How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
Lesson 39 from: Adobe InDesign FundamentalsDaniel Walter Scott
How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
Lesson 39 from: Adobe InDesign FundamentalsDaniel Walter Scott
Lesson Info
39. How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
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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
How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
okay in this video we're going to look at how to bring in Lauren ipsum, okay. Or this placeholder text which is super useful when you don't have the copy yet, but you still need to work on the design. So let's go and do that. First thing to get Lauren ipsum is that I'm going to actually push this out of the way. Placeholder text is what it's called an in design. Most people call it Lauren ipsum, Okay. And I'm going to grab the type tool and I'm going to draw a type box that goes from this margin all the way to this margin and it's kind of like half the pages sh and I'm going to go up to type and I'm going to go down to fill with placeholder text and that my friends is how you insert this kind of mixed up latin words, they are actual latin words, but they're jumbled up and from a distance they look like proper language and why do we use them in design? It's mainly because you probably don't have the text yet and you need something in there to start picking fonts and styles and things. S...
o often when I was starting a project at the very same time, a copywriter will be starting the project. Okay, so I don't have the text yet. So I need to start styling it and I'll switch it out later on. The other times I'll do it is when I'm saying I'm pitching a design to a client and it's a concept and I don't want them getting into the minutia of doing copy changes. So I just go and pick some random text from their websites. I'll end up with meetings and instead of them talking about the design and what they like about that they end up kind of picking holes in the type, they say, oh you can't write that in there or that and there and it's hard to kind of say don't worry about the type OK. Or the text and its content. It's just the style we're looking at. So often Lauren ipsum is the way to go to get started though. I have had on many occasions people email me saying I don't speak latin or that it's broken and that the fonts aren't loading something's happening, you might want to just explain that you've used mixed up latin when you send the concepts, especially if it's going over via email so you've designed it and the copyrighting is happening afterwards. What you can do is work out what the word counters. Alright, so check the word count, you have your cursor flashing type tool cursor flashing in here anywhere. Go to window and go to info And that should after a second tell you this this is 347 words. Okay, so if you know 300 words are coming, you can kind of delete a few and get it down to 300 or you can reach out to the copywriter and say you need to be writing to these numbers okay, You need to write 2 to 347 roughly what you can do if you're being told how many numbers instead of trying to delete and add to try and get this word count out. A lot of people would just jump out to a website called lips um dot com Lipson.com here is an ugly sight but it's really usable. People use this one all the time. If you're a designer, click on words, say I need 500 words. Okay? And I'm gonna click generate Lauren Ipsum and that is exactly 500 words that I could use. I'm gonna copy and paste that into in design. Alright. Back to in design. Cool. So let's leave it there. And in the next video we'll look at getting us into columns and bringing in texts from say word, documents. Alright and bye. Bye.
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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.
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