InDesign

Course Description

Adobe InDesign is a robust and easy to use design and layout program. Learn the basics of creating documents of many types from single-page advertisements and flyers to complex multi-page colour publications. Content focused.

Participant Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Navigate the InDesign interface
• Create a new document
• Customize a document using colour, swatches, gradients, and styles
• Manage page elements
• Add tables
• Prepare documents for deployment

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with InDesign

• Topic A: Identify Components of the InDesign Interface
• Topic B: Customize the InDesign Interface
• Topic C: Apply the Navigation Controls and Set Preferences

Lesson 2: Designing a Document

• Topic A: Establish Project Requirements
• Topic B: Apply Design Principles
• Topic C: Create a New Document
• Topic D: Add text to a Document
• Topic E: Add Graphics to a Document

Lesson 3: Customizing a Document

• Topic A: Format Characters and Paragraphs
• Topic B: Apply colours, Swatches, and Gradients
• Topic C: Create and Apply Styles

Lesson 4: Working with Page Elements

• Topic A: Arrange and Align Objects
• Topic B: Use Layers
• Topic C: Transform and Manipulate Objects
• Topic D: Thread Text Frames
• Topic E: Edit Text

Lesson 5: Building Tables

• Topic A: Create a New Table
• Topic B: Format a Table
• Lesson 6: Preparing a Document for Delivery
• Topic A: Resolve Errors in a Document
• Topic B: Export Files for Printing and for the Web

Lesson 6: Preparing a Document for Delivery

• Topic A: Resolve Errors in a Document
• Topic B: Export Files for Printing and for the Web