Adobe InDesign Introduction:

An easy to use design and layout program and a worthy challenger to Quark. During this course you will learn how to create documents of many types, from single page advertisements and flyers, to complex multi-page colour publications.

Course Outline
Introduction to InDesign 1 - 2 Days

Who is it for?

Anyone that would like to create professional marketing materials such as posters, newsletters, newspapers, books and flyers.

InDesign Basics

• Navigator Palette & ToolBox
• Converting Quark/PageMaker Docs & Importing from Illustrator & Photoshop
• Using Text and Graphic Frames and Nesting Frames
• Creating a Basic Page

Text Controls

• Single-line and Paragraph Composers, Formatting Text & Hyphenation Rules
• Paragraph Indents & Checking Spelling
• Using Glyphs, Precision Kerning Controls
• Using In-Line Graphics & Converting Text to Outlines

Styles, Masters & Bezier Path Tools

• Creating Paragraph & Character Styles and Duplicating Styles
• Creating, Editing & Converting pages to Master Pages
• Headers, Footers & Automatic Page Numbering
• Using the Pen Tool & Editing Illustrator Paths
• Filling Paths with Images

Images, Shortcuts & Colour Management Issues

• Types of Images & Image Control
• Positioning in Publications, Cropping and Distorting Images
• Keyboard Shortcut Editor
• QuarkXpress Shortcuts
• Using the Colour Palette & Keeping Colours Consistent
• Understanding ICC Management

Working With Tables & Layers

• Using the Table Building Tools
• Specifying Row Height and Width
• Converting Tab-Delimited Files
• Importing Word and Excel Tables
• Creating Document Wide Layers
• Naming, Hiding, Displaying & Printing Visible layers

Printing & Exporting to PDF

• Working With Print Preview Mode & Using Smart Font Mapping
• Preparing files and converting to PDF