InDesign Level 1
Course
Inhouse
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Inhouse
Adobe InDesign is Adobe's answer to QuarkXpress. This course, aimed at those who have never used the application, will introduce the essential tools and techniques through hands on exercises and theory. Delegates will gain an understanding of InDesign to use it with confidence.
About this course
Good PC skills
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Course programme
Adobe InDesign is Adobe's answer to QuarkXpress. This course, aimed at those who have never used the application, will introduce the essential tools and techniques through hands on exercises and theory. Delegates will gain an understanding of InDesign to use it with confidence.
Prerequisites
- Good PC skills
- InDesign Level 2
- Bespoke course (a course written to your specific needs) at your company office throughout the UK, at our training venue or at an independent location, convenient to you
- Private course at your company office throughout the UK, at our training room or at an independent location, convenient to you
- Comprehensive colour course manual and exercises
- Use of a Modern Training suite with 19 inch flat screen monitors
- 1 delegate per computer
- Lunch (When at our training venue)
- Refreshments (When at our training venue)
- Relaxed refreshment area at our training room
Quick tour
- Getting started
- Threading text in frames
- Working with styles
- Placing graphics
- Working with master pages
- Using the tools
- Using palettes
- Opening and closing documents
- Changing the view
- Selecting objects
- Saving
- Undoing mistakes
- Preferences and defaults
- Basic layout options
- Using rulers, guides, and grids
- Working with pages and spreads
- Numbering pages
- Using masters
- Laying out pages with frames
- Adjusting layout objects automatically
- Working with layers
- Text frames
- Adding text
- Threading text through frames
- Setting text frame properties
- Editing text
- Finding and changing text
- Checking spelling
- Combining text and graphics
- Formatting characters
- Formatting paragraphs
- Working with tabs
- Working with composition
- Controlling hyphenation and justification
- Using styles
- Placing a graphic
- Understanding graphic formats
- Managing links and embedded images
- Using object libraries
- Group, and ungroup commands
- Stacking objects
- Align and distribute
- Lock position
- Using the transform palette
- Moving objects
- Changing size, proportions and orientation
- Duplicating objects
- Colour modes and models
- Spot and process colours
- Working with swatches
- Creating a custom colour
- Using Pantone colours
InDesign Level 1