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How To Create A Modern CV/Resumé With InDesign
In this tutorial we’re going to be learning how to use InDesign to create a clean and structured CV/Resumé design. We will be using basic tools and techniques (but ever so important ones!) to create the design. If you haven’t already, you should check out our “Getting To Grips With InDesign” series to brush up on your InDesign skills.
Getting To Grips With InDesign Part 7: Working With Book Files
In the seventh part of the Getting To Grips series we will be covering the following topics: How to create a book file Adding documents to a book file Specifying and customizing a page numbering Creating a running header/footer Introduction In this tutorial we’re going to be learning how to work with long documents, specifically […]
Getting To Grips With InDesign Part 6: Importing Images
This article/tutorial is the sixth in the series. In this chapter of the Getting To Grips series we will be covering the following topics: Differences between Vector and Bitmap images Importing Photoshop files Importing Illustrator files Managing your placed files Using and creating libraries Importing and Revealing Files in Adobe Bridge Telling the difference between […]
Getting To Grips With InDesign Part 5: Playing With Styles
This article/tutorial is the fifth in the series. In this part of the Getting To Grips Series we will be covering the following topics: Creating Paragraph Styles Applying Paragraph Styles Creating Character Styles Applying Character Styles Nesting Character Styles within Paragraph Styles Creating Object Styles Applying Object Styles If you like this article, please do […]
Getting To Grips With InDesign Part 4: Working With Color
This article/tutorial is the fourth in the series. In this chapter of the Getting To Grips series we will be covering the following topics: Adding new colors to the Swatches panel Applying colors to objects Creating strokes Creating and applying gradients to objects Creating a spot color Printing Requirements I’m not going to go over […]
Getting To Grips With InDesign Part 3: Importing Text and Playing With Typography
This article/tutorial is the third in the series. Please take a look at the first and second “chapters”: Document Basics and Master Pages and Working With Text and Graphic Frames. In the third part of this Getting To Grips Series we will be covering the following topics: Creating and editing text Creating a headline Text […]
Getting To Grips With InDesign Part 2: Working With Text And Graphic Frames
This article is the second part of the Getting To Grips With InDesign Series. We will be covering the following topics: Creating, editing and resizing text frames. Creating and editing graphic frames. Placing graphics into an existing frame. Resizing frames. Converting graphic frames into text frames. Converting shapes. Working with frames and the Pathfinder Tool. […]
Getting To Grips With InDesign Part 1: Document Basics & Master Pages
InDesign is a powerful software application created by Adobe, the same creators of Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks and various other creative applications. It is one of the industry standard applications used to create (or more likely “put together“) print documents, such as magazines and books. It can be used to produce print products from scratch, but […]