Adobe InDesign CS Introductory Course
Next scheduled course: Wednesday 30th April & Thursday 1st May, Guildford, Surrey
Price: £415 + vat including course notes, lunch and unlimited e-mail support.
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This Adobe InDesign course is aimed at new users who have little or no previous experience of desktop publishing and who wish to learn Adobe InDesign. Starting from first principles, delegates will be led through the procedures for creating new documents and modifying existing ones, and will consolidate their knowledge by means of a series of carefully constructed exercises at each stage. The course may also be suitable for users of QuarkXPress or Adobe PageMaker wishing to transfer their skills to Adobe InDesign.
At the end of the course, delegates should feel confident and enthusiastic about using Adobe InDesign and will learn how to create a range of simple but well laid-out documents including short, design-intensive publications such as flyers, leaflets and newsletters, through to longer single chapter books, catalogues and brochures.
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This Adobe InDesign training course can be tailored to a clients particular needs.
During this Adobe InDesign training course you will learn about:
Overview of Desktop Publishing
The Traditional Publishing Process
The Desktop Publishing Process using Adobe InDesign
Understanding the User Interface
The Adobe InDesign Views – Story Editor & Layout
The Adobe InDesign Toolbox
The Control Palette
Docking, Undocking and Floating Palettes
Setting Adobe InDesign Document and Application Preferences
The Adobe InDesign Selection Tools
Creating, Opening and Saving Documents
Converting QuarkXPress and Adobe PageMaker Documents
Opening Existing Documents
Saving your Work
Creating a New Document
Adobe InDesign Document Setup
Working with Graphics
Importing (Placing) Pictures and other Graphic Elements
Understanding the Difference between Bitmap and Vector Graphics
Maintaining Image Quality – Avoiding the "Jaggies"
Using Rectangular, Elliptical and Polygonal Frames as Containers for Graphics
Cropping, Sizing & Scaling Images
Wrapping Text Around Frames & Graphics
Moving & Transforming Frames & Graphics
Applying Fills & Strokes
Drawing Lines & Boxes
Colour Issues
Applying, Editing and Creating Colour Fills & Strokes
Using Pantone and Other Colour Matching Standards
Converting Pantone Colours to Process CMYK Colours
Adding Type to a Page with the Type Tool
Importing (Placing) Text
Formatting Text
Working with the Story Editor
Spell Checking, Search & Replace
Linking and Unlinking Text Frames
Drop Caps and Bullets
Printing & Typesetting Terminology Explained
Choosing and Using Typefaces Effectively
Understanding Leading, Kerning, Tracking etc.
Typesetting for maximum readability
Working with Tables
Inserting a Table in an Adobe InDesign Document
Adding Text to a Table
Adding Pictures to a Table
Formatting Text in Tables
Merging & Splitting Table Cells
Inserting/Deleting Rows & Columns
Setting the Grid & Border Properties
Longer Document Handling Features
Autoflowing text through multiple pages
Creating and Using Paragraph Style Sheets
Creating and Using Character Style Sheets
Automatic Page Numbering
Headers & Footers
Printing & Output
Print Options
Package a Document to send to an External Print Provider
PDF Output Options
Some Common Output Problems explained – Fonts and Picture Formats
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