IDCS3-1 - Adobe InDesign CS3: Basic
| Categories |
Adobe Training, Adobe InDesign Training, Desktop Publishing Training, Graphics Training |
| Duration |
1 day (7 hours) |
| Pre-requisites |
Before taking this course, students should be familiar with the basic functions of their computer's operating system such as creating folders, launching programs, and working with windows. Students should also have the basic Windows application skills, such as copying and pasting objects, formatting text, and saving files.
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| Courseware |
IDCS31-TL-01 (100 pages) |
| Price |
$295 |
| Notes |
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This course will teach students fundamental concepts and terminology, and the basic features of Adobe InDesign CS3. Students will learn how to create new InDesign documents, place text and graphics, and format text; create custom color swatches; position items using guide; create a bleed; create facing-pages multi-page documents; insert new pages and move page elements; work with master pages; flow text between frames; specify tab and indent settings; create bulleted lists; adjust space between paragraphs; create and apply paragraph rules, paragraph styles, and character styles; work with text and graphics in frames; work with Photoshop files; modify graphics, graphic frame containers, and text wrap; nest frames, group items, and create and user layers; print documents and create print presets; export to PDF; prepare and package documents for commercial printing; and use Adobe Bridge and metadata.
Getting started
The Adobe InDesign environment
Starting InDesign and opening a document
Examining the InDesign environment
Navigating a document
Examining basic panels
InDesign Help
Using Help
Basic documents
New documents
Creating a new document
Creating text in a document
Placing text
Placing InDesign pages
Placing graphics
Custom colors
Creating custom color swatches
Loading and saving swatches
Item position
Aligning elements to guides
Precisely positioning elements by using the Control panel
Creating bleeds
Structuring multi-page documents
Multi-page documents
Creating a facing-pages document
Moving items between documents
Master pages
Editing the default master page
Creating a new master page
Inserting page numbers
Applying master pages
Modifying a master item on a document page
Typesetting
Text frame threading
Threading text
Adding columns to a text frame
Unthreading text frames
Adding jump-line page numbers
Paragraph formatting
Setting tabs
Creating indents
Creating a bulleted list
Setting keep options
Adjusting space between paragraphs
Creating drop caps
Creating paragraph rules
Changing formatting by using Find/Change
Styles
Creating a paragraph style
Creating a style based on an existing style
Editing a style
Creating a character style
Creating a style group
Creating multi-level lists
Modifying items
Text frames
Positioning text within a text frame
Formatting a frame edge
Graphics
Adding Photoshop files
Adjusting text wrap
Modifying graphics
Rotating frames and graphics
Nesting frames
Grouped items
Grouping items
Manipulating items within groups
Layers
Creating a new layer
Changing layer stacking order
Assigning items to layers
Finalizing documents and setting defaults
Outputting documents
Printing a proof
Exporting a PDF
Commercial printing preparation
Checking spelling
Checking picture usage
Checking font usage
Packaging a publication
Converting a file
Adobe Bridge
Managing files with Adobe Bridge
Adding metadata in InDesign
Adding metadata in Bridge
Creating a global default swatch
Preferences and defaults
Creating a global default swatch