Course Description:

An intensive three day course which is delivered on-site. This course covers the basics of learning page layout with Adobe InDesign CS4 and provides countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. Explore typography and colour.  Learn more about creating tables and using styles. Create layouts for magazines, newsletters, and brochures. Learn how to make Adobe PDF files and rich interactive documents. Prepare files for high-resolution printing and the Web.

Course Summary:

Lesson 1: Getting to know the Work Area

Lesson 2: Getting to Know InDesign

Lesson 3: Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages

Lesson 4: Working with Frames

Lesson 5: Importing and Editing Text

Lesson 6: Working with Typography

Lesson 7: Working with Colour

Lesson 8: Working with Styles

Lesson 9: Importing and Linking Graphics

Lesson 10: Creating Tables

Lesson 11: Working with Transparency

Lesson 12: Working with Long Documents

Lesson 13: Output and PDF Exporting

Lesson 14: Creating Rich Interactive Documents

Target Audience:

This class is focused on those creating layouts for print, and pre-press professionals who need to output film. This application is a must for anyone in cross media design.