Adobe InDesign

InDesign works fundamentally to create the layout using text and many other linked files. These files are referenced during the design process and InDesign will use the original files when eventually outputting to a printer or pdf file. Thus, it is important to maintain control over the original files through out the layout process. Basically, one needs to keep all used images and documents in one folder. The power of this system is that layout can occur simultaneously with image manipulation.

Beginners Level

When it comes to designing professional-quality literature, there’s no contender. As part of the Creative Suite, in Design is fully integrative with Photoshop and Illustrator and immensely user-friendly. Its superior color, text and image handling capabilities make it increasingly the professional designer’s choice.

Useful to you if:

You need to create or edit literature such as books, magazines, posters, newsletters, brochures.

Before the course, you:

• should be able to navigate your desktop/system and be familiar with basic universal functions such as ‘Save’, ‘Quit’ etc.;
• Need no prior experience of InDesign.

At the end of the day’s course you will:

• have produced a poster, a business card, and a section of a magazine;
• be comfortable with print terms and principles;
• Know some basic keyboard shortcuts to improve workflow.

Key Learning Points:

Section 1 : Basics,Navigation & Typography

• Getting Help
• InDesign Work Area & Custom Spaces
• Setting Up a New Document
• Rulers, Guides & Grids
• Navigating/Viewing your Document
• Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
• Tools
• Creating Text Frames & Placing Text
• Typography : Character Formatting
• Typography : Paragraph Formatting
• Find/Change/Spell check & Tabs
• Linking Text Frames
• Columns,inset spacing,Vertical Alignment
• Span / Split Text Frames
• Determining Which Fonts Were Used In A Document
• Type On A Path

Section 2 : Working with Graphics

• Creating Graphic Frames
• Creating Grids of Frames
• Placing Graphics on to a Layout
• Fitting/Scaling Graphics
• Managing Links
• Text Wrap & Aligning Objects
• Creating Lines & Drawing Tools
• Pathfinders & Create Outlines

Section 3 : Colors & Effects

• Colors , Tints And Gradients
• Eyedropper Tool
• Stroke Panel
• Special Effects

Section 4 : Multi -Page Documents & Text Styles

• Creating Long Documents
• Adding,Deleting,moving pages
• Master pages
• Auto – numbering Pages
• Auto flowing Text through a multi – page document
• Text Styles
• Nested styles & Next Style

Section 5 : Libraries,Tables & Output

• Libraries
• Tables
• Exporting To PDF
• Output Previews & Options
• Packaging Files
• Live Preflight

Section 6 : Interactive Features(Optional)

• Adding Video
• Creating Animations
• Creating Digital Slideshows
• Hyperlinks,Buttons & Bookmarks
• Exporting For Digital formats