Computer WorkGroup Training

Adobe InDesign for QuarkXPress users

Duration : 1 Day

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

Pre-requisites : Knowledge of QuarkXPress.

For Whom: The course is intended for people who are familiar with QuarkXPress and need to start using Adobe InDesign. It is specifi cally designed around the different ways that InDesign implements features available in QuarkXPress, as well as InDesign features unavailable in QuarkXPress.

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

• Create InDesign documents
• Convert QuarkDocuments to InDesign
• Understand InDesign environment
• Create and preserve transparency
• Understand the difference between InDesign and Quark frames
• Control shortcut usage
• Create and format Tables
• Import and edit native fi le formats
• Convert an InDesign document to PDF

COURSE OUTLINE

ADOBE INDESIGN - 1 DAY INTENSIVE INTRODUCTION

Standard Operations

• Workflow differences
• Converting QuarkXPress documents
• Tool differences
• Moving around
• Grids and guidelines
• Using Frames
• Linking Text frames
• Master pages
• Composing text
• Run arounds
• Specifying and applying colour

Work Environment

• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Palettes
• Collapsing, joining, splitting
• Viewing options

DOCUMENT LAYOUT

• Pages
• Pasteboard
• Master Page items
• Spreads
• Accurate Measurements
• Preview Mode
• Books

FRAMES

• Automatic creation
• Fitting Content
• Formatting
• ransforming
• Strokes

TRANSPARENCY

• Drop Shadows
• Feathering
• Opacity settings
• Preserving

IMPORTING FILES

• Native Photoshop
• Native Illustrator
• PDF’s
• Word Documents
• EPS support

TABLES

• Creating
• Formatting
• Importing from Excel and Word

TEXT

• OpenType support
• Special Characters
• Glyph palette
• Hyphenation Slider
• Table of Contents
• Indexing