Adobe InDesign Advanced

Course Contents

Master Pages

• Making master pages work
• Creating and editing master pages
• Applying master pages
• Setting page numbering
• Using hierarchical master pages
• Working with text

Working with Layers

• Moving items between layers
• Setting layer options
• Changing the stacking order
• Using layers with master pages
• Automatic layout adjustment
• Setting options for layout adjustment
• Using clipping paths

Typography

• Typographic shortcuts
• Using the Single Line Composer
• Using the Paragraph Composer
• Highlighting composition problems
• Creating hanging punctuation
• Manual kerning
• Using optical kerning
• Inserting special characters
• Creating drop caps
• Hyphenation and justification

• Creating a table of contents
• Creating an index
• The Book palette
• Creating a book list
• Synchronising styles and colours
• Printing a book list
• Exporting a book list as PDF
• Page numbering across books

• Using the drawing tools
• Creating freehand shapes
• Creating bezier curves
• Manipulating shapes
• Using the Transform palette
• Aligning objects
• Using the eye-dropper tool

• Placing text on a path
• Creating drop shadows
• Working with transparency
• Exporting transparency
• Using Blend modes
• Using Feathering
• Creating multi-colour gradients
• Converting text to path