Adobe InDesign Basic Level

This course helps you grasp the basics of creating documents with InDesign®. You will learn how to identify and use InDesign® environment elements, navigate through an InDesign® document, create and modify text and graphic frames, import text and images from other applications, import text; thread text throughout a document; reflow text threads; and change the number of columns, define colours and swatches.

10 hours
10 ώρες
Greek
4 - 16

code:ADB.IDL1

Purpose Objectives Topics Participants Methodology Other Details

  • Purpose

    This course helps you grasp the basics of creating documents with InDesign®. You will learn how to identify and use InDesign® environment elements, navigate through an InDesign® document, create and modify text and graphic frames, import text and images from other applications, import text; thread text throughout a document; reflow text threads; and change the number of columns, define colours and swatches. and

  • Objectives

    Students will learn to use InDesign to create multiple page documents containing both text and graphics. Students will build upon their skills by learning about manipulating both text and pictures.

  • Topics

    Unit 1: General Interface

    • How the panels work
    • Docking
    • Panel groups
    • Document tabbing
    • Creating/Saving workspaces
    • The Application bar
    • N-up display
    • Canvas Rotation
    • Basic shortcuts

    Unit 2: Exploring InDesign

    • Explore the InDesign Environment
    • Using InDesign Workspaces
    • Explore Adobe Bridge
    • InDesign Preferences

    Unit 3: InDesign Overview

    • Introduction to InDesign - what is InDesign for
    • Customize Your Workspace
    • Set General Preferences
    • Manage Document Presets
    • Managing your workspace

    Unit 4: Designing Documents

    • Create a New Document
    • Alter a Document's Layout
    • Create the Structure of a Document
    • Developing Master Pages
    • Manage Text and Graphic Placement
    • Develop Layers
    • Wrapping text
    • Laying out columns
    • Smart guides and smart spacing

    Unit 5: Managing text

    • Add Text - typing and placing
    • Editing Text with and without the story editor
    • Spell Check and dictionaries
    • Threading Text
    • Change Text Threads
    • Format Characters
    • Format Paragraphs
    • Manage Styles
    • Glyphs - where they are and how to use them
    • Text inside and on a shape

    Unit 6: Style Sheets

    • Paragraph Styles
    • Character Styles
    • Managing Styles

    Unit 7: Columns

    • Making a text box into columns
    • Column guides
    • Creating boxes as columns
    • Laying out a page/spread as columns
    • Placing Images
    • Placing images
    • Image file type - jpgs/gif/tiff/pdf/eps/etc
    • Linking vs Embedding
    • Placing psd and ai files
    • Place options

    Unit 8: Placing text

    • Placing several pages of text
    • What text file formats can be placed
    • Place options
    • Missing font issues
    • Automatic flowing of placed text

    Unit 9: Colours, Swatches, and Gradients

    • Colour and Kuler
    • Swatches
    • Apply Fills, Gradients, and Strokes to objects and text
    • Applying effects
    • Transparency

    Unit 10: Tables

    • Create Tables
    • Modifying Tables
    • Formatting Tables

    Unit 11: Masters

    • Creating masters
    • Multiple masters
    • Editing masters
    • Headers/Footers
    • Page numbering
    • Reparing a document for print
    • Checking Documents for Problems
    • Printing a Document
    • Preflighting a document
    • Packaging Files
    • Preview Output

    Unit 11: Creating PDFs

    • Preparing PDF Files for web and for print
    • Managing PDF Presets
    • Export PDF Files – options
    • Creating Interactive PDFs
    • Basic object editing

    Unit 12: Creating basic shapes

    • Editing shapes
    • Pathfinder
    • Applying effects to a shape
    • Object styles

    Unit 13: Basic overview of using InDesign within

    • How to use InDesign with Photoshop
    • How to use InDesign with Illustrator

    Unit 14: OpenType

    • What is an OpenType font
    • Why use OpenType fonts
    • OpenType fonts and their variations
    • Glyphs
    • Fractions, where are they and how to create them

    Unit 15: More about Masters

    • Masters upon masters
    • Section breaks and numbering
    • Overriding master items

  • Participants

    Anyone who wants to create professional lealfets or any other promotional material.

  • Methodology

    1. Lecturing 2.Discussion 3. Exercises 4.Final Project

  • Other Details

    None
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