Adobe InDesign CS5 Training
Adobe InDesign CS5
"Very knowledgeable - lots of energy and patience. Kept the class on track - Excellent instructor!" -Barbara Conover
Course Outline
1. Getting to Know the Work Area
- Working with panels
- Customizing the workspace
- Using context menus
- Resources for using InDesign
- Preflighting as your work
- Viewing guides
- Adding text
- Working with styles, objects, and graphics
2. Setting Up Your Document
- Creating and saving custom document settings
- Switching between open InDesign documents
- Working with master pages
- Adding sections to change page numbering
- Placing text and graphics on the document pages
- Overriding master page items on the document pages
- Adding, arranging, deleting pages from master
- Viewing the completed spread
3. Working with Objects
- Working with layers
- Creating and editing text and graphic frames
- Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
- Changing the shape of a frame
- Wrapping text around a graphic
- Modifying the shape of a frame
- Aligning objects
- Selecting and modifying grouped objects
4. Flowing Text
- Flowing text into an existing frame
- Flowing text manually
- Creating text frames while flowing text
- Flowing text automatically
- Creating threaded frames automatically
- Adding a jump line page number
5. Editing Text
- Finding and changing a missing font
- Entering and importing text
- Finding and changing text and formatting
- Editing text by drag and drop
- Using the story editor
- Tracking changes
6. Working with Typography
- Adjusting vertical spacing
- Changing fonts and type style
- Fine-tuning Columns
- Changing paragraph alignment
- Creating a drop cap
- Adjusting letter and word spacing
- Setting tabs
- Adding a rule above a paragraph
7. Working with Color
- Creating and applying colors
- Working with gradients
- Creating a tint and a spot color
- Applying colors to text and objects
- Using advanced gradient techniques
8. Working with Styles
- Creating and applying paragraph style
- Working with character styles
- Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
- Creating and applying object styles
- Creating and applying table and cell styles
- Globally updating styles
- Loading styles from another document
9. Importing and Modifying Graphics
- Adding graphics from other programs
- Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
- Managing links to imported files
- Adjusting display quality
- Working with clipping paths and alpha channels
- Importing native Adobe graphics files
- Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics
10. Creating Tables
- Converting text to a table
- Formatting a table
- Creating a header row
- Adding graphics to table cells
- Creating and applying table and cell styles
11. Working with Transparency
- Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
- Applying transparency settings
- Working with effects
- Applying transparency settings to text
12. Output and Exporting
- Using Preflight
- Using Package
- Creating an Adobe PDF proof
- Separation and transparency previews
13. Creating Rich Interactive Documents
- Setting up an online document
- Adding buttons, page transitions, and hyperlinks
- Exporting as Adobe PDF
- Converting a print document for online use
- Adding advanced interactivity, animation, and video
14. Working with Long Documents
- Crating a book file
- Working with a table of contents
- Setting up indexing
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