InDesign Introduction

  • Duration
  • 2 days
  • Cost
  • £440.00 per delegate + VAT.
  • Dates
  • 7th to 8th Oct 2010
  • 7th to 8th Feb 2011
  • 5th to 6th May 2011
  • 25th to 26th Aug 2011
  • 18th to 19th Oct 2011
  • Venue
  • The New Technology Institute in Birmingham City Centre.
  • Exam
  • N/A

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  • Course Code
  • IDI

Course Description

Delegates will use the latest version of InDesign to create single page and multi-page layouts. The course will provide the basic skills to produce leaflets, brochures, catalogues and even magazines. By the end of the course the delegates will be comfortable with manipulation of graphics, colour and text to produce a professional graphic design layout.

Pre-Requisites

Basic IT and Windows for PC users or OSX skills for Apple Mac users.

What you will learn

  • The Interface
  • Creating documents
  • Viewing and arranging palettes
  • Menus and dialog boxes
  • Working with pages palette and master pages
  • Using margins, columns and ruler guides
  • Using the text frame options
  • Inserting frame tools
  • Inserting and formatting text
  • Working with style sheets
  • Using character and paragraph attributes
  • Linking text frames
  • Type on a path
  • Check spelling
  • Inserting special characters
  • Kerning and tracking
  • Using tab
  • Importing graphic frame
  • Importing graphics
  • Rescaling and modifying graphics
  • Duplicating and repeating object transformation
  • Adding colour to swatches palette
  • Gradients and tints
  • Setting CMYK, Spot, RGB colours
  • Importing tables
  • Applying colour to rows
  • Applying text
  • Links menu
  • Updating linked graphics
  • Display performance
  • Prefight and package
  • Save options and Exporting

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