Duration: 1 Day
Course Overview
This course has been designed for existing Adobe InDesign users who want to take their use to power-level.
In this course, we delve deeper to explore various powerful but seldom discussed features that will prove invaluable whether you are a layout artist or a graphic designer.
The techniques you will learn include:
• Handling colour with confidence.
• Harnessing the power of stylesheets.
• Streamlining your workflow and improving productivity, to get a greater return on investment.
Whilst we have a standard syllabus for this course (see over), as far as possible we tailor the training to focus on the techniques of interest to the delegates in attendance. Our trainer discusses this with the group at the start of the course.
At the end of the course, we run an open session looking at topics requested by delegates, answering any questions you have and looking at areas you’re having problems with.
How can I attend my course?
METHOD OF DELIVERY
Training is designed for the busy professional, being short and intensive and combining lecture and demonstration. Practical exercises carried out under guidance help you learn the techniques taught.
You have ample opportunity to discuss specific requirements with the trainer.
Course Content
Colour Management
Introduction – principles of colour management
Calibration and Profiling
Colour management policies
Typesetting
‘Keep with’ – controlling line breaks
Baseline grids – aligning text to grids
Hyphenation and justification
Glyphs
OpenType fonts
Stylesheets
Overview of styling
Nesting character styles inside paragraphs
Applying sequential styles to multiple paragraphs
List feature – creating multi-tier lists
Using quick apply
Images
Anchoring techniques
Adjusting Photoshop import options
Captions
Creating captions – using image metadata
Drawing
Pen tool – drawing and modifying
Cutting and Transforming shapes
Pathfinder – combining shapes
Outlining type
Using Adobe Bridge
Organise, browse, locate and view creative assets
Centralise access to project files, applications and settings
Tag files with metadata and other labels for easy searching
Colour
Mixing colours
Overprinting
Overprint preview
Flattener preview
Viewing Separations
Find/Change
GREP searches – advanced find replace features
Automation
Data merge – merge text and images from database to create pages
XML – reusing content to automate layout (overview)
Long document features
Book – combining documents into a ‘book’ to arrange, control and output
Control styling
Page and chapter numbering
Table of Contents
Indexing
Object libraries
Working with an object library
Changing the library display
Cataloguing objects
Interactive PDFs
Creating Buttons and Links
Interactive forms
Preflighting, packaging and output
Using the preflight command to check the integrity of a document
Examining the PDF output flow and print commands
Open session
Mixture of topics according to delegates’ requests.
Topics typically covered include:
The eye dropper
Scissors and gradient tools
Using step and repeat
Controlling guides and grids
Dragging and dropping text
Pre-written scripts
COURSE MATERIALS AND CERTIFICATE
Delegates receive an e-certificate (PDF) confirming successful completion of Adobe-accredited Advanced InDesign training.
AFTER COURSE SUPPORT
Following InDesign training, you’re entitled to 30 days’ email support from your trainer.