Adobe InDesign Course Titles

InDesign Intermediate

Duration:  2 days | Book this course
Cost: $850.00 + GST

Course Description

You are familiar with the InDesign environment and managed text, tables, graphics, and colours in documents. You need to know the advanced features in InDesign to create catchy and attractive documents. In this course, you will use the advanced features in InDesign to create documents that are attractive and have the highest degree of perfection.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites
Participants should have completed the InDesign Introduction level or have equivalent experience. If you are unsure, you may phone our Bookings Administrator on (07) 857.0770.

Who Should Take This Course
The target student is any professional who would like to create and design print and web content. It may include graphic designers, creative professionals, print professionals, publishers, pre-press professionals, and marketing communications professionals.

Course Objectives

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will have learned how to:

  1. Administer advanced styles.
  2. Control text.
  3. Handle page elements, graphics, and paths.
  4. Develop Bezier paths.
  5. Manage long documents.
  6. Import and export files.
  7. Adjust print settings.

Course Outline

Course Outline

Handling Page Elements

  • Creating duplicate items
  • Handling text layout
  • Creating transparency
  • Creating anchored objects
  • Manaing a library

Managing Styles

  • Importing Styles from Microsoft Word doucments
  • Creating Nested Styles
  • Creating Related Styles
  • Applying Styles in a Sequence
  • Managing Style Overrides
  • Redefining Styles
  • Breaking the Link Between Styles

Developing Complex Paths

  • Creating Bezier paths
  • Creating Clipping paths
  • Creating Compound paths
  • Creating Type Outlines

Developing Bezier Paths

  • Draw and Edit Bezier Paths
  • Create Compound Paths
  • Create Clipping Paths
  • Create Type Outlines 

Administering External Files

  • Importing Layered Files
  • Merging Data

Managing Long Documents

  • Inserting Footnotes
  • Inserting Text Variables
  • Creating Text conditions
  • Creating Document Sections
  • Creating a Book
  • Creating the Table of Contents
  • Creating Hyperlinks
  • Creating Cross-References
  • Generating an Index

Exporting InDesign Files in Other Formats

  • Exporting PDF Files
  • Exporting Files for the Web
  • Exporting Files for Animation

Adusting Print Settings

  • Managing colours
  • Previewing the Print Output
  • Creating Print Presets