Computer WorkGroup Training

Adobe InDesign CS5

Duration : 1 Day

Pricing : Basic - 1 person $750, 2 people $850 for both (see pricing page for full details)

Pre-requisites : Introduction to Windows or the Mac or equivalent experience.

For Whom: The course is intended for people who wish to Desktop Publish documents including instruction manuals, catalogues, books, fliers and price lists.

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of the training participants will be able to -

• Create InDesign documents
• Import text
• Import images
• Accurately size and position text and graphics
• Format text
• Create columns of text
• Add and remove pages within a document
• Create master pages and templates
• Wrap text around artwork
• Save the document as an Acrobat PDF for distribution

COURSE OUTLINE

ADOBE INDESIGN CS5 - 1 DAY INTENSIVE INTRODUCTION

The InDesign Working Environment

• Looking at the work area
• Different ways of viewing your document
• Navigating through your document
• Palette views and docking

The Bridge and Mini-bridge

• Accessing files
• Meta data and batching
• Snippets

Creating a Document

• New document settings
• Margins and column guides
• Placing text and graphics on the pages
• Overriding master page items on pages
• Editing master pages
• Spreads and pages
• Rulers, guides, and grids
• Multiple page sizes

Frames

• Modifying text frames
• Modifying graphics frames
• Wrapping text around an object
• Fitting the content to the frame
• Modifying the stroke of a frame
• Transforming a frame
• Stroke style editor

Basic Typography

• Selecting and editing text
• Formatting characters
• Formatting Paragraphs
• Using Styles
• Glyph palette and customising

Working with Text

• Text frames
• Linking and flowing text
• Threading
• Drag & Drop text
• Dynamic spell checker and Autocorrect
• Spell checking
• Importing from MS Word and Excel

Working With Graphics

• Images overview
• Adding graphics from other programs
• Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
• Managing links to imported files
• Placing a Photoshop file
• Importing an Illustrator file
• Placing a PDF file, multipage import
• Multi file placement
• Content grabber
• Autofit

Colours, Tints, and Gradients

• Applying colours to objects
• Creating dashed strokes
• Working with gradients
• Creating a spot colour & tint
• Applying colour to text
• Shared Swatches
• Kuler

Drawing Tools

• Setting up the document grid
• Drawing straight segments
• Drawing curved segments
• Paths & Frames
• Stroke and fill
• Anchors and handles
• Stroke attributes and corner effects
• Pen and pencil tools
• Editing points and paths
• Creating type along a path
• Pathfinder
• Object Styles

Tables

• Creating Tables
• Editing Tables
• Table formatting
• Importing Word and Excel tables
• Running Headers & Footers
• Table and Cell Styles

Exporting

• Saving to PDF
• PDF Export Presets
• Saving to Flash and swf

Special Effects

• Drop Shadows, Transparency
• Feathering, Gradient and Directional
• Bevel and Emboss, Glows

Printing

• Dots and pixels
• Page description languages
• Resolution
• Printing