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InDesign CS4: Basic
Course Code: CT12-580
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Getting started
The Adobe InDesign environment
Preferences and defaults
InDesign Help
Basic documents
New documents
Text frames
Graphics frames
Custom colors
Guides and master pages
Object positioning
Item position
Master pages
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Typesetting
Text frame threading
Paragraph formatting
Styles
Modifying items
Text frame options
Graphics
Grouped items
Layers
Finalizing documents
Outputting documents
Preparing for commercial printing |
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After completing this course, students will know how to:
- Start Adobe InDesign, explore elements of the environment, set preferences and defaults, and use InDesign Help.
- Create a document preset and create a new document; create and place text; place graphics and other InDesign pages, and work with color swatches.
- Position elements precisely using guides and the Control panel, and use master pages.
- Thread text between text frames, add jump lines, and adjust the number of columns in a text frame; use the Paragraph Formatting Controls to apply paragraph formatting; use Find/Change to replace formatting; and create and edit paragraph and character styles.
- Position text in text frames and format frame edges; place Photoshop images in documents, adjust text wraps, modify graphics, and nest frames; group items and manipulate items within a group; and create layers and assign objects to them.
- Print documents, create print presets, and export documents to PDF; and prepare documents for commercial printing.
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