This course aims to provide participants with introductory skills and  knowledge using Adobe InDesign.

Audience

This course is intended for individuals who have no, or little, prior working experience with InDesign.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

·         Start Adobe InDesign, explore elements of the environment, and use InDesign Help.

·         Create a document, add basic elements to a layout, and position elements precisely by using guides and the Control panel.

·         Create a facing-pages document; create master pages; and apply master pages to a document.

·         Thread text between text frames, add jump lines, and adjust the number of columns in a text frame; use the Paragraph Formatting Controls to apply paragraph formatting; use Find/Change to replace formatting; and create and edit paragraph and character styles.

·         Position text in text frames and format frame borders; add Photoshop images to documents, adjust text wraps, modify graphics, and nest frames; group items and manipulate items within a group; and create layers and assign items to them.

·         Print documents, create print styles, and export documents to PDF; prepare documents for commercial printing; convert document files from other applications; and use Adobe Bridge.

Prerequisites

This course assumes no prior knowledge of Adobe InDesign. However, it is necessary to have a working knowledge of personal computers and the Windows operating system as you will be required to start applications, work with and copy files, and locate file folders.