InDesign CS5 Digital Classroom

Got designs on learning InDesign? Let this book-and-video training package be your instructor!

Adobe InDesign is a leading design and page layout program that allows you to create and produce stunning publications, from brochures to full-length books. The latest version of InDesign features enhanced features for creating sophisticated page layouts and an executing an efficient workflow. This unique full-color book-and-video training combo makes learning the new features of InDesign less intimidating. Thirteen self-paced lessons explain how to design, produce, and develop a streamlined workflow for page layout. The complementary lessons featured in the downloadable videos are each approximately five minutes long and demonstrate the concepts and features covered in the lesson.

• Walks you through the basics of designing and developing sophisticated page layouts with the newest release of InDesign
• Features full-color, step-by-step tutorials in the downloadable videos that complement the topics covered in each lesson of the book
• Allows you to absorb each lesson at your own pace

Adobe InDesign CS5 Digital Classroom is just like having your own personal instructor guiding you through each unique lesson.

Note: DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. These materials are available for download upon purchase.

You have a personal tutor in the Digital Classroom

If you want expert instruction that fits into your schedule, the Digital Classroom series delivers. Adobe Certified Experts guide you through 13 lessons, helping you learn essential InDesign CS5 skills at your own speed. Full-color, step-by-step instructions in the book are enhanced with video tutorials on the DVD. With this Digital Classroom training package, you have your own private instructor showing you the easiest way to learn InDesign CS5.

• Set up InDesign CS5, understand the workspace, and learn to use the tools
• Build documents and master pages in standard or custom sizes
• Format text, wrap it around graphics, and flow it across multiple pages
• Import graphics, layered Photoshop® orIllustrator® files, movies, and animations
• Apply color and create custom colors and gradients
• Prepare documents for printing, create PDFs, and generate XHTML and Flash files

A Complete Training Package!

• Full-color, step-by-step instructional book
• Video training from Adobe Certified Experts

Tutorials and lesson files on companion DVD

Christopher Smith is President of American Graphics Institute (www.agitraining.com). Hired by Adobe Systems to introduce InDesign 1.0 to publishers worldwide, he has delivered InDesign training to thousands of creative professionals and helped develop the Adobe Certified Expert exams. As a member of the AGI Creative Team, he oversees training programs and the Digital Classroom book series.