Topic 1 Advanced searching using GREP expressions

Topic Objectives
Using GREP expressions
Tips for constructing GREP searches
GREP search examples

Metacharacters for Searching
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Topic 2 Text Variables and Snippets

Topic Objectives
About text variables
Creating or editing text variables
Inserting text variables
Variable types
Creating variables for running headers/footers
Deleting text variables
Converting text variables to text

Importing text variables from other documents
Creating snippets
Adding snippets to a document
Controlling where snippets are placed
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Topic 3 Footnotes

Topic Objectives
Creating a footnote
Changing footnote numbering and layout
Options for footnote numbering and formatting
Options for Footnote layout

Deleting footnotes
Tips for using footnotes
Importing footnotes from Microsoft Word .
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Topic 4 Hyphenation and Spelling Dictionaries

Topic Objectives
Hyphenation and spelling dictionaries
Creating user dictionaries
Managing user dictionaries
Adding words to a dictionary
Removing and editing words in a dictionary
Exporting word lists

Importing word lists into an InDesign dictionary
Dictionary preferences
Tips for sharing dictionaries in a workgroup
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Topic 5 Tips for Layout and Typography

Topic Objectives
Using the Control panel to create structured layouts
Using linked master text frames
Automatically Adjusting Layout
Guidelines for using layout adjustment
Enabling layout adjustment

Layout Adjustment options
Leading and the baseline grid
Other strategies to avoid badly aligned text
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Topic 6 Overprinting and Trapping Colours

Topic Objectives
About overprinting
Overprinting a stroke or fill
Changing the black overprint setting
About trapping
Trapping strategies
Automatic Trapping
Differences between In-RIP and Built-in trapping

About Trap Presets
Creating or modifying a trap preset
Assigning a trap preset to pages
Creating a composite trapped PDF file
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Topic 7 Printing Colour Separations

Topic Objectives
Two common print workflows
Colour separating gradients
Previewing colour separations
Previewing colour separation plates
Previewing ink coverage
Returning to normal view

The Ink Manager
Separating spot colours as process
Creating an alias for a spot colour
Printing or saving separations
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Topic 8 Adding Interactivity

Topic Objectives
About InDesign’s interactive features
Hyperlinks
Hyperlink destinations
Creating a Page destination
Creating a text anchor destination
Creating a URL destination
Creating Hyperlinks
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

Placing movies and sound files
Placing a movie or sound file into InDesign
Linking to a movie on the Internet
Movie options
Creating buttons
Adding behaviors to buttons
Setting button properties
Editing or deleting a button behavior
Converting an object into a button
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Topic 9 Introduction to XML

Topic Objectives
What is XML?
Example of XML and InDesign workflow
Exporting tags to an XML File
Importing XML Files into Tagged Templates

Automatically Formatting Tagged Text
Additional XML Training
Topic Summary
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Topic 10 Creating an Index

Topic Objectives
About indexing
Adding index markers

Generating an index
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Topic 11 Transparency

Topic Objectives
Blending modes
Isolating blending modes to a group
The Knockout Group option
About Transparency Flattening
Transparency Flattener Presets
Creating or editing flattener presets
Transparency flattener options

Working with flattener presets
Flattening individual spreads
Spot colours and blending modes
Type and Transparency
Using the Flattener Preview panel
Flattener Preview panel highlight options
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Topic 12 Data Merge

Topic Objectives
About data merge
Basic steps for merging data
Selecting a data source for the target document
Creating the target document

Previewing records in the target document
Merging records
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Topic 13 Automating InDesign Using Scripting

Topic Objectives
What is scripting?
Why use scripting?
Scripting requirements

Installing scripts
A Sample Script
Additional Scripting Resources
Additional Scripting Training

Topic 14 Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts

Appendix A: Adobe Version Cue

About Version Cue
Overview of Version Cue
Version Cue workflow
Accessing Version Cue features
Using the Adobe dialogue box
Enabling Version Cue file management
Viewing Version Cue information
Installing the Version Cue Server
Turning on and configuring the Version Cue Server
Connecting to remote servers
Shutting down or restarting the Version Cue Server
About Version Cue projects
Creating projects
Opening a project
Editing project properties
Change a project’s shared status
Adding files and folders to a project

Deleting projects
Disconnecting from projects
About local project files
Opening a file in a project
Saving changes to a local project file
Removing local project files
Editing files checked out by another user
Updating a file with the most recent version
Moving and copying Version Cue files
Searching for Version Cue files
Placing Version Cue files
Deleting files or folders from a project
About versions
Viewing, promoting, and deleting versions
About offline files
Synchronizing files

Appendix B: Index