InDesign CS4
Category:
- Web and Graphic Design
Sessions:
3
Hours:
9
SKU:
TS661198 $100.00
Course Description:
Adobe InDesign CS4 is a desktop publishing course that covers learning page layouts and provides countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with InDesign CS4. Explore typography and color, and learn about tables and styles. Create layouts for magazines, newsletters, and brochures. InDesign CS4 breaks down the barriers between online and offline publishing by teaching you how to make Adobe PDF files and rich interactive documents, prepare files for high-resolution printing and web, and create things such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines and books.
Course Outline
Session 1
Section A: Getting to Know InDesign CS4
- History of Adobe InDesign
- Interface
- Productivity
- Text and Tables
- Graphics and Drawing
- Interactivity
- Certification
Section B: Roles of CS4 Applications
- Uses of Photoshop
- Uses of Illustrator
- Uses of InDesign
Section C: Workspaces
- Welcome Screen
- Tools Panel
- Control Panel
- Application Bar
- Panel Dock
- Application Frame
- Customizing the Workspace
- Customizing Application Menus
- Menu Color Options
- Customizing Context and Panel Menus
- Customizing Panel Location
- Customizing the Panel Dock
- Expanded Panel and Button View
- Save Workspace
- Open Saved Workspace
- Multiple Workspaces
Section D: Navigating InDesign
- Opening a Document
- Navigating with the Pages Panel
- Navigating with the Page Box
- Jump to Page
- Zooming Shortcuts
- Zoom Tool
- Spotlight (for Mac Users)
- Zoom Views
- Panning with the Hand Tool
- Hand Tool Shortcut
- Power Zoom
- Tabbed Documents
- Floating Windows
- Arranging Windows
Section E: Laying Out a Document
- New Document Preferences
- New Document Settings
- Bleed
- Slug
- Save Preset
- Viewing the New Document
- Document Guides
- Adjusting Guides
- Measure Tool
- Working with Guides
- Facing Page Document
- Baseline Grid
- Guides and Master Pages
Section F: Transforming and Reusing Objects
- Object Frames
- Rectangle Tool
- Polygon Tool
- Ellipse Tool
- Transform Options
- Rotate and Free Transform Tools
- Rotate Dialog Box
- Transform Again
- Select and Group Objects
- Arrange Objects
- Horizontal Transform
- Preview Mode
Session 2
Section A: Understanding Color
- Named vs. Unnamed Color
- Color Panel
- Color Picker
- Create New Color Swatch
- Kuler in InDesign
- Convert Swatches to CMYK
- Add Unnamed Swatches
- Deleting Swatches
- Find Unused Colors
- Saving and Loading Swatches
- Load Swatches from Document
- Tint Swatch
- Gradient Swatch
- Gradient Options
Section B: Working with Spot Color
- Spot Colors
- Mixed Inks
- Mixed Ink Group
- Separations Preview
Section C: Type Basics
- Adding Text
- Formatting Text
- Text Panel Options
- Resize Text Frame
- Text on a Path
- Text on Path Options
- Text on a Path using Shapes
- Character Formatting
- Kerning
- Type on a Path Effects
Section D: Working with Type
- Add Footer to Master Page
- Formatting Footers
- Create Column Master Page
- Linking Master Text Frames
- Import Text
- Story Editor
- Flowing Text
- Check Spelling
- Add to Dictionary
Section E: Styles
- Clearing Imported Formatting
- Creating Paragraph Styles
- Applying Styles
- Formatting within Applied Styles
- Redefining Styles
- Editing Styles Based on Other Styles
- Quick Apply
- Automating Styles
- Creating Captions
- Creating Character Styles
- Nested Styles
- GREP and Find/Change
- Using GREP and Character Styles
- Creating GREP Styles
Section F: Working with Graphics
- Placing Graphics in Existing Frames
- Scaling Graphics
- Placing Graphics without Frames
- Placing Images with Adobe Bridge
- Fitting Icons
- Links Panel
- XMP Metadata
- Info Panel
- Placing Graphics from Illustrator
- Placing Graphics from Photoshop
- Updating Missing Images
- Updating Modified Images
- Edit Original
Session 3
Section A: Libraries and Snippets
- Create Library
- Reuse Library Objects
- Create Snippet
Section B: Layers
- Organizing Documents into Layers
- Working with Layers
- Create New Layer and Layer Options
- Stacking Order
Section C: Effects
- Text Frame Options and Text Effects
- Effects Panel
- Object Styles
- Transparency
- Flattener Preview
- Dealing with Transparency
Section D: Working with Tables
- Creating a Table
- Place Excel Spreadsheet
- Basic Formatting
- Formatting with Styles
- Adding Strokes
- Creating a Cell Style
- Creating a Table Style
- Updating Tables with External Data
Section E: Advanced Type
- Create Text Variables
- Insert Text Variable
- Map Word Styles to InDesign
- Keep Options
- Hyphenation
- Text Wrap
- Frame-Based Grids
- Insert Special Character
- Linked Word Files
- Bulleted List
- Numbered List
- Conditional Text
- Create New Condition
- Create Additional Condition
Section F: Automation
- Set Up Data Merge
- Insert Placeholders
- Create Merged Document
- Create XML Tags
- Apply XML Tags
- Export XML File
- Import XML File
- Map Tags to Style
Section G: Export Formats
- Preparing for Interactive Export
- Adding Buttons
- Exporting to SWF
- Exporting to XFL
- Exporting to PDF
- Exporting to XHTML
- View XHTML
- XHTML with CSS
Section H: Long Documents
- Using the Book Panel
- Synchronizing Documents
- Table of Contents Basics
- Place Text in Table of Contents
- Creating Footnotes
- Footnote Options
- Creating Cross-References
- Editing Cross-References
Section I: Preparing for Print
- Live Preflight
- Customizing Preflight Profiles
- Correct Errors
- Embed Preflight Profile
- Print Options
- PDF Presets
- Packaging for Print
