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Adobe InDesign CS5.5 - CS5 Upgrade Course
Summary
Course Aim:
The InDesign Upgrade comprehensive course builds on your InDesign skills and knowledge and outlines the new and significantly changed features of InDesign.
Course Prerequisites:
The prerequisites for this course is that you have InDesign Level 2 skills.
Course Duration:
Half-day 9:00am – 12:30pm (or 1 day with Photoshop and/or Illustrator upgrade courses)
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
- eLearning DVD Package (FREE at course registration where available, see our SPECIALS)
- 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:
What's new In InDesign
- Design and layout
- Cross media design
- Collaboration
- Interactivity features
- Usability and productivity
Topic 1 Interface & CS5.5-CS5 wide features
- Topic Objectives
- New Workspaces
- Presentation mode
- Mini Bridge
- Placing images using Mini Bridge
- New document options
- Saving to previous InDesign versions
- The content grabber
- Swatches panel in Control panel
- Expanding and collapsing layers
- The Transform Tools
- Rotating objects with the Selection tool
- Multiple page sizes
- Adding Colour labels to document pages
- Background Tasks
- Exporting jpegs
- Exporting an SWF file
- Exporting a Flash Format file (FLA)
- Exporting for Digital Editions, the EPUB format
Topic 2 Productivity features
- Topic Objectives
- Double clicking to access objects within a group
- Live Corner effects
- Corner Options
- Drawing multiple frames in a grid
- Live Distribute
- The Gap tool
- Using The Gap Tool
- Creating text that Spans or Splits columns
- Track Changes
- How changes are displayed in the Story Editor
- Accepting and rejecting tracked changes
- Creating Captions from Image Metadatat
- Static Captions
- Static Captions
- Live Captions
- Setting Caption Options
- Working with ConnectNow
- CS Review
Topic 3Interactivity and Animation
- Topic Objectives
- About InDesign's interactive features
- Exporting interactive PDF files
- Hyperlinks
- Hyperlink Sources
- Hyperlink destinations
- Creating a hyperlink to a Page destination
- Creating a hyperlink to a text anchor destin
- Create a hyperlink to a URL
- Create a hyperlink to any shared destination
- Appearance options
- Editing or deleting a destination
- Editing or deleting a hyperlink
- Going to a hyperlink source or destination
- Bookmarks
- Creating a new bookmark
- Renaming and Deleting Bookmarks
- Arranging, grouping, and sorting bookmarks
- Converting an object to or from a button
- Add actions to buttons
- Add a button from the Sample Buttons panel
- Page transitions
- Apply page transitions
- Clear transitions
- Viewing page transitions
- Placing Video and Sound files
- Placing a movie or sound file into InDesign
- The Media panel
- Linking to a video on the Internet
- PDF options
- Creating Motion in InDesign
- The Animation panel
- Applying motion to an object
- Editing a Motion Path
- Creating a Motion Path
- The Preview panel
- Creating a button trigger to play an animation
- The Timing panel
- Managing Motion Presets
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 4 CS5.5 New Features
- Topic Objectives
- Enhanced eBook authoring
- Articles panel
- Linked text
- Dragging and dropping of anchored objects
- Styles mapped to tags in EPUB export
- PDF accessibility enhancements
Topic 5 InDesign CS5.5 ePubs
- Topic Objectives
- Structure and export an InDesign document as an ePub file
- Export content for EPUB
- EPUB General export options
- EPUB Images options
- EPUB Contents options
- The Articles panel
- Object export options
- ePUB and HTML options
- Map styles to export tags
- Image Optimisation
- Video and Audio
- Export to EPUB
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Appendix A: Index
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Packages Available
Adobe InDesign Upgrade is offered as part of the following packages, designed for users who want to attend multiple courses to achieve in depth knowledge:
Upgrade Package
- InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop Upgrades
- 1 day
Visit our packages page for more information
Specials
This course is not offered as part of any Special, but is offered in an Upgrade Package.
2012 Training Specials for Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra Centres
- Sydney Training Specials
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Option 1 (SYDNEY):
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Selected Level 1 courses $775 from 03/08/2011
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Selected Level 1 public courses in our Sydney Training Centre are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 2 (SYDNEY):
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Selected Level 2 courses $775 from 03/08/2011
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Selected Level 2 public courses in our Sydney Training Centre are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 3 (SYDNEY):
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Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get a 1-day course FREE
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Support your staff by upskilling them.
