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| Tuesday 28 February 2012 | London |  | £435.00+VAT | ||
| Thursday 22 March 2012 | London | | £435.00+VAT | ||
| Tuesday 10 April 2012 | London | | £435.00+VAT | ||
| Wednesday 02 May 2012 | London | | £435.00+VAT | ||
| Monday 21 May 2012 | London | | £435.00+VAT | ||
| Wednesday 13 June 2012 | London | | £435.00+VAT |
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This is an introductory course for new users of InDesign. If you are an experienced QuarkXPress user migrating to Adobe InDesign, we offer a two day InDesign migration course designed specifically for your requirements.
DAY ONE
The InDesign interface
- Creating a new document
- Creating and using frames
- Selecting frames and content
- The N-up View
Working with text
- Placing text
- Selecting and editing text
- Handling missing fonts
- Drag and drop text
- Smart text reflow
- Smart guides and smart spacing
Formatting characters
- Character-level formatting
- Choosing a composer
- Hyphenation and justification
- Using the Eyedropper tool
- Creating drop caps
Working with styles
- Character and paragraph styles
- Creating styles
- Editing and applying styles
- Introducing nested styles
- Removing style formatting
- Organising styles using Style Groups
Importing graphics
- Different file formats
- Placing graphics
- Placing multiple graphics
- Manipulating graphics
- Understanding fitting options
- PSD and PDF layer options
Combining text and graphics
- Wrapping text around graphics
- Introducing snippets
Understanding colour
- Spot and process colours
- Loading swatches
- Working with swatches
- Using stroke and fill options
- Creating tints
- Sampling colours from images
Laying out pages accurately
- Using rulers, grids and guides
- Using the Info panel
- Creating grids
- Working with layers
Questions and answers
DAY TWO
Multi-page documents
- Using the Pages panel
- Targeting pages and spreads
Editing copy
- Using the Story Editor
- Using Find/Change
- Using the Spell Checker
Introducing transparency
- Creating drop shadows
- Feathering edges
- The Flattener Preview panels
Transforming objects
- Scaling objects vs contents
- Transforming objects
- Grouping and ungrouping
- Rotating a spread
Finessing text content
- Threading/unthreading frames
- Flowing text through frames
- Multi-column text frames
- Setting text frame options
- Document baseline grids
- Redefining styles
- Hanging punctuation
- Using special characters
- Viewing composition options
Working with Master Pages
- Master Page guidelines
- Creating and editing Masters
- Applying Master Pages
- Auto-numbering pages
- Basing one Master on another
- Overriding Master objects
- Reapplying Master objects
Combining text and graphics
- Image import options
- Images with clipping paths
- Creating a new clipping path
- Removing image backgrounds
- Editing clipping paths
- Tolerance and threshold options
- Advanced text wrap options
Exporting and printing
- Exporting as a PDF
- Using Live PreFlight
- Spotting potential problems
- Packaging files for handoff
Questions and answers
Description:
This is an introductory course for new users of InDesign. If you are an experienced QuarkXPress user migrating to Adobe InDesign, we offer a two day InDesign migration course designed specifically for your requirements.
Media Training
Media training is a London based training provider focusing on the six main areas of graphic design, publishing, the internet, multimedia, business application and journalism. Media Training is a Preferred Training Provider of BBC, EMAP, IPC Media and Haymarket Business Publications.
Media Training believes in the Experience Transfer approach to learning. This means delegates will be trained by those who have worked professionally in their chosen industry. Delegates will receive advice and training which will be applicable long after the training has finished.
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