Adobe InDesign Introduction
Training
In Leeds
Description
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Type
Training
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Level
Beginner
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Location
Leeds
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Duration
2 Days
Produce eye-catching page designs suitable for both print and the web. Work seamlessly with integration of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Use comprehensive creative tools refined by publishing professionals. Suitable for: Anyone that needs to know how to use InDesign to create excellent page layouts for your organisations brochure, newsletter, business card or poster.
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Government funding available
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About this course
No previous knowledge of InDesign is required but some knowledge of Photoshop would be helpful.
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Course programme
- Create page layouts and multi-page documents
- Use Photoshop and InDesign together
- Export documents ready for print including PDF format and secured using password protection
- Further techniques for setting up documents, special features including work with typography
Course outline:
Day 1
Lesson 1 The InDesign Interface
- Creating, saving and navigating documents,
- Understanding the work area
Lesson 2 Importing Text
- How to import text and flow it through a document
Lesson 3 Styles
- Object, paragraph and character styles
- How they work and how to use them
Lesson 4 Transparency
- Learn how to colourise images and add transparency to
- imported graphics
Lesson 5 Transforming Objects
- Learn how to scale and transform objects in InDesign
Lesson 6 Setting up
- Understand how to set up your document with guides
Lesson 7 Typography
- Learn how to work with type and add special features
- How to use tracking and kerning, drop caps and pull quotes
Day 2
Lesson 1 Graphics
- Using Photoshop and InDesign and Illustrator
- How to import graphics
Lesson 2 Master Pages
- Learn how to use master pages to speed up your workflow
Lesson 3 Table of Contents
- Create a TOC complete with hyperlinks
Lesson 4 Frames
- Learn about frames and how they work for images and text
Lesson 5 Colour
- How to use the swatches palette and how to apply colours to objects, learn about the stroke and fill of text
Lesson 6 Tables
- Creation of tables and how to format them and insert graphics and text
Lesson 7 PDF Exporting
- Export a PDF for the web or for print, complete with password protection for security, learn about preflighting
Lesson 8 Further techniques
- Keyboard shortcuts, file formats, Q and A
Adobe InDesign Introduction