Adobe InDesign Training Course

Adobe InDesign Course Contents

Part 1. Introduction to InDesign

Why Choose InDesign?

• New Document Configuration
• Custom Presets and Saving Presets
• InDesign Panels
• Configuring Workspace
• Preferences

Settings for your Document

• Rulers and Guides
• Paginating Spread Pages
• Using Adobe Bridge for Organisation
• Developing Master Pages

Working with Frames

• Placing Text and Graphics
• Colours, Tints and Gradients
• Understanding the Stroke Panel
• Shapes and Corner Options
• Changing Frames Content

Working with Text

• Editing and Threading Text
• Formatting Paragraphs
• Managing Styles
• Wrapping Text
• Leading
• Spacing
• Tracking and Kerning
• Creating Bulleted and Numbered lists
• Rules
• Decorative Fonts and Special Characters

Working with Graphics

• File Types
• Importing Options
• Working with Image qualities
• Working with Display Options
• Sharing Colours with Swatch Exchange Format
• Working with Vectors
• Using the Effects Panel to the Fullest
• Path Tools – Pen and Bézier Tools
• Working with Special Effects
• Inner Shadow, Bevel and Emboss, Gradient Feather, Inner Glow and Outer Glow
• Utilising Colours and Swatches

Part 2. Getting into Details

Working with Layouts

• What are Placeholders?
• Using Placeholders
• Eyedropper Tool
• Arranging and Aligning Objects
• Distributing and Transforming Objects
• Duplicating Objects
• Rotating Objects
• Styling Objects
• Using Baseline Grid Alignment
• Master Page Tips and Tricks
• Using Facing Pages
• Allowing Pages to Shuffle

Tabs and Tables

• Creating a Table
• Modifying a Table
• Formatting Tables
• Styling Tables
• Placing Graphics in Tables

Productive Workflow

• Section Starts
• Defining Prefixes
• Using Find and Change Function
• Indexing and Table of Content
• Navigational Buttons
• Embedding Sound and Movies

Drawing with InDesign

• Using the Pen Tool
• Pen Tool Shortcuts
• Using the Pencil and Scissor Tools
• Working with Bézier Curves
• Combining Shapes
• Using Clipping Paths
• Gradient Feather Tool
• Importing and Colouring Black and White Images

Part 3. Advanced Techniques

Text Techniques

• Defaulting
• Creating Custom Variables
• Style Overrides
• Using Story Editor
• Sharing Styles with Snippets
• What are Nested Styles?
• Hanging Indents
• Hyphenation and Advanced Justification
• Inline Graphics
• Anchored Objects
• Creating Type Outline
• Using Transparency

Importing and Exporting

• Adding Excel or Word Tables
• Importing Text Options
• Importing Graphic Options
• PDF Exporting for Printing
• PDF Export Styles
• Understanding PDF/X ISO Standards
• Colour Mapping and Options for CMYK
• Understanding Bleed and Slug
• Spot and Processing Colours
• Managing Missing Fonts

Printing Documents

• Using Printer Styles
• LiLive Preflight
• Defining Profiles
• Managing Prepress and Printing
• Checking Object Resolution and Colours
• Overprinting and Advanced Previews

Advanced Techniques

• Snippet Files, Libraries and Templates
• Using User Dictionaries
• Live Captions
• Integrating Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
• Exporting to SWF
• Using the Script Pallette
• Text Cleanup and Multi-page PDF Import

Projects in InDesign

Project 1. Build a Business Card

Project 2: Create a letterhead

Project 2. Create a brochure, pamphlet or leaflet

Project 3: Build a greeting card using InDesign

Project 4: Create a digital publication with InDesign

Create an eBooks for iPhone, iPad, Amazon Kindle and other tablets. This interactive ebook would contain videos, links and images.