What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?
Lesson 27 from: Adobe InDesign FundamentalsDaniel Walter Scott
What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?
Lesson 27 from: Adobe InDesign FundamentalsDaniel Walter Scott
Lesson Info
27. What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?
Lessons
Overview
1InDesign Tutorial Basics Class Introduction
01:50 2Exercise files & Projects
02:39 3What Does Adobe InDesign do?
01:34 4What are the differences between InDesign and PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark?
05:10PROJECT 1: One page flyer
5How to change MM to Inches & changing UK to US dictionary in InDesign?
01:39 6New document in InDesign - what is bleed & slug?
08:08How to create your own RGB & CMYK colors in Adobe InDesign
08:39 8How do I steal colors from a logo using InDesign?
03:14 9How to color the background of a page in InDesign?
03:33 10Importing resizing rotating & flipping images & Logos inside InDesign
07:53 11How to Import text from Microsoft Word into Adobe InDesign
05:46 12How to group, ungroup & rotate images in Adobe InDesign
05:12 13How to make a dotted line, dashed line & borders in InDesign
05:20 14How best to preview your work in Adobe InDesign
05:16 15How to make a simple PDF from InDesign
06:43 16How to save your InDesign file as a JPEG
02:27 17Why should I use CC Libraries in InDesign?
05:08 18How to share your InDesign files with others by using package document
04:26 19Class Exercise 1
03:24 20Quiz - One Page Flyer
PROJECT 2: Other people's files
21Ideas, Inspiration & starter templates
04:59 22Working with other people's InDesign documents, missing images
03:12 23How to find missing fonts in InDesign?
04:27 24How to replace images in InDesign?
01:30 25Opacity, transparency and see through ness in Adobe InDesign
02:29 26Why is InDesign adding [Converted] and making me 'save as'
01:06 27What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?
02:37 28Quiz - Other people's files
PROJECT 3: Company Newsletter/Brochure
29Creating a new company newsletter or brochure, what are spreads in InDesign
06:58 30How to use a Master Page in Adobe InDesign
05:33 31How do to add automatic page numbering to a InDesign file
04:11 32Removing a master page & deleting parts off the master page in InDesign
02:30 33Production Video 1
02:53 34What is Effective PPI & Image resolution in the InDesign links panel
06:52 35How to add drop shadows to an image or logo in InDesign
04:20 36What is TypeKit used for in Adobe InDesign?
08:37 37How to add the Copyright, Registered & Trademark symbols in InDesign
05:08 38Where can I find the different versions of letters in InDesign - Ligatures.
03:35 39How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
03:04 40Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
02:58 41Creating Columns in a text box using Adobe InDesign
01:46 42How do I justify text & turn off hyphenation in InDesign?
03:59 43What is the space after & leading in Adobe InDesign?
05:22 44How to underline text with a full width line in Adobe InDesign?
01:53 45How do I make a paragraph style in Adobe InDesign?
06:06 46How do I update a Paragraph Style in Adobe InDesign?
04:28 47How to use Find & Change to remove double spaces after a period or full stop.
02:37 48Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
03:09 49InDesign Class Exercise 2 - Magazine Spread
04:22 50Quiz - Company Newsletter/Brochure
PROJECT 4: Long Business Document
51How to bring in lots of text into InDesign at once
08:11 52How do I import paragraph styles from another document
12:45 53How do I insert completely blank pages in Adobe InDesign
02:03 54How do I create a gradient in Adobe InDesign
07:20 55Do I need to use layers in Adobe InDesign
05:27 56Opacity advanced, mater marks and Transparency Effects in Adobe InDesign
04:24 57How do I add rounded corners to an image or box in Adobe InDesign?
02:52 58How to add a large first letter to my text aka Drop Cap
02:16 59How do I increase the space between letters in Adobe InDesign aka Tracking or Kerning
02:32 60How do I get text to move around an image or shape using text wrap
03:57 61Why can’t I put text over anything that has text wrap applied?
