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InDesign Advanced

Course description

Who Should Attend

 

InDesign CC is built for designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments.

 

Prerequisites

 

InDesign Level I or equivalent experience, plus the prerequisites for Level I.

 

What You Will Learn

 

         Working with Styles

         Importing and Modifying Graphics

         Creating Tables

         Working with Transparency

         Printing and Exporting

         Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields

         Creating and Exporting an ebook

         Working with Long Documents

 

What Students Have Said About this Advanced InDesign Training

 

Wonderful class with an extremely knowledgable instructor. Definitely took my InDesign knowledge to the next level. - Vicki A., Cultural Vistas

 

Another great class by Jane (Instructor). Jane is extremely knowledgeable and brings a wealth of knowledge to the class. ThinkBig is a premier training site. Very impressed with the company. - Michael D. Department of Defense

 

The two-day InDesign Advanced training was awesome! I realized that what I thought I knew about the program was so minuscule compared to everything it can do. The instructor was fantastic I learned so much. Great class! - Loren M. EBA Engineering

 

 

Related Training and Certification Classes

 

Illustrator CC Advanced

Illustrator CC Intro

Photoshop CC Advanced

Photoshop CC Intro

InDesign CC Intro

Digital Publishing Suite

ePUB Produce Digital Publications for Web & Mobile Devices

 

 

Course Outline

 

1. Working with Styles

         Getting started

         Creating and applying paragraph styles

         Creating and applying character styles

         Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles

         Creating and applying object styles

         Creating and applying table and cell styles

         Globally updating styles

         Loading styles from another document

         Exploring on your own

 

2. Importing and Modifying Graphics

         Getting started

         Adding graphics from other programs

         Comparing vector and bitmap graphics

         Managing links to imported files

         Updating revised graphics

         Adjusting display quality

         Working with clipping paths

         Working with alpha channels

         Importing native Adobe graphics files

         Using a library to manage objects

         Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics

         Exploring on your own

 

3. Creating Tables

         Getting started

         Converting text to a table

         Formatting a table

         Creating a header row

         Adding graphics to table cells

         Creating and applying table and cell styles

         Exploring on your own

 

4. Working with Transparency

         Getting started

         Importing and colorizing a grayscale image

         Applying transparency settings

         Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics

         Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency

         Applying transparency settings to text

         Working with effects

         Exploring on your own

 

5. Printing and Exporting

         Getting started

         Preflighting files

         Packaging files

         Creating an Adobe PDF proof

         Previewing separations

         Previewing how transparency effects will be flattened

         Previewing the page

         Printing a laser or inkjet proof

         Using the Ink Manager

         Exploring on your own

 

6. Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields

         Getting started

         Adding form fields

         Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file

         Exploring on your own

 

7. Creating and Exporting an ebook

         Getting started

         Completing the booklet

         Choosing the content of an ebook

         Adding metadata

         Exporting an EPUB file

         Exploring on your own

 

8. Working with Long Documents

         Getting started

         Starting a book

         Creating a running footer

         Adding a footnote

         Adding a cross-reference

         Synchronizing a book

         Generating a table of contents

         Indexing a book

         Exploring on your own

 

Disclaimer:

All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. To ensure student satisfaction, these course topics and order may be modified or added to ensure the latest information is covered to support real world use of the technology.


Disclaimer: All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. The course topics and order of presentation may be modified based upon the needs of each individual class.