Indesign Course

Introduction to Adobe InDesign

• InDesign Interface
• Overview of the toolbox
• Create and save workspaces
• Specify page attributes
• Document setup
• Adjust document setup
• Create Shapes
• Use ruler guides
• Set Margins and columns
• Use x and y references
• Show hidden characters
• Rotate, resize and reposition
• Lock a point in the proxy box

Using Text Frames

• Inflowing and introducing texts
• Text frames connection
• Auto flowing
• Character and paragraph formatting
• Controlling of InDesign typography
• Notes preparation
• Simple table generation
• Verification and insertion of special characters

Functioning of Multiple Frames

• Grouping and alienation of different objects
• Objects distribution
• Loading objects
• Conversion and transformation of shapes
• Use of various layer panels
• Using objects in layers

InDesign Master Pages

• Creation and editing Master Pages
• A number of Master Pages
• Locking/ unlocking of Master pages
• Master page section and page numbering

InDesign long documents

• Creating and editing TOC’s
• Applying independent styles to TOC’s
• Books and Chapters
• Indexing, creating/Editing/updating
• Indexing working with cross reference

InDesign pen tool

• Use pen tool
• Use of pen tool to create angles and curves
• Work with compound path
• Freehand shapes
• Know the Bezier Pen
• Bezier Curves

Type and Images

• Work with Text and images
• Work with the text wrap
• Remove backgrounds from the text wrap and text insets

InDesign Interactive Panels

• Interactive media
• Use of multi-media for digital devices
• Transitions of page
• Object states
• Rich media

InDesign art tools

• Colours dropping or colour matching
• Type on a path
• Transparency panel
• Objects, styles, 3D
• Working with External artwork

InDesign and Photoshop Roundtripping

• To work with Photoshop images
• To combine Photoshop with InDesign
• Photoshop and InDesign techniques

InDesign advanced image handling

• Clipping paths
• Alpha channels from Photoshop
• Image formatting
• Dynamic text wrapping

InDesign Print

• Preview
• Preflight and package
• Export to .PDF
• PDF options including security
• Exportation from one format to other format options