Class Description:

This class is focused on editing and creating layouts for brochures, newsletters, books, magazines and even interactive documents.

Learning Objectives:

This class will get you started with the basic concepts of InDesign and give you a path to continue your mastery of the application. This is a great primer for those seeking their Adobe certification.

After taking this class you will be able to:

• Customize the InDesign interfaces
• Edit an existing InDesign document
• Setup a new InDesign document
• Work with text and typography
• Use Styles to format text
• Access hidden text characters using the Glyphs panel
• Import and edit text, images and graphics from other applications
• Edit text and graphics Frames
• Create and manage layers for more organized InDesign documents
• Use Master Pages to quickly format document pages
• Mix and apply custom colors to document objects
• Import colors from color libraries like Pantone

Target Audience:

This class is for anyone involved with desktop publishing – magazines, collateral material, ads, DVD covers, and even books can be created with InDesign. This is a great class for beginners just starting out with the tool.

Class Outline:

Chapter 1. Introducing the Workspace

• 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

Chapter 2. 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 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

Chapter 3. Working with Objects

• 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

Chapter 4. Flowing Text

• 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

Chapter 5. 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

Chapter 6. Working with Typography

• 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

Chapter 7. Working with Color

• 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

Chapter 8. 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

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the class topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.

Class Description:

This class is directed towards InDesign users and publishing professionals with a basic working knowledge of InDesign. The focus of this class is on some of the finer points of desktop publishing with InDesign including creation of interactive documents.

Class Outline:

Lesson 1. 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

Lesson 2. 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

Lesson 3. Creating Tables

• Converting text to a table
• Formatting a table
• Creating a header row
• Adding graphics to table cells
• Creating and applying table and cell styles

Lesson 4. Working with Transparency

• 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

Lesson 5. Output and Exporting

• 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

Lesson 6. Creating Rich Interactive Documents

• 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

Lesson 7. Working with Long Documents

• Starting a book
• Creating a running footer
• Adding a footnote
• Adding a cross-reference
• Synchronizing a book
• Generating a table of contents
• Indexing a book

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the class topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.