Adobe InDesign

Description

Adobe InDesign allows you to design and produce stunning documents on your desktop printer or using a professional printer. Or convert your documents to PDF format or publish them on a website. This class will walk you through setting up the InDesign workspace, adding text and graphics to your document, creating layouts with frames and applying formatting with styles. Students will need a copy of InDesign. A trial version is available.

Objectives

• Students will get familiar with the InDesign environment.
• Students will design documents using frames.
• Student will import text into their documents, edit text and apply formatting.
• Students will add color to objects in their documents and manage the color settings.
• Students will define styles for text formatting in their documents.
• Students will import and link graphic with their documents.
• Students will add tables and table formatting to their documents.
• Students will add transparency to objects in their documents.
• Students will manage long documents and prepare their documents for printing.
• Students will create a document to show what they have learned in the class.

Book

Lesson 1: Getting Started

CS3: The introductory sections and Chapters 1 and 2
CS4: The introductory sections and Chapters 1, 2 and 3
CS5: The introductory sections and Chapters 1, 2 and 3

Lesson 2: Working with Frames

CS3: Read Chapter 3
CS4: Read Chapter 4
CS5: Read Chapter 4

Lesson 3: Working with Text

CS3: Read Chapters 4 and 5
CS4: Read Chapters 5 and 6
CS5: Read Chapters 5, 6 and 7

Lesson 4: Working with Color

CS3: Read Chapter 6
CS4: Read Chapter 7
CS5: Read Chapter 8

Lesson 5: Working with Styles

CS3: Read Chapter 7
CS4: Read Chapter 8
CS5: Read Chapter 9

Lesson 6: Working with Graphics

CS3: Read Chapter 8
CS4: Read Chapter 9
CS5: Read Chapter 10

Lesson 7: Working with Tables

CS3: Read Chapter 9
CS4: Read Chapter 10
CS5: Read Chapter 11

CS4 Note: Please check the Updates at this link for a new version of the file needed for this lesson:

http://www.adobepress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321573803

Lesson 8: Transparency

CS3: Read Chapter 10
CS4: Read Chapter 11
CS5: Read Chapter 12

Lesson 9: Long Documents and Printing

CS3: Read Chapters 11 and 12
CS4: Read Chapters 12, 13 and 14
CS5: Read Chapters 13, 14 and 15 (on disk)

Lesson 10: Putting it All Together

Review the chapters covered in the book.

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