Adobe InDesign CS4 - Advanced Techiques — A 2-day course

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Synopsis

This class provides the InDesign user the ability to hone their skills and move their knowledge of Adobe InDesign to an advanced level and also help towards the Adobe Certified Expert Exams in InDesign. In this two-day workshop participants learn how to use InDesign's precise typographical control, long document tools, and color controls. They create vector drawings with InDesign's drawing tools and master Table Formatting. They discover Automated features as well as XML tags for easier conversion of print documents for web.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Manipulate long Documents as Books
• Work with Tables inside of InDesign
• Create Interactive PDF Documents
• Utilize the automation features inside of InDesign
• Use XML to tag Document elements according to their Content

Suitable For

Graphic professionals who are already experienced in Adobe InDesign and want more in-depth knowledge of the application and the management of complex documents.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have a basic understanding of your computer's operating system. For example, you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CD and other media. You should also have completed the Getting Started Indesign class or have equivalent knowledge.

Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices

Course Contents

Enhancing your Workflow

• Section Starts, Prefixes & Page Numbering
• Exploring Find / Change command
• Data Merge & Text Variables for Dynamic Data
• Customise advanced Preferences
• Synchronizing Book Documents
• Indexing & Table of Content
• Discover Interactive PDFs with Hyperlinks, Navigational Buttons, embedded Sounds & Movies

Advanced Typography

• Style Overrides & making use of Story Editor
• Share Styles with Snippets
• Explore Nested Styles
• Creating Hanging Indents
• Hyphenation & advanced Justification options
• Understand Anchored Objects

Mastering Tables in InDesign

• Working with Tabulators
• Table & Cells formatting
• Placing Graphics inside a Table
• Link Tables from MS Office for automated updates
• Importing Graphs & Charts from MS Office

Drawing Vector Graphics

• Using the Pen, Pencil & Scissor Tools to work with Bézier Curves
• Combine Shapes for complex Compound Paths
• Utilise Clipping Paths for CD/DVD label design
• Gradient Feather tool
• Importing & Colouring B&W Images

Advanced Outputting & XML Export

• Learn about ICC Profiles & Colour Management
• Manage Rendering Intents
• Transparency Flattener & Trapping
• Outputting an Interactive PDF
• XML Tagging & mapping Tags to Style