What you'll learn?

·     INTRODUCING THE WORKSPACE

·     GETTING TO KNOW INDESIGN

·     SETTING UP A DOCUMENT AND WORKING WITH PAGES

·     WORKING WITH OBJECTS

·     FLOWING TEXT

·     EDITING TEXT

·     WORKING WITH TYPOGRAPHY

·     WORKING WITH COLOR

·     WORKING WITH STYLES

·     IMPORTING AND MODIFYING GRAPHICS

·     CREATING TABLES

·     WORKING WITH TRANSPARENCY

·     PRINTING AND EXPORTING

·     CREATING RICH INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTS

·     Creating and Exporting an ebook

·     Working with Long Documents

Description

AdobeŽ InDesignŽ CC is a powerful design and production application that offers precision, control, and seamless integration with other Adobe professional graphics software. Using InDesign, you can produce professional quality, full-color documents on high-volume color printing presses, or print to a range of output devices, such as desktop printers and high-resolution imaging devices, or export to a range of formats, including PDF and EPUB. Writers, artists, designers, and publishers can communicate to a broader audience than ever before and through an unprecedented variety of media. InDesign supports this with its seamless integration with other Creative Cloud components.

Topics :

INTRODUCING THE WORKSPACE

o  Looking at the workspace

o  Working with panels

o  Customizing the workspace

o  Changing the magnification of a document

o  Navigating through a document

GETTING TO KNOW INDESIGN

o  Viewing guides

o  Adding text

o  Working with styles

o  Working with graphics

o  Working with objects

o  Working with object styles

o  Exploring on your own

o  Viewing the document in Presentation mode

SETTING UP A DOCUMENT AND WORKING WITH PAGES

o  Creating and saving custom document settings

o  Creating a new document

o  Switching between open InDesign documents

o  Working with master pages

o  Applying master pages to document pages

o  Adding new pages

o  Rearranging and deleting document pages

o  Changing the size of pages

o  Viewing the completed spread

o  Adding sections to change page numbering

o  Overriding master page items on document pages and placing text and graphics

o  Viewing the completed spread

WORKING WITH OBJECTS

o  Working with layers

o  Creating and modifying text frames

o  Creating and modifying graphics frames

o  Adding metadata captions to graphics frames

o  Placing and linking graphics frames

o  Changing the shape of a frame

o  Wrapping text around a graphic

o  Modifying the shape of frames

o  Transforming and aligning objects

o  Selecting and aligning objects

o  Creating a QR code

o  Finishing up

FLOWING TEXT

o  Flowing text into an existing frame

o  Flowing text manually

o  Flowing text automatically

o  Creating threaded frames automatically

o  Adding a jump line page number

o  Exploring on your own

o  Review questions and answers

EDITING TEXT

o  Finding and changing a missing font

o  Entering and importing text

o  Finding and changing text and formatting

o  Checking spelling

o  Editing text by dragging and dropping

o  Using the Story Editor

o  Tracking changes

WORKING WITH TYPOGRAPHY

o  Adjusting vertical spacing

o  Changing fonts and type style

o  Fine-tuning Columns

o  Changing paragraph alignment

o  Creating a drop cap

o  Adjusting letter and word spacing

o  Adjusting line breaks

o  Setting tabs

o  Adding a rule above a paragraph

WORKING WITH COLOR

o  Managing color

o  Defining printing requirements

o  Synchronizing color settings in Adobe Bridge

o  Specifying color settings in InDesign

o  Displaying images at full resolution

o  Proofing colors onscreen

o  Creating and applying colors

o  Defining printing requirements

o  Creating and applying colors Working with gradients

o  Creating a tint

o  Creating a spot color

o  Applying colors to text and objects

o  Using advanced gradient techniques

WORKING WITH STYLES

o  Creating and applying paragraph styles

o  Creating and applying character styles

o  Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles

o  Creating and applying object styles

o  Creating and applying table and cell styles

o  Globally updating styles

o  Loading styles from another document

IMPORTING AND MODIFYING GRAPHICS

o  Adding graphics from other programs

o  Comparing vector and bitmap graphics

o  Managing links to imported les

o  Updating revised graphics

o  Adjusting display quality

o  Working with clipping paths

o  Working with alpha channels

o  Importing native Adobe graphics  les

o  Using a library to manage objects

o  Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics

CREATING TABLES

o  Converting text to a table

o  Formatting a table

o  Creating a header row

o  Adding graphics to table cells

o  Creating and applying table and cell styles

WORKING WITH TRANSPARENCY

o  Importing and colorizing a grayscale image

o  Applying transparency settings

o  Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics

o  Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency

o  Applying transparency settings to text

o  Working with effects

PRINTING AND EXPORTING

o  Preflighting files

o  Packaging files

o  Creating an Adobe PDF proof

o  Previewing separations

o  Previewing how transparency Effects will be flattened

o  Previewing the page

o  Printing a laser or inkjet proof

o  Using the Ink Manager

CREATING RICH INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTS

o  Adding form fields

o  Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file

o  Exploring on your own

Creating and Exporting an ebook

o  Completing the booklet

o  Choosing the content of an ebook

o  Adding metadata

o  Exporting an EPUB file

Working with Long Documents

o  Creating a running footer

o  Adding a footnote

o  Adding a cross-reference

o  Synchronizing a book

o  Generating a table of contents

o  Indexing a book

Prerequisities :

Recommended Knowledge :

Before attending Mastering Adobe InDesign ACE, you should have a working knowledge of your computer and its operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands, and also how to open, save, and close files. If you need to review these techniques, see the printed or online documentation included with your operating system.

Recommended Course(s) :

Category :

  • Graphics

Training Materials :

Adobe InDesign classroom in a book

Labs :

This course includes several labs to ensure you will gain the targeted skills and experience.

Credential :

Upon completing this course, you will be able to get the Adobe InDesign ACE

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