You know InDesign, but do you know interactive InDesign?

This free course gives you the tools to create digital projects — without having to code. From video to animation, flipbooks to responsive mobile sites, the lessons take you from the first install to a published project.

Each lesson takes 5–15 minutes. Read them online in order, or get the VIP edition delivered to your inbox.

The 22 lessons

  1. Lesson 1How to Install in5by Justin Putney
  2. Lesson 2Exploring the Tour Documentby Justin Putney
  3. Lesson 3Controlling Text Renderingby Justin Putney
  4. Lesson 4Adding Audio & Videoby Mike Rankin
  5. Lesson 5Adding Hyperlinks in InDesignby Sandee Cohen
  6. Lesson 6Adding Interactivity with Buttonsby Sandee Cohen
  7. Lesson 7Making Things Move with Animationby Justin Putney
  8. Lesson 8Creating Dynamic Content with Multi-State Objectsby Bob Levine
  9. Lesson 9Adding Interactivity with Overlaysby Keith Gilbert
  10. Lesson 10Extending Functionality with External Resourcesby Justin Putney
  11. Lesson 11How to Create Responsive Layoutsby Justin Putney
  12. Lesson 12Customer Examplesby Justin Putney
  13. Lesson 13Activating a Licenseby Justin Putney
  14. Lesson 14Publishing to the Webby Justin Putney
  15. Lesson 15Publishing to a Web Appby David Blatner, Chris Converse, Justin Putney
  16. Lesson 16Publishing a Mobile Appby Justin Putney
  17. Lesson 17How to Export One HTML File Per Pageby Justin Putney
  18. Lesson 18How to Create Long, Scrolling Pagesby Justin Putney
  19. Lesson 19How to Add Google Analyticsby Justin Putney
  20. Lesson 20How to Add Social Sharing Buttonsby Justin Putney
  21. Lesson 21How to Control Image Qualityby Chad Chelius
  22. Lesson 22How to Create A Typewriter Effectby Diane Burns

Expert contributors

Lessons written by the world’s leading experts on digital publishing.

Keith Gilbert

Digital Publishing consultant & educator, Adobe Certified Instructor, Adobe Community Professional, conference speaker, Lynda.com author.

David Blatner

Co-host of PePcon, The InDesign Conference & InDesignSecrets.com. Publisher of InDesign Magazine, author of numerous books & Lynda.com courses.

Diane Burns

Author, trainer, consultant, & founder of San Francisco-based TransPacific Digital, a leading print & digital localization company.

Chad Chelius

Publishing consultant. Author for Lynda.com & Peachpit. Longtime Adobe user.

Sandee Cohen

Speaker & the only third-party author to have written educational materials for all versions of InDesign.

Bob Levine

Aka “The InDesign Guy” - Digital Publishing consultant & Lynda.com author.

Mike Rankin

Editor in Chief of InDesignSecrets.com, InDesign Magazine, & CreativePro.com. Lynda.com author.

Chris Converse

Featured speaker at Adobe MAX, How Design, AIGA, and PePcon. Lynda.com and Udemy author.

Justin Putney

Designer, developer, speaker, Adobe Press & Lynda.com author, creator of in5.

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