InDesign CS6 : Introduction

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1 Course Description Adobe InDesign allows you to deliver beautiful layouts and highly sophisticated documents for print quickly and easily. This two day Adobe authorised introductory course is designed to give you a comprehensive working knowledge of Adobe InDesign. Day one of the course concentrates on building a document layout from scratch. Day two will explore more advanced layout and typographical controls, clipping paths, working with layers, creating multipage documents and using Live PreFlight for trouble-free production and printing. This course will give you an excellent grounding in Adobe InDesign. This is an introductory course for new to page layout software and InDesign. If you are an QuarkXPress user migrating to Adobe InDesign, there is a separate two day Adobe InDesign Migration course. Pre-Course Requirements You need no previous experience to attend this course. Page 1/5

2 Pricing & Availability Course Duration: Public Scheduled Course: Public Scheduled Dates: Two Days plus VAT at London Bridge (Sold Out) at London Bridge at London Bridge (Sold Out) at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge at London Bridge Private Course: plus VAT for individual tuition. Call for prices for private groups of two or more. Follow-on Courses: InDesign CS6: Advanced Adobe Digital Publishing Suite - Creating and Publishing to Tablet Devices InDesign CS6: Creating epubs InDesign CS6: Rich Media Publishing - creating interactive Flash content InDesign CS6: and XML Page 2/5

3 Trouble-free Printing Post-Course Support: The cost of the course includes lunch, course notes to take away, a certificate and six months telephone Helpline support. Page 3/5

4 Day one The InDesign interface Creating a new document Creating and using frames The N-up View Working with text Placing text Selecting and editing text Handling missing fonts Drag and drop text Using the Content Indicator Parent and Child frames Smart guides and smart spacing Formatting copy Character-level formatting Paragraph-level formatting Using the Eyedropper tool Creating drop caps Working with styles Character and paragraph styles Creating styles Editing and applying styles Introducing nested styles Removing style formatting Organising styles using Style Groups Working with graphics Using Mini-Bridge Different file formats Placing multiple graphics Wrapping text around images Manipulating graphics Understanding fitting options Sizing images with Auto-fit Layout controls Understanding the notion of Gridify Working with the Gap tool Using Live Distribute Understanding Liquid Layouts PSD and PDF layer options Understanding colour Spot and process colours Using stroke and fill options Creating tints Sampling colours from images Day two Multi-page documents Using the Pages panel Targeting pages and spreads Editing copy Using the Story Editor Using Find/Change Using the Track Changes feature Using the Spell Checker Working with transparency Creating drop shadows The Flattener Preview panels Transforming objects Scaling objects vs contents Transforming objects Rotating a spread Grouping and ungrouping Finessing text content Threading and unthreading frames The Auto-Fit text function Flowing text through frames Text frame options Document baseline grids Multi-column text frames Allowing text to flow across columns Hanging punctuation Working with Master Pages Master Page guidelines Creating and editing Masters Applying Master Pages Auto-numbering pages Mixing different page sizes in InDesign Using the Page tool Combining text and graphics Image import options Images with clipping paths Creating a new clipping path Removing image backgrounds Editing clipping paths Tolerance and threshold options Exporting and printing Exporting as a PDF Using Live PreFlight Anticipating potential problems Page 4/5

5 Powered by TCPDF ( Laying out pages accurately Using rulers, grids and guides Working with layers Questions and answers Packaging files for handoff Exporting as a.folio file for the Digital Publishing Suite Questions and answers Page 5/5