Adobe InDesign Course for beginners
This Adobe InDesign beginners course in will teach you the basics of desktop publishing and design and how to use Adobe InDesign to create simple documents like posters, small adverts, leaflets, etc.
Adobe InDesign courses available in Birmingham and Midlands and around the UK.
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Adobe InDesign course for beginners summary
Beginners Adobe InDesign course duration:
1 day.
Level: beginners introduction
Software version:
Adobe InDesign CS
or Adobe InDesign CS2 or Adobe InDesign CS3
Numbers: One to one or small groups of up
to 4 trainees
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 to help control layout
Modifying document properties
Saving a document and organising files
2) Tools & InDesign Basics
Overview of the main tools and palettes in InDesign
Selection Tools : Selection, Direct Selection
Shape tools & Frames
Creating shapes (rectangle, ellipse, star or polygon)
Setting precise 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
Zooming in and out
Zoom tool, keyboard shortcuts, menu
Moving around the document
Floating palettes : opening and hiding palettes
3) Shapes and Selected Objects
Using the Control Palette to set size and position of a selected
object
Shape Modifying (transform, rotate, scale)
Duplicating selected objects
Grouping objects
Locking objects
Align & Distribute
Create multiple identical objects with equal spacing using Step & Repeat
4) Pictures and Graphics
Place a picture on the page
(discussion of correct file types, 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
Changing image position within
the frame
Using the Control palette to modify image or frame properties
Putting a border around an image
Checking linked images with the Links palette and Info palette
5) Colours
Choosing RGB, CMYK or Pantone Spot colours
Mix a new colour and save in the Swatches palette
Create 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
6) Text & Type
Text Tools
Create a text frame
Type in the frame or add placeholder text
Importing a text document (changing import options)
Basic typography (Leading, Kerning, Tracking, Indents, etc.)
Set type colour
Threading type between two or more text frames
Setting options for the text frame
Changing the number of columns of text in a text frame
Checking Spelling
Using with Text Wrap to wrap text around a picture or shape
Using the Eyedropper tool to pick up attributes from another block of text
8) Pages
Adding new pages, organising pages, deleting pages
Basic overview of how a master page works and adding content to the master page
9) Create a small document
Create a small simple document such as a single page newsletter, with text and images. This could be a simple document of your own - e.g. a poster, leaflet, postcard, magazine advert, simple newsletter or other small document.
This course is also available as a 2 day beginners and intermediate InDesign course
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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