InDesign CS3 Training: Level 1

Class description

InDesign's unparalleled page-layout features, its seamless integration with Photoshop and Illustrator, combined with its ease of use, make it the obvious choice when it comes to page layout applications. This 2-day intensive hands-on InDesign training will familiarize you with essential concepts and skills and then go beyond to incorporate best practices and invaluable time-saving tips and tricks. Whether a designer, prepress professional, or even a beginner, this class will give you the skills to use InDesign effectively and efficiently. Learn to flow and format text, incorporate graphics, use Paragraph, Character, Object and Table Styles, apply Effects, and so much more. Topics include:

The InDesign workspace
Formatting & flowing text
Working with layers

Adding graphics
Using styles & effects
Preparing for print

adobe course curriculum

Getting to know the work area

Getting comfortable with the InDesign workspace
The control panel
Customizing your workspace
Navigating your document
InDesign selection tools and techniques
Using InDesign help

Setting up your document

Creating and saving custom page settings
Working with guides
Wrapping text around a graphic
Sections & page numbering
Adding, arranging and deleting pages
Placing text and graphics on the document pages
Working with master pages
Overriding master page items

Working with frames

Creating and editing text frames
Resizing and positioning images within a frame
Changing the shape of a frame

Importing and editing text

Managing fonts
Finding and changing a missing font
Flowing text
Changing the number of columns on a page
Working with styles
Loading styles from another document
Finding and changing
Using spell check
Drag and drop text editing
Using the story editor

Working with styles

Creating and applying paragraph styles
Creating and applying character styles
Creating a nested style
Creating and applying object styles
Creating and applying table and cell styles

Importing and linking graphics

Adding graphics from other programs
Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
Managing links to imported files
Creating and using a library to manage objects

Creating tables

Importing and formatting tables
Using graphics within tables
Formatting text within a table

Working with transparency

Applying transparency settings
About the effects panel
Applying a blending mode
Working with effects
Applying multiple effects to objects
Editing and removing effects

Working with long documents

Defining a book
Setting order and pagination
Working with a table of contents
Maintaining consistency across book files
Indexing the book

Output and PDF exporting

Preflighting & packaging for print
Understanding PDF export settings

Mira Images

Adobe InDesign Training Level 1

2 day class, cost: $749

Students receive a course text, Adobe InDesign CS3: 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.