Learn InDesign CS4 - Export from InDesign to SWF
Create interactive InDesign documents that include buttons, hyperlinks and page transitions. Then export to SWF for playback in Flash Player.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Working with Smart Guides
Take advantage of Smart Guides when creating, moving, rotating, and aligning objects. Learn how to avoid clutter in your layout.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Applying GREP styles
Learn how to apply a character style to any text that matches the GREP expression you specify. Make the GREP style part of a paragraph style.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Using the Links panel
Customize the Links panel to suit your needs. Add the categories you want and then sort the links by category.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Creating conditional text
Walk through creating and applying text conditions, and hiding them to create different versions of a document. Save time by creating condition sets.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Using Live Preflight
Learn how Live Preflight can flag potential problems while you work. Create a preset to determine which errors are flagged, and learn how to correct them.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Creating cross-references
Create cross-references that can be updated quickly when the target text or pagination changes. Create a custom cross-reference format.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Introducing InDesign CS4
Construct sophisticated documents of any length, whether your output is to a printer or to a PDF, eBook, the Web, or Flash. Preview new InDesign features.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Understanding Flash integration
Create a rich layout in InDesign prior to exporting to XFL. Then add animation in Flash Professional.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Getting Started: 08 Wrapping text around a graphic
Learn how to wrap text around a graphic. Use the Selection tool to choose a graphic. Access the Text Wrap panel. Create an offset boundary.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Getting Started: 07 Placing an image
Import and place images into an InDesign document. Access the Links panel using keyboard shortcuts. Use the Links panel to manage multiple images.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Getting Started: 06 Placing and flowing text
Place text from word processing programs into InDesign documents. Flow InDesign text into multiple columns. Learn new keyboard shortcuts.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Getting Started: 05 Making a paragraph style
Create and assign paragraph styles to replicate the character- and paragraph-level formatting attributes used on a regular basis.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Getting Started: 04 Paragraph-level formatting
Assign paragraph-level text formatting attributes. Justify or align text to the left and right margins. Indent text to indicate new paragraphs.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Getting Started: 03 Character-level formatting
Apply character-level formatting attributes to text. Locate and select text and fonts. Increase type size and change the leading value.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Getting Started: 02 Making a text frame
Create new text frames using Smart Huides. Align text using vertical justification and resize text frames. Add placeholder text using the Type tool.
Learn InDesign CS4 - Getting Started: 01 Starting a new document
Create a new document in InDesign from the File menu or Welcome screen. Navigate the welcome screen. Adjust settings for the new document.
InDesign and InCopy CS4 Feature Tour
Product Manager Michael Ninness demonstrates new features such as Smart Guides and Live Preflight.
Flash Downunder - InDesign to Flash
In this episode Paul looks at 2 ways to get your InDesign documents out to Flash. The first is directly as a SWF file, and the second as XFL so you can open your pages directly in Flash and bring them to life.
Learn Illustrator CS4 - Using Appearance and Graphic Styles
Use the Appearance panel to manage attributes such as effects and fills. Use the Graphics Styles panel to reuse combinations of attributes.
Learn Illustrator CS4 - Using the Separations preview
Learn to use the Separations Preview panel to proof and fix your color separations before exporting your files and sending them to a printer.
Learn Illustrator CS4 - Using smart guides and key alignment
Learn how smart guides can intuitively and unobtrusively guide drawing. Learn to quickly and easily align objects to another key object.
Learn Illustrator CS4 - Using the Blob Brush tool
Draw merged paths and automatically remove redundant points so the path is easy to select and edit. Learn how to use the Eraser and Smooth tools.
Learn Illustrator CS4 - Working with Gradients
Create and save elliptical gradients with full or partial transparency. Learn to use the interactive Gradient tool and Gradient panel.
Learn Illustrator CS4 - Introducing Illustrator CS4
Learn about some exciting new features in CS4: document windows, multiple artboards, gradients, appearances, and the Recolor Arwork dialog box.









