Adobe
InDesign CS2: Migration
(2
days)
Background
This
course has been designed to provide a seamless transition from
QuarkXPress to InDesign, Adobe’s widely acclaimed desktop
publishing application.
The course will transfer your existing skills to the new InDesign
environment as well as providing a comprehensive, practical understanding
of the wide range of new features in InDesign. You will also explore
InDesign’s superb integration with both Illustrator and
Photoshop.
This
is an Adobe authorised course designed to enable you to create
professional, creative and typographically excellent documentation
using InDesign.
Course Content
DAY ONE
INTRODUCTION
KEY TERMS
An
overview of the major differences in terminology between the two
applications
SETTING
DEFAULTS AND PREFERENCES
Setting
application preferences
Setting
document preferences
Customising
the toolbox
Setting
tool defaults
Creating
document defaults
Customising
shortcuts
INTERFACE
DIFFERENCES
Using
palettes, tools and menus
Introducing
the Control palette
Saving
the workspaces
Tips
for managing palettes
NAVIGATION
AND DISPLAY
Controlling
display preferences
Using
the Navigator palette
Multiple
document previews
Dynamic
graphics preview
Dynamic
text preview
Overprint
preview
Separations
preview
CREATING
OBJECTS AND BUILDING PAGES
Creating
a new document
Picture
and text boxes
Linking
text boxes
Introducing
layers
Selecting
frames and contents
Using
the Pages palette
Creating
and editing masters
Overriding
master objects
Reapplying
master objects
TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY
Placing and flowing text
Selecting
and editing text
Handling
missing fonts
Working
with glyphs
Drag and
drop text
FORMATTING
CHARACTERS
Character-level
formatting
Using
optical kerning
Assigning
languages
Creating
character styles
FORMATTING
PARAGRAPHS
Paragraph-level
formatting
Choosing a
composer
Introducing
nested styles
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
DAY TWO
WORKING
WITH GRAPHICS
Placing
graphics
Scaling
objects vs. contents
Introducing
the Links palette
Manipulating
graphics
Understanding
Fitting options
PSD and PDF layer options
COMBINING
TEXT AND GRAPHICS
Wrapping
text around graphics
Introducing
snippets
Creating
inline graphics
Converting
text to outlines
Image
import options
Images
with clipping paths
Creating a
new clipping path
Laying out
pages accurately
Using
rulers, grids and guides
Using the
Info palette
FINESSING TEXT CONTENT
Setting
text frame options
Document
baseline grids
Frame-based
baseline grids
Using
special characters
INTRODUCING
TRANSPARENCY
Creating
drop shadows
Feathering
edges
The
Flattener Preview palettes
INTRODUCTION
TO TABLES
Creating
basic tables
Modifying
tables
Importing
tables
EDITING
COPY
Using
the Story Editor
Using
Find/Change
UNDERSTANDING
COLOUR
Loading
swatches
Using
stroke and fill options
Sampling
colours from images
PREFLIGHT,
PACKAGE, PDF AND PRINTING
Exporting
as a PDF
Performing
a preflight check
Packaging
files for handoff
OPENING
QUARK DOCUMENTS
Tips
for opening QuarkXPress documents
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
