Summary

Course Aim:

The InDesign Level 2 comprehensive course builds on the skills developed in the InDesign Level 1 course and includes more complex page layout and formatting techniques to allow you to control the appearance of your document while applying efficient methods. This course also covers the export of an InDesign document to ePub (eBooks), HTML and other formats.

Course Prerequisites:

The prerequisites for this course is that you have completed the InDesign Level 1 or have equivalent knowledge.

Course Duration:

Two days 9:00am – 4:30pm

Classroom courses include:

• Adobe Certified instructors (with min 10 yrs experience)
• Alpha prepared comprehensive coursenotes with tutorials and exercises (updated frequently to reflect industry trends)
• Certificates
• FREE eLearning DVD Package (extensive video files that replay all topics covered in the course you have completed)
• After course support, unlimited HELP DESK (via email, to reinforce the learning), helpdesk@alphacc.com.au
• Training guarantee
• FREE repeat of public course within 6 months (where required, and on same version), see terms & conditions

Content

Course Content

During this course you will learn about:

Topic 1 More about Colour

• Topic Objectives
• Saving swatches to use in other documents
• Importing swatches
• Tints
• Copying fill and stroke attributes of objects

• Sampling colours from graphics
• Dragging and dropping colours
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 2 More about Styles

• Topic Objectives
• Next style
• The Based On option
• Applying character styles to a drop cap
• Applying nested styles
• Looping through nested styles

• Create nested line styles
• Using Quick Apply to apply styles
• Applying styles to multiple paragraphs
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 3 Object Styles

• Topic Objectives
• About object styles
• The Object Styles panel
• Defining object styles
• Using object style categories
• Applying object styles
• The default object styles
• Editing or renaming object styles
• Object style categories
• Duplicating object styles

• Deleting object styles
• Clearing overrides from object styles
• Clearing attributes not set in an object style
• Breaking the link to an object style
• Redefining an object style
• Importing object styles
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 4 Creating Structured Documents

• Topic Objectives
• Parent and child master pages
• Create Guides command
• Snap to
• Placing images using Mini Bridge
• Using frames when designing pages
• Setting frame fitting options
• Pages and spreads
• Adding pages to a document
• Moving and arranging pages

• Duplicating a page or spread
• Deleting a page or spread
• Creating multiple-page spreads
• Multiple page sizes
• Page Numbering and Section Options
• Adding story jump-lines
• Adding Colour labels to document pages
• Use power zoom (Advanced Option)
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 5 Transforming Objects

• Topic Objectives
• Smart Guides
• The point of origin when transforming
• Transforming objects
• Rotating objects
• Rotating only the image within the frame
• Scaling objects
• Reflecting objects
• Shearing objects
• The Rotate tool
• The Scale tool
• The Shear tool

• The Free Transform tool
• Repeating transformations
• Duplicating objects
• Locking an object's position
• Step and repeat
• Aligning objects
• Live Distribute
• The Gap tool
• Using The Gap Tool
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 6 Text Controls

• Topic Objectives
• The Find/Change command
• Tips for Finding/Changing text
• Finding and changing objects
• Find/change using queries
• The Find Font command
• The Check Spelling command
• Automatically correcting spelling

• Using Dynamic Spelling
• Track Changes
• How changes are displayed in the Story Editor
• Accepting and rejecting tracked changes
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 7 Combining Text and Graphics

• Topic Objectives
• Anchored objects
• Creating an anchored object
• Anchored Objects options
• Inline and Above Line options
• Custom anchored object options
• Positioning a custom-positioned anchored object
• Viewing anchored object markers
• Moving or resizing an anchored object manually
• Releasing an anchored object

• Type on a path
• Creating path type
• Selecting or editing type on a path
• Using clipping paths and alpha channels to hide parts of an image
• Converting a clipping path into a normal frame
• Controlling layer visibility when placing images
• Controlling layer visibility for placed files
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 8 Type Composition

