Adobe Indesign is a page layout program, used extensively in the print industry, it can be used to create interactive pdf documents, books, magazines, brochures and annual reports and even corporate identities.

Course outlines:
• Desktop publishing concepts
• Create a multi-page document
• Add and position ‘box” elements
• Palettes
• Menus and dialog boxes
• Managing links
• Using the navigator
• Using the Control Palette
• Tool box
• Changing defaults and changing and creating keyboard shortcuts

Page Layout

• Creating and saving documents
• Opening and editing documents
• Using the frame tools
• Using guides
• Displaying hidden characters
• Using text frame options
• Working with tables
• Changing document setup
• Changing margins and columns
• Creating master pages
• Page numbering and sections
• Setting the baseline grid
• Using layers
• Saving document presets
• Creating templates
• Creating guides
• Creating interactive documents
• Combining files to books

Typography

• Importing text with or without formatting
• Modifying character attributes
• Modifying paragraph formats
• Creating paragraph/character styles
• Tracking/kerning and leading
• Changing case
• Text threading
• Linking text frames
• Tabulation
• Editing paragraph/character styles
• Using the story editior
• Creating and modifying tables
• Adding text to a path
• Using find and change
• Replace and insert characters
• Linking text frames
• Hyphenation and justification
• Hanging punctuation
• Applying rules
• Applying anchored objects
• The spell checker
• Creating dictionaries
• Converting text into outlines

Venue

Date: 28 July 2008 to 20 August 2008
Location: CityVarsity Johannesbug, Johannesburg
Cost: R3500

Contact: Oyama Dyosiba - Brand Manager
Company name: City Varsity
Telephone number: +27 11 634 9840
Email address oyamad@cityvarsity.co.za