Outlines

 

1. Getting to Know the Work Area

• Working with panels
• Customizing the workspace
• Using context menus
• Resources for using InDesign
• Preflighting as your work
• Viewing guides
• Adding text
• Working with styles, objects, and graphics

2. Setting Up Your Document

• Creating and saving custom document settings
• Switching between open InDesign documents
• Working with master pages
• Adding sections to change page numbering
• Placing text and graphics on the document pages
• Overriding master page items on the document pages
• Adding, arranging, deleting pages from master
• Viewing the completed spread

3. Working with Objects

• Working with layers
• Creating and editing text and graphic frames
• Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
• Changing the shape of a frame
• Wrapping text around a graphic
• Modifying the shape of a frame
• Aligning objects
• Selecting and modifying grouped objects

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

5. Editing Text

• Finding and changing a missing font
• Entering and importing text
• Finding and changing text and formatting
• Editing text by drag and drop
• Using the story editor
• Tracking changes

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

7. Working with Color

• Creating and applying colors
• Working with gradients
• Creating a tint and a spot color
• Applying colors to text and objects
• Using advanced gradient techniques

8. Working with Styles

• Creating and applying paragraph style
• Working with 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

9. Importing and Modifying Graphics

• Adding graphics from other programs
• Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
• Managing links to imported files
• Adjusting display quality
• Working with clipping paths and alpha channels
• Importing native Adobe graphics files
• Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics

10. 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

11. Working with Transparency

• Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
• Applying transparency settings
• Working with effects
• Applying transparency settings to text

12. Output and Exporting

• Using Preflight
• Using Package
• Creating an Adobe PDF proof
• Separation and transparency previews

13. Creating Rich Interactive Documents

• Setting up an online document
• Adding buttons, page transitions, and hyperlinks
• Exporting as Adobe PDF
• Converting a print document for online use
• Adding advanced interactivity, animation, and video

14. Working with Long Documents

• Crating a book file
• Working with a table of contents
• Setting up indexing

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for students who want to explore the basic tools and features of InDesign for creating professional page layout and designs.

Duration

3 Days