InDesign CS5: Migration

Delivery method
Classroom based, maximum 5 delegates

Course description

DAY ONE

Key terms

• An overview of the major differences in terminology between the two applications

Setting defaults and preferences

• Setting application preferences
• Setting document preferences
• Customising the toolbox
• Setting tool defaults
• Creating document defaults

Interface differences

• Using palettes, tools and menus
• Introducing the Control panel
• Saving the workspace
• Tips for managing panels

Navigation and display

• Controlling display preferences
• Using the Navigator panel
• Multiple document previews
• Dynamic graphics preview
• Dynamic text preview
• Overprint preview
• Separations preview

Creating objects and building pages

• Creating a new document
• Picture and text boxes
• Linking text boxes
• Introducing layers
• Selecting frames and contents
• Using the Pages panel
• Creating and editing Masters
• Overriding Master Objects
• Reapplying Master Objects

Text and typography

• Placing and flowing text
• Selecting and editing text
• Handling missing fonts
• Working with glyphs
• Drag and drop text

Formatting characters

• Character-level formatting
• Introducing Open Type fonts
• Using optical kerning
• Creating character styles
• Working with Style Groups

Formatting paragraphs

• Paragraph-level formatting
• Choosing a composer
• Introducing nested styles

Suitable for
This two day Adobe authorised course has been designed to provide Quark users with a seamless transition from QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign CS5.

Requirements
You should have a working knowledge of QuarkXpress 7 or above.