Indesign for Quark Users |
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Overview
Indesign
is the new-kid-on-the-blockand is fast becoming
the leading choice for creatives working in
press or printing. This is an intensive course
designed to allow a quick and painless migration
to Indesign for seasoned quark specialists.
Requirements
No
previous knowledge of Indesign is required,
however a good working knowledge of QuarkXpress
is essential. Knowledge of Illustrator and/or
Photoshop is very useful.
Objective
By
the end of the course the client will be able
to set up a complex multi-page documents, useing
all the familiar dtp pricipals: graphics, text,
process/spot colours, masterpages and styles.
Platform Mac or PC | Duration 1
day
Price Per Course £250.00 ex VAT
Full payment must be received prior to the course commencing.
Course Outline:
The Interface
• Single & facing masters
• Using tools and palettes
• Changing views & navigating
• Units and measurements
• Fonts and Paper size
Creating documents
• Creating a new document
• Setting margin guides
• Using guides. rules and grids
• Changing defaults and preferences
Creating objects
• Drawing shapes and lines
• Modifying existing objects
• The Select and Direct selection tools
• Selecting moving and duplicating objects
• Using the transform palette
• Aligning objects
Working with text Frames
• How text frames work
• Placing and typing text
• Threading text frames
• Automatic textframe functions
Formatting text
• Font face/size/colour
• Paragraph formatting
• Leading, kerning and tracking
• Creating Drop Caps.
• Tabs
• Creating paths from text
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Images
• Placing images
• Resizing images
• Image types
• Clipping Paths
• Repairing broken links
Colour
• Understanding spot and process colour
• LAB, CMYK, RGB
• The swatches palette using swatch libraries
• Creating tints and gradients
• Applying colour to fills and stokes
Master pages
• Creating A master page
• Creating further master pages
• Linking and unlinking from masters
• Modifying documents based in masters
Styles
• Creating character styles
• Creating paragraph styles
• Applying styles
• Modifying and changing styles
• Using the eyedropper tool
Outputting documents
• Printing options
• Flight checking
• Exporting as PDFs |
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To book this course, please use the online booking
form or telephone Business Development Team on 020 7241 7499
or email sales@theinnovatory.com |
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