InDesign CS3 for QuarkXPress Users

The InDesign Environment
Setting Preferences, Defaults and Presets
Using the tools and panels
Control panel
Using contextual menus
Opening and closing documents
Navigating a document

Document Layout
Setting up pages and basic layout options
Using rulers, guides, grids and layers
Targeting and Selecting pages
Working with pages and spreads
Automatic page numbering and sections
Using master pages including parent/child masters
Using the all new powerful find & change.

Laying out pages with frames
Creating and using Frames
Using the frame tools
Creating text and graphic frames
Setting frame properties

Working with Text
Linking text frames
Importing and exporting text
Placing text in frames
Threading text through frames
Setting text frame properties
Smart text handling
Editing text
Finding and changing text
Checking spelling
Baseline Grid

Formatting Type
Formatting characters
Formatting paragraphs
Working with tabs
Controlling hyphenation and justification
Optical kerning and alignment

Working with Styles
Creating and applying paragraph styles
Nested & next paragraph styles
Overriding local formatting
Copying & loading styles from other documents
Object styles
Redefining Paragraph, Character & Object styles

Importing Graphics
Placing multiple images
Fitting content to frames
Fitting frames to content
Managing links and embedded images
Introduction to working with clipping paths
Importing native Photoshop files
Full resolution preview

Combining Text and Graphics
Drawing Shapes
Drawing basic shapes
Drawing basic freeform shapes

Effects & Transparency
Creating transparency
Using effects Drop Shadows, Feathering and Gradient.
Flattener Preview
Importing files with transparency
Photoshop effects within InDesign Bevel & Embossing, Inner & Outer Glows etc.

Selecting and Transforming Objects
Moving objects
Using the Transform panel
Grouping and ungrouping objects
Anchored Objects
Alignment tools (greatly expanded even from CS2 )
Pathfinder

Using Colours
Defining and applying colours
Importing colours from colour libraries
Mixed Inks
Loading colours from other applications
Creating and applying gradients

Tables
Creating tables
Merge/Unmerge Cells
Table headers and footers
Viewing cell frame edges
Saving Table and Cell styles

Exporting InDesign Documents
PDF
PDF/X
JPEG
EPS

Printing
Preparing for commercial printing
Installing and selecting a PPD
Separation Preview
Printing a document
Performing a preflight check before printing
Packaging files for hand off

File Management with Adobe Bridge