Adobe InDesign Training
2 day Beginners & Intermediate Adobe InDesign training course in Birmingham and Midlands.
This Adobe InDesign course will teach you the basics of desktop publishing with Adobe InDesign and give you the skills you need to get started in desktop publishing and design and to work accurately and efficiently as you progress on to more advanced document designs.
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Adobe InDesign Training - Beginners and Intermediate - Summary
Adobe InDesign training duration: 2 days.
Level: beginners / intermediate
Software version:
Adobe InDesign CS3, Adobe InDesign CS2, Adobe InDesign CS or Adobe InDesign 2
Numbers: One to one or small groups of up
to 4
Trainees in a group should have the same skill level and the same requirements.
Locations:
1) At client's site in Birmingham, Midlands and around the UK.
2) For one or two trainees, here in South Birmingham.
Adobe
InDesign training requirements
You should have good computer skills. Some previous knowledge of design
software will be helpful, particularly Adobe Photoshop for image resizing
and colour correction.
Adobe InDesign Training -
Beginners and Intermediate
2 day course outline
Day 1 - Beginners Adobe InDesign Training
Day 2 - Intermediate Adobe InDesign Training
Introduction to Adobe InDesign and desktop publishing - day 1
1) Creating a new InDesign Document
Starting a new document - setting size and margins, columns and other
options
Using guidelines and grids to help control layout
Modifying page properties
Saving a document and organising files
2) Tools & InDesign Basics
Selection Tools - Selection - Direct Selection
Shape tools (& Frames)
Creating shapes (rectangle, ellipse, star or polygon)
Specify shape dimensions
Set fill colour
Set line colour and line weight
Line tool
Create a line, set line weight and colour
Set line style and arrows
Floating palettes
Opening, shrinking and expanding to see extra options
Hiding palettes
Zooming in and out
Zoom tool, keyboard shortcuts, menu
Moving around the document
3) Shapes and Selected Objects
Using the Control
Palette (CS / CS2) to set size and position of a selected object
Shape Modifying (transform, rotate, scale, shear)
Duplicating selected objects
Grouping selected objects and transforming a group
Locking objects
Align & Distribute
4) Pictures and Graphics
Place a picture on the page (discuss the correct file type, image resolution
and image size)
Placing an image inside a frame
Resizing the frame (cropping the image)
Resizing the image
Resizing both image and frame
Using the direct selection tool to resize and change image position within
the frame
Using the scale tool to resize image and frame
Using frame options to size and position image
Using the Control palette to modify image or frame properties
Putting a border around an image
Adding a drop shadow
Checking linked images with the Links palette
5) Colours
Choosing RGB, CMYK & Pantone Spot colours
Mix a new colour and save to swatches
Mix a tint of a swatch
Make a new gradient swatch and apply to object
Modify the gradient with Gradient palette
and gradient tool.
Editing and deleting swatches
Automatically loading a predefined set of colours with every new document
Use the Eyedropper to pick colour from another object
6) Text & Type
Text Tools
Create a text frame
Type in the frame or add placeholder text
Importing a text document (changing import options)
Threading type between two or more text frames
Setting options for the text frame
Changing the number of columns of text
Checking Spelling
Basic typography (Leading, Kerning, Tracking, Indents, etc.)
Set type colour
Using with Text Wrap to wrap text around a picture or shape
Using the Eyedropper to transfer attributes from one block of text to another
Create a small simple table
7) Layers
Using Layers to organise images, graphics and text
Creating, deleting, and changing stacking order
Visibility and locking layers
Moving selected objects between layers
8) Pages
Adding new pages, arranging pages, deleting pages
How a master page works and adding content to the master page
9) Create a small document of your choice
e.g. a poster, leaflet, postcard, magazine advert or other small document
Day 1 - Beginners Adobe InDesign Training
Day 2 - Intermediate Adobe InDesign Training
Intermediate Adobe InDesign training - day 2
Use the techniques below to create typical documents which you will normally
produce.
Typical course outline - may be modified to suit requirements.
1) Pages & Master Pages
Working with multi-page documents
Creating a spread of 2 or more pages
Customising guides and columns
Creating Master Pages
Applying a master page to document pages
Editing and duplicating master pages
Automatic page numbering
2) Document Sections
Dividing a document into sections
Setting section numbering options
Using Sections with Master Pages to automatically add section headings
3) Working with Text
Threading text between frames and objects
Viewing and changing text threading
Auto flowing imported text to as many pages as are needed
Using the Story Editor to edit text
Inserting Glyphs and special characters e.g. • © ™ etc.
Using Find & Replace to replace repeated text elements in a document
Showing hidden characters (paragraphs, tabs, spaces, etc.) within the text
4) Typography and Style Sheets
More text formatting and typography: drop caps, baseline shift, paragraph
rules, keep options
Using the Character palette and Paragraph palette to format
type
Controlling paragraph breaks and column breaks
Tabs - hanging indents and tabbed lists
Bullets and Numbering options
Style Sheets to format type ( font, colour, alignment, indents, tabs,
etc.)
Character and Paragraph Style Sheets
Applying and editing Style Sheets
Importing styles from other documents
5) Tables
Designing small tables
Formatting cell colours and cell stroke properties
Resizing cells, merging cells, adding or removing rows or columns
Importing table data from spreadsheet documents
Creating a table from existing text
Formatting text, setting cell inset
spacing
Adding images to table cells
6) Custom Shapes and Drawing with InDesign
Using the pen tools to create and modify custom shapes
Use pathfinder to modify shapes
Compound shapes (e.g. a hollow ring)
Using the pencil tool, smooth and erase tools
Using the scissors tool
7) Text , Pictures and Objects
Running type along a path
Type on path options
Inline graphics (graphics inside the type )
Convert type into outlines which can be filled or manipulated like any
shape or frame
Manual text wrap around custom shape
Using a clipping path from an image file
Create multiple identical objects or frames with equal spacing using Step & Repeat
Using the Transform palette
Transparency and blending between objects
Using Object Styles (CS2)
Using Library Items
8) Printing and Output options
Preflight
Information on images, fonts and colours are used in the document.
Package
Collecting together all files and fonts for needed for printing
PDF creation basics
9) Optional Areas
Can be included if required.
Must be requested in advance of the training.
Design of larger multi page or multi section documents
Generating a table of contents from page headings
Creating a book with multiple chapters
Advanced table design (large & complex tables)
PDF documents - adding Hyperlinks to other pages, web sites, email.
Nested Style Sheets (InDesign CS / CS2)
This is a typical course outline, the techniques included may vary depending on requirements of trainees, the time available and the version of the software you are using.
Custom Adobe InDesign training is available if required based on the 2 day beginners intermediate InDesign course.
If you already have Desktop Publishing skills you could have a
1 day intermediate custom Adobe InDesign training - tailored to your requirements.
Based on the contents of the beginners / intermediate
InDesign course
Adobe InDesign training is available onsite in Birmingham and Midlands
areas, and also for one or two people at out premises in South Birmingham.
Similar Adobe InDesign training is available with other trainers around
the UK.
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