Who should attend?
This Adobe InDesign training course is aimed at new users who have little or no previous experience of desktop publishing and who wish to learn Indesign. Starting from first principles, you will be shown how to create new documents and modify existing ones, and will consolidate your knowledge by means of a series of carefully constructed exercises at each stage of the Indesign course.
Contact us to run this course or a customised version of it on your own premises for just £415+vat per day for up to two people. Add just £75+vat each for additional people. Price is inclusive of course reference notes and email support but exclusive of the trainer's travel and overnight accommodation costs.
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Course Content
Overview of Desktop Publishing
- The Traditional Publishing Process
- The Desktop Publishing Process using Adobe InDesign CS/CC
Understanding the User Interface
- The Adobe InDesign CS/CC Views – Story Editor & Layout
- The Adobe InDesign CS/CC Toolbox
- The Control Palette
- Docking, Undocking and Floating Palettes
- Setting Adobe InDesign CS/CC Document and Application Preferences
- The Adobe InDesign CS/CC Selection Tools
- Keyboard shortcuts
Creating, Opening and Saving Documents
- Converting QuarkXPress and Adobe PageMaker Documents to Adobe InDesign
- Opening Existing Adobe InDesign Documents
- Saving your InDesign Work
- Creating a New InDesign Document
- Adobe InDesign CS/CC Document Setup
Working with Graphics
- Importing (Placing) Pictures and other Graphic Elements in InDesign Layouts
- Understanding the Difference between Bitmap and Vector Graphics
- Maintaining Image Quality – Avoiding the “Jaggies”
- Using Rectangular, Elliptical and Polygonal Frames as Containers for Graphics in InDesign
- Fitting pictures to Frames
- Cropping, Sizing & Scaling Images
- Wrapping Text Around Frames & Graphics
- Moving & Transforming Frames & Graphics
- Applying Fills & Strokes
- Drawing Lines & Boxes
Colour Issues
- Working with Swatches
- Applying, Editing and Creating Colour Fills & Strokes
- Using Pantone and Other Spot Colour Matching Standards
- Converting Spot Colours to Process CMYK Colours
Formatting & Editing Text
- Adding Type to a Page with the InDesign Type Tool
- Importing (Placing) Text
- Formatting Text
- Working with the InDesign 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
- 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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