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Adobe InDesign Fundamentals Training

Introduction to the Adobe InDesign Training

  • Understanding the Adobe InDesign interface and tool palette
  • Customizing the workspace

Manipulating and Managing Frames

  • Linking text frames
  • Multi-column layouts
  • Using automatic text balancing
  • Guides (layout guides, commented guides)
  • Understanding the concept of page grids
  • Placement: aligning frames
  • Rotation, skewing, scaling
  • Editing frames: container and content
  • Editing outlines

Mastering Paragraphs in Adobe InDesign

  • Text formatting using the control bar
  • Placing text
  • Hyphenation management
  • Paragraph styles and preferences
  • Text on a path
  • Linking text frames: text frame options
  • Spell checking

Adobe InDesign and Tables

  • Create a table
  • Import a table from Word
  • Import a table from Excel
  • Formatting cells, rows, and columns

Using Images

  • Importing images
  • Links panel
  • Placement, clipping paths, framing
  • Simple text wrapping
  • Coloring images

Learning to Manage Colors in Adobe InDesign

  • Creating and editing colors
  • Using the Swatches panel
  • Color swatch libraries
  • Creating gradients
  • Color separation: CMYK

Document Verification

  • Preflight check
  • Font and image verification
  • Overprint preview
  • Separation preview
  • Packaging the document
  • Proofing and exporting
  • Print dialog box details
  • Creating print presets
  • Exporting to PDF for print
  • Other export formats

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