About this Course

Course Description

This course provides participants with the hands-on experience to learn the core features of InDesign quickly and easily. The focus of this course is on accelerating your productivity to help you produce pages with speed and precision.

You will discover good ideas and learn the most compelling solution to overcome your challenges during the course. Harness the power of this powerful layout software and start creating your elegant and engaging pages!

THE ESSENTIAL OF INDESIGN CC

Getting to know the work area and customising your workspace

Planning and setting up a new document

Setting preferences to suit your needs

Defining multiple page sizes for pages within a single document

CREATING DOCUMENTS

Setting up layout grids with columns, guides and margins

Using masters to ensure consistency across all pages and documents

Using frames to plan and shape the layout of your publication

Setting running page numbers

HANDLING TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY

Using Story Editor to manage text

Importing, threading and editing text

Adding special character with glyphs

Applying vertical justifications to text frames

Applying typographic controls (kerning, tracking, leading and more)

Styling blocks of text quickly and consistently with style sheets

Wrapping text around objects

Creating text frame that matches your text automatically

DRAWING AND APPLYING COLOURS

Adding design elements with shapes and lines

Working with swatches (add, edit and delete)

Changing shapes automatically

Dynamically control rectangles with Live Corner effects

Using smart guides for accuracy

ASSETS AND FILES MANAGEMENT

Importing graphics from other applications

Checking resolution of linked images

Simplifying image transformation with the content grabber

Understanding links and embeds

Clearing distracting background from imported graphics

Handling multiple artboards from Illustrator file

Adding creative effects to images

Managing links for successful high resolution printing

GETTING READY FOR PRINT

Understanding the digital printing process

Identifying printing errors in real time

Building profiles for Live Preflight

Preparing the package to go for external printing

Avoiding missing fonts using the "Document installed fonts" feature

Creating Adobe PDF files with the appropriate settings

Re-purpose colour documents for blackand- white printing

Duration

2 days ( 9am – 6pm )

Target Audience

A good starting point for anyone moving into the world of publishing and are working towards having real world knowledge of the publishing tools.

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