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Adobe InDesign CS4 Shortcuts Training DVD

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Introduction

Welcome Demo
Using the exercise files

1. The Top 20

The Make Better key Demo
Tool shortcuts Demo
Toggling between frame and frame content Demo
The Escape key Demo
Zooming Demo
The Control panel Demo
Hiding panels Demo
Fill and Stroke shortcuts Demo
Smart Guides Demo
Scaling a frame and its content at the same time
Proportional Place
Multi-File Place
Preview mode
Selecting through page items
Context menus
Redefine Style
Quick Apply
What's new in CS4
Resetting preferences when opening InDesign
Changing the default settings

2. General Shortcuts

Changing the workspace Demo
Recommended changes to preferences Demo
Customizing keyboard shortcuts Demo
Viewing menus in alphabetical order
Where's that feature?
Patient and Impatient User modes
Measurement system overrides

3. Document Window Shortcuts

The application frame
Tabbed documents
Cycling through open documents
The Arrange Documents widget
Stop tabbing my documents!
Closing all documents
Saving all open documents
Skipping the new document dialog
Preview modes

4. Page Navigation Shortcuts

Switching pages via the document window widgets
Switching pages via the Pages panel
Scrolling one screen at a time
Scrolling one page at a time
Scrolling one spread at a time
Jumping to a specific page
Jumping between two pages

5. Pan and Zoom Shortcuts

Fitting the entire Pasteboard in the window
Seeing two views of the same document
Switching to the Hand tool while editing text
Using Power Zoom

6. Panel Management Shortcuts

Panel management options
Using multiple panel docks
Creating panel flotillas

7. Tool Shortcuts

Changing the Tools panel
The Temporary Selection tool
Repositioning while creating page items
Constraining page item creation tools
Specifying the size as you create page items
Eyedropper tool shortcuts
Polygon tool shortcuts

8. Place Shortcuts

Multi-File Place
Canceling a loaded Place cursor
Seeing file names for items in the Place cursor
Grid Place
Adjusting Grid Place spacing
Placing via drag-and-drop from the desktop
Placing via drag-and-drop from Bridge
Placing InDesign files into another InDesign file
Placing multipage AI and PDF files
Creating links when placing text and spreadsheet files

9. Selection Shortcuts

The Selection tool vs. the Direct Selection tool
Selecting and moving items that are behind other items
How to deselect everything
Select all items on a layer
Group and Ungroup shortcuts
Selecting items in a group
What does Lock mean in InDesign?

10. Transformation Shortcuts

Scale vs. Resize
Resizing or scaling multiple objects at the same time
Resizing or scaling multiple objects without grouping
Keeping stroke weights from scaling
Scaling a frame and its content to specific dimensions
Transform Again vs. Transform Again Individually
Transform Sequence Again
Transform and create a copy
Scaling by 1% and 5%
Nudging with the arrow keys
Arrange shortcuts
Aligning and distributing to selections margins page or spread
Aligning to a specific object
Distributing objects with a specific amount of space
Fitting frame to content
Frame Fitting buttons
Setting Frame Fitting options in advance
Fitting content to a specific percentage when placing

11. Paste and Duplicate Shortcuts

Pasting in the center of the page or spread
Paste in Place
Pasting a duplicate
Paste Into
Pasting an image into text
Pasting editable paths from Illustrator
Pasting text without formatting

12. Pages Panel Shortcuts

Customizing the Pages panel
Inserting a new page
Duplicating pages
Moving pages between documents
The Rotate Spread view
Starting with a double-page spread

13. Master Page Shortcuts

Jumping to a master page
Naming master pages
Overriding master page items
Applying a master page to range of pages

14. Layers Panel Shortcuts

Creating a new layer above or below the active layer
Moving an item between layers
Moving a copy of an item to another layer
Converting a layer to be non-printing
Seeing more layers in the Layers panel list
Hiding all layers but one

15. Color Panel and Swatches Panel Shortcuts

Changing the order of swatches
Preventing accidental registration
Sharing swatch libraries
Adding colors from kuler
Deleting unused colors
Saving a tint as a swatch
Choosing a different color model ramp
Saturating or desaturating a color

16. Links Panel Shortcuts

Toggling Link Info visibility
Customizing the Links panel
Relink to Folder

17. Text Frame Shortcuts

Flowing text into frames automatically
Filling with placeholder text
Custom placeholder text
Text Frame options
Fit Frame to Text

18. Text Selection and Navigation Shortcuts

Calculating word and character counts
Selecting text with the mouse
Navigating text with the keyboard
Navigating between frames of a threaded story
Editing text in the Story Editor

19. Character Formatting Shortcuts

Toggling between Character and Paragraph in the Control panel
Better font previews
Jumping directly to the font you want
Smart Bold and Smart Italic
Type Size keyboard shortcuts
Kerning/Tracking keyboard shortcuts
Word space shortcuts
Resetting kerning tracking and word space back to zero
Leading keyboard shortcuts
The Auto Leading shortcut
All Caps and Small Caps shortcuts
Checking spelling

20. Paragraph Formatting Shortcuts

Alignment keyboard shortcuts
Toggling Hyphenate on and off
Align Left Edge for drop caps
The Paragraph Rules shortcut
Cleaning up text with saved Find/Change queries

21. Style Shortcuts

Formatting an entire document of text with one click
Applying a style as you create it
Naming your styles as you create them
Removing local formatting
Creating a new character style on the fly

22. Rulers and Guides Shortcuts

Toggling the rulers guides grid and frame edges
Snapping guides to ruler marks
Changing the ruler origin point
Two guides for the price of one
Duplicating and moving guides with the Control panel
Selecting all guides on a spread

23. Easter Eggs

View Document History
Butterfly Game
noallcaps
Reduce file size!

Conclusion

Goodbye

Adobe InDesign CS4 Shortcuts Info

Title Information.

In InDesign CS4 Power Shortcuts, Adobe product manager and designer Michael Ninness reveals hundreds of tips to boost productivity, including the top 20 power shortcuts every InDesign user must know. From placing multiple images to the hidden power of Quick Apply, each one of these videos covers an important topic, and includes just the right amount of information to make anyone a true InDesign power user. InDesign users are always looking for faster, more efficient ways to do everything, and this course offers just what they're looking for. Exercise files accompany the course.. Close »

Instructor : Michael Ninness

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Duration:

6.5 hours - 171 lessons

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