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In Design CS - Introduction

 

InDesign: Course Length: One Day
Fees: Training at Client Offices:
One delegate: £495 per-day + VAT
Additional delegates attending: £100 each per-day + VAT

Overview: InDesign is Adobe’s flagship page layout programme and possibly the most advanced page layout software available. As well as being an introduction for complete beginners, this course is designed to enable delegates currently using either PageMaker or QuarkXpress to switch to InDesign without any loss in productivity or work quality.

InDesign combines powerful type, graphics and printing controls with an ability to work seamlessly with Illustrator and Photoshop. As well as offering controls common to other page layout programmes it contains many advanced features which will not be found elsewhere.

Course Objectives:

bulletIdentify and use InDesign® environment elements; and navigate through an InDesign® document.
bulletCreate and modify text and graphic frames; and import text and images from other applications.
bulletUse master pages and guides to design a document's layout and to add automatic page numbering; and apply masters to document pages.
bulletImport text; thread text throughout a document; reflow text threads; and change the number of columns.
bulletDefine colours and swatches and apply them to fills and strokes of frames.
bulletApply character formatting; apply paragraph formatting; create styles to streamline formatting; and set text inset spacing.
bulletPlace and manipulate graphics; control text wrap around graphics; and create and manage layers.
bulletApply transparency effects to native objects and placed images and graphics; and work with Transparency Flattener settings.
bulletCreate sophisticated tables.
bulletPrepare documents for handoff to commercial printers.
bulletCreate Acrobat PDF files for the Web and for print.

InDesign® Environment

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InDesign Environment Elements

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Document Navigation

Basic Documents

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Document Setup

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Creating Text

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Working with Graphics

Master Pages

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Creating Masters

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Applying Masters

Importing and Threading Text

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Importing Text

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Threading Text

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Changing Text Threads

Colours, Swatches, and Gradients

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Colours and Swatches

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Gradients

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Applying Fills and Strokes to Frames and Type

Formatting Type

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Character Formatting

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Paragraph Formatting

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Styles

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Text Inset Spacing

Graphics and Layout

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Placing and Manipulating Graphics

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Text Wrap

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Layers

Transparency

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Applying Transparency

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Transparency Effects and Blending Modes

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Printing with Transparency

Using Tables

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Creating Tables

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Formatting Tables

Preparing for Handoff to a Service Provider

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Commercial Printing Overview

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Preflighting

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Printing

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Packaging Files

Creating Acrobat PDF Files

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PDF Files for the Web

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PDF Presets

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PDF Files for Printing

 

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