Adobe InDesign Training | Level 1

Our Adobe InDesign CS3 course is a beginning course for InDesign.

This is a level 1 course. No previous experience with the program is required. All students should be familiar with using a mouse,
file management and general operations of a Macintosh or Windows operating system.

Adobe InDesign Training Course Outline

Unit 1: A Quick Tour of InDesign

* What is InDesign?
* Navigating in InDesign
* Zooming a document
* Place and flow text in frames
* Working with styles
* Placing graphics
* Working with master pages

Unit 2: Working with Frames

* Modifying text frames
* Modifying graphics frames
* Wrapping text around an object
* Fitting the content to the frame
* Modifying the stroke of a frame
* Transforming a frame

Unit 3: Creating and Applying Colors

* Adding colors to the Swatches palette
* Applying colors to objects
* Creating a spot color
* Applying color to text

Unit 4: Tints and Gradients

* Working with gradients
* Creating a tint

Unit 5: Importing and Editing Text

* Flowing text
* Working with styles
* Showing hidden characters
* Threading text
* Changing the number of columns
* Creating and applying a character style
* Finding and changing
* Spell-checking a story

Unit 6: Working with Typography

* Preparing and using a baseline grid
* Changing type spacing and appearance
* Adding special characters
* Creating a table using tabs

Unit 7: Creating a PDF

* Importing and Linking Graphics
* Adding graphics from other programs
* Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
* Managing links to imported files
* Using a library to manage objects

We offer InDesign CS3 Training classes in Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, Austin, Boston, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, Chicago, and many other cities throughout the country via our partner network. We also offer one-on-one or onsite InDesign training nationwide.