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Adobe InDesign

Essentials I

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Overview:

Take page design to a new level, combining extraordinary production power and creative freedom with innovative cross-media support. Through its tight integration with Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, and Acrobat, InDesign helps you produce pages quickly and output them reliably with unparalleled features and control.

 

This two-day course teaches participants to use InDesign effectively. Students will build a basic document, and develop the skills to control type placement and formatting, place and edit graphics, and create and modify layouts with efficiency and accuracy.

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Delivery: Instructor-led, hands-on delivery either online, on-site at your place of business or at Front Runner. Our custom training meets your needs.

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Duration: Two days

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Further Learning:

Adobe Illustrator
Essentials I
Adobe Photoshop
Essentials
Adobe InDesign
Essentials II

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Objectives:

Upon successful completion, attendees should be able to

Manage the InDesign Environment

• Explore the InDesign Environment
• Customize the Workspace
• Set General and Interface Preferences

Design Documents

• Create a New Document
• Add Text and Graphics
• Edit Text
• Threading Text Frames
• Convert Other Application Files to InDesign

Enhance Documents

• Apply Colors and Swatches
• Apply Fills, Gradients, and Strokes
• Format Characters and Paragraphs
• Create and Apply Styles
• Search and Replace Text and Characters
• Develop Layers

Add Tables

• Create a Table
• Modify a Table Structure
• Format a Table
• Create Table and Cell Styles

Finalize Documents

• Check Documents for Problems
• Print a Document
• Package Files
• Prepare PDF Files

• Create Bézier Paths
• Create Compound Paths
• Create Clipping Paths
• Create Type Outlines

• Place In-line Graphics
• Manipulate Graphics
• Create Duplicate Items
• Create Anchored Objects

• Manage Libraries
• Locate Assets Using Adobe Bridge
• Create Hyperlinks
• Create the Table of Contents

• Generate an Index
• Create Document Sections
• Create a Book
• Create Print Presets

• Preview Print Output
• Export PDF Files
• Prepare PDF Files for Web Distribution
• Export PDF Files for Printing

• Redefine Styles
• Manage Style Overrides
• Base One Style on Another
• Apply Styles in a Sequence
• Import Styles from a Word Document

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