Adobe InDesign Level 2

Summary

Course Aim:

This course builds on the skills developed in the InDesign Level 1 course and includes more complex page layout and formatting techniques.

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
  • 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 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
  • Using frames when designing pages
  • Setting frame fitting options
  • Pages and spreads
  • Targeting and selecting
  • Creating multiple-page spreads
  • Adding pages to a document
  • Moving and arranging pages
  • Duplicating a page or spread
  • Deleting a page or spread
  • Page Numbering and Section Options
  • Adding story jump-lines
  • Use power zoom
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 5 Transforming Objects

  • Topic Objectives
  • Smart Guides
  • The point of origin when transforming
  • Transforming objects
  • Transforming only the image within the frame
  • Rotating objects
  • Scaling objects
  • Reflecting objects
  • Shearing objects
  • The Free Transform tool
  • Repeating transformations
  • Clearing transformations
  • Duplicating objects
  • Locking an object’s position
  • Step and repeat
  • Aligning objects
  • Topic Objectives
  • 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
  • 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 Objectives
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

Topic 8 Type Composition

  • Topic Objectives
  • Adjusting kerning between words
  • Avoiding word breaks
  • Controlling spacing in justified text
  • Flush space
  • 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 to Flash (SWF & XFL)
  • Export to Flash (SWF)
  • Export to Flash (XFL)
  • About PostScript files
  • Exporting device-independent PostScript files
  • Print Presets
  • Topic Summary
  • Topic Review

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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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eLearning DVD

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

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  • PhotoShop Level 1
  • Illustrator Level 1
  • InDesign Level 1
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Duration

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