Adobe InDesign CS5 Training Course

Adobe Indesign Training CoursesAs the premier document production tool on the market, getting the most of it can be achieved by attending an Adobe InDesign Training Course.

Unlike training companies offering scheduled courses, we offer the alternative of your Adobe InDesign Training Course delivered in central London on a date of your choice, either onsite or at our offices near Moorgate, Liverpool Street or Bank. We offer courses for Introduction or Beginners to Advanced.

In addition we also run custom InDesign CS5 courses tailored to your exact requirement. You select required topics to build your own bespoke Adobe InDesign training course. Whether you need a consultative 1 to 1 Adobe InDesign training session using your examples or group training, our trainers can deliver a highly professional service.


Adobe InDesign Training Levels / Training Details / Locations / Schedule

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  • Introduction
  • Advanced

InDesign CS5 Introduction Training Course

This course is designed for new users of InDesign, or those that have been self taught.

Duration

This is a 1 day InDesign Introduction Course. The course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our London training centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

Day 1

Getting Started
Lesson 1 - Introducing the Workspace
Lesson 2 - Getting to Know InDesign
Lesson 3 - Setting up a Document and Working with Pages
Lesson 4 - Working with Objects
Lesson 5 - Flowing Text
Lesson 6 - Editing Text
Lesson 7 - Working with Typography
Lesson 8 - Working with Colour

Day 2

Lesson 9 - Working with Styles
Lesson 10 - Importing and Modifying Graphics
Lesson 11 - Creating Tables
Lesson 12 - Working with Transparency
Lesson 13 - Out putting and exporting
Lesson 14 - Creating Rich interactive documents
Lesson 15 - Working with Long Documents
Appendix: Colour Management

InDesign Introduction / Beginners Training Course Contents

Basics

  • Creating and saving a document
  • The InDesign approach to page -layout
  • Overview of features
  • InDesign compared to QuarkXPress
  • Exploring the interface
  • Overview of tools
  • Overview of palettes
  • Navigating through documents
  • Zooming in and out
  • Print Preview and Print

Working with text

  • Text frames
  • Importing text
  • Character formatting
  • Paragraph formatting
  • Indentation of text
  • Working with tabs
  • Find and replace and Spell-checker
  • Running text around an image
  • Creating threads

Master pages

  • How master pages work
  • Creating master pages
  • Applying master pages
  • Setting page numbering
  • Using hierarchical master pages

Styles

  • Benefits of using styles
  • Creating character styles
  • Creating paragraph styles
  • Setting parent and child styles
  • Applying styles
  • Importing styles
  • Document and default styles

Working with graphics

  • Graphic frames
  • Overview of graphic formats
  • Importing graphics
  • Resizing graphics
  • Cropping graphics
  • Using the Links palette
  • Using in-line graphics
  • Wrapping text around graphics
  • Using clipping paths

Longer documents

  • Creating a table of contents
  • Creating an index
  • Using the Book palette
  • Creating a book list
  • Synchronising styles and colours
  • Printing a book list
  • Exporting a book list as PDF
  • Page numbering across books
  • Creating libraries
  • Adding and using library elements
  • Searching libraries

Special effects

  • Placing text on a path
  • Creating drop shadows
  • Working with transparency
  • Exporting transparency
  • Blend modes
  • Feathering
  • Corner effects
  • Creating multi-colour gradients
  • Converting text to paths

Tables

  • Creating tables
  • Formatting tables
  • Imported tab delimited text
  • Importing Word tables
  • Importing Excel tables
  • Filling alternating rows or columns

Page layout

  • Setting margins
  • Using a layout grid
  • Creating custom guides
  • Multi-columns layouts
  • Using frame-based columns
  • Using page-based columns

Interactivity

  • Automatically generating links
  • Generating bookmarks
  • Using the button tool
  • Button options
  • Choosing events
  • Creating web links
  • Embedding Flash video
  • Exporting interactive PDFs

Typography

  • Typographic shortcuts
  • Using the Single Line Composer
  • Using the Paragraph Composer
  • Highlighting composition problems
  • Creating hanging punctuation
  • Manual kerning
  • Using optical kerning
  • Inserting special characters
  • Creating drop caps
  • Hyphenation and justification

Adobe InDesign CS5 Advanced Course

This course is aimed at more experienced users of Indesign

Course Duration

This is a 1 day InDesign Advanced . Course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our Course training Centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

 

InDesign Advanced Training Course Contents

Master Pages

  • Making master pages work
  • Creating and editing master pages
  • Applying master pages
  • Setting page numbering
  • Using hierarchical master pages
  • Working with text

Working with Layers

  • Moving items between layers
  • Setting layer options
  • Changing the stacking order
  • Using layers with master pages
  • Automatic layout adjustment
  • Setting options for layout adjustment
  • Using clipping paths

Typography

  • Typographic shortcuts
  • Using the Single Line Composer
  • Using the Paragraph Composer
  • Highlighting composition problems
  • Creating hanging punctuation
  • Manual kerning
  • Using optical kerning
  • Inserting special characters
  • Creating drop caps
  • Hyphenation and justification

Longer Documents

  • Creating a table of contents
  • Creating an index
  • The Book palette
  • Creating a book list
  • Synchronising styles and colours
  • Printing a book list
  • Exporting a book list as PDF
  • Page numbering across books

Drawing

  • Using the drawing tools
  • Creating freehand shapes
  • Creating bezier curves
  • Manipulating shapes
  • Using the Transform palette
  • Aligning objects
  • Using the eye-dropper tool

Special Effects

  • Placing text on a path
  • Creating drop shadows
  • Working with transparency
  • Exporting transparency
  • Using Blend modes
  • Using Feathering
  • Creating multi-colour gradients
  • Converting text to path

 

 

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InDesign Training Sydney - provided by City Desktop Training

 

 

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