Introduction to Adobe InDesign
Course 1 - First Steps: Interface Description
By Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer
About the video: Interface Description
Overview
“I will show you what the program looks like when you open it and what you can do in the Start window. Where they are located and how the application menus are grouped, what are the main tools and panels, where they are activated and hidden and, finally, how to configure a custom workspace. ”
In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Interface Description, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 1 - First Steps. Introduction to the software, its interface, and the main tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we will thoroughly look at the InDesign interface. We will know what their main menus are, the tools, the pallets and how to configure a custom workspace. Go for it. Before I begin, I want to make three clarifications. The first is that in the lower left of the screen you'll see every so often, with a little window like this, the different keyboard shortcuts that I will use, so you can remember better, not only from what I tell you the lesson. Another thing that I want to tell you is that every so often I will use a zoom, which is like an approach, to see in detail different...”
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Course summary for: Course 1 - First Steps

Javier Alcaraz
By Javier Alcaraz
Javier Alcaraz is a graphic designer specializing in Typographic Design and Art Direction for Editorial Design. He began his design career for Argentina newspapers and worked on developing publications and institutional communication in Ecuador. In 2004, he left Argentina for Mexico, where he worked for important publishing houses like Grupo Media and Expansión.
In 2011, he founded elcerezo, a studio that works on editorial design, branding, and typeface design for clients in Latin America and Europe, including Google, the Mexican Ministry of Culture, TetraPack, and Forbes. He currently resides in Spain.
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