Adobe InDesign CC - Essential Training

Why is InDesign adding [Converted] and making me 'save as'.

Course contents
SECTION: 1
Overview 14:14
SECTION: 2
PROJECT 1: One page flyer 1:17:43
1. How to change MM to Inches & changing UK to US dictionary in InDesign?
1:40
2. New document in InDesign - what is bleed & slug?
8:08
3. How to create your own RGB & CMYK colors in Adobe InDesign.
8:39
4. How do I steal colors from a logo using InDesign?
3:14
5. How to color the background of a page in InDesign?
3:33
6. Importing resizing rotating & flipping images & Logos inside InDesign.
7:54
7. How to Import text from Microsoft Word into Adobe InDesign.
5:46
8. How to group, ungroup & rotate images in Adobe InDesign.
5:12
9. How to make a dotted line, dashed line & borders in InDesign
5:20
10. How best to preview your work in Adobe InDesign.
5:16
11. How to make a simple PDF from InDesign. FREE
6:43
12. How to save your InDesign file as a JPEG.
3:19
13. Why should I use CC Libraries in InDesign?
5:09
14. How to share your InDesign files with others by using package document.
4:26
15. Class Project 01 - Design a flyer FREE
3:24
SECTION: 3
PROJECT 2: Other people's files 20:24
SECTION: 4
PROJECT 3: Company Newsletter/Brochure 1:31:36
1. Creating a new company newsletter or brochure, what are spreads in InDesign
6:59
2. How to use a Master Page in Adobe InDesign.
6:35
3. How do to add automatic page numbering to a InDesign file
4:12
4. Removing a master page & deleting parts off the master page in InDesign.
2:31
5. Production Video 1
2:54
6. What is Effective PPI & Image resolution in the InDesign links panel
6:53
7. How to add drop shadows to an image or logo in InDesign
4:20
8. What is TypeKit used for in Adobe InDesign?
8:38
9. How to add the Copyright, Registered & Trademark symbols in InDesign
5:08
10. Where can I find the different versions of letters in InDesign - Ligatures.
3:35
11. How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
3:05
12. Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
2:59
13. Creating Columns in a text box using Adobe InDesign
1:47
14. How do I justify text & turn off hyphenation in InDesign?
4:00
15. What is the space after & leading in Adobe InDesign?
5:22
16. How to underline text with a full width line in Adobe InDesign?
1:54
17. How do I make a paragraph style in Adobe InDesign
6:07
18. How do I update a Paragraph Style in Adobe InDesign?
4:29
19. How to use Find & Change to remove double spaces after a period or full stop.
2:37
20. Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
3:09
21. Class Project 02 - Design a magazine spread
4:22
SECTION: 5
PROJECT 4: Long Business Document 1:46:26
1. How to bring in lots of text into InDesign at once
8:12
2. How do I import paragraph styles from another document
12:45
3. How do I insert completely blank pages in Adobe InDesign
2:04
4. How do I create a gradient in Adobe InDesign
7:20
5. Do I need to use layers in Adobe InDesign
5:30
6. Opacity advanced, water marks and Transparency Effects in Adobe InDesign
4:25
7. How do I add rounded corners to an image or box in Adobe InDesign?
2:53
8. How to add a large first letter to my text aka Drop Cap
2:17
9. How do I increase the space between letters in Adobe InDesign aka Tracking or Kerning
2:33
10. How do I get text to move around an image or shape using text wrap
3:57
11. Why can’t I put text over anything that has text wrap applied?
3:26
12. How to draw an arrow or triangle or star in Adobe InDesign
6:41
13. How do I put an image inside other shapes like a circle - cropping
2:47
14. What is Adobe Stock
4:18
15. Where can I find free images & icons that I can use for my business
4:24
16. How do I add bullets and numbered lists in Adobe InDesign?
52
17. How can I create a table inside Adobe InDesign?
7:11
18. How do I convert tables from Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel into Adobe InDesign
4:27
19. How do I get images to move with the text in Adobe InDesign using anchored objects?
3:23
20. How do I create a Line Break, Column Breaks & Page Breaks in Adobe InDesign? FREE
4:17
21. How do I make an automatic table of contents in Adobe InDesign?
4:46
22. How do you change the tabs in Adobe InDesign?
4:31
23. Can I change the numbering of my pages so 1 starts later in the InDesign file?
3:27
SECTION: 6
PROJECT 5: Conference Name Badge 10:21
SECTION: 7
What next 51:11
SECTION: 8
Cheat sheet & shortcuts 1:07:29

Questions

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Course info

82 lessons / 7 hours 4 projects Certificate of achievement

Overview

Hi there, my name is  Dan. I am a graphic designer and Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI)  for InDesign.

