Indesign: Level 1
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Overview
Indesign is the new-kid-on-the-block
in the field of desktop publishing, and is destined to become the
leading choice for creative professionals working in press or printing.
This is an introductory course which takes clients through the basics
of using Indesign to create entire documents or brochures.
Prerequisites
Good practical knowledge of how to use a computer. You should be able to use a mouse to select, open and close files and folders. You need to be aware of the file storage areas, such as My documents, desktop and hard drive. You should know how to ‘copy’ and ‘paste’, minimise and maximise a window, the difference between ‘save’ and ‘save as’ and how to switch between one open application and another. If you are unfamiliar with these topics, you may be interested in our PC Basics course.
Objective
By the end of the course
the client will be able to set up a complex page comprising pictures
grapics, text and colours. Although the emphasis is on Indesign
the course covers related areas including preparing artwork for
print, colour theory.
Platform Mac or PC | Duration 2 days
Price Per Course £450.00 ex VAT
Full payment must be received prior to the course commencing.
Course Outline:
The Interface
• Single & facing masters
• Using tools, palettes and contextual menus
• 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 Selection 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
• Text frame options
• Threading text frames
• Automatic text frame functions |
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Formatting text
• Font face/size/colour
• Paragraph formatting
• Leading, Kerning and Tracking
• Creating Drop Caps.
• Tabs and Leaders
• Creating paths from text outlines
Images
• Placing images
• Resizing images
• Image types
• Clipping Paths
• Repairing broken links
Outputting documents
• Setting up documents for printing
• Printing options and styles
• Flight checking
• Exporting PDFs
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
• Using the gradient tools. |
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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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