InDesign CS5 Training: Level 1

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Hands-on InDesign CS5 Adobe certified training: Level 1

InDesign keeps getting better and better! With CS5, InDesign has continued to improve and evolve its unparalleled page-layout features, seamless integration with Photoshop and Illustrator, and overall ease of use. In this 3-day intensive hands-on InDesign training you will maximize InDesign's rich feature set to create stellar documents. Whether a designer, prepress professional, or even a beginner, this class will give you the skills to use InDesign effectively and efficiently. Topics include:

Setting up your documents
Working with pages and layers
Using a library to manage objects
Flowing and formatting text

Working with styles
Working with graphics
Working with tables
Working with master pages

adobe course curriculum

INTRODUCING THE WORKSPACE

Looking at the workspace
Working with panels
Customizing the workspace
Changing the magnification of a document
Navigating through a document
Using context menus
Finding resources for using InDesign

GETTING TO KNOW INDESIGN

Pre lighting as you work
Viewing guides
Adding text
Working with styles, graphics, and objects

SETTING UP A DOCUMENT AND WORKING WITH PAGES

Creating and saving custom document settings
Switching between open InDesign documents
Working with master pages
Applying master pages to document pages
Adding sections to change page numbering
Arranging and deleting pages
Placing text and graphics on the document pages
Overriding master page items on document pages
Changing the size of pages
Viewing the completed spread

WORKING WITH OBJECTS

Working with layers
Creating and editing text and graphics frames
Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
Changing the shape of a frame
Wrapping text around a graphic
Transforming and aligning objects
Selecting and modifying grouped objects

FLOWING TEXT

Flowing text into an existing frame
Flowing text manually
Creating text frames while flowing text
Flowing text automatically
Creating threaded frames automatically
Adding a jump line page number

EDITING TEXT

Finding and changing a missing font
Entering and importing text
Finding and changing text and formatting
Editing text by dragging and dropping
Using the Story Editor
Tracking changes

WORKING WITH TYPOGRAPHY

Adjusting vertical spacing
Changing fonts and type style
Fine-tuning Columns
Changing paragraph alignment
Creating a drop cap
Adjusting letter and word spacing
Adding a rule above a paragraph

WORKING WITH COLOR

Defining printing requirements
Creating and applying colors
Working with gradients
Creating a spot color and tint
Applying colors to text and objects
Using advanced gradient techniques

WORKING WITH STYLES

Creating and applying paragraph styles
Creating and applying character styles
Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
Creating and applying object styles
Creating and applying table and cell styles
Globally updating styles
Loading styles from another document

IMPORTING AND MODIFYING GRAPHICS

Adding graphics from other programs
Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
Managing links to imported files
Updating revised graphics
Adjusting display quality
Working with clipping paths and alpha channels
Importing native Adobe graphics files
Using a library to manage objects
Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics

CREATING TABLES

Converting text to a table
Formatting a table
Creating a header row
Adding graphics to table cells
Creating and applying table and cell styles

WORKING WITH TRANSPARENCY

Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
Applying transparency settings
Adjusting transparency settings for EPS images
Adding transparency effects
Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
Applying transparency settings to text
Working with effects

OUTPUT AND EXPORTING

Pre flighting files
Packaging files
Creating an Adobe PDF proof
Previewing the page and seperations
Printing a laser or inkjet proof
Using the Ink Manager

COLOR MANAGEMENT

The need for color management
Synchronizing color settings in Adobe Bridge
Specifying color settings in InDesign
Displaying images at full resolution
Proofing colors onscreen

WORKING WITH LONG DOCUMENTS

Starting a book
Creating a running footer
Adding a footnote
Adding a cross-reference
Synchronizing a book
Generating a table of contents
Indexing a book

Hands-on InDesign CS5 Adobe certified training: Level 1

Mira Images

Adobe InDesign Training Level 1

3 day class, cost: $1199

Students receive a course text, Adobe InDesign CS5: Classroom in a Book which includes a CD of class files. These resources provide students with a valuable tool for post-training practice, using familiar files and lessons.

All Mira Images Adobe authorized training is provided by certified instructors at our location or yours. Because we know your time is valuable,

We will never cancel your class.

The Mira Images Classroom is located just outside of Philadelphia, PA and is convenient to Harrisburg, PA, New York, NY, New Jersey, Baltimore, MD, Wilmington, DE, & Washington DC.