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Adobe InDesign CS5: Introduction (Level 1)   

Adobe InDesign has all the features and flexibility that you'll need to publish professional-quality layouts for brochures, newsletters, reports. Whether you're new to layout design or making the switch from another similar program like Quark express, our Adobe InDesign course will provide you with the skills to use the software effectively.
It's totally hands-on. You will learn type controls, graphics file management, layers and document setup.
Whether you are a designer, prepress professional or just a beginner, you will find InDesign to be a powerful but intuitive page layout application.

Scheduled Course Dates and Prices

Duration: 2 Days

Scheduled Course Price: £250
40% off, Special Offer: Only £150

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Thursday 23rd  and Friday 24th February 2012

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Small class sizes. Book now to avoid dissapointment!

Courses are also available as individual 1:1 tuition or small groups at your office as well as at our centre. Please click here or call us on 020 8443 2888 for more information.

Who Should Attend  

This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities, Graphic professionals who need an essential understanding of page layout using Adobe’s flagship page layout application, with an emphasis on real-world issues.

Prerequisites 

The amount of material covered in class is quite vast (see outline below). It's therefore required that students are comfortable using a mouse, opening/ saving files and with the general operation of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills still wanting to take this course should first consider undertaking an IT skills course so as to not slow down the rest of the class.

Performance-Based objectives  

Course Outline

Introduction
The Interface
Using tools, palettes and menus
Workspce and windows arrangements
Changing Views
Zooming and scrolling

Creating Documents
Designing Documents
Create the Structure of a document
Alter a document layout
Develop Master Pages
Using Guides, Rulers and grids
Optimising preferences

Manage Text Formatting and Placements
Develop Layers
Formatting Text
Find / Change Tool
Characters and Paragraphs
Text Wrap
Placing text

Graphics
File Types
Importing options
Image Frames
Apply Transparency
Libaries

Effects
Inner Shadow
Bevel and Emboss
Inner Glow and Outer Glow

Tabs and tables
Create and modify Tables
Format a table - table styles

Objects
Arrange, Align and distribute
Transforming Objects
Rotating, scaling, skewing and mirroring
Object Styles
Links Panel

Utilising Colours, Swatches and Gradients
Utilise Colours
Utilise Swatches
Apply Fills, gradients and strokes

Preparing for print
Print a document
Package files
Print and flatten
Print Options
Prepare PDF Files for web distribution
Manage PDF Presets
Export PDF files for Print

Course Times

Class time is 10:00 a.m.- 4:30/5:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled between 1-2 pm. We provide you with Tea, Coffee, Biscuits and other refreshments on the house. We also have a fridge and a microwave available for you to store/warm up any food you wish to bring along for your lunch.

Related Courses

We recommend the following courses that relate to this class: Adobe Photoshop Introduction and Adobe Illustrator

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Adobe InDesign training in London for half the price?


Yes, this course is normally £250;
By booking now you are taking advantage our *Concessionary Offer (courtesy of Part-funding from Enfield Community Learning Service) where the applicant has been resident in the UK or another European Union Country for the past 3 years and is over 19 years of age.

*The dates above are the last confirmed dates for any applicable concessions or subsidies. Please book early to avoid dissapointment.


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