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InDesign is the most advanced layout application available to date. Built to maximise the potential of the entire Adobe Creative Suite, this app makes working within complex documents and projects a breeze. Learn how to take your designs to the next level and create comprehensive layouts using the Adobe integration options available to InDesign.
Course Outline
InDesign CS-CS3
CD1
The Interface
The Work Environment
Setting Preferences
Workspace Management
Navigation and Display
Creating a new Document
New Document Interface
Document Presets
Pages Palette
Master Pages
Grids and Guides
Restoring and Saving
Saving and Restoring Files
Applying Color
Color Types and Modes
Creating a new Color
Swatches
Gradients
Eyedropper Tool
Applying Color to Grayscale Images
Working with Type
Creating Text
Importing Text
Flowing Text
Text Frame Options
Wrapping Text
Story Editor
Character Palette
Open Fonts
Paragraph Palette
Styles
Tabs
Spell Checking
CD2
Working with Graphics
Graphic Formats
Placing Graphics
Selecting, Sizing & Positioning
Editing Graphics
Links and Embedded Graphics
Stroke Styles
Drawing
Basic Shapes and Lines
Pen Tool
Type on a Path - Basic
Type on a Path - Advanced
Combining Graphics and Text
Layers
Inline Graphics
Outline Text
Compound Paths
Tables
Creating and Editing Tables
Importing a Table
Formatting Tables
Transparency
Using Transparency
Flattening
Flattener Preview Palette
CD3
Long Documents Features
Books
Table of Contents
Libraries
Printing
Overprint Preview
Separation Preview
PreFlight Check
Printing Setup
Printing Styles
Interactivity
Bookmarks
Buttons
Exporting
Export Formats
Exporting to PDF
PDF Styles
Integration with Adobe Apps
InDesign CS and Photoshop CS
InDesign CS and Illustrator CS
InDesign CS and Acrobat
Converting Documents
PageMaker Files
QuarkXPress Files
Cross-Media Publishing with XML
Demonstration
CD4
PSD and PDF Layer
Support
Anchored Objects
Object Styles
Shape to shape
Conversion
Drop Shadow Options
Colour Picker
InDesign Snippetts
Drag and Drop Text
Footnote Support
Enhanced Footnote Support
Improved MS Word
Support
Style Management
Enhanced Dictionary
Frame-level Baseline Grids
CD5
New Panel Layout
Menus and Workspaces
Pages & Glyphs Panels
Import Multiple Files
Better Quick Apply
Fitting Enhancements
Placing InDesign Docs
Improving Find/Change
Text Variables
Export to XHTML
Transparency
Enhanced Lists
Table & Cell Styles
Improved Wrap Controls
Nested Styles
