Adobe InDesign Part 1 Course

Adobe® InDesign® (2020): Part 1

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Overview

Giving documents a well-designed, professional look will put students a step ahead in the marketplace cluttered with all kinds of communications. Paragraph and character styles that allow students to format pages of text uniformly, layout features that help students to build alternate size configurations of documents, and various panels that enable students to easily customize both text and graphics; Adobe InDesign CC (2019) has all the tools students need to elevate the look of documents and get it out to the people who need to see it, whether it be in print or on the web. This course is a great component of your preparation for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) InDesign CC exam and the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign exam.

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Prerequisite Comments

To ensure a students success in this course, students should be familiar with the functions of their computer's operating system such as creating folders, launching programs, copying and pasting objects, formatting text, retrieving files, and saving files.

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Software Requirement

To participate fully in this course, each delegate must have a fully working copy of Adobe InDesign installed on their computer prior to the course. As this is a practical, hands-on session, delegates will be expected to follow along and complete exercises throughout the day. Please ensure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements to run the software smoothly. If you do not have a licensed copy, you may download a 7-day free trial from Adobe’s website in advance of the course.

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Target Audience

This course is intended for students who want to use the basic tools and features of InDesign for creating professional page layouts and designs.

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Course Objectives

In this course, students will use Adobe InDesign CC (2019) to create and deliver professional looking printed and interactive documents. Students will learn to:

• Navigate the InDesign interface
• Create a new document
• Customize a document using color, swatches, gradients, and styles
• Manage page elements
• Add tables
• Prepare documents for deployment

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Course Outline

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1 - Getting Started with InDesign

• Identify Components of the InDesign Interface
• Customize the InDesign Interface
• Apply the Navigation Controls and Set Preferences

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2 - Designing a Document

• Establish Project Requirements
• Apply Design Principles
• Create a New Document
• Add Text to a Document
• Add Graphics to a Document

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3 - Customizing a Document

• Format Characters and Paragraphs
• Apply Colors, Swatches, and Gradients
• Create and Apply Styles

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4 - Working with Page Elements

• Arrange and Align Objects
• Apply Layers
• Transform and Manipulate Objects
• Thread Text Frames
• Edit Text

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5 - Building Tables

• Create and Modify a New Table
• Format a Table

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6 - Preparing a Document for Delivery

• Resolve Errors in a Document
• Export Files for Printing and for the Web

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