InDesign level 1 course - top

Description

This 2-day instructor-led training course covers the basics of InDesign.

This Indesign training course allows you to take desktop publishing and design to a new level, combining extraordinary production power and creative freedom with tight integration with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat software. Create simple documents and prepare them for print or export as a PDF. Topics in this training course include learning the work area, working with text and graphics, creating simple vector based graphics, and the basics of design.

Through this training course, you can join the growing ranks of creative professionals discovering new levels of creative freedom and productivity using Adobe InDesign software. Tightly integrated with the Adobe applications you use most, InDesign delivers faster production workflows and a more fluid creative environment for designing professional layouts with sophisticated graphics and typography.

Adobe InDesign Level 1 Course outline

Managing the Adobe InDesign CS Environment

• Preferences
• Customize Your Workspace
• Set General Preferences
• Manage Document Presets
• Workspace and Window arrangement

Designing Documents

• Create a New Document
• Alter a Document’s Layout
• Create the Structure of a Document
• Develop Master Pages
• Manage Text and Graphic Placement
• Develop Layers

Managing and Formatting Text

• Add Tex
• Edit Text
• Spell Check Text
• Thread Text
• Find/ Change
• Change Text Threads
• Format Characters
• Format Paragraphs
• Numbering paragraphs
• Text variables
• Manage Styles
• Style Groups
• Quick Apply
• Text Wrap
• Text on a path
• Rules
• The Glyphs panel

Objects

• Arranging, Aligning and Distributing
• Transforming Objects
• Duplicating
• Rotating
• Scaling
• Skewing
• Mirroring
• The Transform Again commands
• Object Styles
• InDesign Snippets
• Links Panel

Utilizing Colors, Swatches, and Gradients

• Utilize Color
• Utilize Swatches
• Apply Fills, Gradients, and Strokes

Managing Transparency

• Apply Transparency
• Apply Transparency Flattener Presets

Graphics

• File Types
• Importing options
• Image Frames simple, compound and custom
• Fitting images Control Palette and shortcuts
• Inline graphics
• Clipping Paths, Alpha channels
• Importing InDesign documents

Pen & Bezier tools

• Path tools in InDesign

Effects

• Inner Shadow
• Bevel and Emboss
• Gradient Feather
• Inner Glow and Outer Glow

Tabs and Tables

• Create a Table
• Modify a Table
• Format a Table
• Table Styles

Libraries

• Using InDesign libraries

Preparing for Handoff to a Service Provider

• Check Documents for Problems
• Print a Document
• Package Files
• Preview Output
• Print, Separation, Flattening
• Print options
• PostScript, preflighting and Packaging

Creating Acrobat PDF Files

• Prepare PDF Files for Web Distribution
• Manage PDF Presets
• Export PDF Files for Printing

InDesign level 2 course - top

Description

This class provides the InDesign user the ability to hone their skills and move their knowledge of Adobe InDesign CS4 to an advanced level. Using the skills learned in the Level I class, students will create complex documents and work with a variety of palettes and tools to further understand the capabilities of this high-end design application.

We recommend this course for those planning to obtain the Adobe Certified Expert status.

You will also explore InDesign shortcuts, workflow management issues and receive hints and tips from experienced InDesign professionals.

Adobe InDesign Level 2 Course outline

Best practice in InDesign

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