01. Foundations, interface and document setup
- Interface and workspaces
- Page sizes, margins and bleed
- Guides, pages and document organization
- Text frames and image frames
- Navigation and display
- Saving and file conventions
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02. Text, typography and styles
- Importing and preparing text
- Character and paragraph formatting
- Paragraph and character styles
- Columns and threaded text
- English and French typographic conventions
- Editing and composition checks
03. Images, colour and first PDF export
- Placing and linking images
- Frame fitting and cropping
- Colour, swatches and gradients
- Image resolution and quality
- Preparing for screen or print
- Creating and checking a first PDF
04. Parent pages, templates and repeatable documents
- Parent pages and inheritance
- Automatic page numbering
- Sections and layout variations
- Repeating elements
- Building reliable templates
- Document-wide visual consistency
05. Advanced styles and editorial production
- Nested styles and GREP styles
- Object styles
- Table and cell styles
- Formatting automation
- Managing high-volume documents
- Diagnosing and correcting exceptions
06. Tables, data and structured content
- Creating and editing tables
- Importing Excel data
- Table and cell styles
- Tabs and alignment
- Updating linked data
- Laying out structured content
07. Long documents and publications
- Books, documents and chapters
- Automatic tables of contents
- Indexes and references
- Style synchronization
- Complex pagination
- Checking and updating a publication
08. Automation and Data Merge
- Preparing a data source
- Data Merge and variable fields
- Producing variants
- Templates for recurring tasks
- Controlling high-volume production
- Correcting and recovering from errors
09. Prepress and professional production
- CMYK, spot colours and inks
- Overprint and transparency
- Preflight checks
- Packaging files
- PDF/X standards and export
- Working with a print provider
10. Creative Cloud and team production workflows
- InDesign with Photoshop and Illustrator
- Creative Cloud Libraries
- Team templates and assets
- Links and file conventions
- Shared quality control
- Archiving and handing off projects