Adobe InDesign Creative Cloud (CC) Training

Course Details

• Class Goals
• Understand the InDesign workspace
• Create basic page elements.
• Place images and text.
• Learn about typography and formatting text.
• Learn to manage fonts.
• Understand and work with InDesign templates.
• Learn about styles, and how they impact productivity.
• Use Master Pages to create design consistency.
• Learn how to work with tables
• Learn about color management.
• Learn to define bulleted and numbered lists.
• Learn to control hyphenation.
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• Learn to preflight files before output.
• Understand PDF options.
• Learn to package an InDesign file for hand-off.
• 1.The InDesign User Interface
• Understanding the Application Frame
• Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus
• Explore the Arrangement of InDesign Panels
• Identifying and Accessing Tools in InDesig
• Create a Saved Workspace
• Explore the InDesign Document Views
• Controlling Display Performance
• Summing up the InDesign View Options
• Explore the Arrangement of Multiple Documents
• Synchronizing Settings
• 2. Letterhead Design
• Stage 1 Setting up the Workspace
• Define a New Layout File
• Understanding Document Presets
• Create Ruler Guides
• Stage 2 Creating Basic Page Elements
• Create Basic Frames
• The Control Panel in Depth
• Create a Rounded Rectangle
• Editing Object Corners
• Clone, Align, and Distribute Multiple Objects
• Aligning and Distributing Objects
• Create a Compound Path
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• Stage 3 Placing External Images
• Placing an Adobe Illustrator file
• Content Fitting Options
• Place Images into existing frames
• Stage 4 Creating and Formatting Basic Text
• Create a Simple Text Frame
• Selecting Text
• More About Working with Fonts
• Place an External Text File
• Tips and Tricks for Working with Layout Elements
• Stage 5 Printing InDesign Files
• Print a Sample Proof
• 3. Festival Poster
• Stage 1 Building Graphic Interest
• Set up the Workspace
• Define Color Swatches
• Working with Color Groups
• Create the Poster Background
• Define and Apply a Gradient
• Modify Gradient Attributes
• Using the Gradient Tools
• Create an Irregular Graphics Frame
• Clipping Path Options
• Create Visual Impact with Transparency
• Understanding Blending Modes
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• More about InDesign Effects
• Create a QR Code
• Stage 2 Importing and Formatting Text
• Control Text Threading
• Define Manual Frame Breaks
• Designing with Placeholder Text
• Apply Character Formatting and Paragraph Formatting
• Copying Type Attributes with the Eyedropper Tool.
• Stage 3 Graphics as Text and Text as Graphics
• Place Inline Graphics
• Applying Optical Margin Alignment.
• Understanding the Baseline Grid
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• Working with Anchored Objects
• Create Type on a Path
• Type on a Path Options
• Stage 4 Outputting the File
• Export a PDF File for Print
• Resolution Options for PDF
• 4. Aerospace Newsletter
• Stage 1 Working with Templates
• Verify your Adobe ID in InDesign
• Manage Missing Fonts
• Install Fonts from Adobe Typekit
• Replace Missing and Modified Graphics
• The Links Panel in Depth
• Edit Margin and Column Guides
• Understanding Master Pages
• Create a New File Based on the Template
• Implement the Newsletter Template
• Place a PDF File
• Place an InDesign File
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• Stage 2 Working with Styles
• Working with Microsoft Word Files
• Edit a Paragraph to Span Columns
• Control Automatic Text Frame Size
• Edit Text Inset and Wrap Settings
• Text Wrap Options
• Format Numbered and Bulleted Lists
• Stage 3 Working with Tables
• Place a Microsoft Excel Table
• Format Cell Attributes
• Manage a Table as an Anchored Character
• Define Table Fills and Strokes
• More about Working with Tables
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• Stage 4 Preflighting and Packaging the Job
• Check Document Spelling
• Define a Preflight Profile
• Using Dynamic Spelling
• What's in a Preflight Profile?
• Evaluate the Layout
• Create the Job Package
• 5.Realtor Collateral Booklet
• Create the Booklet File
• Understanding Master Page Icons
• Create Master Pages from Layout Pages
• Import Master Pages
• Understanding Relative Object Positioning
• Edit the Default Master Page
• Understanding the Gap Tool
• Add Common Elements to a Master Page Layout
• Special Characters and White Space
• Place Automatic Page Number Markers
• Keyboard Shortcuts for Special Characters
• Ireland Travel Brochure
• Stage I Building a Folding Template
• Create the Outside Master Pages
• Add Slug Information and Fold Marks
• Place Text Variables
• Define a Custom Text Variable
• Custom Text Variable Options
• Custom Text Variable Options (continued)
• Create the Inside Master Pages
• Save a Template
• Understanding Pages Panel Options
• Stage 2 Advanced Frame Options
• Convert Text to Outlines
• Control Object Stacking Order
• Work with an lnDesign Library
• Managing Libraries
• Edit the Basic Graphics Frame Style
• Create a New Object Style
• What's in an Object Style?
• Import an Object Style
• Stage 3 Advanced Text Formatting
• Import and Flow Client-Supplied Text
• Import InDesign Styles
• Create a Custom Text Wrap
• Create a Style for Pull Quotes
• Nested Style Character Options
• Understanding Nested Styles
• Control Tab Formatting
• Define Paragraph Rules
• Clean and Finish the File
• Export Variations as PDF Files