Adobe Indesign

Objectives

Indesign

To introduce the student to the concepts involved in Desk Top Publishing. Delegates will learn crucial skills which will enable them to create a variety of documents, from one-page flyers and advertisements to lengthy reports. As well as covering the key menu options and features available in Indesign, the course will include basic design principles and tips, ensuring that their documents always look professional.
Throughout the course, delegates will be encouraged to apply their new knowledge to their current work environment and develop examples to take away with them on disk.


Introduction to Desk Top Publishing Concepts
File Management
Zooming, Scrolling and viewing

The Indesign Screen,
Menu's and Tools,
Starting a New Document.
Rulers, Guides and Guidelines

Creating Basic Drawn Elements
The Selection and Direct Selection Tool,
The Tool Palette,
The Colour Palette.

Creating Text and Picture Frames
Changing Frame Shapes,
Manipulating Frames,
Layering and Grouping Frames,
Modifying Text Frame Settings,
Bezier Boxes, Paths and Lines,
Frames, Dashes and Stripes.
Entering, Editing & Formatting Text
Importing Common PC Text File Formats,
Fonts, Missing Fonts,
Character Formatting,
Colour and Shade,
Paragraph Formatting,
Tracking & Kerning, Space Before and After,
Leading, First Baseline, Alignment,
Indents, Tabs & Rules,
Document Grid,
Hyphenation and Justification.

Threading Text Boxes
Flowing text, to boxes and to Lines,
Copying Linked Text Boxes.

Images
Importing PC Graphics Files
Common Graphic File Formats, Enhancing Imported Graphics,
Creating Text Run-arounds.

 

Building a Document
Page Size, Margin and Column Guides,
Facing pages,

Master Pages
Headers & Footers,
The Pages Palette,
Multipage Spreads,
Sections and Page Numbering.

Working With Styles,
Creating & Defining Styles,
The Style Palette,
Character Styles,
Paragraph Styles,
Appending Styles.

Long Documents
Building and Synchronising a Book,
Indexes and Lists.
Working With Graphic Frames
Modifying Graphic Frame Settings.

Colour
Describing Colour,
Specifying Colour,
Multi-ink Colours,
Blending Colours.

Printing
Fonts, Printer Fonts,
The Print Dialog Box,
Colour Separations, Print Styles.

Basic Layout & Design Principles

User Specific Questions & Examples.