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IDCS3-1 - Adobe InDesign: Basic

Categories	Adobe Training, Adobe InDesign Training, Desktop Publishing Training, Graphics Training
Duration	1 day (7 hours)
Pre-requisites	Knowledge of Windows XP: Basic or Windows Vista: Basic
Courseware	IDCS31-TL-01 (100 pages)
Price	$295
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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