Adobe InDesign course

This InDesign beginner training course allows you to take desktop publishing and design to a new level, combining extraordinary production power and creative freedom with tight integration with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat software.

Create simple documents and prepare them for print or export as a PDF. Topics in this training course include learning the work area, working with text and graphics, creating simple vector based graphics, and the basics of design.
Adobe InDesign Level 1 Course Outline

Managing the Adobe InDesign CS environment

* Preferences
* Customize your workspace
* Set general preferences
* Manage document presets
* Workspace and Window arrangement

Designing documents

* Create a new document
* Alter a document's layout
* Create the structure of a document
* Develop Master Pages
* Manage Text and Graphic Placement
* Develop Layers

Managing and Formatting Text

* Add Tex
* Edit Text
* Spell Check Text
* Thread Text
* Find/ Change
* Change Text Threads
* Format Characters
* Format Paragraphs
* Numbering paragraphs
* Text variables
* Manage Styles
* Style Groups
* Quick Apply
* Text Wrap
* Text on a path
* Rules
* The Glyphs panel

Objects

* Arranging, Aligning and Distributing
* Transforming Objects
* Duplicating
* Rotating
* Scaling
* Skewing
* Mirroring
* The Transform Again commands
* Object Styles
* InDesign Snippets
* Links Panel

Utilizing Colours, Swatches, and Gradients

* Utilize Colour
* Utilize Swatches
* Apply Fills, Gradients, and Strokes

Managing Transparency

* Apply Transparency
* Apply Transparency Flattener Presets

Graphics

* File Types
* Importing options
* Image Frames simple, compound and custom
* Fitting images Control Palette and shortcuts
* Inline graphics
* Clipping Paths, Alpha channels
* Importing InDesign documents

Pen & Bezier tools

* Path tools in InDesign

Effects

* Inner Shadow
* Bevel and Emboss
* Gradient Feather
* Inner Glow and Outer Glow

Tabs and Tables

* Create a Table
* Modify a Table
* Format a Table
* Table Styles

Libraries

* Using InDesign libraries

Preparing for Handoff to a Service Provider

* Check Documents for Problems
* Print a Document
* Package Files
* Preview Output
* Print, Separation, Flattening
* Print options
* PostScript, preflighting and Packaging

Creating Acrobat PDF Files

* Prepare PDF Files for Web Distribution
* Manage PDF Presets
* Export PDF Files for Printing

We also offer advanced InDesign training

Multimedia Centre is dedicated to Adobe and web development software with over 15 years certified experience training and consulting. Experience the difference from professionals. We also cater for private/group custom training all over the country. Public courses are also run in Johannesburg. Please visit our website for more details. http://www.multimediacentre.co.za

Date: 13 December 2010 to 15 December 2010
Venue: Johannesburg
Cost: R3,950

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