Adobe InDesign Introduction

Duration: 3 days
Time: 10am - 5pm. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled between 12-1pm
Course Materials: Vendor Authorized Courseware provided
Locations: Reston, VA / On-Site
Related Courses: Photoshop - Flash - Illustrator - Acrobat
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Cost: $1295
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Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing
Adobe® InDesign® CS5 software breaks down the barriers between online and offline publishing. Create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents.

Description

This class provides you with the concepts and skills to use Adobe InDesign CS5 effectively. You get hands-on practice working with basic through advanced techniques to get the most out of your experience. You will learn type controls, graphics file management, layers and document setup. Whether you are a designer, prepress professional or just a beginner, you will fi nd InDesign to be a powerful but intuitive page layout application. We also recommend this course for those planning to obtain the Adobe Certifi ed Expert status.

Audience

Graphic professionals who need an essential understanding of page layout using Adobe’s flagship page layout application, with an emphasis on real-world issues.

Prerequisites

Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

What you will lLearn

Navigating within InDesign
Creating and Formatting Text
Working with Layers
Adding Graphics
Working with Color
Working with Master Pages
Formatting with Styles
Creating and Editing Tables
Output and PDF Exporting

1 Introducing the Workspace

Lesson overview
Getting started
Looking at the workspace
Working with panels
Customizing the workspace
Changing the magnification of a document
Navigating through a document
Using context menus
Finding resources for using InDesign
Review questions and answers

2 Getting to know InDesign

Lesson overview
Getting started
Viewing the lesson document
Preflighting as you work
Viewing guides
Adding text
Working with styles
Working with graphics
Working with objects
Working with object styles
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

3 Setting up a Document and working with Pages

Lesson overview
Getting started
Creating and saving custom document settings
Creating a new document
Switching between open InDesign documents
Working with master pages
Applying master pages to document pages
Adding sections to change page numbering
Adding new pages
Arranging and deleting pages
Placing text and graphics on the document pages
Overriding master page items on document pages
Changing the size of pages
Viewing the completed spread
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

4 Working with Objects

Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with layers
Creating and editing text frames
Creating and editing graphics frames
Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
Changing the shape of a frame
Wrapping text around a graphic
Modifying the shape of frames
Transforming and aligning objects
Selecting and modifying grouped objects
Finishing up
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

5 Flowing Text

Lesson overview
Getting started
Flowing text into an existing frame
Flowing text manually
Creating text frames while flowing text
Flowing text automatically
Creating threaded frames automatically
Adding a jump line page number
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

6 Editing Text

Lesson overview
Getting started
Finding and changing a missing font
Entering and importing text
Finding and changing text and formatting
Checking spelling
Editing text by dragging and dropping
Using the Story Editor
Tracking changes
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

7 Working with Typography

Lesson overview
Getting started
Adjusting vertical spacing
Changing fonts and type style
Fine-tuning Columns
Changing paragraph alignment
Creating a drop cap
Adjusting letter and word spacing
Setting tabs
Adding a rule above a paragraph
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

8 Working with Color

Lesson overview
Getting started
Defining printing requirements
Creating and applying colors
Working with gradients
Creating a tint
Creating a spot color
Applying colors to text and objects
Using advanced gradient techniques
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

9 Working with Styles

Lesson overview
Getting started
Creating and applying paragraph styles
Creating and applying character styles
Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
Creating and applying object styles
Creating and applying table and cell styles
Globally updating styles
Loading styles from another document
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

10 Importing and Modifying Graphics

Lesson overview
Getting started
Adding graphics from other programs
Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
Managing links to imported files
Updating revised graphics
Adjusting display quality
Working with clipping paths
Working with alpha channels
Importing native Adobe graphics files
Using a library to manage objects
Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

11 Creating Tables

Lesson overview
Getting started
Converting text to a table
Formatting a table
Creating a header row
Adding graphics to table cells
Creating and applying table and cell styles
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

12 Working with Transparency

Lesson overview
Getting started
Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
Applying transparency settings
Adjusting transparency settings for EPS images
Adding transparency effects
Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
Applying transparency settings to text
Working with effects
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

13 Output and Exporting

Lesson overview
Getting started
Preflighting files
Packaging files
Creating an Adobe PDF proof
Previewing separations
Previewing how transparency effects will be flattened
Previewing the page
Printing a laser or inkjet proof
Using the Ink Manager
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

14 Creating Rich Interactive Documents

Lesson overview
Getting started
Setting up an online document
Adding buttons, page transitions, and hyperlinks
Exporting as Flash Player (SWF)
Exporting as Adobe PDF (Interactive)
Converting a print document for online use
Adding advanced interactivity, animation, and video
Exploring on your own
Review questions and answers

Appendix: Color Management

The need for color management
Synchronizing color settings in Adobe Bridge
Specifying color settings in InDesign
Displaying images at full resolution
Proofing colors onscreen

 

 

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