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InDesign Introduction

Course description

Who Should Attend

 

InDesign 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

 

You should have a good working knowledge of your computer and its operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands, and also how to open, save, and close files, and navigate to other folders.

 

What You Will Learn

 

         An overview to the workspace

         Getting to Know InDesign

         Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages

         Working with Objects

         Flowing Text

         Editing Text

         Working with Typography

         Working with Color

 

What Students Have Said About this Introduction to InDesign Training

 

One of the best classes I have ever had, can t wait to apply what I ve learned! I hadn t used InDesign for 3 versions and didn t have the time to learn it on my own. Now after taking this class, I m excited about all the changes and can t wait to apply them! - Crista S. Department of Defense

 

This class was very useful in teaching me the right way to use InDesign. I can stop trying to find out how to do the simple tasks that took me a lot of time previously. -Anonymous

 

This class was really helpful to provide me with a baseline knowledge of InDesign. I feel like I can go back to work and actually use the program with some confidence thanks to this workshop. -Alanna B. JHU

 

The teacher was friendly, knowledgeable, personable went beyond what the book taught and used real life examples Stephanie C. JHMI

 

The instructor was well versed and knowledgeable in InDesign. She answered all of my additional questions, and I had many. She is very patient and professional. I look forward to taking my other registered classes with this instructor. The facility was awesome and everyone was friendly. The office staff took care of my every needs. Sherri H. Baltimore County Public Schools

 

The Adobe InDesign course taught by Jane Edwards was incredibly useful for beginners of InDesign. As someone who creates bulletins, brochures, and fliers, I feel much more confident to create documents from the ground up, including Master pages, templates, color swatches, and formatting that my company is currently not using. We rely heavily on a printer/graphic team and I m looking forward to taking over some of those responsibilities and to be able to edit my own documents. - Emily W. The Maryland Club

 

Think Big Learn Smart InDesign class was great experience. I learned how to navigate InDesign. I am an Adobe user and now I m aware of tools and commands I never knew I had. I m excited to apply what I have learned to me day to day projects. - Amanda C. H&M Wagner

 

 

Related Training and Certification Courses

 

Illustrator CC Advanced

Illustrator CC Intro

Photoshop CC Advanced

Photoshop CC Intro

InDesign CC Advanced

Digital Publishing Suite

ePUB Produce Digital Publications for Web & Mobile Devices

 

Course Outline

 

1. Introducing the Workspace

         Getting started

         Looking at the workspace

         Working with panels

         Customizing the workspace

         Navigating through a document

         Using context menus

         Exploring on your own

 

2. Getting to Know InDesign

         Getting started

         Viewing guides

         Preflighting as you work

         Adding text

         Working with styles

         Working with graphics

         Working with objects

         Working with object styles

         Viewing the document in Presentation mode

         Exploring on your own

 

3. Setting up a Document and Working with Pages

         Getting started

         Creating and saving custom document settings

         Creating a new document

         Switching between open InDesign documents

         Working with master pages

         Applying master pages to document pages

         Adding new document pages

         Rearranging and deleting document pages

         Changing the size of pages

         Adding sections to change page numbering

         Overriding master page items on document pages and placing text and graphics

         Viewing the completed spread

         Exploring on your own

 

4. Working with Objects

         Getting started

         Working with layers

         Creating and modifying text frames

         Creating and modifying graphics frames

         Adding metadata captions to graphics frames

         Placing and linking graphics frames

         Changing the shape of a frame

         Wrapping text around a graphic

         Modifying the shape of frames

         Transforming and aligning objects

         Selecting and modifying grouped objects

         Creating a QR code

         Finishing up

         Exploring on your own

 

5. Flowing Text

         Getting started

         Flowing text into an existing frame

         Flowing text manually

         Creating text frames while flowing text

         Flowing text automatically

         Creating threaded frames automatically

         Resizing text frames automatically

         Adding a jump line page number

         Exploring on your own

 

6. Editing Text

         Getting started

         Finding and changing a missing font

         Entering and importing text

         Finding and changing text and formatting

         Checking spelling

         Editing text by dragging and dropping

         Using the Story Editor

         Tracking changes

         Exploring on your own

 

7. Working with Typography

         Getting started

         Adjusting vertical spacing

         Changing fonts and type styles

         Fine-tuning columns

         Changing paragraph alignment

         Creating a drop cap

         Adjusting letter and word spacing

         Adjusting line breaks

         Setting tabs

         Adding a rule above a paragraph

         Exploring on your own

 

8. Working with Color

         Getting started

         Managing color

         Synchronizing color settings in Adobe Bridge

         Specifying color settings in InDesign

         Displaying images at full resolution

         Proofing colors onscreen

         Defining printing requirements

         Creating and applying colors

         Working with gradients

         Creating a tint

         Creating a spot color

         Applying colors to text and objects

         Using advanced gradient techniques

         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.