Basics of InDesign
- Notions of layout.
- Palettes, pasteboard, and guides.
- Panels and docks.
- Zooming in/out and workspace view.
Hands-on work
Learn about and register for the TOSA® certification option. Interface and creating custom spaces.
Frames
- Creating frames.
- Changing a frame type.
- Frame properties.
- Frame borders.
- Managing and organizing frames.
- Layers.
Hands-on work
Managing and positioning frames within a page: Reproducing a multiple-frame layout from a template.
Designing the text in the frame
- Inserting text.
- Threading text frames.
- Properties of text frames.
- Character and paragraph styles.
- Multiple columns.
- Drop caps, paragraph rules, tabs, bullets and numbering.
- Hyphenation.
Hands-on work
Creating a business card. Creating a tri-fold pamphlet.
Incorporating and editing images
- Importing an image and format options.
- Display quality.
- Managing the link to the source file.
- Editing the original image.
- Enhancing an image with text.
Hands-on work
Creating an advertising brochure.
Creating tables
- Creating a table in InDesign.
- Importing a table.
- Laying out a table.
- Converting a table.
Hands-on work
Designing and importing tables.
Working with pages, master pages, and templates
- Different types of pages.
- Default master page management.
- Page numbering.
- Creating a document template.
Hands-on work
Mocking up a magazine spread.
Publishing paper and digital versions
- Configuring color separation.
- Creating a package for the printer.
- Creating and optimizing a PDF file.
- Exporting to other formats, EPS, HTML, ePub, etc.
Hands-on work
Hands-on work
