Duration: 3 Days
Adobe InDesign CC software works seamlessly with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe
Illustrator, providing a single integrated-design environment that doesn't
interrupt your creative process.
This course provides a thorough overview of the interface, tools, features,
and tips for page layout and design using InDesign. The course is an ideal
combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice.
What You Will Learn
Audience
Professional designers who are new to InDesign
Prerequistes
- Practical working knowledge of Mac OS X or Windows
- Photoshop Fundamentals: An Introduction to Photoshop class or equivalent
experience
Course Outline
1. Introducing the Workspace
- Looking at the Workspace
- Working with Panels
- Customizing the Workspace
- Navigating Through a Document
- Using Context Menus
2. Getting to Know InDesign
- Viewing Guides
- Preflighting
as You Work
- Adding Text
- Working with Styles
- Working with Graphics
- Working with Objects
- Working with Object Styles
- Viewing the Document in Presentation Mode
3. Setting Up a Document and
Working with Pages
- 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 New Document Pages
- Rearranging and Deleting Document Pages
- Changing the Size of Pages
- Adding Sections to Change Page Numbering
- Overriding Master Page Items on Document Pages and Placing Text and Graphics
- Viewing the Completed Spread
4. Working with Objects
- Working with Layers
- Creating and Modifying Text Frames
- Creating and Modifying Graphics Frames
- Adding Metadata Captions to Graphics Frames
- Placing and Linking 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
- Creating a QR Code
- Finishing Up
5. Flowing Text
- Flowing Text Into an Existing Frame
- Flowing Text Manually
- Creating Text Frames While Flowing Text
- Flowing Text Automatically
- Creating Threaded Frames Automatically
- Resizing Text Frames Automatically
- Adding a Jump Line Page Number
6. Editing Text
- 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
7. Working with Typography
- Adjusting Vertical Spacing
- Changing Fonts and Type Styles
- Fine-Tuning Columns
- Changing Paragraph Alignment
- Creating a Drop Cap
- Adjusting Letter and Word Spacing
- Adjusting Line Breaks
- Setting tabs
- Adding a Rule
Above a Paragraph
8. Working with Color
- Managing Color
- Synchronizing Color Settings in Adobe Bridge
- Specifying Color Settings in InDesign
- Displaying Images at Full Resolution
- Proofing Colors Onscreen
- 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
9. Working with Styles
- 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
10. Importing and Modifying Graphics
- 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
11. Printing and Exporting
- Preflighting Files
- Packaging Files
- Creating an
Adobe PDF Proof
Course Labs
