InDesign Introduction

InDesign Introduction

Requirements:
All attendees must be proficient in either the Macintosh or Windows environments. This course does not require the attendee to have prior experience of In Design although a review of the product tutorial would be of benefit.
Basics Creating and saving a document, The InDesign approach to page layout, Overvie- of features, Overvie- of tools / palettes, Navigating through documents, Smart Views
Accurate Layout Grids, Guides, Rulers
Text Text Frames, Text Frame Formatting, Text on a path, Creating and formatting columns
Type Importing / Placing Text, Character formatting, Paragraph formatting, Adobe Paragraph Composer, Basic typography and layout
Text meets graphics Text wrapping options, Flowing text round graphic boxes
Tabs Tabs and Tab Characters, Leaders, Tabs Palette
Tables Building basic tables, Formatting tables, Tables and Text, Tables, colour fills and strokes
Colour Colour principles and modes, Colour Palette, Creating and applying ne- colours, Editing colour, Strokes and Fills
Graphics Importing graphics, Placing graphics, Graphic formats, Working with graphics and graphics frames, Graphic frame modification, Understanding graphic handling
Output Print Preview, Print, Print Options, Print Presets