Advanced Adobe InDesign CS2

(2 days)

Background

As Adobe InDesign is increasingly adopted by publishing professionals and graphic designers, we have experienced an increasing demand for a practical course designed to enable designers already familiar with InDesign to get the most from this sophisticated application. This Adobe authorised course has been designed to meet that demand.

This two-day course will cover advanced text handling and text wrapping techniques, working with tables, drawing in InDesign, advanced methods of working with process and spot colours, using object libraries, InDesign’s advanced transparency options and creating customised pdfs.

You will also explore InDesign shortcuts, workflow management issues and receive hints and tips from experienced InDesign professionals. If you would like to run a private version of this course, tailored to your exact requirements, please give us a call.

Course Content

DAY ONE

INTRODUCTION

ADVANCED TEXT CONTROLS
Using the Info palette
Creating custom glyph sets
Inserting special characters
Adding copy breaks
Working with linked text files
Advanced Find/Change options
Finding and changing fonts
Using type on a path
Working with text import filters
MS Word/RTF import options

WORKING WITH TABLES
Creating tables
Adding text and graphics
Importing from Word and Excel
Editing tables
Running headers and footers
Formatting tables

ADVANCED TYPE FORMATTING OPTIONS
Importing styles from Word
MS Word import presets
Applying complex nested styles
Controlling how headings align to a baseline grid
Creating balanced headline text
Adding rules above and below
Creating balanced headlines
Controlling paragraph breaks
Working with composition
Setting composition preferences
Advanced hyphenation controls
Advanced justification controls
Preventing word breaks
Advanced Next Style options
Creating footnotes
Automatic bullets or numbering

COMBINING TEXT AND GRAPHICS
Creating object styles
Justifying text next to an object
Choosing which text frames are affected by text wraps
Anchoring objects
Advanced text wrap options
Sharing colour swatches across applications
Importing multi-page PDFs
Layer visibility options

PAGES AND SPREADS
Creating multi-page spreads
Copying pages between documents
Controlling spread pagination
Automatic layout adjustments

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

DAY TWO

DRAWING IN INDESIGN
Using the Pencil, Smooth and Erase tools
Drawing with the Pen tool
Adjusting path segments
Using the Scissors tool
Working with stroke styles
Applying corner effects
Creating and editing compound paths
Shape-to-shape conversations
Using Transform Again options

ADVANCED COLOUR OPTIONS
Editing mixed ink swatches
Converting mixed inks
Working with colours from EPS or PDF files
Using PSD spot colour channels

USING LIBRARIES AND SNIPPETS
Working with object libraries
Updating library objects
Cataloguing and finding objects

ADVANCED TRANSPARENCY OPTIONS
Applying transparency to groups
Creating transparency knockouts
Using blending modes
Flattening transparency artwork
Understanding pre-defined flattener presets
Flattening individual spreads
Creating, saving and loading custom flattener presets
Understanding flattener preview options
Guidelines for successful output

CREATING ADOBE PDF FILES
Global PDF export options
Producing PDF files for a high resolution composite workflow
Using pre-defined PDF presets
Customising PDF options
Creating and editing presets
Understanding PDF/X-1a and PDF/X 3 export options

PRINTING FROM INDESIGN
Setting output options
Specifying printers marks
Printing the bleed and slug areas
Printing oversized documents
Viewing print settings
Saving print settings

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS