Adobe InDesign Level 1

Summary

Course Aim:

This course introduces users to the page layout and design application of InDesign. Users will be able to use InDesign to produce publishing material such as basic flyers and newsletters. Our comprehensive 200-page courseware will be supplied.

Course Prerequisites:

Previous experience using applications on a PC or Macintosh is an essential prerequisite for this course. QuarkXPress/PageMaker basic users will also find this course productive.

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
  • 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:

Topic 1 The InDesign Interface

  • Topic Objectives
  • The Welcome Screen
  • Application bar
  • The Tools panel
  • An Overview of the Tools panel
  • Using context menus
  • The Control panel
  • Displaying InDesign’s panels
  • Panel menus
  • Resizing panels
  • Moving panels
  • Dock and undock panels
  • <
  • Using Workspaces
  • Zooming in and out
  • Scrolling the view
  • Turning pages in a document
  • Managing Document windows
  • About Adobe Bridge
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 2 InDesign Preferences

  • Topic Objectives
  • Modifying keyboard shortcuts
  • Application defaults and documents defaults
  • Setting preferences
  • Where preferences are saved
  • Restoring InDesign’s preferences and defaults
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 3 Creating Documents

  • Topic Objectives
  • Creating a new document
  • Examining the document window
  • Modifying document setup
  • Modifying the margins and columns
  • Making unequal column widths
  • Using ruler guides
  • Defining document presets
  • Preview mode
  • Opening documents
  • Using templates
  • Saving documents
  • Saving to previous InDesign versions
  • Opening QuarkXPress and PageMaker files
  • Recovering documents after system failures
  • Undoing and reverting
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 4 Drawing Paths, Lines and Shapes

  • Topic Objectives
  • Drawing lines and basic shapes
  • Parts of a path
  • Drawing with the Pen tool
  • Drawing curved segments with the Pen tool
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 5 Adding Text and Graphics

  • Topic Objectives
  • Typing or pasting text
  • Placing text
  • Adding placeholder text
  • Making the frame fit the text
  • Placing graphics
  • Placing multiple graphics
  • Fitting a graphic to its frame
  • Resizing graphics
  • Placing InDesign documents
  • Moving a frame and its content
  • Grouping objects
  • Selecting objects
  • Copying an image into a new frame
  • Stacking objects
  • The reference point locator
  • Use smart guides to align objects
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 6 Master Pages

  • Topic Objectives
  • About master pages
  • Editing master pages
  • Creating a master page
  • Using automatic page numbering
  • Applying master pages to document pages
  • Customising master objects
  • Preventing a master item from being overridden
  • Restoring master objects
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 7 Using Layers

  • Topic Objectives
  • The Layers panel
  • Creating layers
  • Putting objects on to layers
  • Rearranging layers
  • Hiding or showing a layer
  • Locking layers
  • Deleting a layer
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 8 Working with Text

  • Topic Objectives
  • Text frames
  • Creating text frames
  • Moving and resizing text frames
  • Connecting text frames
  • Threading
  • Unthreading
  • Word and character count
  • Methods for flowing text
  • Setting text frame options
  • Displaying hidden characters
  • Text selection techniques
  • Using Glyphs
  • Using special characters
  • Using white space characters
  • Inserting break characters
  • Linked text files
  • Text import filters
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 9 Formatting Text

  • Topic Objectives
  • Fonts and Typefaces
  • Using the Control panel to format text
  • Using the the Character panel
  • Choosing a font and style
  • Setting type size
  • Leading
  • Setting kerning and tracking values
  • Using Optical Kerning
  • Scaling Type
  • Baseline shift
  • Skewing or distorting text
  • Capitalisation
  • Making characters superscript or subscript
  • Underline and strikethrough
  • Paragraph formatting
  • Text alignment
  • Setting space above or below
  • Indenting text
  • Drop caps
  • Hyphenation
  • OpenType fonts
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 10 Text Wrap

  • Topic Objectives
  • Wrap To options
  • Making a frame ignore text wrap
  • Changing the shape of a text wrap
  • Changing preferences for text wrap
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 11 Colours and Gradients

  • Topic Objectives
  • Process colours
  • Spot colours
  • Named and unnamed colours
  • Applying fill and stroke colour to objects
  • The Swatches panel
  • Using the Swatches panel to create colours
  • Pantone and other colour libraries
  • Using colours from other InDesign documents
  • Gradients
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 12 Paragraph and Character Styles

  • Topic Objectives
  • Using styles
  • The Paragraph and Character Styles panels
  • Creating styles “by example”
  • Working with style groups
  • Applying paragraph and character styles
  • Clearing style overrides
  • Editing styles
  • Importing styles from another document
  • Deleting paragraph and character styles
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 13 Using Graphics

  • Topic Objectives
  • Vector artwork
  • Bitmap images
  • Choosing a graphics format
  • Resolution
  • Controlling display quality of images
  • Managing placed graphics
  • The Links panel
  • Replacing and relinking links
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 14 Transparency Effects

  • Topic Objectives
  • The Effects panel
  • Applying transparency effects
  • Overview of transparency effects
  • Editing a transparency effect
  • Copying transparency effects
  • Clearing effects from an object
  • Screen display of transparent objects
  • Transparency flattening
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 15 Preflighting, Packaging and Printing

  • Topic Objectives
  • Preflighting a document
  • Defining preflight profiles
  • View and resolve preflight errors
  • Resolve errors
  • Select a different profile
  • Packaging files
  • The Print Dialogue Box
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 16 Outputting to PDF

  • Topic Objectives
  • Producing PDF files for approval
  • Producing press quality PDF files
  • Exporting to PDF format
  • InDesign’s PDF Presets
  • Using PDF presets
  • PDF General options
  • PDF Compression options
  • PDF Marks and bleeds options
  • PDF Colour management options
  • PDF Advanced options
  • PDF Security options
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Appendix A Colour Management

Appendix B Adobe Bridge

Appendix C Keyboard Shortcuts

Appendix: Index

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Packages

Packages Available

Adobe InDesign Level 1 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 1 Package

  • Acrobat for Business, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop Level 1
  • 7 days

Visit our packages page for more information

Specials

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Selected Level 1 courses $800 from 27/04/2010

Selected Level 1 public courses in our Sydney-Brisbane-Melbourne Training Centres are now $800 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can’t be taken with another offer or promotion.

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eLearning DVD

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

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

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Duration

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