Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign
A course by Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typography Designer
Learn advanced techniques for creating professional literary layouts
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 (552)
- 17,618 students
- 26 lessons (5h 40m)
- 43 additional resources (21 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
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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A course by Javier Alcaraz
Javier Alcaraz is a graphic designer with specialized studies in typography design and art direction for editorial design. He started in newspaper design in Argentina and worked in the development of publications and institutional communications in Ecuador. In 2004, he settled in Mexico, working for major publishers like Grupo Medios and Expansión.
In 2011, he founded his design studio, elcerezo, where he develops editorial publications, identity projects, and typography solutions for clients in Latin America and Europe, including Google, the Mexican Secretariat of Culture, TetraPack, Forbes, Polyforum Siqueiros, Storytel, and Reader's Digest. He has taught classes in the editorial design master's programs at both Centro de Estudios Gestalt de Veracruz and Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí.
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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m_creatives
Great course :)
alessandro.rizza31
L'insegnante è molto bravo a spiegare gli argomenti. Bisognerebbe però fare un aggiornamento rispetto alla versioni più recenti del software e migliorare la traduzione per alcuni termini tecnici che possono creare confusione
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ronaldtrres927
Buen curso
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cperezramirez
Excelente
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Luis Carlos D
Muy buen curso, gran cantidad de herramientas para agilizar el trabajo en InDesign
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