Advanced Guide to Adobe InDesign CC: Pro Styles & Layouts
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Advanced Guide to Adobe InDesign CC: Pro Styles & Layouts
This course is part of Master Adobe InDesign Specialization
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If you're ready to level up your InDesign workflow and already know your way around the basics, this course is the perfect next step. Whether you're self-taught or coming from my beginner class, Kate Silver will take you to explore advanced preferences, optimized workspace setups, and powerful styling tools that will seriously boost your design speed and precision.
By the end of this course, youβll know how to: * Master Paragraph & Character Styles for professional consistency * Use advanced bullet styling, emoji bullets, and nested styles * Set up smart workspaces, auto-activate fonts, and save to CC Libraries * Design restaurant menus, flyers, and QR code layouts with flair This is for designers who want a more efficient, pro-level way to work in InDesign β especially those who want to build real-world, portfolio-ready projects as they go. Youβll get access to free templates and exercise files to follow along step by step. To be successful, you should already be familiar with Adobe InDesign basics β either from experience or by completing my beginner course. Instructor bio: Kate Silver is a graphic and shoe designer, Top Teacher on Skillshare, and instructor at the UKβs leading Adobe training center in London. She creates beginner and advanced courses on design software including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva, and more. With experience designing for brands like Jimmy Choo and Sophia Webster, Kate brings hands-on expertise to her classes, making complex tools simple and accessible. Her lessons focus on clarity, practical projects, and smart shortcuts to help students build real skills with confidence.
Start strong with a guided walkthrough of the advanced setup needed for professional InDesign work. Youβll explore essential preferences, organize your workspace, and learn best practices for file handling and font management so you can hit the ground running with confidence.
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5 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt
5 videosβ’Total 15 minutes
- Let's Get Started!β’3 minutes
- Welcome Fellow InDesignersβ’1 minute
- Downloading Course Filesβ’2 minutes
- Advanced Preferences & Workspaceβ’6 minutes
- Missing Fonts Explainedβ’3 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 30 minutes
- Project Instructionsβ’30 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 1 Quizβ’30 minutes
1 discussion promptβ’Total 10 minutes
- New Discussion Promptβ’10 minutes
Level up your typographic precision with advanced style controls. Learn how to control formatting across large documents with powerful tools like Paragraph Styles, bullets, and global Find/Changeβall while keeping your design assets ready to reuse and share.
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5 videos1 assignment1 discussion prompt
5 videosβ’Total 29 minutes
- Paragraph Styles & Character Stylesβ’10 minutes
- Paragraph Options & Keep Optionsβ’6 minutes
- Advanced Bulletsβ’6 minutes
- Override Styles & Saving to CC Librariesβ’2 minutes
- Find/Change: Select Multiple Text & Change In One Clickβ’5 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 2 Quizβ’30 minutes
1 discussion promptβ’Total 10 minutes
- New Discussion Promptβ’10 minutes
Explore the creative side of InDesign by mastering tools for shape creation, image placement, and path manipulation. This module unlocks visual storytelling techniques that go far beyond simple text and boxes.
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5 videos1 assignment1 discussion prompt
5 videosβ’Total 26 minutes
- QR Codesβ’3 minutes
- Introducing the Pen Toolβ’9 minutes
- Releasing Compound Pathsβ’8 minutes
- Images Inside Textβ’3 minutes
- Making Compound Paths & Gridsβ’3 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 3 Quizβ’30 minutes
1 discussion promptβ’Total 10 minutes
- New Discussion Promptβ’10 minutes
Dive into InDesignβs time-saving automation features. From default settings that simplify your workflow to the powerful Story Editor, youβll gain full control over how your content flows and updates throughout a document.
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4 videos1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
4 videosβ’Total 15 minutes
- Default Image Frame Fittingβ’2 minutes
- Default Fontsβ’5 minutes
- Story Editorβ’6 minutes
- Changing Back Default Fontβ’1 minute
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 4 Quizβ’30 minutes
1 peer reviewβ’Total 60 minutes
- Course Projectβ’60 minutes
1 discussion promptβ’Total 10 minutes
- New Discussion Promptβ’10 minutes
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