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Adobe InDesign Migration Training

1 day - private courses from £450 + vat

This one day InDesign training course is designed for delegates who already have some page layout experience with QuarkXpress or other DTP software.

Adobe InDesign Migration Course Objectives

This Indesign training course will make it easy for users to migrate to InDesign from other applications.

InDesign Migration Training Course Content

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

InDesign Migration Course Prerequisites

Some experience of desktop publishing packages such as PageMaker or QuarkXpress.

InDesign Migration Training Recommended Reading

Adobe InDesign CS (Classroom in a Book S.) - Creative Team Adobe – buy from amazon
InDesign 3.0 CS – buy from amazon

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