Learn Adobe InDesign: Getting Started Tutorials and Lessons
Published in DesignAdobe InDesign is industry-leading software for designing page layouts, both for print and digital. It’s extremely useful for multi-page publications like magazines, but it can also be used on single-page items like resumes and invoices. Photoshop and Illustrator users will find that InDesign works nicely with these applications, and having skills in Photoshop and Illustrator will help to make your layouts in InDesign more effective.
Like any advanced software, learning how to use InDesign can take some time and effort. With that in mind we have compiled this collection of tutorials that are great for those who are just getting started with InDesign, or for those who are looking to improve their familiarity with it. The tutorials found here focus on the basics, things that will be foundational to your work with InDesign.
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Intro to InDesign:
Getting Started: What is InDesign CS5?
Other InDesign CS5 Intros/Reviews:
- InDesign CS5: Top Ten New Features
- Review: Adobe InDesign CS5
- InDesign CS5 Feature Tour
- What’s New in InDesign CS5
Getting Started Series from Adobe.tv:
- Getting Started: 01 Starting a New Document
- Getting Started: 02 Making a Text Frame
- Getting Started: 03 Character-Level Formatting
- Getting Started: 04 Paragraph-Level Formatting
- Getting Started: 05 Making a Paragraph Style
- Getting Started: 06 Placing and Flowing Text
- Getting Started: 07 Placing an Image
- Getting Started: 08 Wrapping Text Around a Graphic
Getting to Grips with InDesign from Spyre Studios:
- Part 1: Document Basics and Master Pages
- Part 2: Working with Text and Graphic Frames
- Part 3: Importing Text and Playing with Typography
- Part 4: Working with Color
- Part 5: Playing with Styles
- Part 6: Importing Images
- Part 7: Working with Book Files
Tutorials on InDesigns Basic Functions and Tools:
Placing Images in InDesign CS5
Tips on Using Guides in InDesign
Other Tutorials on Basic Functions and Tools:
- Fitting Pictures in InDesign
- InDesign CS5: Multiplace Images
- Basic Page Numbering with InDesign CS5
- Preparing Templates in InDesign
- How to Create Interactive PDFs in InDesign Using Hyperlinks
- Creating PDF Forms in InDesign
- Creating Percentage-Based Styles
- Using Object Styles in InDesign
- Color and InDesign
- Setting Margins Using InDesign
- Using and Sharing Files with the InDesign Library
- Improving Your Workspace and Working with Master Pages
- Packaging InDesign Files for Your Print Service
- Adding Bleed to a Document
- Bleed and Layering Master Pages
Working with Text in InDesign:
Text Wrap and Text Format in InDesign
Mastering Text Threading in InDesign
Other tutorials for working with text:
- Formatting Typography and the Use of Styles in Adobe InDesign
- Nested Line Styles in InDesign
- InDesign Type Tips
- Using InDesign Drag and Drop Text
- InDesign Quick Tip: Indent to Here
- Work with Type in InDesign
Designing Publications and Covers in InDesign:
InDesign is commonly used to design covers and page layouts for various publications. The tutorials in this section walk you through this process.
Using InDesign to Publish Your iPad Magazine
How to Create a Music Magazine Cover in InDesign
Book Cover Design in InDesign CS5
InDesign Front and Back Pages Face to Face
Magazine Cover Design in InDesign
How to Create a Professional Magazine Layout
Design a Portfolio Magazine Using InDesign
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6 Responses
InDesign CS5 has great features for any Graphic Design project.
This is very helpful info on some really important elements of ID.
Its funny how things evolve I can remember way back when Page maker was king of desktop publishing, then Quark and now InDesign has taken the reigns.
Great stuff thanks for sharing!
I did not find many differences between InDesign CS5 and CS4. However thanks for the detailed tutorial. The post is now in my bookmarks.
This is very helpful info
Great post, thanks for the tutorials and lessons. I never actually looked at the AdobeTV ones, even though there was a flyer about it in my CS5.5 box.
Keep up the good work!
Great post indeed.I hope all them work with CS4.
thanks for in design lessons.