Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book (2022 release), 1st edition

Published by Adobe Press (August 26, 2022) © 2023

  • Kelly Kordes Anton
  • Tina DeJarld

VitalSource eTextbook

ISBN-13: 9780137623075
Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book (2022 release)
Published 2021
  • Available for purchase from all major ebook resellers, including InformIT.com

Title overview

Build a strong foundation of typographic, page layout, and document-construction skills through the step-by-step lessons in this book. The real-world projects—ranging from a printed postcard with a QR code to an interactive Adobe PDF with form fields—are designed to guide novice Adobe InDesign users through the most fundamental features to the most powerful. Experienced InDesign users learn best practices and explore features that will rapidly become a designer's best friend, such as intelligent image placement and access to the Adobe Fonts library.

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe InDesign

Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book (2022 release) contains 15 lessons that cover the basics and beyond, providing countless tips and techniques to help students become more productive with the program. They can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest them.

Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book's "Getting Started" section to unlock access to:

  • Downloadable lesson files students need to work through the projects in the book
  • Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, and videos that walk students through the lessons step by step
  • Downloadable lesson files to guide teaching the text

What students need to use this book: Adobe InDesign (2022 release) software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.)

Note: Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or any other benefits of being a registered owner of Adobe InDesign software.

Table of contents

Getting Started

1 Introducing the Workspace

2 Getting to Know InDesign

3 Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages

4 Working with Objects

5 Working with Color

6 Flowing Text 

7 Editing Text 

8 Working with Typography

9 Working with Styles

10 Creating Tables 

11 Importing and Modifying Graphics

12 Working with Transparency

13 Printing and Exporting

14 Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields

15 Creating a Fixed-Layout ePub and Publishing Online

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