Adobe InDesign from Beginner to Advanced
Course 1: Overview and First Steps: New documents and File menu
By Leandro Rodrigues , Graphic Designer and Art Director
Joined March 2020
About the video: New documents and File menu
Overview
“In this unit, I will show you how to create a "New Document", the types of document, the universal and specific settings for each of them and the features of the "File" menu.”
In this video lesson Leandro Rodrigues addresses the topic: New documents and File menu, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 1: Overview and First Steps. Get to know Adobe InDesign, its interface, and the basic tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this unit. we will see the main options of the file menu. Let's explore document types. how to create them. and both universal and specific settings. Are we ready to proceed with these steps? To begin using Adobe InDesign. we can access the File menu to get started. It's the first of the menus up top. Our initial choice is the new option. allowing us to create three types of things. We can create three types: a new document. an individual file; a new book. or a new library. A new book is composed of several individual documents. each contributing to the overall structure. and a new libra...”
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Leandro Rodrigues
By Leandro Rodrigues
Through his extensive professional and academic experience, Leandro Rodrigues combines his passions for graphic design, publishing, and art direction to help bring life and personality to large-scale graphic content and digital projects.
With studies in graphic design and a postgrad degree in Art Direction for Communication from the Centro Universitário SENAC in São Paulo, Leandro has worked for over ten years in publishing and as a professor.
He has held art director and graphic design positions at the publishing house Maquinaria Studio and the digital marketing agency AgMN. He is a visiting Digital Design professor at SENAC São Paulo, as well as a director and art editor for Oeste magazine. Today, he is a Senior Designer in a branding consulting studio.
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