Adobe InDesign Upgrade

Summary

Course Aim:

This 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

  • Productivity enhancements
  • Text and tables improvements
  • Graphics and drawing improvements
  • Interactivity features
  • Extensive integration
  • User interface enhancements

Topic 1 Interface & wide features

  • Topic Objectives
  • Displaying InDesign’s panels
  • Panel menus
  • Resizing panels
  • Dock and undock panels
  • Using Workspaces
  • Managing Document windows
  • About Adobe Bridge
  • Use power zoom
  • Arranging Multiple Windows (N-up view)
  • Working with ConnectNow
  • Rotate the spread view

Topic 2 Productivity features

  • Topic Objectives
  • Constraining proportions when placing graphics
  • New Page sizes
  • The Links panel
  • Preflighting a document
  • Defining preflight profiles
  • View and resolve preflight errors
  • Resolve errors
  • Select a different profile
  • Define a preflight profile
  • Select a profile for preflighting
  • Set Preflight options
  • Save error report
  • Use smart guides to align objects
  • Create nested line styles
  • Placing multiple graphics as a contact sheet
  • Using the Gradient tools
  • Use conditional text
  • Create conditions
  • Apply conditions to text
  • Show or hide conditions
  • Use condition sets

Topic 3 Interactivity features

  • Topic Objectives
  • Exporting formats
  • Exporting to Flash (SWF & XFL)
  • Export to Flash (SWF)
  • Export to Flash (XFL)
  • Hyperlinks (redesigned)
  • Hyperlink destinations
  • Creating buttons
  • 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 in a PDF

Appendix A: Index

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Packages

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

2010 Training Special for Sydney-Brisbane-Melbourne-Canberra Centres

Option 1 (SYD-BRIS-MELB):

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.

Option 2 (SYD-BRIS-MELB-CANB):

Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get a 1-day course FREE

Support your staff by upskilling them.

Alpha is offering a FREE 1-day course to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Sydney-Brisbane-Melbourne-Canberra Training Centres during the promotional period. The offer can’t be taken with another offer or promotion 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.

Option 3 (SYD-BRIS-MELB):

Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get 15% OFF both courses

Support your staff by upskilling them.

Alpha is offering a 15% discount OFF to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Sydney-Brisbane-Melbourne Training Centre during the promotional period. The offer can’t be taken with another offer or promotion. Courses will be invoiced together (two 2-day courses to one attendee, at RRP pricing, less 15% OFF) and must be paid in full before course commencement to obtain free course. Register for TWO public 2-day courses to obtain the 15% discount off.

Option 4 (SYD-BRIS-MELB):

Buy Acrobat Package for $800 (Package RRP normally $850) from 27/04/2010

The Acrobat Package (Acrobat for Business and Acrobat Advanced) public courses in our Sydney-Brisbane-Melbourne Training Centres is now $800 during the promotional period (Package RRP normally $850; note the 2 courses bought separetely are $945). The offer can’t be taken with another offer or promotion and is limited.

 

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

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.

As part of our new launch of these gift vouchers, when you purchase 2 or more vouchers you will go into the running to win a corporate pack, which includes a Free 1 day public course of your choice, an eLearning CD Package ( where applicable) and a bottle of wine.

Course cost

$CALL

Less with Packages

Duration

.5 day (or 1 day with PS-AI)

Registration Steps:

  1. 1.Choose your course,
  2. 2.Contact us for specials/availablility,
  3. 3.Return to this site and register online using the BUY link in your city timetable or call us.

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