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This two day course is being run six times between Monday 20th February 2012 and Thursday 7th June 2012 in London,
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| Date | Location | Rating | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 20 February 2012 | London |  | £435.00+VAT | ||
| Thursday 15 March 2012 | London | | £435.00+VAT | ||
| Monday 02 April 2012 | London | | £435.00+VAT | ||
| Thursday 26 April 2012 | London | | £435.00+VAT | ||
| Wednesday 16 May 2012 | London | | £435.00+VAT | ||
| Thursday 07 June 2012 | London | | £435.00+VAT |
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The course will transfer your existing skills to the new InDesign environment as well as providing a comprehensive, practical understanding of the wide range of features in InDesign CS4. You will also explore InDesign's superb integration with both Illustrator and Photoshop.
DAY ONE
Key terms
- Differences in terminology between InDesign and QuarkXPress
Setting defaults and preferences
- Setting application preferences
- Setting document preferences
- Customising the toolbox
- Setting tool defaults
- Creating document defaults
- Customising shortcuts
Interface differences
- Using palettes, tools and menus
- Introducing the Control panel
- Saving the workspace
- Tips for managing panels
- The N-up view
Navigation and display
- Controlling display preferences
- Using the Navigator panel
- Multiple document previews
- Dynamic graphics preview
- Dynamic text preview
- Overprint preview
- Separations preview
Creating objects and building pages
- Creating a new document
- Picture and text boxes
- Linking text boxes
- Introducing layers
- Selecting frames and contents
- Smart guides and smart spacing
- Using the Pages panel
- Creating and editing Masters
- Overriding Master Objects
- Reapplying Master Objects
Text and typography
- Placing and flowing text
- Selecting and editing text
- Handling missing fonts
- Working with glyphs
- Drag and drop text
Formatting characters
- Character-level formatting
- Introducing Open Type fonts
- Using optical kerning
- Creating character styles
- Working with Style Groups
Formatting paragraphs
- Paragraph-level formatting
- Choosing a composer
- Introducing nested styles
Questions and answers
DAY TWO
Working with graphics
- Placing graphics
- Scaling objects vs contents
- Introducing the Links panel
- Manipulating graphics
- Understanding Fitting options
- PSD and PDF layer options
Combining text and graphics
- Wrapping text around graphics
- Introducing snippets
- Creating inline graphics
- Converting text to outlines
- Image import options
- Images with clipping paths
- Creating a new clipping path
Laying out pages accurately
- Using rulers, grids and guides
- Using the Info panel
Finessing text content
- Threading/unthreading frames
- Document baseline grids
- Frame-based baseline grids
- Using special characters
Introducing transparency
- Creating drop shadows
- Feathering edges
- The Flattener Preview panel
Introduction to tables
- Creating basic tables
- Modifying tables
- Importing tables
Editing copy
- Using the Story Editor
- Using Find/Change
Understanding colour
- Loading swatches
- Using stroke and fill options
- Sampling colours from images
Preflight, package, PDF and printing
- Exporting as a PDF
- Using Live PreFlight to check files
- Packaging files for handoff
Opening Quark documents
- Tips for opening QuarkXPress documents
Questions and answers
Description:
The course will transfer your existing skills to the new InDesign environment as well as providing a comprehensive, practical understanding of the wide range of features in InDesign CS4. You will also explore InDesign's superb integration with both Illustrator and Photoshop.
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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