About This Training Course

This hands-on InDesign CS5 - Introduction Training Course covers many advanced features including tips and techniques for using the Design Tools.

Subjects Covered

This InDesign CS5 - Introduction Training Course will cover the following subjects:

1. The Work Area

2. Starting InDesign
• The InDesign work area
• Changing magnification levels
• Navigating through a document
• Working with layers

3. Page Layout

4. Creating a new document
• Open/Save documents
• Setting basic layout options
• Grids, Guides and rulers
• Pages and Spreads
• Adding Pages
• Defining Sections
• Numbering Pages
• Adding Section Marker Text

5. Working with Masters

6. Editing Master pages
• New Master pages & Master Spreads
• Applying Master pages & spreads
• Over-riding Master page items
• Layers and Master pages
• Adjusting layouts

7. Text

8. Creating Text Frames
• Setting Text Frame options
• Linking and unlinking text frames
• Cutting and pasting text frames
• Adding a new frame to a story
• Entering and flowing text
• Importing text
• Editing text
• Checking Spelling
• Find and Change
• InDesign tagged text
• Aligning Text vertically
• Threading Text

9. Typography

10. Character formatting
• Letter, word spacing and Kerning
• Fills and strokes
• Paragraph formatting
• Alignment and indents
• Styles
• Copying Styles from other documents

11. Text and Graphics

12. Page Rules
• Text wrap
• Converting Text to Outlines
• Inline Frames
• Placing Text on a Path
• Using graphics from other programs
• Managing links
• Placing a Photoshop file
• Placing a PDF file

13. Drawings

14. Drawing basic shapes
• Points and Paths
• Using the Pencil and Pen tools
• Drawing curved segments
• Drawing techniques
• Creating compound paths
• Smoothing paths
• Erasing paths
• Corner effects
• Strokes, fills and gradients

15. Transforming

16. Moving objects
• Scaling and Rotating
• Reflecting and Shearing
• Locking objects into position
• Aligning and distributing objects

17. Colour and Transparency

18. Colour management
• Apply colour & gradients to objects
• Creating a Tint
• Creating a spot colour
• Applying colour to text
• Applying transparency settings

19. Tables

20. Importing and formatting tables
• Adding graphics to tables
• Formatting text in tables

Training Course Outcomes

At the end of this InDesign CS5 - Introduction Training Course participants will have:

Output
• General Printing controls
• Scale and Fit
• Printing Postscript to disk
• Pre-flight and package
• Exporting to PDF

Prerequisites

Participants must have a working knowledge of a computer and Windows. It is important to be are familiar with the mouse, using standard menu commands and basic file management techniques.

Other Information

This InDesign CS5 - Introduction Training Course is designed for new users of InDesign CS5.

If you need more information contact Startnextweek.com.au on 1300 728 102