewing Images in a Slideshow 5. Letting InDesign Guide you (29 min) Lesson 1: Creating Margins & Columns Lesson 2: Understanding Master Pages Lesson 3: Setting Up Rulers Lesson 4: Creating Guides Lesson 5: Understanding Guides as Objects Lesson 6: Using Control Palette Calculations Lesson 7: Customizing Guide Colors Lesson 8: Placing Guides on Layers Lesson 9: Placing Guides on Multiple Pages Lesson 10: Using Preview Modes 6. Beginning your Layout Design (17 min) Lesson 1: Saving a Document Lesson 2: When Not to Turn on Allow Pages to Shuffle Lesson 3: The Rectangle Tool vs. the Rectangle Frame Tool Lesson 4: Creating Frames for Text & Graphics Lesson 5: Organizing Elements in the Layers Palette Lesson 6: Changing the Basic Paragraph Style Lesson 7: Selecting, Adjusting & Filling Text Frames 7. Importing, Pouring, Flowing & Automation (27 min) Lesson 1: Setting up Microsoft Word Import Options Lesson 2: Setting Options for Placing Imported Text Lesson 3: Placing & Directing Overflow Text Lesson 4: Adding Pages to the Document Lesson 5: Creating a Layout & Duplicating Text Frames Lesson 6: Setting up Text Links Across Multiple Frames Lesson 7: Pre-Linking & Adjusting Text Frame Options Lesson 8: Using Autoflow for Automatic Documents 8. Type Formatting (21 min) Lesson 1: Selecting a Font Lesson 2: Adjusting Type Size & Leading Lesson 3: Exploring More Character Options Lesson 4: Adjusting Tracking Lesson 5: Introducing Kerning & the Eyedropper Tool Lesson 6: Adjusting Kerning & Baseline Shift 9. Paragraph Formatting & Design (15 min) Lesson 1: Hyphenating Text Lesson 2: Adjusting Paragraph Spacing Lesson 3: Creating a Bulleted List Lesson 4: Indenting Paragraphs Manually Lesson 5: Using Drop Caps 10. The Basics of Typography (18 min) Lesson 1: Inserting Special Characters Lesson 2: Inserting White Spaces Lesson 3: Using Notes Lesson 4: Applying Optical Margin Alignment to Linked Frames Lesson 5: Applying Optical Margin Alignment to an Object Style 11. Opentype® & Typography (31 min) Lesson 1: Using Ligatures Lesson 2: Exploring OpenType Fonts Lesson 3: Using Discretionary Ligatures & Fractions Lesson 4: Using Proportional Oldstyle & Ordinals Lesson 5: Using Small Caps & Force Line Break Lesson 6: Exploring Glyphs Lesson 7: Glyph Palette Options & Applying Glyphs 12. Basic Paragraph Style Sheets (22 min) Lesson 1: Creating a New Style Sheet Lesson 2: Linking Style Sheets Lesson 3: The Advantages of Linked Style Sheets Lesson 4: Importing Style Sheets from Other Documents Lesson 5: Redefining a Style 13. Graphic Frames & Object Styles (30 min) Lesson 1: Creating Basic Graphic Frames Lesson 2: Adding & Aligning a Stroke to a Graphic Frame Lesson 3: Saving a New Object Style Lesson 4: Saving a Thin Line as a New Object Style Lesson 5: Arranging & Aligning Objects Lesson 6: Copying Shapes & Applying Rich Black Lesson 7: Editing the Shape & Size of Objects in Sequence Lesson 8: Transform Again Individually to Duplicate Frames Lesson 9: Converting Shapes 14. Importing Vector Graphics (26 min) Lesson 1: Importing Illustrator Files Lesson 2: The Main Selection Tool vs. the Direct Selection Tool Lesson 3: Scaling an Image Numerically Lesson 4: Moving an Anchor Point, Rotating, Scaling & Moving Lesson 5: Fitting Content Proportionally Lesson 6: Using Shortcuts to Scale a Graphic Lesson 7: Importing an Illustrator File from Bridge Lesson 8: Importing an Image & Changing Its Transparency 15. Adobe Photoshop® Import & Creativity (32 min) Lesson 1: Importing & Adjusting Photoshop Images Lesson 2: Utilizing the Links Palette Lesson 3: Drag & Drop from Bridge & Fill Frame Proportionally Lesson 4: Adjusting Display Performance Lesson 5: Placing a Background Image Lesson 6: Drawing a Line & Adding an Illustrator Title