InDesign CS Basic

This one day course for Adobe InDesign CS helps students design and produce professional print documents and layouts. Students will learn how to manipulate text, shapes, colors, and frames to create eye-catching print products.

Students will learn how to:

• Open an existing document; identify components of the InDesign document window; use the Toolbox, palettes, and navigation tools and options; create a new document; add text and pages to a document; save and close the document; place an image in a master page; and insert auto page numbers.
• Import text, thread, and unthread text frames; format text by using the Character and Paragraph palettes; create and modify character and paragraph styles; use the Tabs palette; edit text by using the story editor; and use the Find/Change command and Check Spelling dialog box.
• Create basic shapes; select and transform objects by using the Selection, Scale, Rotate, Shear, and Free Transform tools; copy and duplicate objects; create and modify text outlines; and arrange, align, group, and ungroup objects.
• Create paths by using the Pencil and Pen tools; edit paths by using the Selection, Direct Selection, Anchor Point, Smooth, Erase, and Scissors tools; and create text effects by adding text to a path.
• Create and apply color swatches, use the Color palette, create and apply gradients, control an object's transparency, apply stroke options, and use the Eyedropper tool to copy and apply stroke and fill attributes.
• Crop and mask images in frames; show and hide frame edges; and apply frame fitting options and special effects such as drop shadow, feather, and corner effects.
• Create a table, add text and graphics to a table, edit a table, add headers, resize table rows and columns, and format table borders

Target audience

Students should be familiar with PCs and the use of a keyboard and mouse. Students should also be proficient users of the Windows XP operating system .

Course content

Getting started with InDesign Exploring the InDesign environment • Create, modify, and save documents • Master pages

Text Text frames • Text formatting • Editing text

Objects Creating objects • Transforming objects • Working with multiple objects

Paths Creating paths • Editing paths

Colors, gradients, and strokes Fill and stroke colors • The Eyedropper tool

Frames Introducing frames • Special effects

Tables Introducing tables • Editing tables • Table formatting

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