InDesign Certification Bootcamp
InDesign CS4 Certification Bootcamp is a blended learning solution which combines the InDesign Getting Started and InDesign Advanced courses into a complete solution for those looking to take their skills from beginner to advanced in one go and prepare for the InDesign CS4 ACE exam. The ACE exam fee is included in the price.
Audience
This course is ideal for those who are planning to use InDesign for their day to day work, and need to have a good level of skills with the product. Graphic designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers who work for magazines, design firms, advertising agencies, newspapers, book publishers, and retail/catalog companies, as well as in corporate design, commercial printing, and other leading-edge publishing environments will find this of particular benefit.
Requirements
In order to complete this course you will require basic computer skills such as a basic understanding of a computer's operating system, launching an application, creating & saving files, and copying files from CDs & other media.
Course Overview
Stage One - Getting Started
General Interface
How the panels work
Docking
Panel groups
Document tabbing
Creating/Saving workspaces
The Application bar
N-up display
Canvas Rotation
Basic shortcuts
Exploring InDesign
Explore the InDesign Environment
Using InDesign Workspaces
Explore Adobe Bridge
InDesign Preferences
InDesign Overview
Introduction to InDesign - what is InDesign for
Customize Your Workspace
Set General Preferences
Manage Document Presets
Managing your workspace
Designing Documents
Create a New Document
Alter a Document's Layout
Create the Structure of a Document
Developing Master Pages
Manage Text and Graphic Placement
Develop Layers
Wrapping text
Laying out columns
Smart guides and smart spacing
Managing text
Add Text - typing and placing
Editing Text with and without the story editor
Spell Check and dictionaries
Threading Text
Change Text Threads
Format Characters
Format Paragraphs
Manage Styles
Glyphs - where they are and how to use them
Text inside and on a shape
Style Sheets
Paragraph Styles
Character Styles
Managing Styles
Columns
Making a text box into columns
Column guides
Creating boxes as columns
Laying out a page/spread as columns
Placing Images
Placing images
Image file type - jpgs/gif/tiff/pdf/eps/etc
Linking vs Embedding
Placing psd and ai files
Place options
Placing text
Placing several pages of text
What text file formats can be placed
Place options
Missing font issues
Automatic flowing of placed text
Colours, Swatches, and Gradients
Colour and Kuler
Swatches
Apply Fills, Gradients, and Strokes to objects and text
Applying effects
Transparency
Tables
Create Tables
Modifying Tables
Formatting Tables
Masters
Creating masters
Multiple masters
Editing masters
Headers/Footers
Page numbering
Preparing a document for print
Checking Documents for Problems
Printing a Document
Preflighting a document
Packaging Files
Preview Output
Creating PDFs
Preparing PDF Files for web and for print
Managing PDF Presets
Export PDF Files - options
Creating Interactive PDFs
Basic object editing
Creating basic shapes
Editing shapes
Pathfinder
Applying effects to a shape
Object styles
Basic overview of using InDesign within CS4
How to use InDesign with Photoshop CS4
How to use InDesign with Illustrator CS4
How to use InDesign with Flash CS4
OpenType
What is an OpenType font
Why use OpenType fonts
OpenType fonts and their variations
Glyphs
Fractions, where are they and how to create them
More about Masters
Masters upon masters
Section breaks and numbering
Overriding master items
Keyboard shortcuts and Customisation
Customising Menus
Finding shortcuts
Editing shortcuts
Saving shortcuts
Dynamic documents
Bookmarks
Hyperlinks
Cross-references
Movies and sound
Buttons
Stage 2 - Advanced Techniques
More about Masters
Basing masters on existing master pages
Applying master pages to multiple document pages
Different page sizes
Page shuffling and moving pages
Overriding page items
Sections
Advanced Styles
Local Overrides in Style
Basing One Style upon Another
Importing and Redefining Styles
Object styles
Nested styles
Line styles
GREP styles
Creating Interactive PDFs- Advanced
Buttons, Links, Movies - Techniques
Documents for Flash
Page transitions
Text Flow Control
Composition, Hyphenation, and Justification
Tracking and Kerning
Scaling Text
Anchoring objects
Story Editor
Page Elements and Graphics
Item Duplication
File Formats
Libraries
Placing multiple files
Placing InDesign files within InDesign files
Document Sectioning
Sectioned Documents
Sectioned Document Navigation
Footnotes
Indexing
Markers
Managing Long Documents
Tables of Contents
Indexing
Creating a Book
Print Settings
Print Presets
Colour Separations Print Settings
Colour Management
Colour Proofing
Advanced tables
Table styles
Cell styles
Transparency
Adding Transparency
Blending Colours
Flattening
Using InDesign within CS4 - Advanced topics
InDesign with Photoshop CS4
InDesign with Illustrator CS4
InDesign with Flash CS4 - using XFL
Advanced Textual techniques
Cross-referencing
Conditional Text
InDesign and data
Datamerge with InDesign
Structuring InDesign Documents with XML
Importing XML
Customising
Important preferences
Customising the menus, palettes, and keyboard shortcuts
Text variables
Bézier Shapes
Bézier Paths
Compound Paths
Clipping Paths
Type Outlines
GREP
What is GREP
How to use it