Course Title:

Introduction to Adobe InDesign

Duration:

2 days

Prerequisites:

No prior knowledge of InDesign is required

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Objectives:

This Adobe authorised introductory course is designed to enable you to make the most of the power of InDesign and will highlight how to use InDesign to improve productivity without sacrificing quality

Day one of the course concentrates on building an InDesign document from scratch using the versatile layout and text handling features

Day two will explore more advanced layout and typographical controls, clipping paths, working with layers and colour management and output issues

This is an introductory course for new users of InDesign. If you are an experienced QuarkXPress user migrating to Adobe InDesign, there is a two-day InDesign Migration course designed specifically for your requirements

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The InDesign interface

Working with the palettes, tools and menus
Creating custom workspaces
Using the Control palette
Using the Navigator palette
Zooming and scrolling
Using context menus

InDesign basics

Creating a new document
Creating and using frames
Selecting frames and contents
Introducing layers

Working with text

Placing text
Selecting and editing text
Handling missing fonts
Working with glyphs
Drag and drop text

Formatting characters

Character level formatting
Introducing Open Type fonts
Using optical kerning
Assigning languages
Common keyboard shortcuts

Formatting paragraphs

Paragraph level formatting
Choosing a composer
Basic H&J options
Using the Eyedropper tool
Creating drop caps

Working with styles

Character and paragraph styles
Creating styles
Editing and applying styles
Introducing nested styles
Removing style formatting

Importing graphics

Different file formats
Placing graphics
Introducing the Links palette
Manipulating graphics
Understanding fitting options
PSD and PDF layer options

Combining text and graphics

Wrapping text around graphics
Introducing snippets

Understanding colour

Spot and process colours
Loading swatches
Working with swatches
Using stroke and fill options
Creating tints

Questions and answers

Laying out pages accurately

Using rulers, grids and guides
Using the Info palette
Creating grids
Working with layers

Creating multi-page documents

Using the Pages palette
Targetting pages and spreads

Editing copy

Using the Story Editor
Using Find/Change
Using the Spell Checker

Introducing transparency

Creating drop shadows
Feathering edges
The Flattener Preview palette

Finessing text content

Linking and unlinking frames
Flowing text through frames
Multi-column text frames
Setting text frame options
Document baseline grids
Frame based baseline grids
Redefining styles
Hanging punctuation
Using special characters
Viewing composition options

Working with master pages

Master page guidelines
Creating and editing masters
Applying master pages
Auto-numbering pages
Basing one master on another
Overriding master objects
Reapplying master objects

Combining text and graphics

Image import options
Images with clipping paths
Creating a new clipping path
Removing image backgrounds
Editing clipping paths
Tolerance and threshold options
Advanced text wrap options

Transforming objects

Scaling objects vs contents
Transforming objects
Grouping and ungrouping

Exporting and printing

Exporting as a PDF
Performing a pre-flight check
Packaging files for handoff

Questions and answers

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