Lesson 7: Nudging an Image with the Arrow Keys Lesson 8: Accessing Layers Using Object Layer Options Lesson 9: Cropping & Viewing Layers 16. Layered Design & Text Wrap (30 min) Lesson 1: Bringing in Separate Images Defined by One Image Lesson 2: Placing a Background Image & Changing Text Color Lesson 3: Organizing Layers & Placing a Title Lesson 4: Customizing a Title Layout Design Lesson 5: Creating an Advanced Layered Design Lesson 6: Using Photoshop Clipping Paths Lesson 7: Using Text Wrap 17. Creating & Storing Color (26 min) Lesson 1: Introducing the Swatches & Color Palettes Lesson 2: Creating Color & Tint Swatches Lesson 3: Working with Spot Colors Lesson 4: Creating Mixed Ink Swatches & Groups Lesson 5: Using Gradients & Making a New Gradient Swatch Lesson 6: Adding Small Color Reference Frames to Images 18. Intelligent Type Styles (22 min) Lesson 1: Adding & Positioning a Text Frame Lesson 2: Formatting & Aligning Text Lesson 3: Creating Paragraph Styles Lesson 4: Editing Style Sheets for Automation Using Next Styles Lesson 5: Duplicating a Text Frame & Replacing the Text Lesson 6: Creating a Tint Swatch to Change Text Color 19. Baseline Grid Control (21 min) Lesson 1: Creating an Image Box & Placing the Image Lesson 2: Importing & Placing a Layered PDF File Lesson 3: Using the Paste In Place Command Lesson 4: Dragging & Dropping Images from Bridge Lesson 5: Introducing Document & Baseline Grids Lesson 6: Setting Grid Preferences & Snapping into Alignment 20. Powerful Nested Styles & Snippets (31 min) Lesson 1: Importing Style Sheets Lesson 2: Snapping to Baseline Grid Lesson 3: Creating Character Style Sheets Lesson 4: Creating Nested Style Sheets Lesson 5: Adjusting the Optical Margin Alignment Lesson 6: Introducing Snippets Lesson 7: Working with Snippets 21. Compounds, Shadows & Transparency (24 min) Lesson 1: Setting Transparency Options Lesson 2: Applying a Drop Shadow Lesson 3: Using the Redefine Object Style Command Lesson 4: Working with Compound Paths Lesson 5: Using the Pathfinder Palette Lesson 6: Final Comments & Credits Program 2: 1. Cool Text & Image Tables (36 min) Lesson 1: Introducing Image Tables Lesson 2: Creating & Working with Tables Lesson 3: Formatting Cells in a Table Lesson 4: Using the Cell Options Dialog Box Lesson 5: Editing Text & Importing Snippets Lesson 6: Adjusting Alignment & Color Lesson 7: Rules for Importing Images Lesson 8: Adjusting the Size & Crop of Imported Images 2. Tables for Design (24 min) Lesson 1: Creating a Table Lesson 2: Merging & Splitting Cells Lesson 3: Adjusting Cell Stroke & Color Lesson 4: Placing Images & Snippets into a Cell Lesson 5: Image Placement & Formatting Tips Lesson 6: Correcting the Stroke Color 3. Story Editing & Glyph Sets (20 min) Lesson 1: Adding an Accented Character Lesson 2: Using the Story Editor & Quick Apply Lesson 3: Adjusting Hyphenation & Justification Settings Lesson 4: Adjusting Overset Type in the Story Editor Lesson 5: Using Contextual & Swash Alternates Lesson 6: Adding Glyphs on the Fly & Creating a Glyph 4: Adobe Incopy® Assignments (27 min) Lesson 1: Creating an Assignment Lesson 2: Adding Stories to an Assignment & Updating Lesson 3: Identifying InCopy Stories inside InDesign Lesson 4: Editing in InDesign & InCopy Simultaneously Lesson 5: Checking Out Stories to Edit Them Lesson 6: Copyfitting & Checking Stories Back In Lesson 7: Editing in InDesign & Updating in InCopy 5. Rules, Strokes & Tabs (17 min) Lesson 1: Activating Dynamic Spelling Lesson 2: Utilizing Next Style Sheets Lesson 3: Aligning Text Using the Tabs Ruler Lesson 4: Redefining a Paragraph Style Lesson 5: Drawing a Line Using Paragraph Rules Lesson 6: Editing Stroke Styles 6. Flexible Footnotes & Spell Checking (16 min) Lesson 1: