Creating a Presentation with InDesign
1h 1mIntermediate2020-09-14
Authors

Mike Rankin
Editor in Chief of InDesign Secrets and CreativePro.com
Course details
Use your InDesign skills to build impactful presentations that can be delivered anywhere. This short course teaches you how to design and output a great presentation using InDesign—a dedicated design tool that offers more creative possibilities than PowerPoint or Keynote. Instructor Mike Rankin show how to efficiently design each slide type, add content and interactivity, and then output to formats like PDF and HTML5. These project-based lessons help you leverage the software and skills you already have to build a presentation that will wow any audience.
Topics include:
Choosing an output format
Creating the main body slide
Adding slides and content
Adding animation and page transitions
Exporting your presentation
Topics include:
Choosing an output format
Creating the main body slide
Adding slides and content
Adding animation and page transitions
Exporting your presentation
Skills covered
Digital PublishingInDesignPresentationsProjectGraphic DesignAdobeBusiness Software and Tools
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - InDesign is a presentation-building tool
1. Building a Presentation with InDesign
- 02 - Why use InDesign for presentations
- 03 - Project overview
- 04 - Designing an effective presentation
- 05 - Choosing an output format
- 06 - Creating the presentation file
- 07 - Creating a main body slide
- 08 - Adding slides
- 09 - Adding animation
- 10 - Adding content to a presentation
- 11 - Animating bullet points for EPUB and Publish Online
- 12 - Animating bullet points for PDF
- 13 - Setting page transitions
- 14 - Using the slug area for notes
- 15 - Exporting to PDF
- 16 - Exporting to fixed-layout EPUB
- 17 - Exporting to Publish Online
- 18 - Exporting to HTML with in5
Conclusion
- 19 - Thanks for watching
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