InDesign CS

Oak Tree Management & Training Ltd.
Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online/Live | On-site/In-house | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' The aim of this course is to introduce users to the concepts involved in Desk Top Publishing. Delegates will learn the crucial skills which will enable them to create a variety of documents, from one-page flyers and advertisements through to product brochures or newsletters - for pre-press or PDF consumption.

As well as covering the key menu options and features available in InDesign, the course will include basic design principles and tips, ensuring that their documents always look professional.
Throughout the course, delegates will be encouraged to apply their new knowledge to their current work environment and develop examples to take away with them on disk.

Course Objectives
By the end of the course the delegate will be able to:

Navigate the InDesign environment
Understand basic document setup (creating text & working with graphics)
Create and apply master pages
Import and thread text
Working with colours, swatches, and gradients
Format characters, paragraphs and styles
Work with graphics, text wrap and use layers
Apply transparency effects
Create, import and format tables
Prepare to handoff to a commercial printer
Generating PDF files for Web output
Course Contents
(Course Topics may vary at the Trainer’s Discretion)

Looking Basics
The work area
Tools and Commands
Using the palettes
Navigating documents
Opening, saving and converting files
Page Setup and Layout
New document settings
Margins and column guides
Master text frames
Page numbering
Section starts
Rulers, guides and grids
Stacking order of objects
The pasteboard
Using layers
Transparency and blend modes
Flattening
Illustration and Drawing
About paths
Strokes and Fills
Creating shapes
Editing points and paths
Pen and pencil tools
Converting text to paths
Compound paths
Text on a path
Drop shadows and feathers
Pathfinder commands
Objects
Transforming objects
Adjusting frames and content
Moving and arranging objects
Step and repeat
Grouping and ungrouping
Typography
Tabs and rules
Character formatting
Using style sheets
Paragraph formatting
Text Processing
Linking and flowing text
Text frames
Spell checking
Text wrap
Colour
Colour models
New colours, tints and gradients
Colour libraries
Import and Export
Importing images
Placing PDF files
Linked and embedded images
PDF export
Printing
Preflight and package
Printing to a device or PS file
...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Phone:(01284) 763040

School Address/Venue(s):

Park Farm Business Centre
Fornham St Genevieve
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
United Kingdom
IP28 6TS

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