Training and Certification
Adobe InDesign Introduction
Overview
You want to use Adobe InDesign to produce eye-catching,high-quality designs for print and the web, creating artwork and creative layouts from scratch and using production techniques.
This two day Adobe training course introduces you to the page layout and design applications of InDesign. Starting with the program basics, you’ll build skills and confidence in navigating this application and using its key tools. You’ll become a proficient user of InDesign, being able to create layouts from single pages to complex multi-page documents.
How will I benefit?
On completion of this course you'll be able to:
- Improve your productivity by defining master page styles and using the most effective ways to complete common tasks
- Implement consistency across your output by working with tables and implementing formatting techniques
- Add finesse to your documents with colour, transparency and effects
- Increase effectiveness by using best practice techniques for outputting to print, web and mobile devices
What will I learn?
- How to navigate and adapt the user interface to suit your needs
- Setting up and organising documents
- Importing and formatting type and artwork
- Using reviewing and proofing tools to output accurate results
- Defining master page styles, numbering and chapter techniques that will significantly improve your productivity
- Working with tables and formatting techniques to implement consistency throughout your products
- Using colour, transparency and effects
- Techniques for outputting to print, web and mobile devices
Course Outline
| Day 1 | ||
| Lesson | Description | |
| 1 | Introduction | The opening module aims to build confidence in navigating and modifying the workspace. Browsing, opening and viewing documents. |
| 2 | Managing documents | Focusing on defining, creating and modifying document attributes this module looks at the initial stages of developing InDesign files as well as using preset file types for quick setup. |
| 3 | Typography | Whether you're creating, pasting, or importing text inside InDesign, how you achieve it and how it is handled will greatly affect its appearance. InDesign posses a myriad of typographic formatting and styling tools. |
| 4 | Working with objects | Learn how to manage and define objects and their characteristics, be it text frames or graphic frames. Create libraries of content so that you can repurpose them and save valuable time. |
| 5 | Edit and review | Once you have completed your design treatment, and placed your content you will often need to perform simple tasks such as spelling and grammar, but you can also search and change specific content and check your document is error free and ready for output by using "Pre-flight". |
| 6 | Tables | They can be found in abundance in everyday life, but tables provide an essential design aid. InDesign provides superb tools for defining every facet of a table's appearance, as well as saving pre-defined table styles that can be repurposed at the click of button. |
| Day 2 | ||
| Lesson | Description | |
| 1 | Page | Save valuable time by defining page characteristics with master pages, once adopted by pages in your document respond to the changes made just once to its master. Automate features such as page and chapter numbering. |
| 2 | Colour | In this module you will explore ways to define specific colour from industry standard books, such as Pantone, as well as defining your own colour styles and applying them to objects in the document, and sharing custom colour libraries with colleagues. |
| 3 | Transparency and effects | When you create an object in InDesign, by default it appears solid; that is, it has an opacity of 100%. You can apply effects to objects using opacity and blends. Overlap objects, add transparency to objects, or knock out shapes behind objects. |
| 4 | Working with Images | Explore methods for placing raster and vector artwork within InDesign, and how to format its appearance and transform controls. Use the links panel to track updates and changes to the linked artwork. |
| 6 | Output | Ensuring your document is setup for the intended output is just as important as managing its content. Learn how to prepare documents for Print and web publishing. |
Course Dates
June 2012
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Old Broadcasting House, Leeds
September 2012
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Old Broadcasting House, Leeds
More information about this course
Attending the course:
- The course starts at 9:30 am on the first day and 9:00 am on the second day. Each day finishes at 5:00 pm.
- We're open from 8:30 am for coffee, papers and magazines and WIFI.
- Important things like great coffee, tea, water, biscuits, mints and lunch are provided.
- The course takes place in our Apple training suite so there's no need to bring anything with you
Our Prices
- The price published is fully inclusive
- We don't charge VAT (we're part of Leeds Metropolitan University so our courses are zero rated)
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