Pre-requisites: All attendees must be proficient in either the Macintosh or Windows environments. This course does not require the attendee to have prior experience of In Design although a review of the product tutorial would be of benefit.

Duration: 1-Day
Start & Finish Times: 10am to 5pm

Objectives: The course will enable participants to identify and describe the main component features that collectively make up the application.

Overview of Content

Basics Creating and saving a document, The InDesign approach to page layout, Overview of features, Overview of tools / palettes, Navigating through documents, Smart Views

Accurate Layout Grids, Guides, Rulers

Text Text Frames, Text Frame Formatting, Text on a path, Creating and formatting columns

Type Importing / Placing Text, Character formatting, Paragraph formatting, Adobe Paragraph Composer, Basic typography and layout

Text meets graphics Text wrapping options, Flowing text round graphic boxes

Tabs Tabs and Tab Characters, Leaders, Tabs Palette

Tables Building basic tables, Formatting tables, Tables and Text, Tables, colour fills and strokes

Colour Colour principles and modes, Colour Palette, Creating and applying new colours, Editing colour, Strokes and Fills

Graphics Importing graphics, Placing graphics, Graphic formats, Working with graphics and graphics frames, Graphic frame modification, Understanding graphic handling

Output Print Preview, Print, Print Options, Print Presets

Public Course Cost. £380.00
Reward Price. £190.00

Company Room Rates & Work Shops – Please call for quote Associated courses: Quark; Illustrator; InDesign; Acrobat; Photoshop