InDesign CS3 Foundation

2 days

Course Description

This course uses the latest software and is delivered using training workbooks and examples that the delegate can take away at the end of the course. The course is designed with a balance of hands-on practical exercises, demonstrations, reviews and discussions to ensure that a fi rm grasp is achieved of the concepts and practical skills of InDesign. This foundation course starts with program basics and quickly builds confi dence and skills in navigating the application and using tools to create single and multiple page layouts. Original layouts are created from scratch and techniques using frames, typography, colour, styles, graphics and tables are practiced.

Who should attend?

This course is valuable for delegates with no or little experience of InDesign CS3 (or earlier versions such as CS2) who wish to gain a good working knowledge of the application within two days. The course content shown below lists what is covered during the two days and this includes all of the fundamental features of the software. The course is suitable for most situations where professional page layout skills are required.

What will I learn?

Skills to enable you to: Create page layouts from scratch, or edit existing layouts. Design documents, enhance documents, add tables and fi nalize documents. Use styles to achieve consistency and improve maintenance.

Managing the InDesign Environment

Explore the InDesign Environment
Customize the Workspace
Set General and Interface Preferences

Setting Up Your Document

Text frames
Threading text in frames
Graphics frames
Layers
Styles

Importing and Editing Text

Creating and entering text
Vertically aligning text
Flowing text
Working with styles
Changing the number of columns on a page
Loading styles from another document
Checking spelling of a story
Using the story editor

Typography

Adjusting vertical spacing
Changing fonts and type style
Changing paragraph alignment
Creating a drop cap
Adjusting letter and word spacing
Working with tabs
Adding a rule below a paragraph

Colour

Defining printing requirements
Swatches panel
Applying colours to objects
Creating dashed strokes
Working with gradients
Tints and spot colour
Applying colour to text
Using advanced gradient techniques
Ensuring consistent colour
Color management

Styles

Paragraph styles
Character styles
Nesting styles
Object styles
Globally updating styles
Loading styles from another document

Importing and Linking Graphics

Vector and bitmap graphics
Updating revised graphics
Adjusting view quality
Working with clipping paths

Adobe Bridge

Managing objects
Creating a library
Importing graphics

Adding Tables

Create a Table
Modify a Table Structure
Format a Table
Create Table and Cell Styles

Finalizing Documents

Check Documents for Problems
Print a Document
Package Files
Prepare PDF Files for Web Distribution