InDesign CS4 Intro Course - 2 Day Course in Cape Town                      see our CS5 courses here

Sample Course Outline:

• Introducing the Workspace

  Looking at the workspace

  Working with panels

  Customizing the workspace

  Changing the magnification of a document

  Navigating through a document

  Using context menus

  Exploring on your own

  Finding resources for using InDesign

• Getting to Know InDesign

  Viewing the lesson document

  Preflighting as you work

  Changing the View mode

  Viewing guides

  Adding text

  Threading text in frames

  Fine-tuning the layout

  Working with styles

  Working with graphics

• Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages

  Creating and saving custom page settings

  Creating a new document

  Switching between open InDesign documents

  Working with master pages

  Adding sections to change page numbering

  Adding new pages

  Arranging and deleting pages

  Placing text and graphics on the document pages

  Overriding master page items on document pages

  Viewing the completed spread

• Working with Frames

  Working with layers

  Creating and editing text frames

  Creating and editing graphics frames

  Working with frames

  Transforming and aligning objects

  Selecting and modifying grouped objects

  Finishing up

• Importing and Editing Text

  Creating and entering text

  Vertically aligning text

  Flowing text manually

  Working with styles

  Flowing text automatically

  Adding a jump line page number

  Using semi-autoflow to place text frames

  Changing the number of columns in a frame

  Loading styles from another document

  Flowing text into an existing frame

  Adding pages while flowing text

  Finding and changing text and formatting

  Checking spelling

  Editing text by dragging and dropping

  Using the Story Editor

• Working with Typography

  Adjusting vertical spacing

  Changing fonts and type style

  Changing paragraph alignment

  Creating a drop cap

  Adjusting letter and word spacing

  Setting tabs

  Adding a rule above a paragraph

• Working with colour

  Defining printing requirements

  Creating and applying colour

  Working with gradients

  Creating a tint

  Creating a spot colour

  Applying colour to text

  Using advanced gradient techniques

  Setting up colour management in InDesign CS4

  A look at Adobe Bridge

• Colour-managing imported images in InDesign CS4

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