Adobe InDesign CS5 Training

How To Take This Class:

Live Instructor-Led Online Class > View Schedule or Register
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Instructor-Led Online Course Tuition:

$885.00

Course Duration:

3 Days

What Students Receive:

Each student will receive:

A copy of Adobe InDesign CS5 Classroom in a Book for use during and after class. This courseware manual, written by the Adobe Creative Team, is an essential reference for learning Adobe InDesign as well as preparing for InDesign Certification Exams.
A PC headset for communicating with your instructor and fellow students during your InDesign Training Class
A course completion certificate upon successful completion of your InDesign Training course
Six months of post-class email support from a InDesign Instructor

Course Description:

Adobe InDesign allows users to produce professional quality, full color documents in a variety of formats. In this InDesign CS5 Training course, students will learn both fundamental and advanced features of Adobe InDesign CS5.

Certification:

This course helps prepare students for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) ® Exam. View ACE exam objectives and ACE exam practice questions.

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Create and edit documents.
Work with pages.
Import, edit and flow text.
Work with typography.
Work with color in a document.
Import and modify graphics.
Work with long documents.

Course Audience:

This course is designed for both new and experienced Adobe InDesign users who are interested in becoming more proficient in their use of Adobe InDesign.

Course Prerequisites:

Students should have experience using a computer to complete basic tasks.

Course Syllabus:

Introducing the Workspace

Looking at the workspace
Working with panels
Customizing the workspace
Changing the magnification of a document
Navigating through a document
Using context menus
Finding resources for using InDesign

Getting to Know InDesign

Viewing the lesson document
Preflighting as you work
Viewing guides
Adding text
Working with styles
Working with graphics
Working with objects

Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages

Creating and saving custom document settings
Creating a new document
Switching between open InDesign documents
Working with master pages
Applying master pages to document pages
Adding sections to change page numbering
Adding new pages
Arranging and deleting pages
Placing text and graphics on the document pages
Overriding master page items on document pages
Changing the size of pages
Viewing the completed spread

Working with Objects

Working with layers
Creating and editing text frames
Creating and editing graphics frames
Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
Changing the shape of a frame
Wrapping text around a graphic
Modifying the shape of frames
Transforming and aligning objects
Selecting and modifying grouped objects

Flowing Text

Flowing text into an existing frame
Flowing text manually
Creating text frames while flowing text
Flowing text automatically
Creating threaded frames automatically
Adding a jump line page number

Editing Text

Finding and changing a missing font
Entering and importing text
Finding and changing text and formatting
Checking spelling
Editing text by dragging and dropping
Using the Story Editor
Tracking changes

Working with Typography

Adjusting vertical spacing
Changing fonts and type style
Fine-tuning Columns
Changing paragraph alignment
Creating a drop cap
Adjusting letter and word spacing
Setting tabs
Adding a rule above a paragraph

Working with Color

Defining printing requirements
Creating and applying colors
Working with gradients
Creating a tint
Creating a spot color
Applying colors to text and objects
Using advanced gradient techniques

Working with Styles

Creating and applying paragraph styles
Creating and applying character styles
Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
Creating and applying object styles
Creating and applying table and cell styles
Globally updating styles
Loading styles from another document

Importing and Modifying Graphics

Adding graphics from other programs
Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
Managing links to imported files
Updating revised graphics
Adjusting display quality
Working with clipping paths
Working with alpha channels
Importing native Adobe graphics files
Using a library to manage objects
Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics

Creating Tables

Converting text to a table
Formatting a table
Creating a header row
Adding graphics to table cells
Creating and applying table and cell styles

Working with Transparency

Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
Applying transparency settings
Adjusting transparency settings for EPS images
Adding transparency effects
Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
Applying transparency settings to text
Working with effects

Output and Exporting

Preflighting files
Packaging files
Creating an Adobe PDF proof
Previewing separations
Previewing how transparency effects will be flattened
Previewing the page
Printing a laser or inkjet proof
Using the Ink Manager

Creating Rich Interactive Documents

Setting up an online document
Adding buttons, page transitions, and hyperlinks
Exporting as Flash Player (SWF)
Exporting as Adobe PDF (Interactive)
Converting a print document for online use
Adding advanced interactivity, animation, and video

Working with Long Documents

Starting a book
Creating a running footer
Adding a footnote
Adding a cross-reference
Synchronizing a book
Generating a table of contents
Indexing a book