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Duration:
Instructor-led Classroom Learning - 1.00 Day(s)
Online Anytime - Self Paced
Mentored Learning - Flexible
Overview:
In this course students will learn the basics of creating documents with
InDesign.
At Course Completion:
- Identify and use InDesign® environment elements; and navigate through
an InDesign® document. - Create and modify text and graphic frames; and
import text and images from other applications. - Use master pages and
guides to design a document's layout and to add automatic page
numbering; and apply masters to document pages. - Import text; thread
text throughout a document; reflow text threads; and change the number
of columns. - Define colors and swatches and apply them to fills and
strokes of frames. - Apply character formatting; apply paragraph
formatting; create styles to streamline formatting; and set text inset
spacing. - Place and manipulate graphics; control text wrap around
graphics; and create and manage layers. - Apply transparency effects to
native objects and placed images and graphics; and work with
Transparency Flattener settings. - Create sophisticated tables. -
Prepare documents for handoff to commercial printers. - Create Acrobat
PDF files for the Web and for print.
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| Outline: |
| Lesson 1: InDesign Environment |
InDesign Environment Elements
Document Navigation
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| Lesson 2: Basic Documents |
Document Setup
Creating Text
Working with Graphics
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| Lesson 3: Master Pages |
Creating Masters
Applying Masters
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| Lesson 4: Importing and Threading Text |
Importing Text
Threading Text
Changing Text Threads
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| Lesson 5: Colors, Swatches, and Gradients |
Colors and Swatches
Gradients
Applying Fills and Strokes to Frames and Type
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| Lesson 6: Formatting Type |
Character Formatting
Paragraph Formatting
Styles
Text Inset Spacing
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| Lesson 7: Graphics and Layout |
Placing and Manipulating Graphics
Text Wrap
Layers
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| Lesson 8: Transparency |
Applying Transparency
Transparency Effects and Blending Modes
Printing with Transparency
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| Lesson 9: Using Tables |
Creating Tables
Formatting Tables
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| Lesson 10: Preparing for Handoff to a Service Provider |
Commercial Printing Overview
Preflighting
Printing
Packaging Files
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| Lesson 11: Creating Acrobat PDF Files |
PDF Files for the Web
PDF Presets
PDF Files for Printing |
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