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- HijoDMaite
Sorry to sound like a newb but I want to learn InDesign CS5.
Basic magazine and newspaper layouts. Any specific FREE online tutorials you can recommend?
I usually prefer YouTube. And are the links in here still relevant--> http://www.qbn.com/topics/539202…
- monospaced0
Adobe website is great. Just log in with your account info and get going.
- HijoDMaite0
Thanks mono, I suppose I should start there.
- monospaced0
My personal suggestions for InDesign are to master the basics of placing content in frames (separate things), and text boxes. This of course after learning how to create a grid (it's the first thing you do when you create a new document). After that, it's amazingly intuitive and oftentimes way easier to get precision layouts that either AI or PS. Things "snap" more logically, spacing is better, type handling is unparalleled (check out the dropdowns in the character/paragraph palettes: hyphenation, justification), and so on. Good luck. I think you'll like it.
- doesnotexist0
paragraph styles.
character styles.
object styles.
placingn/fitting content to frame shortcuts.
grid systems.- agreed especially with styles. id isn't a program you can figure out yourselffourth
- I disagree, I found ID more intuitive than the other parts of CS. But, just my opinion.monospaced