Adobe® InDesign® CS
Introductory Course

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Next courses: Thursday 8th and Friday 9th March 2012

Location: Pearse Street, Dublin 2

Price: €599 now only €459 including course notes, lunch and unlimited e-mail support.

Duration: 2 days

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What will I be able to achieve by the end of this Adobe CS InDesign course?

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Adobe InDesign is one of the programmes included in the Adobe Creative Suite (CS) of applications, although it can also be purchased as a stand-alone application. Adobe  Indesign CS is a Desktop Publishing programme, that is used for creating typeset quality documents suitable for output to print-based media. The current version, as of May 2011, is Adobe InDesign CS5.5.

This Adobe InDesign course is aimed at new users who have little or no previous experience of desktop publishing and who wish to learn Indesign. Starting from first principles, delegates will be led through the procedures for creating new documents and modifying existing ones, and will consolidate their knowledge by means of a series of carefully constructed exercises at each stage of the Indesign course. To see examples of the type of documents you are likely to create with InDesign during the course Click here. The course may also be suitable for users of QuarkXPress or Adobe PageMaker wishing to upgrade their skills to Adobe InDesign.

At the end of the Indesign course, delegates should feel confident and enthusiastic about using Adobe InDesign and will learn how to create a range of simple but well laid-out documents including short, design-intensive publications such as flyers, leaflets and newsletters, through to longer single chapter books, catalogues and brochures.

The content of this Adobe InDesign training course can also be tailored to your own requirements, and run on your own premises. Contact us for more details.

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Overview of Desktop Publishing

• The Traditional Publishing Process
• The Desktop Publishing Process using InDesign

Understanding the User Interface

• Understanding InDesign Views – Story Editor & Layout
• The InDesign Toolbox
• The Control Palette
• Docking, Undocking and Floating Palettes
• Setting InDesign Document and Application Preferences
• Understanding the InDesign Selection Tools

Creating, Opening & Saving Documents

• Converting QuarkXPress and Adobe PageMaker Documents
• Retrieving (Opening) Documents
• Saving your Work
• Creating a New Document
• InDesign Document Setup

Working with Graphics

• Importing (Placing) Pictures and other Graphic Elements
• Understanding the Difference between Bitmap and Vector Graphics
• Using Rectangular, Elliptical and Polygonal Frames as Containers for Graphics
• Cropping, Sizing & Scaling Images
• Wrapping Text Around Frames & Graphics
• Moving & Transforming Frames & Graphics
• Applying Fills & Strokes
• Drawing Lines & Boxes

Colour Issues

• Applying, Editing and Creating Colour Fills & Strokes
• Using Pantone and Other Colour Matching Standards
• Converting Pantone Colours to Process CMYK Colours

Formatting and Editing Text

• Adding Type to a Page with the Type Tool
• Importing (Placing) Text
• Formatting Text
• Working with the Story Editor
• Spell Checking, Search & Replace
• Linking and Unlinking Text Frames
• Drop Caps and Bullets

Printing and Typsetting Terminology Explained

• Choosing and Using Typefaces Effectively
• Understanding Leading, Kerning, Tracking etc.
• Typesetting for maximum readability

Using Tables

• Inserting a Table in an InDesign Document

• Adding Text to a Table

• Adding Pictures to a Table

• Formatting Text in Tables

• Merging & Splitting Table Cells

• Inserting/Deleting Rows & Columns

• Setting the Grid & Border Properties

Longer Document Handling Features

• Creating and Using Paragraph Style Sheets
• Creating and Using Character Style Sheets
• Using the Master Text Frame
• Automatic Page Numbering
• Headers & Footers

Printing and Output

• Print options
• Output to PDF
• Some Common Output Problems explained – Fonts and Picture Formats

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This course is offered by PPA Education & Training, an independent training organisation which is in no way connected with the trading entity known as Adobe Systems Incorporated. No attempt is made herein to represent PPA as an agent or representative of Adobe Systems Inc., and the courses described on this website are not endorsed or authorised in any way by Adobe Systems Incorporated.