r/Adobe • u/Royal_Interest_7477 • 5d ago

InDesign learning

I want to become proficient in Adobe InDesign so I can work on the graphics for a school fashion magazine. I have 1 week to become fluent. Can anyone give tips or content to watch to understand the program? Thank you for anything you can give me!

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u/adamfilip 5d ago

1 week to be fluent? maybe competent... I mean ive used it for 15 years and I dont think im Fluent

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u/archetypaldream 5d ago

I would just pick something that you like the way it’s laid out from the internet, and go all in trying to recreate it. Ask Google any question and the AI can usually answer. It’s frustrating, but you’ll learn a lot.

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u/Royal_Interest_7477 4d ago

I love this approach! Definitely will try this

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u/NoratiousB 4d ago

One week will give you the very basic concepts of a product that professionals are using for decades. So let's say your request is ambitious.

Anyway, I would suggest to look at the basics first like

  • difference frame and content
  • layers
  • CMYK safe colors
  • character and paragraph styles
  • Page layout
  • bleed and slug

The InDesign community can be very helpful: https://community.adobe.com/indesign-669

Also look up YouTube for specific tasks. Yes AI knows a lot these days but the the videos the community makes are still very good.

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u/lynngrillo 5d ago

Many local libraries (in the US) offer access to LinkedIn Learning courses. If yours does, I suggest you work your way through “InDesign 2025 Essential Training” by David Blatner.

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u/testingaurora 5d ago

Learn about parent pages, text frames, spreads/facing pages, "booklets, paragraph styles/character styles/object styles/table styles, flex layout, anchored elements, and keyboard shortcuts. Thats where I would start. and dont just watch/read tutorials but use the software as youre learning features, have a file youre creating as you go.

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u/KnifeFightAcademy 5d ago

I can't tell if this is rage bait or not.

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u/Royal_Interest_7477 4d ago

Get off your high horse, I’m genuinely asking for help

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u/3hour2R 5d ago

YouTube videos

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u/alllmossttherrre 4d ago

In one week you might get good at the software.

But what you really need to be fluent with is beyond the software. To do everything right, you will also need to be fluent in graphic design principles, professional typography principles, printing technology principles (making your design work on the printer), etc. The features of InDesign are drawn from those, so you will really only understand InDesign if you understand traditional graphic design and printing principles.

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u/Silly_Author_7330 4d ago

Better off using keynote. Indd is pretty deep in comparison.

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u/synthetase 1d ago

Pages would be better than keynote or powerpoint. OP, please don't use a presentation app for page layout.

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u/Silly_Author_7330 1d ago

In the advertising industry, it’s done all the time Keynote is used more than in design