InDesign's unparalleled page-layout, featured with its seamless integration of Photoshop and Illustrator, makes it the obvious choice when it comes to page layout applications.

Whether a designer, prepress professional, or even a beginner, this class will give you the skills to use InDesign effectively and efficiently.
Learn to flow and format text, incorporate graphics, use paragraph, character, object and table styles, apply effects, and so much more.
Incorporate best practices and invaluable time-saving tips and tricks.

Topics include:
The InDesign workspace
Formatting and flowing text
Working with layers
Adding graphics
Using styles and effects
Preparing for print

Below is an outline of the course curriculum:

Getting to know the work area
Getting comfortable with the InDesign workspace
The control panel
Customising your workspace
Navigating your document
InDesign selection tools and techniques
Using InDesign help
Setting up your document

Creating and saving custom page settings
Working with guides
Wrapping text around a graphic
Sections and page numbering
Adding, arranging and deleting pages
Placing text and graphics on the document pages
Working with master pages
Overriding master page items
Working with frames

Creating and editing text frames
Resizing and positioning images within a frame
Changing the shape of a frame
Importing and editing text

Managing fonts
Finding and changing a missing font
Flowing text
Changing the number of columns on a page

Working with styles
Loading styles from another document
Finding and changing
Using spell check
Drag and drop text editing
Using the story editor
Working with styles
Creating and applying paragraph styles
Creating and applying character styles
Creating a nested style
Creating and applying object styles
Creating and applying table and cell styles

Importing and linking graphics
Adding graphics from other programs
Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
Managing links to imported files
Creating and using a library to manage objects
Creating tables
Importing and formatting tables
Using graphics within tables
Formatting text within a table

Working with transparency
Applying transparency settings

About the effects panel
Applying a blending mode
Working with effects
Applying multiple effects to objects
Editing and removing effects

Working with long documents
Defining a book
Understanding PDF export settings
Setting order and pagination

Venues

Date: 21 July 2008 to 22 July 2008
Location: Johannesburg

Date: 21 August 2008 to 22 August 2008
Location: Johannesburg

Contact: Heather Botha
Company name: 2B Studio
Telephone number: +27 82 344 5509
Email address training@2bstudio.co.za