FROM QUARKXPRESS TO INDESIGN
Adobe's InDesign has become a strong competitor to QuarkXPress, until
now the industry standard page layout and design package. It's an
efficient and effective tool with a seamless interface to Adobe Acrobat
and excellent support for PostScript and OpenType fonts.
Programme
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InDesign user interface
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Similarities and differences with QuarkXPress' user interface
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Palettes, menus and how to manage them
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Tools and how to use them efficiently
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Preferences (emphasising the comparison with QuarkXPress)
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The Workspace, multiple views and Document presets concepts
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Working with text
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Importing files formatted from Word and Excel
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Creating tables in InDesign
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Linking text files
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Editing features including Story Editor
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Hyphenation, spacing adjustments at a paragraph level
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Formatting text
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Character and paragraph attributes
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OpenType features with InDesign
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Images
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InDesign's interface with images (advantages and limitations)
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Linking and embedding images
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Colour
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InDesign's interface with colour (advantages and limitations)
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Spot, process and additional colours
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Multi-coloured gradients and the Eyedropper tool
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Pre-press with InDesign
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Pre-flight checks
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Converting to PDF files with Acrobat, Export versus Print
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Separations and overprint previews
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Proofing set up and inks manager
Your tutorSally Hughes is a freelance trainer and
consultant specialising in DTP applications, typography and document
design. She works with both Mac and PC platforms and has authored a report
on the use of information technology in editorial practice. Sally also
teaches on PTC's QuarkXPress and Acrobat courses as well as lecturing in
publishing at Oxford Brookes University.
We also offer QuarkXPress
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Note that most of our open courses can also be run as in
company events.