Together we will work through real life projects starting with a simple company flyer, then a brochure & a company newsletter. We’ll make business cards & take control of a really long annual report.

We will work with colour, picking your own and also using corporate colours. You will explore how to choose & use fonts like a professional. We will find, resize & crop images for your documents.

There are projects for you to complete, so you can practise your skills & use these for your creative portfolio.

In this course I supply exercise files so you can play along. I will also save my files as I go through each video so that you can compare yours to mine - handy if something goes wrong.

Know that I will be around to help - if you get lost you can drop a post on the video 'Questions and Answers' below each video and I'll be sure to get back to you.

I will share every design trick I have learnt in the last 15 years of designing. My goal is for you to finish this course with all the necessary skills to start making beautiful documents using InDesign.


What are the requirements?

  • You will need a copy of Adobe InDesign CC 2018 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design skills are needed.
  • No previous InDesign skills are needed.

What am I going to get from this course?

  • 76 lectures 5+ hours of well structured content.
  • You'll learn to design a flyer, newsletter, brochure, annual report & business cards.
  • Learn how to create PDF files ready for printing.
  • You will get the finished files so you never fall behind.
  • Downloadable exercise files & cheat sheet.
  • Forum support from me and the rest of the BYOL crew.
  • Techniques used by professional graphic designers.
  • Professional workflows and shortcuts.
  • A wealth of other resources and websites to help your new career path.

What is the target audience?

  • No previous InDesign experience is necessary.
  • This course is for people completely new to InDesign. No previous design or publishing experienced is necessary.
  • This is a relaxed, well paced introduction that will enable you to produce most common publications. Only basic computing skills are necessary - If you can send emails and surf the internet then you will cope well with our course.

Course duration 6 hours 20 mins + your study.
Daniel Scott

Daniel Scott

Founder of Bring Your Own Laptop & Chief Instructor

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I discovered the world of design as an art student when I stumbled upon a lab full of green & blue iMac G3’s. My initial curiosity around using the computer to create ‘art’ developed into a full-blown passion, eventually leading me to become a digital designer and founder of Bring Your Own Laptop.

Sharing and teaching are a huge part of who I am. As a certified Adobe instructor, I've had the honor of winning multiple Adobe teaching awards at their annual MAX conference. I see Bring Your Own Laptop as the supportive community I wished for when I was first starting out and intimidated by design. Through teaching, I hope to bring others along for the ride and empower my students to bring their stories, labors of love, and art into the world.
True to my Kiwi roots, I've lived in many places, and currently, I reside in Ireland with my wife and kids.

Certificates

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Downloads & Exercise files

Transcript

All right, I just opened a file, it's an older file that I've been working on, and it's come up with this thing that says 'Converted'. Now I try and save it and it says I got to do a 'Save As'. It won't let me save it over the top of the thing I just opened. Why is that?

It's because InDesign is updated between when you created this file, and where it is now. It might be six months ago, it might even be two months ago. And there is nothing we can do about it, so we just have to live with it. We just go 'File', 'Save', and just give it the same name. It will say, "Would you like to replace?" and you say, maybe.

What you might do before you go and replace it over the top-- I'm pretty confident, I always do it, and I never had a problem. I do not want to get you into that problem. I'd like you to go off, make a copy of it somewhere, stick it somewhere hidden in case this all goes horribly wrong for you. At least you can go back to that original. For me, I always replace it with the same name and I don't have any problems. Just upgrading it to a newer version of InDesign. Maybe we just have to live with it.

And that is all, let's get on to the next video.

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