Advanced Adobe InDesign CS4
Course
Inhouse
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Advanced
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Methodology
Inhouse
This course is designed for experienced InDesign users who wish to work as quickly and efficiently in InDesign CS4. It examines the time saving features and shortcuts which can help designers avoid repetitive formatting and layout tasks and free up time to be creative. This course will allow time for delegates to raise issues relating to their particular workflows.
About this course
Basic working knowledge of Windows or Macintosh operating systems together with a good working knowledge of Adobe InDesign CS4 or attendance on our Fundamentals of InDesign course.
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Course programme
This course is designed for experienced InDesign users who wish to work as quickly and efficiently in InDesign CS4. It examines the time saving features and shortcuts which can help designers avoid repetitive formatting and layout tasks and free up time to be creative. This course will allow time for delegates to raise issues relating to their particular workflows.
Pre-requisites:
Basic working knowledge of Windows or Macintosh operating systems together with a good working knowledge of Adobe InDesign CS4 or attendance on our Fundamentals of InDesign course.
Course Includes:
A comprehensive set of reference notes covering course topics, follow-up telephone support and, for training on Transmedia premises, lunch and refreshments.
Course Outline
Preferences
· Detailed look at key options in Preferences
· Changing Application/Document defaults
Navigation
· New Window options
· Shortcuts for quick navigation
Interface
· Control panel hidden options
· The Command Bar
· Spread rotation - including non-horizontal elements in your designs by temporarily rotating the spread view
Objects
· Combining/converting objects
· Quick tips for transforming objects
· Pasting objects within objects
· Creating Bezier paths
· Pathfinder Panel options
· Using Scripts to modify objects
· Compound paths
Object Styles
· Advanced Object Styles
· Picture fitting controls
· Activating paragraph styles in object styles
Strokes
· Creating custom strokes
· Pen/Pencil/Smooth/Erase tools
Text
· Text Import options
· MS Word to InDesign style sheets workflow
· Creating and using custom dictionaries
· Using the story editor
· Options for turning text to outlines
· Find/Change options
· Basic GREP searches
· Using the Eyedropper Tool on text
Notes
· Using the Notes features
Advanced Typography
· Single Line/Paragraph Composers
· Working with OpenType
· Justification/Hyphenation controls
· Creating Custom Glyph sets
· Word space kerning
· Controls for Drop Caps
· Footnotes
· Paragraph rule options
· Optical Margin alignment
· Bullets and numbering
Text variables
· Using Slugs/Running Heads
· Using Text Variables in a workflow
Conditional Text
· Delivering multiple versions of a document for different users
· Hiding text at paragraph, word, and character level without relying on layers
Style Sheets Advanced
· Creating/using Nested style sheets
· Creating/updating Based On styles
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Creating/applying Next Style options
· Overriding style sheets
Images
· Working with native Photoshop files
· Options for image cut-outs
* Placing Illustrator files or passing Illustrator objects
· Object Layer options
Colours
· Named and Unnamed Colours
· Multi-ink colours and groups
· Using the Separations preview panel
· Aliasing spot colours in the ink manager
Documents
· Document Presets
· Advanced Master Page options
· Working with Sections
* Tips for Working with Layers
· Document/object Baseline Grids
· Working with Libraries (advanced)
· Creating and placing Snippets
· Creating cross-references that dynamically update as content is changed or moved within a document
Tables
· Creating Cell and table styles
· Linking to Spreadseets/updating information
Working with Transparency
· Using the Gradient Feather tool
· Advanced transparency effects
· Applying and overriding effects
· Blending modes
· Groups and transparency
· Isolating blending
· Using the Flattener Preview Panel/layers to avoid flattening problems when printing
Advanced Adobe InDesign CS4