Introduction to Adobe InDesign
Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing
Adobe® InDesign® CC is a versatile page layout application that gives you precision and control over design and typography. Create elegant and engaging pages for print, screens, and tablets. You can use InDesign to easily adapt layouts to look great on a variety of devices.
Online Class Times:
10 am to 5 pm Eastern
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Course description
As with all of our classes, our Adobe InDesign classes are hands-on and project-driven. In this 2-day class, your projects will include two newsletters, a booklet, a brochure and a flyer. For more details on the specific features covered, see the list under Class Topics.
Because students will work along with the instructor to complete a series of projects, we recommend using two displays in our online classes (this could be two monitors, two computers or a computer and a tablet), so that the student can keep one eye on the instructor’s screen as they work.
An eBook copy of the workbook and the data files will be sent to you prior to the start of the class.
Who should attend an Introduction to Adobe InDesign class?
This class is designed for someone who is comfortable using their computer but is new (or fairly new) to Adobe InDesign. It’s also appropriate for those who have been using Adobe InDesign to edit existing documents, but don’t feel comfortable designing new pieces from scratch. If you want to learn the basics of page layout using InDesign—including placing, arranging and formatting text and graphics—this class is for you.
Prerequisites
Students attending this training class should already have a solid understanding of their operating system (Mac or Windows), know how to use their keyboard and mouse, and how to drag a program from one window to the other on a dual monitor system. They should understand how to open programs, open, save and close files, and how to locate files on their computers. This is an introductory class, so no prior knowledge of Adobe InDesign is required.
Class Topics
Setting up a new document and working with pages
Learn how to specify settings for a new document, design master pages, and work with document pages.
Working with objects
Learn everything you need to know about controlling InDesign frames, along with placing and sizing graphics.
Working with color
Create and apply process and spot color swatches to objects, strokes, and text. Create color harmony using color themes and save them to a CC Library so that you can share them with others.
Flowing text
Import Word files into InDesign using flow options and threaded text frames.
Editing text
Learn how access Adobe’s large font library using Adobe Fonts, and text-editing features like search and replace, spell check, auto-correct, and track changes.
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