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Adobe InDesign Training Course

InDesign Training Schedule

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InDesign Training Course Synopsis

World Class documents begin with world class people using world class software. InDesign produces the best designed publications in the world for print, PDF distribution and now EPUB and tablets. Learn to use InDesign to create marketing materials that transform your organizations communications. Learn to create proposals that sizzle, catalogs that sell, and top notch magazines, newsletters and documents of all sorts. In this beginning course, you will learn type controls, graphics file management, layers and document setup and more as you become a capable and effective InDesign literate professional.

Prerequisites for this InDesign Training Course

This class is appropriate for novice to intermediate level users of InDesign. It is expected that users have a basic understanding of why and how they expect to use InDesign for publishing their documents. Bringing samples of desired or previous work is helpful but not required. We also recommend that you have the Adobe InDesign software before starting the class. You can purchase the software or obtain a trial version of it from the Adobe website.

What You Will Learn in This InDesign Training Course

  • Navigating within InDesign
  • Creating and Formatting Text
  • Working with Layers
  • Adding Graphics
  • Working with Color
  • Working with Master Pages
  • Formatting with Styles
  • Creating and Editing Tables
  • Output and PDF Exporting
  • Working with Long Documents
  • Converting Quark Documents
  • Preflighting and Packaging

InDesign Training Course Length and Time

This class is 2 days long. Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

Locations for the InDesign Training Course

We have training centers in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also offer classes at a network of rental facilities. We offer private onsite training and instructor-led, live online training. If coming to a rental facility, please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Goals for this InDesign Training Course

Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

InDesign Course - Enrollment.

Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (770) 414-5661. Please contact our Client Care Department at (877) 819-2665 for additional savings on our bootcamp classes.

Lesson 1 - Introducing the Workspace

  • Working with panels
  • Learning the Tools Panel
  • Customizing your Workspace
  • Changing the Magnification
  • Navigating the Document
  • Using Context Menus
  • Finding resources for using InDesign

Lesson 2 - Getting to know InDesign

  • Viewing the lesson document
  • Preflighing as you work
  • Viewing guides
  • Adding Text
  • Working with styles
  • Working with graphics
  • Working with objects
  • Placing Graphics and Text
  • Working with object syles

Lesson 3 - Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages

  • Creating and saving custom page settings
  • Creating a new document
  • Switching between open InDesign Documents
  • Working with Master Pages
  • Applying master pages to document pages
  • Adding sections to change page numbers
  • Adding new pages
  • Arranging and deleting pages
  • Placing text and graphics on the document pages
  • Overriding master page items on document pages
  • Changing the size of the pages
  • Viewing the completed spread

Lesson 4 - Working with Objects

  • Working with Layers
  • Creating and Editing Text Frames
  • Creating and Editing Graphics Frames
  • Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
  • Changing the shape of a frame
  • Wrapping text around a graphic
  • Modifying the shape of frames
  • Transforming and Aligning Objects
  • Selecting and Modifying Grouped Objects
  • Finishing up

    • Lesson 5 - 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

    Lesson 6 - Editing Text

    • Finding and changing a missing font
    • Entering and importing text
    • Finding and changing text and formatting
    • Check spelling
    • Editing text by dragging and dropping
    • Using Story Editor
    • Tracking changes

    Lesson 7 - 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 rule above a paragraph

    Lesson 8 - Working with Color

    • Defining printing requirements
    • Creating and applying colors
    • Working with Gradients
    • Creating a tint
    • Creating a spot color
    • Applying colors to text and objects
    • Using advanced gradients techniques

    Lesson 9 - Working with Styles

    • Creating and applying paragraph styles
    • Creating and applying character styles
    • Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
    • Creating and applying object styles
    • Globally updating styles
    • Loading styles from another document

    Lesson 10 - Importing and Modifying Graphics

    • Adding graphics from other programs
    • Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
    • Managing Links to Imported Files
    • Updating revised graphics
    • Adjusting display quality
    • Working with clipping paths
    • Working with alpha channels
    • Importing native Adobe graphics files
    • Using a library to manage objects
    • Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics

    Lesson 11 - Creating Tables

    • Creating text to a table
    • Formatting a table
    • Creating a header row
    • Adding graphics to table cells
    • Creating and applying table and cell styles

    Lesson 12 - Working with Transparency

    • Importing and colorizing grayscale images
    • Applying transparency settings
    • Adjusting transparency to settings for EPS images
    • Adding transparency effects
    • Importing and adjusting Illustrator files
    • Applying transparency settings to text
    • Working with Effects

    Lesson 13 - Output and Exporting

    • Preflighting files
    • Packaging files
    • Creating an Adobe PDF proof
    • Previewing separations
    • Previewing How transparency will be flattened
    • Previewing the Page
    • Printing a laser or inkjet proof
    • Using the Ink Manager

    Lesson 14 - Creating Rich Interactive Documents

    • Setting up an online document
    • Adding buttons, page transitions, and hyperlinks
    • Exporting as Flash Player (SWF)
    • Exporting as Adobe PDF (interactive)
    • Converting a print document for online use
    • Adding advanced interactivity, animation, and video

    Upcoming Classes

    All

    Mon. Feb 13, 2012

    Online $895
    Aurora, CO $895

    Tue. Feb 14, 2012

    Wed. Feb 15, 2012

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