ADOBE INDESIGN

This excellent InDesign CS6: Essentials course will teach you how to efficiently design page layouts for print or screen, starting with the basics of the program and interface, then moving into more advanced topics. The course has been created by an expert instructor with years of experience, as you can imagine, you will be given an abundance of insider knowledge and tips.

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Course Outline​

The new Document window and palettes

  • Placing and resizing an image
  • Placing types and the colour plattes
  • The story palettes and creating a new page
  • Basic type formattiong
  • Creating a simple table
  • Adobe illustrator element and PDFs

Customizing adobe InDesign

  • General preferences
  • Text preference and composition
  • Units and increment
  • Grids guides and pasteboard
  • The dictionary and spell check
  • Display file handling and updates
  • The adobe indesign workspace
  • The control palettes
  • Keyboard shortcuts

Getting started

  • creating a new document
  • Opening a document
  • Error message
  • Navigating around the page

Pages and guides

  • Redefining gpage layout
  • Guides
  • Postioning guides for accuracy
  • Coloring guides sets
  • Addings deleting and creating guides

Creating type

  • A brief intro to the pages palettes
  • Placing and customizing guides
  • Positioning and colorizing element
  • Working with types frames
  • Setting up for flowing types