Adobe InDesign CS5
Intermediate training class

Class Schedule

Class: Adobe InDesign CS5 - Intermediate

Duration: 2 days

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• Duration: 2 days
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Class Outline for Adobe InDesign CS5 - Intermediate

Adobe InDesign CS5 remains the application of choice for producing page layouts like brochures, leaflets, magazines, business cards etc. for print. InDesign CS5 is used in the publishing industry across the globe, and with a basic knowledge of InDesign CS5, you’ll be able to produce a wide range of publication types. This training class will also cover all the relevant new features in Adobe InDesign CS5.

Adobe Bridge

-Filtering results
-Compare and preview documents
-Workspaces in Bridge
-Getting assets directly from Bridge to InDesign
-Mini Bridge CS5 New!

Workspace

-Preferences overview
-Quick Apply
-The Story Panel
-Keyboard Shortcuts
-Menus
-Saving Templates-
-Integration with Adobe CS Review CS5 New!

Type and Text

-Track Text Changes CS5 New!
-Paragraphs that span or split columns CS5 New!
-Add or Import Text options
-Threading Text
-Find/Change - advanced
-Rethreading Text
-Lists
-Managing Styles and Style Groups

-Rules

-OpenType options
-Glyphs panel
-Next Styles
-Nested Styles
-Anchored Objects and Inline Objects

Typography

-Spacing
-Kerning, Tracking and Leading
-Hyphenation
-Grids for text
-Text Box options

Layouts and Guides

- Multiple page sizes CS5 New!
-Using baseline grids
-Creating multiple guides
-Margins
-Layout Adjustment for repurposing

Layers

-Redesigned Layers panel CS5 New!
-Moving Layer objects
-Output considerations

Objects

-Arranging, Aligning and Distributing - advanced
-Duplicating and Step and Repeating
-Grouping and Locking
-Rotating
-Scaling options
-Mirroring
-Transform Panel
-Transform options
-Transform Again
-Object Styles

Colors, Swatches, and Gradients

-More on Color
-More on Swatches
-Spot colors
-Mixing inks
-The Ink Manager
-Spots to Process
-Export and import colors
-Storing common colors

Managing Transparency

-Apply Transparency
-Apply Transparency Flattener Presets

Graphics

-File Types
-Multiple image placement
-Importing options
-Live Captions CS5 New!
-Adobe Photoshop support
-Adobe PDF layer support
-Selectively display layers and layer comps
-Image Frames simple, compound & custom
-Fitting images Control Panel and shortcuts
-Clipping Paths, Alpha channels in Photoshop
-Importing InDesign documents

Libraries

-InDesign libraries
-Strategies for storing assets

Path Tools

-The Line Tool
-The Pen Tool
-Text on a path

Effects

-Overview of all Effects
-Blending Modes
-Gradient Feathering
-Output considerations of Effects

Tabs and Tables

-Creating a table
-Adjusting rows and columns
-Adding and deleting rows and columns
-Formatting a tables, rows, columns and cells
-Using Headers and footers
-CreatingTable styles
-Using graphics in tables
-Working with Microsoft Office tables

Document Tools

-Creating Multiple Master Pages
-Master Pages based on Master Pages
-Overview of the Page Panel
-Sections
-Advanced Text Flow
-Adding Links
-Updatable Table of Contents
-Creating Indexes

Books

-Combining documents
-Using styles within a book
-Page numbering and sections in a book
-Outputting Books

Exporting and Preparing for Print

-Preflighting and Presets
-Packaging Files
-Separations, and Transparency Flattening
-Complete Print options
-Preparing PDF Files for Web with live links
-Creating and managing PDF Presets
-PDF/X-1a, 3 and the rest!
-eBook creation CS5 New!

Workflow

-Saving INX for older versions of InDesign
-Export to SWF
-Export for Dreamweaver
-Other Export options

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