• Topic Objectives
• Adjusting kerning between words
• Avoiding word breaks
• Flush space
• Creating text that Spans or Splits columns
• Using the Eyedropper tool with type
• Paragraph Rules

• Keep options
• Creating hanging punctuation
• The Indent to Here character
• Tabs
• Adjusting underline options
• Baseline grids
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 9 Bullets and Numbering

• Topic Objectives
• About bulleted or numbered lists
• Creating a bulleted or numbered list
• Formatting a bulleted or numbered list
• Changing bullet characters
• Changing numbered list options
• Creating multi-level lists
• Restarting or continuing numbering for a list
• Working with defined lists

• Creating a paragraph style for running lists
• Continuing a list from the previous or current story
• Numbering a list from the previous or current document in a book
• Converting list bullets or numbers to text
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 10 Object Libraries

• Topic Objectives
• What are object libraries?
• Creating and using object libraries
• Managing Object Libraries

• Searching Object Libraries
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 11 Working with Tables

• Topic Objectives
• Features of tables
• Creating a table from scratch
• Converting existing text into a table
• Changing a table into normal text
• Importing Microsoft Office tables
• Embedding a table inside another table
• Adding text or graphics to a table
• Navigating in a table
• Selecting cells
• Inserting rows and columns
• Deleting rows and columns
• Merging cells
• Table headers and footers
• Resizing tables
• Overset cells
• Applying a border to a table

• Adding stroke and fill colour to cells
• Table and cell styles
• Defining table and cell styles
• Formatting precedence in styles
• Importing table styles from other documents
• Applying table and cell styles
• Editing table and cell styles
• Basing one table or cell style on another
• Deleting table and cell styles
• Redefining table or cell styles based on current formatting
• Overriding table and cell styles
• Breaking the link to table or cell styles
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 12 Vector Elements

• Topic Objectives
• The Stroke panel
• Start and end shapes
• Customizing stroke styles
• Corner effects
• Compound paths

• The Pathfinder panel
• Changing the shape of a path
• Converting text to outlines
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 13 Books and Tables of Contents

• Topic Objectives
• Creating Books
• Manging book files
• Outputting a book file
• Synchronizing book documents
• Book page numbering
• Preflight books
• Set preflight options in a book
• Resolve preflight errors in a book
• Tables of Contents

• Creating table of contents styles
• Saving TOC styles
• Creating tab leaders for TOC entries
• Creating a table of contents
• Table of contents formatting options
• Modifying and updating a table of contents
• Tables of contents in books
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 14 Output Options

• Topic Objectives
• Exporting formats
• Exporting text
• Exporting jpegs
• Export an SWF file
• Export a Flash Format file (FLA)
• Exporting for Digital Editions, the EPUB format
• Export to EPUB
• EPUB Export options

• Export content to HTML
• HTML export options
• About PostScript files
• Printing device-independent PostScript files
• Print Presets
• Background Tasks
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Appendix A - InDesign CS6 New Features

• Topic Objectives
• What's new in InDesign CS6

Appendix B - InDesign CS5.5 New Features

• Topic Objectives
• What's new in InDesign CS5.5
• New ePub Features in InDesign CS5.5

Appendix: Index

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Packages

Packages Available

Adobe InDesign Level 2 is offered as part of the following packages, designed for users who want to attend multiple courses to achieve in depth knowledge:

InDesign Package

• InDesign Levels 1, 2 and 3
• 5 days

Publishing Level 2 Package

• Acrobat Advanced, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop Level 2
• 7 days

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Specials

2012 Training Specials for Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra Centres

eLearning DVD

When you attend any of the following scheduled courses, you will receive a FREE eLearning DVD:

• Acrobat for Business and Advanced
• PhotoShop Level 1, and Level 2
• Illustrator Level 1, and Level 2
• InDesign Level 1, and Level 2
• Dreamweaver Level 1, and Level 2
• Flash Level 1, and Level 2

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