Module 1: Introduction to InDesign

• What is Adobe InDesign?
• Understanding desktop publishing (DTP)
• InDesign interface overview
• Creating & saving documents
• Understanding bleed, margins & columns
• File formats (INDD, IDML, PDF)

Module 2: Workspace & Tools

• Selection tools
• Frame tools: text frame, image frame
• Shape tools
• Navigation & zooming
• Working with layers
• Using rulers, guides, grids & smart guides

Module 3: Working with Text

• Creating text frames
• Character & Paragraph formatting
• Text styles: Paragraph & Character styles
• Text flow, threading & linking
• Drop caps, bullets & numbering
• Find/Replace & GREP basics

Module 4: Working with Images & Graphics

• Placing & fitting images
• Frame fitting options
• Working with resolution & color modes
• Clipping paths
• Transparent images & PSD integration
• Working with vector graphics (AI, EPS, PDF)

Module 5: Layout Design Essentials

• Master pages
• Page numbering
• Columns, grids & margins
• Creating multi-page layouts
• Aligning & distributing objects
• Creating tables & formatting them

Module 6: Color, Swatches & Effects

• Using swatches & custom colors
• CMYK vs RGB for print & digital
• Gradients & tints
• Transparency & drop shadows
• Object styles

Module 7: Advanced Layout & Design Tools

• Layers & grouping
• Anchored objects
• Baseline grid & text alignment
• Creating templates
• Managing large documents (books feature)

Module 8: Interactive & Digital Publishing

• Creating interactive PDFs
• Buttons, hyperlinks & page transitions
• Exporting for digital devices
• EPUB basics (reflowable & fixed layout)

Module 9: Prepress & Printing

• Packaging files
• Preflight checking
• Exporting print-ready PDFs
• Bleeds, slug & printer marks
• Color profiles & print settings

Module 10: Projects

• Magazine or brochure layout
• Business card & stationery design
• Poster/flyer design
• Multi-page book or catalog
• Resume layout design
• Interactive PDF portfolio