COURSE OUTLINE 

Viewing guides

• Adding text

• Working with styles

• Working with graphics

• Working with objects

• Working with object styles

• Exploring on your own

Setting Up

• Working with master pages

• Applying master pages to document pages

• Adding new document pages

• Rearranging and deleting document pages

• Changing the size of pages

• Custom Design pages

• Sections, placing text and Graphics

• Overriding master page

Editing Text

• Finding and changing a missing font

• Entering and importing text

• Finding and changing text and formatting

• Editing text by dragging and dropping

• Using the Story Editor

• Tracking changes & Checking spelling

Working with Objects

• Creating and modifying text frames

• Creating and modifying graphics frames

• Adding metadata captions to graphics frames

• Placing and linking graphics frames

• Changing the shape of a frame

• Wrapping text around a graphic

• Modifying the shape of frames

• Transforming and aligning objects

• Selecting and modifying grouped objects

• Finishing up

Flowing Text

• Flowing text into an existing frame

• Flowing text manually

• Creating text frames while flowing text

• Flowing text automatically

• Creating threaded frames automatically

• Resizing text frames automatically

• Adding a jump line page number

Working with Typography

• Adjusting vertical spacing

• Changing fonts and type styles

• Fine-tuning columns

• Changing paragraph alignment

• Creating a drop cap

• Adjusting letter and word spacing

• Setting tabs

• Adding a rule above a paragraph

Working with Color

• Managing color

• Specifying color settings in InDesign

• Displaying images at full resolution

• Proofing colors onscreen

• Defining printing requirements

• Creating and applying colors

• Working with gradients

• Creating a tint & Creating a spot color

• Applying colors to text and objects

• Using advanced gradient techniques

Working with Styles

• Creating and applying paragraph styles

• Creating and applying character styles

• Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles

• Creating and applying object styles

• Creating and applying table and cell styles

• Globally updating styles

• Loading styles from another document

Importing and Modifying Graphics

• Adding graphics from other programs

• Comparing vector and bitmap graphics

• Managing links to imported files

• Updating revised graphics

• Adjusting display quality

• Working with clipping paths

• Working with alpha channels

Creating Tables

• Converting text to a table

• Formatting a table

• Creating a header row

• Adding graphics to table cells

Printing & Exporting

• Pre-flighting & Packaging files

• Laser or Inkjet Proof

• Using the Ink Manager