Adobe InDesign – Advanced Techniques

Adobe InDesign preferences

Working with text

• work with baseline grid
• nested styles
• GREP styles
• text variables
• comment
• change tracking

Graphics and effects

• object styles
• libraries
• use of Adobe Bridge

Paths

• principles of Bézier curves
• creation and editing of paths
• text on the path

Combination of graphics and text

• import channels, paths, and masks and layers from Adobe Photoshop
• anchored objects

Tables

• table styles
• cell styles

Processing of long documents

• books
• content
• index
• footnotes
• divisions and pagination
• text boxes
• cross-references
• bookmarks
• use of patterns

Outputs from InDesign

• pre-exit inspection
• preparation for printing
• document export
• imposition

Work automation

• data merging
• scripts
• plug-ins