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Migration from Quark to InDesign Training Course

 

Migrating to InDesign CS2
Duration: 2 days

Course Synopsis: This class provides the InDesign user or QuarkXPress converter the
ability to hone their skills and increase their knowledge of Adobe InDesign CS2 to an advanced level. Using prior InDesign or QuarkXPress knowledge, students will create complex documents and work with a variety of palettes and tools to further understand and utilize the capabilities of this high-end design application. We recommend this course for those planning to migrate from QuarkXPress to InDesign or to obtain the Adobe Certified Expert status.

Who Should Attend: Graphic professionals who are already experienced in Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress and want more in-depth knowledge of the application and the management of complex documents.

Prerequisites: Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class. We highly recommend working with the application tutorial before coming to the course. In addition, students are required
to be relatively well-versed in the basics of QuarkXPress.

What You Will Learn:
• The User Interface
• Working with Graphics
• Building Pages
• Converting Quark Documents to InDesign
• Color and Transparency
• Typography
• Working with InDesign Styles
• Printing From InDesign
• Exporting to PDF and HTML

Time: 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: We have company-operated facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also work with a network of rental facilities to offer our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada. Please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Related Courses: We recommend the following courses that relate to this class: Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Please take a look at our other course outlines.

Goals: 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.

Registration: Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.


Migration from Quark to InDesign Training Course Outline

 

LESSON 1
The User Interface: More Palettes, Fewer
Dialog Boxes than QuarkXPress

• The Tools Palette
• Views and Navigation
• Showing and Hiding Page Elements
• Palettes and Windows
• Context Menus
• Managing Palettes
• Saving Workspaces
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• InDesign Plug-ins


LESSON 2
Building Pages: More Options Than QuarkXPress In InDesign
• Creating Frames
• Tools for Selecting
• Creating and Editing Shapes
• Fills and Strokes
• Compound Paths
• Transforming Objects
• Grouping, Stacking, and Locking
Objects
• Selecting with Complex Stacking and
Nesting
• Duplicating and Deleting Objects
• Aligning and Distributing Objects
• Layers
• Object Libraries


LESSON 3
Building Documents: Minor Differences In Lingo Between QuarkXPress and InDesign
• Creating New Documents
• Adding, Deleting, and Arranging Pages
• Multipage Spreads
• Creating and Applying Master Pages
• Targeting versus Selecting Pages
• Overriding Master Items
• Ruler Guides
• Margin and Column Guides
• Document and Baseline Grids
• Numbering and Sectioning


LESSON 4
Converting Quark Documents
• Opening Quark Documents in InDesign
• Alert Dialog Boxes
• Fixing Font Errors
• Relinking Images
• Other Things to Watch For
• Turning on Warnings in Preferences


LESSON 5
Typography: InDesign’s Innovative Features
• Typing and Editing Text
• Importing Text
• Threading and Unthreading Text Frames
• Checking Spelling
• Foreign Languages and Dictionaries
• Character and Paragraph Formatting
• Composition
• Hanging Indents and Punctuation
• Hyphenation and Justification
• Setting Tabs
• Text Frame Properties
• Special Characters
• Find/ Change and Find Font
• Paragraph and Character Styles
• Applying and Editing Styles
• Importing and Exporting Text
• Tagged Text

 


 


LESSON 6
Graphics: InDesign’s New Picture Modification Features
• Importing Graphics
• Graphic File Formats
• Scaling Graphics Precisely
• Linking & Embedding Graphics
• Display Options
• Colorizing Images
• Clipping Paths
• Inline Objects
• Text Wraps
• Converting Text to Outlines
• Text and Graphics on a Path


LESSON 7
Tables: InDesign’s Built-In Table Creation Capabilities
• Creating and Importing Tables
• Formatting Tables
• Formatting Text in Tables
• Using Graphics within a Table
• Table Alignment and Spacing


LESSON 8
Color and Transparency: Similarities Between QuarkXPress and InDesign
• Creating Colors
• Applying Colors
• Gradients
• Eyedropper Tool
• Colors & Color Libraries
• Transparency
• Drop Shadows & Feathering
• Overprinting Color
• Color Management


LESSON 9
Long Documents: The Advantages of InDesign Over QuarkXPress
• Managing Book Files
• Making a Table of Contents
• Building an Index


LESSON 10
Printing and Exporting: More Options in
InDesign

• Preflighting
• Packaging a Document for Print
• Printing
• Think Outside the Box: Transparency &
Printing
• Advanced Print Settings
• Creating Printer Styles
• Trapping
• Exporting EPS
• Creating PDF Files
• Exporting to HTML

 

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