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Adobe InDesign: Essentials

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.

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

Duration: 2 days

Fee: $790.00 per person

Upcoming Dates:
Nov. 3-4, Feb. 9-10, Apr. 23-24

Prerequisite:  Microsoft Windows, Introductory or equivalent experience.

Delivery:  Instructor-led, hands-on, classroom delivery training.

Materials:  Participants receive reference materials related to course topics. Sample files used in class are available by email, or on disk. Follow-up support for topics covered is available to participants via e-mail or phone for 90 days after the course.

Client Testimonial:
“Excellent training course - instructor was amazing at answering all my questions and even making suggestions as to what to look for. Very impressed also with the course material and the friendliness of the staff.
Thanks again for a great experience - look forward to returning in future and will certainly recommend the instructors and your company for all future requirements.”
Liz Webster, Adobe InDesign®, May 2006

Outline: Upon successful completion, attendees will able to create professional looking documents by learning the skills to:

  • Explore the InDesign Environment
  • Customize the Workspace
  • Set General and Interface Preferences
  • Create a New Document
  • Add Text and Graphics
  • Edit Text
  • Thread Text Frames
  • Convert Other Application Files to InDesign
  • 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
  • Apply Transparency and Transparency Flattener Presets
  • Create, modify and format Tables
  • Create Table and Cell Styles
  • Check Documents for Problems
  • Print a Document
  • Package Files
  • Redefine Styles
  • Manage Style Overrides
  • Base One Style on Another
  • Apply Styles in a Sequence
  • Import Styles from a Word Document

Outline: continued

  • 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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