03:25 62How to draw an arrow or triangle or star in Adobe InDesign
06:40 63How do I put an image inside other shapes like a circle - cropping
02:47 64What is Adobe Stock
04:17 65Where can I find free images & icons that I can use for my business
04:23 66How do I add bullets and numbered lists in Adobe InDesign?
00:51 67How can I create a table inside Adobe InDesign?
07:10 68How do I convert tables from Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel into Adobe InDesign
04:26 69How do I get images to move with the text in Adobe InDesign using anchored objects?
03:22 70How do I create a Line Break, Column Breaks & Page Breaks in Adobe InDesign?
04:16 71How do I make an automatic table of contents in Adobe InDesign?
04:46 72How do you change the tabs in Adobe InDesign?
04:30 73Can I change the numbering of my pages so 1 starts later in the InDesign file?
03:26 74Quiz - Long Business Document
PROJECT 5: Conference Name Badge
75How do I combine Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in InDesign?
09:04 76CLASS EXERCISE: Create your own business card
01:16 77Quiz - Conference Name Badge
What next
78How to create a mockup for your portfolio using InDesign
04:07 79InDesign cheat sheet & shortcuts
12:45 80BONUS: Software Updates
40:41 81What to do after this InDesign tutorial class?
01:07 82Quiz - What Next
Final Quiz
83Final Quiz
Lesson Info
What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?
Okay. Let's say we can't find the end design file. We only have the pdf. Can we open up the pdf in in design and start editing it. No. Okay. It's not possible. You can place it and it will stick it in like an image but you can't adjust it the way to adjust it. Is that hopefully your creative cloud subscriber and you've got something called Acrobat Pro or acrobat dc. If you don't have that installed, go and do that on my Mac here. There's a little icon apps and where is my mind called Acrobat dc. Okay, that's the current version of it. And if yours is not installed, install it. Ok. On a pc. I think the same little icon is in the bottom. Right, okay. And what you want to do is find your pdf, download it from your email or wherever you've got it and right, click it and say open with and make sure it goes into adobe. Acrobat now because this is the pro version and the paid version minds called Acrobat Pro dc videos says acrobat reader, it's not going to do any of this. Okay. Because your c...
reative cloud license user and it's going to work. And what we're gonna do over here on the right is one called edit pdf. Now don't get your hopes up too much, you can do additions, but you can't you can add images but you can't start swapping around and using it like in design. It's very, very caveman. Now, I'm going to make sure I'm on reddit along the top of their let's say are dress has changed, I can change it to 100. It's really slow and clunky and jumpy. Okay, so I can do that. No problem. Let's scroll down a little bit and you can see here, let's say I just need to change this or it's just a typo or price change. Jumpy, jumpy, that's okay. Okay, so you can do basic stuff in here. Basic formatting, You can add images, add text, okay, add text, click and drag out a box, adding text. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay, I'm still waiting for this to catch back up. Mine is a pretty hardcore Mac and it is a little bit here. It is, it's back. Okay, so that's kind of last ditch. You just want to make some basic amends and you don't have the in design file. You can do it here in acrobat pro. Now we've done an acrobat pro. This method works an illustrator often as well and illustrator has some pros and cons to it. It's a little bit harder to use illustrator if you've never used it before. But there's a little bit more formatting and layout changes. You can do. So try either this one, this is the easy version or adobe illustrator and opening your pdf in there and make changes. Alright, that's it for this video. I hope that's helped. Let's get into the next tutorial
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Ratings and Reviews
Jerome Clark
I think Dan is very good at explaining and breaking down complex content. I like the way there are lots of small sessions which is good for keeping focus. I would advise anyone who does this course and is taking notes to label which session the notes are referring to as I have struggled to find a few looking back and this helped me. It really made me realise how much I didn't know and had been fudging. Thank you Dan I will be taking plenty more of your courses in the coming months it's been a great help.
Giuseppe Lipari
Excellent course, instructor is great well spoken, clear and a great teacher. I highly recommend this class for beginners and those who learned indesign on their own.
Kelli Drum
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