InDesign CS3 Introduction
InDesign
Training
Provided by Harlequin Solutions.
This course is designed to get new users up and running in the cutting edge page layout and desktop publishing application Adobe InDesign.
At the end of the course delegates will feel confident to produce single and multi-page documents in InDesign and will have an understanding of the new and time saving features in this application.
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InDesign CS3 Introduction
The Interface
Using tools, panels and contextual menus
Changing view sizes and navigating through a document
Creating documents
Creating a new document
Bleeds and Slugs
Opening and saving documents and templates
Using guides, rules and grids
Opening and creating master pages
Understanding Document Presets and Preferences
Creating objects
Drawing shapes and lines
Selecting moving and duplicating objects
The Selection and Direct selection tools
Info panel
Shape to Shape conversion
Changing the size, proportions or orientation of an object
Anchored Objects
Working with text
How text frames work
Importing text
Text frame options
Threading text frames
Character and Paragraph formatting
Basic hyphenation and justification
Using the eyedropper tool
Creating and applying paragraph and character styles
Tables
Working with indents and tabs
Creating, editing and formatting tables
Adding images to tables
Graphics
Understanding graphic formats
Placing vector and bitmapped graphics
Fitting graphics in frames
Placing PDF files
Managing links
Wrapping text around graphics
Colour
Understanding spot and process colour
The swatches panel
using swatch libraries
Creating tints and gradients
Applying colour to fills and stokes
Using the gradient tools on fills, strokes and text
Copying attributes between objects
Moving colours between documents.
Sampling colours from imported graphics
Working with objects
Using layers
Stacking objects
Duplicating objects
Aligning and distributing objects
Pages
Moving and re-ordering Pages
Paths
Drawing with the pen tool
Adjusting points and segments
Placing text on paths
Creating paths from text outlines
Master pages
Creating masters and based on masters
Adding automatic page numbering and other
Working with master page objects
Automating text
Find/Change
Defining Styles
Headers and Footers
Libraries
Creating, indexing and using InDesign libraries
Transparency
Selecting blending modes
Adding drop shadows and feathering edges
Flattener Preview panel
Outputting documents
Setting up documents for printing
Printing options and styles
Exporting PDFs
Snippets
File Management with
Adobe Bridge
Using Adobe Bridge in conjunction with InDesign
Using tools, panels and contextual menus
Changing view sizes and navigating through a document
Creating documents
Creating a new document
Bleeds and Slugs
Opening and saving documents and templates
Using guides, rules and grids
Opening and creating master pages
Understanding Document Presets and Preferences
Creating objects
Drawing shapes and lines
Selecting moving and duplicating objects
The Selection and Direct selection tools
Info panel
Shape to Shape conversion
Changing the size, proportions or orientation of an object
Anchored Objects
Working with text
How text frames work
Importing text
Text frame options
Threading text frames
Character and Paragraph formatting
Basic hyphenation and justification
Using the eyedropper tool
Creating and applying paragraph and character styles
Tables
Working with indents and tabs
Creating, editing and formatting tables
Adding images to tables
Graphics
Understanding graphic formats
Placing vector and bitmapped graphics
Fitting graphics in frames
Placing PDF files
Managing links
Wrapping text around graphics
Colour
Understanding spot and process colour
The swatches panel
using swatch libraries
Creating tints and gradients
Applying colour to fills and stokes
Using the gradient tools on fills, strokes and text
Copying attributes between objects
Moving colours between documents.
Sampling colours from imported graphics
Working with objects
Using layers
Stacking objects
Duplicating objects
Aligning and distributing objects
Pages
Moving and re-ordering Pages
Paths
Drawing with the pen tool
Adjusting points and segments
Placing text on paths
Creating paths from text outlines
Master pages
Creating masters and based on masters
Adding automatic page numbering and other
Working with master page objects
Automating text
Find/Change
Defining Styles
Headers and Footers
Libraries
Creating, indexing and using InDesign libraries
Transparency
Selecting blending modes
Adding drop shadows and feathering edges
Flattener Preview panel
Outputting documents
Setting up documents for printing
Printing options and styles
Exporting PDFs
Snippets
File Management with
Adobe Bridge
Using Adobe Bridge in conjunction with InDesign
About The Training Provider: Harlequin Solutions.
Harlequin Solutions. - Harlequin Training is the leading authorised Macromedia, Quark and Adobe training company for design, print and web applications as well as experts in Soft Skills, Microsoft and programming training.
Harlequin Training run public and private courses at our training centre in Ladbroke Grove in west London and can supply private courses at your offices. All of our courses are run by...
