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InDesign CS2 New Features

1 day

Overview

Over the past several years, Adobe has continuously enhanced its design process and applications by introducing new versions with greater capability and ease. Adobe InDesign CS2 continues this trend as part of the second edition of the Creative Suite called CS2. In this course, you will explore the new features of Adobe InDesign CS2 and its increased functionality.

Course Objective

You will explore the new features of Adobe InDesign CS2.

Target student

The target students for this course are existing users of InDesign, ideally InDesign CS users.

Prerequisites

To ensure your success, we recommend that you take the following course InDesign CS (or earlier versions).


Designing Documents

  • Create and Use a Snippet
  • Create and Use Anchored Objects
  • Create the Structure of a Document
  • Utilize Data Merge on Masters

Manipulating Text

  • Create a User Dictionary
  • Import a Word List into a User Dictionary
  • Manage Text
  • Apply Styles to Text and Objects

Constructing Objects

  • Create an Object Style
  • Format a Story
  • Apply Transformations to Selections
  • Convert Shapes

Incorporating Color

  • Select Colors Using the Color Picker
  • Load and Save Swatches Using the Swatches Palette

Managing Assets

  • View Assets with Adobe Bridge
  • Apply Metadata and Keywords to Assets in Adobe Bridge
  • Set Options for the Creative Suite Color Settings

Transporting Files

  • Work with Layered Files
  • Save in the Interchange File Format
  • Import Materials from Microsoft Word

Managing Long Documents

  • Insert Footnotes
  • Format Footnotes

Utilizing XML

  • Import and Integrate XML
  • Apply XML Tags to Objects

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InDesign CS2 New Features training courses