Adobe InDesign Course - Beginners
This Adobe InDesign beginners course in Birmingham and Midlands will teach you the basics of desktop publishing and design.
Use Adobe InDesign to create simple documents like posters, small adverts, leaflets, etc.
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Adobe InDesign course for beginners summary
Beginners Adobe InDesign course duration:
1 day.
Level: beginners introduction
Software version:
Adobe InDesign 2, Adobe InDesign CS
or Adobe InDesign CS2 or Adobe InDesign CS3
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.
Beginners
Adobe InDesign course 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 course for beginners - 1 day course outline
Introduction to Adobe InDesign and desktop publishing.
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
This course is also available as a 2 day beginners and intermediate InDesign course
This Adobe InDesign course is available onsite in Birmingham and Midlands areas, and also for one or two people at our premises in South Birmingham.
A similar Adobe InDesign course may be available with other trainers around the UK.
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