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Alpha is offering a FREE 1-day course to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Sydney Training Centre during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is a limited offer, and will be limited to specific 1-day courses. Courses will be invoiced together (two 2-day courses, at RRP pricing, plus 1-day free course) and must be paid in full before course commencement to obtain free course. Register for TWO public 2-day courses to obtain the FREE 1-day course.
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Option 4 (SYDNEY):
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Buy Acrobat Package for $775 (Package RRP normally $945) from 03/08/2011
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The Acrobat Package (Acrobat for Business and Acrobat Advanced) public courses in our Sydney Training Centre is now $800 during the promotional period (Package RRP normally $945; note the 2 courses bought separetely are $945). The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is limited.
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- Brisbane Training Specials
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Option 1 (BRISBANE):
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Selected Level 1 courses $775 from 14/09/2011
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Selected Level 1 public courses in our Brisbane Training Centre are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 2 (BRISBANE):
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Selected Level 2 courses $775 from 14/09/2011
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Selected Level 2 public courses in our Brisbane Training Centre are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 3 (BRISBANE):
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Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get a 1-day course FREE
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Support your staff by upskilling them.
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Alpha is offering a FREE 1-day course to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Brisbane Training Centre during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is a limited offer, and will be limited to specific 1-day courses. Courses will be invoiced together (two 2-day courses, at RRP pricing, plus 1-day free course) and must be paid in full before course commencement to obtain free course. Register for TWO public 2-day courses to obtain the FREE 1-day course.
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Option 4 (BRISBANE):
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Buy Acrobat Package for $775 (Package RRP normally $945) from 14/09/2011
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The Acrobat Package (Acrobat for Business and Acrobat Advanced) public courses in our Brisbane Training Centre is now $775 during the promotional period (Package RRP normally $945; note the 2 courses bought separetely are $945). The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is limited.
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- Melboure Training Specials
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Option 1 (MELBOURNE):
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Selected Level 1 courses $775 from 12/12/2011
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Selected Level 1 public courses in our Melbourne Training Centres are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 2 (MELBOURNE):
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Selected Level 2 courses $775 from 12/12/2011
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Selected Level 2 public courses in our Melbourne Training Centres are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 3 (MELBOURNE):
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Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get a 1-day course FREE
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Support your staff by upskilling them.
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Alpha is offering a FREE 1-day course to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Melbourne Training Centre during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is a limited offer, and will be limited to specific 1-day courses. Courses will be invoiced together (two 2-day courses, at RRP pricing, plus 1-day free course) and must be paid in full before course commencement to obtain free course. Register for TWO public 2-day courses to obtain the FREE 1-day course.
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Option 4 (MELBOURNE):
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Buy Acrobat Package for $775 (Package RRP normally $945) from 12/12/2011
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The Acrobat Package (Acrobat for Business and Acrobat Advanced) public courses in our Sydney-Brisbane-Melbourne Training Centres is now $775 during the promotional period (Package RRP normally $945; note the 2 courses bought separetely are $945). The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is limited.
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- Canberra Training Specials
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Option 1 (CANBERRA):
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Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get 10% OFF
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Support your staff by upskilling them.
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Alpha is offering a 10% discount to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Canberra Training Centre during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is a limited offer. Courses will be invoiced together (two 2-day courses, at RRP pricing, less 10%) and must be paid in full before course commencement to obtain free course. Register for TWO public 2-day courses to obtain the 10% discount.
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Option 2 (CANBERRA):
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Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get a 1-day course FREE
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Support your staff by upskilling them.
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Alpha is offering a FREE 1-day course to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Canberra Training Centre during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is a limited offer, and will be limited to specific 1-day courses. Courses will be invoiced together (two 2-day courses, at RRP pricing, plus 1-day free course) and must be paid in full before course commencement to obtain free course. Register for TWO public 2-day courses to obtain the FREE 1-day course.
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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
Specials are subject to our terms and conditions
Gift Vouchers
When you give an Alpha Computer Consultants Gift voucher, you let people choose their own reward from the entire list of courses and consulting we provide. It is much more effective than other incentive schemes as they can choose which courses they want to benefit from.
