InDesign

A Deck of Cards

In this exercise you will design a couple of cards from a full deck of cards. Together with the class we’ll design all 52 playing cards. To get a playable deck of cards, we need to set out some rules and guidelines as a framework. Within this framework you’re free to do whatever you like. …

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A Simple Booklet

You’re going to create a simple booklet with styled headings and body text. This exercise is a basic guide, you can add more complexity and customization to the booklet by adding more pages, more images, and more style variations. You can experiment with different layouts, typography, color, and image manipulation options and explore other features …

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A Simple Poster

You’re going to create a simple poster using text and images. This exercise is a starting point, feel free to experiment with different layouts, typography, color and image manipulation options, and to explore all the features and tools in Indesign. Time: 60 minutes

A Simple Brochure

You’re going to create a simple brochure using text and images. This exercise is a starting point, feel free to experiment with different layouts, typography, color and image manipulation options, and to explore all the features and tools in Indesign. Time: 60 minutes

A Simple Layout

You’re going to create a simple layout using text and images. This exercise is a starting point, feel free to experiment with different layouts, typography, color and image manipulation options, and to explore all the features and tools in Indesign. Time: 30 minutes Set up Text Image Layout and Finishing up

Greetingcard

The goal is simple: with as little (or as much) as you know, design a greetingcard in InDesign. The aim of this exercise is to introduce you to the different software programs and their role in the design process. Time: 60 min

Mom, I’m fine.

In this exercise you will create a small 8 page booklet to send home to your loved ones. Through text and images you can show what you are doing, how you are living, who your classmates are, your roommates and friends, show them some of your first designs, pictures of things you like and so …

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5 minute business card

Let’s take a superquick first glance at InDesign and create a simple businesscard. You’ll place text, import a logo and export it to a press-ready PDF. Time: 15 minutes (ok so i lied a little ;-)) First off, what information do you typically find on a business card? First and last name Title and/or function …

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Table of Contents

InDesign gives you more automation in the form of a generated table of contents. It looks for headers in a particular paragraph style throughout your document. The pagenumbers where these headers are found are added to your table of contents. Time: 30 minutes Continue from the previous exercise Steps: Tip: Whenever you make changes to …

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