Adobe InDesign CS6

There are no specific requirements needed to attend this course.

This course gives explains how to use InDesign to create documents with well-design, professional look, including Paragraph and character styles, layout features, and customized text and graphics. Gradually advanced InDesign techniques would be covered to enhance the look and functionality of your documents.

Getting Started with InDesign

• Identify Components and customize the InDesign Interface
• Navigation Controls and Preferences

Designing a Document

• Create a New Document
• Add Text and Graphics to a Document

Customizing a Document

• Format Characters and Paragraphs

• Apply Colors, Swatches, and Gradients
• Create and Apply Styles
• Working with Page Elements

Arrange and Align Objects

• Use Layers
• Transform and Manipulate Objects
• Thread Text Frames
• Edit Text

Building Tables

• Create a New Table
• Modify a Table Structure, and formatting tables

Preparing a Document for Delivery

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

Creating Documents for Multiple Formats

• Build Layout Variations
• Link Content

Managing Advanced Page Elements

• Create Repeating Content
• Work with Text Layouts
• Create Transparency
• Use Anchored Objects
• Manage a Library

Managing Styles

• Import Styles from Microsoft® Word Documents
• Create Nested and GREP Styles
• Apply Styles in a Sequence and Manage Overrides
• Redefine Styles and Break Style Links

Building Complex Paths

• Create Bézier Paths
• Create Clipping Paths
• Create Compound Paths

Managing External Files

• Import Layered Files
• Merge Data

Creating Dynamic Documents

• Create Document Sections
• Insert Text Variables
• Create Interactive Documents

Managing Long Documents

• Create a Book
• Build a Table of Contents
• Create Hyperlinks and Cross-References
• Generate an Index
• Insert Footnotes

Publishing InDesign Files for Other Formats

• Export PDF files for Print
• Export Interactive PDF Files
• Export Files for Animation
• Export Files for the Web

Customizing Print Settings

• Manage Colors
• Preview the Print Output
• Create Print Presets