Adobe InDesign - Advanced 2 Days
Course Overview
Course Objectives This course is designed for experienced InDesign users who wish to work as quickly and efficiently in InDesign. In the course we examine the time saving features and shortcuts.
Pre-requisites
A Basic working knowledge of Windows or Macintosh operating systems together with a good working knowledge of Adobe InDesign or attendance on our Fundamentals of InDesign course.
Course Contents
Preferences
Detailed look at key options in Preferences
Changing Application/Document defaults
The tools hints panel
Navigation
New Window options
Shortcuts for quick navigation
Interface
Control panel hidden options
The Command Bar
Spread rotation - including non-horizontal elements in your designs by temporarily rotating the spread view
Normal, preview and presentation mode
Objects
Combining/converting objects
Quick tips for transforming objects
Pasting objects within objects
Creating Bezier paths
Pathfinder Panel options
Using Scripts to modify objects
Compound paths
Hiding objects
Object Styles
Advanced Object Styles
Picture fitting controls
Activating paragraph styles in object styles
Strokes
Creating custom strokes
Pen/Pencil/Smooth/Erase tools
Text
Text Import options
MS Word to InDesign style sheets workflow
Creating and using custom dictionaries
Using the story editor
Tracking text changes in Story Editor
Options for turning text to outlines
Find/Change options
Basic GREP searches
Using the Eyedropper Tool on text
Mapping Styles to Tags on Export
Notes
Using the Notes features
Advanced Typography
Single Line/Paragraph Composers
Working with OpenType
Justification/Hyphenation controls
Creating Custom Glyph sets
Word space kerning
Controls for Drop Caps
Footnotes
Paragraph rule options
Optical Margin alignment
Bullets and numbering
Text variables
Using Slugs/Running Heads
Using Text Variables in a workflow
Conditional Text
Delivering multiple versions of a document for different users
Hiding text at paragraph, word, and character level without relying on layers
Style Sheets Advanced
Creating/using Nested style sheets
Creating/updating Based On styles
Creating/applying Next Style options
Overriding style sheets
Images
Working with native Photoshop files
Options for image cut-outs
Placing Illustrator files or passing Illustrator objects
Object Layer options
Re-linking based on file extension
Live image captions
Colours
Named and Unnamed Colours
Multi-ink colours and groups
Using the Separations preview panel
Aliasing spot colours in the ink manager
Documents
Document Presets
Advanced Master Page options
Working with Sections
Specifying a start page number
Tips for Working with Layers
Document/object Baseline Grids
Working with Libraries (advanced)
Creating and placing Snippets
Creating cross-references that dynamically update as content is changed or moved within a document
Tables
Creating Cell and table styles
Linking to Spreadsheets/updating information
Working with Transparency
Using the Gradient Feather tool
Advanced transparency effects
Applying and overriding effects
Blending modes
Groups and transparency
Isolating blending
Using the Flattener Preview Panel/layers to avoid flattening problems when printing
Working with Interactivity
Creating buttons and hyperlinks for interactivity
The media panel
Exporting with interactive elements to PDF and SWF
Adding motion, sound and video for export directly to SWF
Using the Articles panel
Working with CS Review
Creating a shared review
Understanding CS Live online services
Adobe InDesign - Advanced 2 Days
Course Overview
Course Objectives This course is designed for experienced InDesign users who wish to work as quickly and efficiently in InDesign. In the course we examine the time saving features and shortcuts.
Pre-requisites
A Basic working knowledge of Windows or Macintosh operating systems together with a good working knowledge of Adobe InDesign or attendance on our Fundamentals of InDesign course.
Course Contents
Preferences
Detailed look at key options in Preferences
Changing Application/Document defaults
The tools hints panel
Navigation
New Window options
Shortcuts for quick navigation
Interface
Control panel hidden options
The Command Bar
Spread rotation - including non-horizontal elements in your designs by temporarily rotating the spread view
Normal, preview and presentation mode
Objects
Combining/converting objects
Quick tips for transforming objects
Pasting objects within objects
Creating Bezier paths
Pathfinder Panel options
Using Scripts to modify objects
Compound paths
Hiding objects
Object Styles
Advanced Object Styles
Picture fitting controls
Activating paragraph styles in object styles
Strokes
Creating custom strokes
Pen/Pencil/Smooth/Erase tools
Text
Text Import options
MS Word to InDesign style sheets workflow
Creating and using custom dictionaries
Using the story editor
Tracking text changes in Story Editor
Options for turning text to outlines
Find/Change options
Basic GREP searches
Using the Eyedropper Tool on text
Mapping Styles to Tags on Export
Notes
Using the Notes features
Advanced Typography
Single Line/Paragraph Composers
Working with OpenType
Justification/Hyphenation controls
Creating Custom Glyph sets
Word space kerning
Controls for Drop Caps
Footnotes
Paragraph rule options
Optical Margin alignment
Bullets and numbering
Text variables
Using Slugs/Running Heads
Using Text Variables in a workflow
Conditional Text
Delivering multiple versions of a document for different users
Hiding text at paragraph, word, and character level without relying on layers
Style Sheets Advanced
Creating/using Nested style sheets
Creating/updating Based On styles
Creating/applying Next Style options
Overriding style sheets
Images
Working with native Photoshop files
Options for image cut-outs
Placing Illustrator files or passing Illustrator objects
Object Layer options
Re-linking based on file extension
Live image captions
Colours
Named and Unnamed Colours
Multi-ink colours and groups
Using the Separations preview panel
Aliasing spot colours in the ink manager
Documents
Document Presets
Advanced Master Page options
Working with Sections
Specifying a start page number
Tips for Working with Layers
Document/object Baseline Grids
Working with Libraries (advanced)
Creating and placing Snippets
Creating cross-references that dynamically update as content is changed or moved within a document
Tables
Creating Cell and table styles
Linking to Spreadsheets/updating information
Working with Transparency
Using the Gradient Feather tool
Advanced transparency effects
Applying and overriding effects
Blending modes
Groups and transparency
Isolating blending
Using the Flattener Preview Panel/layers to avoid flattening problems when printing
Working with Interactivity
Creating buttons and hyperlinks for interactivity
The media panel
Exporting with interactive elements to PDF and SWF
Adding motion, sound and video for export directly to SWF
Using the Articles panel
Working with CS Review
Creating a shared review
Understanding CS Live online services
