Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign
A course by Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer
Learn advanced techniques for creating professional literary layouts
Looking to automate the formatting process for books and vastly reduce the time required to create quality designs? Join editorial designer Javier Alcaraz and discover how Adobe InDesign's broad range of tools can help you do just that. With more than 20 years’ experience working with clients like Google, Forbes, and Mexico's Secretariat of Culture, Javier has amassed a host of tips and tricks for automating text formatting and optimizing workflows to get the most out of the editing tool par excellence.
This course is complementary to Introduction to Adobe InDesign, where Javier guides you through the intricacies of the leading software for print and digital editorial design.
What will you learn in this online course?
26 lessons & 43 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (574)
- 19,447 students
- 26 lessons (5h 40m)
- 43 additional resources (21 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
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Adobe InDesignWhat is this course's project?
Automate the layout for a fictional book of 150 pages minimum or a collection of essays.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Editorial designers, editors, proofreaders, and other designers or creatives who want to delve deeper into publishing products.
Requirements and materials
Basic knowledge of editorial design and Adobe InDesign is required.
In terms of materials, you need a computer with Adobe InDesign CS6 or higher and Microsoft Word (version 2011 or higher).
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Javier Alcaraz
A course by Javier Alcaraz
Javier Alcaraz is a graphic designer specializing in Typographic Design and Art Direction for Editorial Design. He began his design career for Argentina newspapers and worked on developing publications and institutional communication in Ecuador. In 2004, he left Argentina for Mexico, where he worked for important publishing houses like Grupo Media and Expansión.
In 2011, he founded elcerezo, a studio that works on editorial design, branding, and typeface design for clients in Latin America and Europe, including Google, the Mexican Ministry of Culture, TetraPack, and Forbes. He currently resides in Spain.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Text styles, fundamentals and basic use
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Styles: definitions and uses
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Text styles: management
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Text styles to detail - Part 1
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Text styles to detail - Part 2
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U3
Advanced text styles
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Primary styles and styles in sequence
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Nested styles I: capitulate and line
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Nested Styles II: paragraphs
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GREP I Styles: Fundamentals and syntax
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GREP II Styles: Style editing
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U4
Preparation of manuscripts in Word
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Styles and local modifications in Word
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Editing manuscripts in Word
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Mapping styles
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Text templates from InDesign
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U5
Editing texts in InDesign
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Text editing with Search / Change
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Editing texts with scripts I: Find & ChangebyList
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Editing texts with scripts II: other resources
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U6
Other valuable tools
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Text variables
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Footnotes page
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Files «book» (.indb)
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U7
Automated training
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Automated editorial design I: training - Part 1
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Automated editorial design I: training - Part 2
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Automated editorial design II: structural adjustments - Part 1
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Automated editorial design II: structural adjustments - Part 2
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Automated editorial design III: batch and sequence
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FP
Final project
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Automated editorial design with Adobe InDesign
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