Course Outline
NEW FEATURES OF CS5 COVERED
- Interactive documents and presentations
- Simplified object selection and editing
- Multiple page sizes
- Track text changes
- Paragraphs that span and split columns
- All-new Layers panel
- Production enhancements
- Print to digital
- Live captions
WORK AREA REVIEW
- Quick Keys
- Tools Panel
- Control Panel
- Viewing and arranging Panels
- Panel menus
- Save a Workspace
- Navigating the document
- Scrolling through a document
- Using InDesign Help
- InDesign Foundations Review:
- Resolution & Color for Print & Screen
- When to use InDesign, Illustrator or Photoshop
- File Formats
- Know what a Raster and Vector is
IMPORTING AND EXPORTING
- Import Text, Clean or Formatted
- Import Layered Files
- Modify Visibility of Layered Files
- How to use a Library
- Export Web Ready Graphic
- Export Postscript File
WORKING WITH STYLES
- Creating and applying paragraph styles
- Creating a character style
- Nesting character styles
- Creating and applying object styles
- Creating and applying cell styles
- Globally updating styles
- Loading styles from another document
- Create a Template
IMPORTING & CREATING TABLES IN InDesign
- Formatting and editing tables
- Adding and deleting columns
- Using graphics within tables
- Formatting text within a table
- Working with styles and tables
WORKING WITH TRANSPARENCY
- Colorize an Imported Graphic
- Change Opacity of Objects
- Apply Transparency to Text
- Use Photoshop Blending Modes
- Use Feathering
- Apply Multiple Effects
- Edit or Remove Effects
UNIQUE TEXT AND GRAPHICS
- Illustrator Tools in InDesign
- Use Pathfinder
- Text as Graphics Frame
- Use Fitting
- Type on a Path
- Not your Basic Text Frame
- Inline Graphics
- Type Effects from Photoshop
- Photo Effects from Photoshop
WORKING WITH COLOR
- Color Right from your Photo
- Use Gloss Varnish in your Project
- Create Spot Color Swatch
- Create Tint Swatch
- Import PMS Metallic Color SwatchCreate Mixed Ink Swatch
- Save a Color Palette
APPLICATION OF ADVANCED Typography and Design
- Project Applies Masterclass Techniques
- Learned and Includes:
- Great Places to buy Great Fonts
- Import and Format Text
- Unique Text Frame
- Use Hyphenation and Hanging Punctuation
- Baseline Shift
- Quick Keys for Text Formatting
WORKING WITH LONG DOCUMENTS
- Join Multiple InDesign Files into a Book
- Control Page Number Throughout Book
- Create Running Headers and Footers
- Create Table of Contents
- Assign a Source Document
- Update Modified Documents
- Create Text Variables
- Generate an Index
- Edit Index
USING XML
- Import XML tags
- Apply XML tags
- Map Styles and Tags
- Use the Structure Pane
- Import XML
- Export XML
- XML Snippets
SEPARATIONS AND TRANSPARENCY FLATTENER
- Previews & Printing and PDF Exporting
- Separations Preview & Transparency Flattener
- Preview Print Dialog, Important Features
- Create a Package
- Create a High and Low Res .pdf
- Save .pdf Presets for use later
Prerequisites
InDesign Training: Essential Skills II Course Prerequisites
- Completion of InDesign: Essential Skills I, or have equivalent knowledge of the topics covered in the InDesign: Essential Skills I course