Adobe InDesign User Interface

• Similarities with Illustrator and Photoshop
• Converting legacy Quark documents
• Setting up a Workspace
• Zooming and navigating
• Visual aids—guides, etc
• Setting preferences
• Unlimited Undo and Redo
• Customising shortcuts

Document creation

• Setting up a new document
• Master pages and page numbering
• Documents and templates
• Creating Frames
• Selecting frames and contents
• Working with Layers

Text handling

• Placing text
• Linking text frames
• Text selection methods
• Using the Story Editor
• Using the Info palette
• Formatting text using the Control Palette
• Using the Gyphs palette

Working with Styles

• Character and paragraph styles
• Creating styles
• Editing and applying styles
• Introducing nested styles
• Removing overrides
• Organising styles using Style Groups

Working with Colour

• Creating Spot and Process Colours
• Fill and Stroke
• Sampling Colours
• Creating and applying gradients
• Using Transparency Effects

Working with Graphics

• Placing Graphics
• Dragging and dropping from Bridge
• Fitting Options
• Applying Text Wraps
• Scaling and cropping
• Effective ppi
• Managing Links

Output

• Printing options
• Packaging and Preflighting
• PDF Export