Inserting Footnotes Lesson 2: Numbering & Formatting Footnotes Lesson 3: Customizing a Footnote Layout Lesson 4: Working with Multiple Footnotes Lesson 5: Using the Check Spelling Dialog Box Lesson 6: Adding Words to the Dictionary 7. Feathering Magic (18 min) Lesson 1: Learning to Use the Pen Tool Lesson 2: Drawing a Closed Path Lesson 3: Subtracting One Path from Another Lesson 4: Modifying a Path Lesson 5: Creating & Modifying a Feathered Edge Lesson 6: Using the Paste Into Command 8. Folios, Master Pages & Libraries (21 min) Lesson 1: Creating a Folio Layer & Importing a Folio Style Lesson 2: Creating a Folio on a Master Page Lesson 3: Duplicating & Deleting Folios Lesson 4: Creating a Folio Library Lesson 5: Applying Saved Folios to Other InDesign Files 9. Multiple Masters, Overrides & PDF Import (18 min) Lesson 1: Performing a Local Override Lesson 2: Exploring Override Rules & Options Lesson 3: Working with Multiple Master Pages Lesson 4: Distributing Objects & Applying Object Styles Lesson 5: Importing Multiple Images from a PDF 10. Sections, Books & Auto Pagination (16 min) Lesson 1: Numbering Pages & Creating Sections Lesson 2: Assembling a Book Lesson 3: Synchronizing Styles 11. Table of Contents Secrets (28 min) Lesson 1: Creating a Table of Contents Lesson 2: Adding Titles & Descriptions Lesson 3: Pasting Into Specific Layers Lesson 4: Applying Table of Contents Styles Lesson 5: Affecting the Visibility of Type Lesson 6: Updating the Table of Contents 12. Trapping & Output Preview (32 min) Lesson 1: Introducing Trapping Lesson 2: Knowing When to Use Trapping Lesson 3: Creating a Trap Preset Lesson 4: Using the Flattener Preview Lesson 5: Dealing with Flattening Issues Lesson 6: Using the Separations Preview 13. Preflight, Package & Print (18 min) Lesson 1: Using the Preflight Dialog Box Lesson 2: Updating Links & Editing Original Images Lesson 3: Packaging a Document for a Printer Lesson 4: Setting Print Options & Presets Lesson 5: More Options & Outputting to a Printer 14. Adobe PDF Export (25 min) Lesson 1: Introducing PDF Presets Lesson 2: Exporting a PDF for Approval Lesson 3: Compressing Images & Other Export Options Lesson 4: Adding Security & Exporting the File Lesson 5: Exporting a PDF for Print Lesson 6: Setting Color & Security Options 15. XML Workflow & Adobe GoLive® Packages (30 min) Lesson 1: Creating, Assigning & Saving Tags Lesson 2: Exporting XML & Loading Tags Lesson 3: Mapping Tags to Styles & Importing XML Lesson 4: Creating & Opening a Package Lesson 5: Modifying Packaged Text Styles in GoLive Lesson 6: Modifying Packaged Graphics in GoLive 16. Interactive PDF Magic (34 min) Lesson 1: Adding Hyperlinks to Interactive Buttons Lesson 2: Working with Flash® Movies in InDesign Lesson 3: Working with QuickTime™ Files in InDesign Lesson 4: Creating Interactive Text Buttons Lesson 5: Assigning Actions to Buttons Lesson 6: Creating a Rollover State for a Graphic Button Lesson 7: Previewing Media Files in Bridge Lesson 8: Adding Sound Files to an InDesign Document Lesson 9: Exporting to PDF Lesson MiniOutro: Mini Outro 17. Poster Design Magic (59 min) Lesson 1: Creating Presets & Drawing Guides Lesson 2: Drawing Rules & Using Step and Repeat Lesson 3: Loading Swatches & Drawing a Shape Lesson 4: Aligning Type & Rotating an Image Lesson 5: Extending a Gradient & Creating Drop Shadows Lesson 6: Creating an Overlay Gradient Lesson 7: Converting a Text Snippet to a Table Lesson 8: Applying Styles & Swatches to a Table Lesson 9: Formatting Text around a Graphic Lesson 10: Placing a Logo & Scaling Objects Lesson 11: Joining & Subtracting Paths & Fitting Images Lesson 12: Placing a Graphic inside Type Lesson 13: Creating a Lens Effect with Text Lesson Outro: Final Comments & Credits