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CHICAG230 W Monroe Street, Suite 610 Chicago, IL 60
(312) 698 4475 Fax: (866) 523
CHICAGO • LOS ANGE
CLASS FACTS
DURATION: 3 DAYS
MAXIMUM
CLASS SIZE: 10
TIMES: 9:00 am -
4:30 pm
COMPUTERS:
PC or Mac
MANUALS: Training
manual included
INDESIGN CS5 LEVEL 1:ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Learn InDesign by completing a series of
real world projects. Over 3 days you will complete
6 dierent projects including a corporate letterhead,
a estival poster, a proessional newsletter, a travel
brochure, a realtor brochure, and more.
The trainer will show you step-by-step how ProessionalDesktop Publishers use InDesign on a range o dierent
layout jobs. This approach not only teaches you properworkfow techniques but it’s also a proven training
method or those looking to master the InDesign.
This InDesign training is ideal or designers, marketersand anyone who is pursuing a career in graphic
design. No prior experience o InDesign is needed.
PROJECT SUMMARY
Project 1Letterhead Design
Setting up the Workspace
Creating Basic Page Elements
Placing External Images
Creating and Formatting Basic Text
Printing InDesign Files
THE ULTIMA TRAINING EXPERIEN
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INDESIGN CS5 LEVEL 1: ESSENTIAL SKILLS COURSE OUTLINE
Project 2
Festival PosterBuilding Graphic Interest
Importing and
Formatting Text
Graphics as Text
and Text as Graphics
Outputting the File
Project 3HeartSmart Newsletter
Working with Templates
Working with Style Sheets
Working with Tables
Prefighting and
Packaging the Job
Project 4Ireland Travel Brochure
Building a Folding Template
Advanced Frame Options
Advanced Text Formatting
Project 5
Realtor Collateral BookletWorking with Master Pages
Controlling Text Flow
Outputting Variations o Files
Project 6Versioned Brochure
Controlling Color or Output
Placing and Controlling Images
Controlling and Checking Text
Prefighting and
Packaging the Job
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CHICAG230 W Monroe Street, Suite 610 Chicago, IL 60
(312) 698 4475 Fax: (866) 523
INDESIGN CS5 LEVEL 1: ESSENTIAL SKILLS COURSE OUTLINE
THE INDESIGN WORKSPACE
• InDesignMenus
• TheMacintoshApplicationFrame• IdentifyingandAccessingToolsinInDesign
• ExploretheArrangementofInDesignPanels
• CreateaSavedWorkspace
• CustomizingKeyboardShortcutsandMenus
• CustomizingInDesignPreferences
• ExploretheInDesignDocumentViews
• ExploretheArrangementof
MultipleDocuments
• SumminguptheInDesignViewOptions
PROJECT 1 LETTERHEAD
DESIGN
Create a professional letterhead
for for a Photography Co.
Stage 1 Setting up the Workspace • DeneaNewLayoutFile
• UnderstandingDocumentPresets
• CreateRulerGuides
Stage 2 Creating Basic Page Elements • CreateBasicFrames
• UnderstandingResolution
• TheControlPanelinDepths
• CreateaRoundedRectangle
• EditingObjectCorners
• Clone,Align,andDistributeMultipleObjects
• AligningandDistributingObjects
• CreateaCompoundPath
• ThePathnderPanelinDepth
• CreateandTransformMultipleFrames
• CreateaSimpleLine
• CreateBézierCurves
• CreatingIrregularShapes
withthePolygonTool
• UnderstandingAnchorPointsandHandles
• ChangeColorValues
Stage 3 Placing External Images • PlaceanExternalGraphicsFile
• PlaceImagesintoExistingFrames
Stage 4 Creating and
Formatting Basic Text • CreateaSimpleTextFrame
• SelectingText
• PlaceanExternalTextFile
• TipsandTricksforWorking
withLayoutElements
Stage 5 Printing InDesign Files • PrintaSampleProof
PROJECT 2 FESTIVAL POSTER
Create a poster for the Jazzfestmusic festival, featuring concert
details and a jazz musiciansilhouetted with images.
Stage 1 Building Graphic Interest • DeneColorSwatches
• ColorbyNumbers
• DeneandApplyaGradient
• TheGradientTools
• CreateVisualImpactwithTransparency• BlendingModes
• ApplyingEffects
• CreateanIrregularGraphicsFrame
Stage 2 Importing and Formatting Text • ControlTextThreading
• ClippingPathOptions
• DeneManualFrameBreaks
• ApplyCharacterFormatting
• ApplyParagraphFormatting
• UnderstandingtheBaselineGrid
• UseOpticalMarginAlignment• CopyingTypeAttributeswith
theEyedropperTool
Stage 3 Graphics as Text
and Text as Graphics • PlaceInlineGraphics
• WorkingwithAnchoredObjects
• AnchoredObjectSizeandTextPosition
• CustomAnchorOptions
• CreateTypeonaPath
• TextPathOptions
• FlattenerPresets
Stage 4 Outputting the File • ExportaPDFFileforPrint
• UsingtheFlattenerPreviewPanel
• ResolutionOptionsforPDF
• ProjectReview
PROJECT 3 HEARTSMART
NEWSLETTER
Create a newsletter for
HeartSmart, a lifestyle publicatpromoting healthy living.
Stage 1 Working with Templates • ManageMissingFontsandImages
• ReplaceMissingGraphics• TheLinksPanelinDepth
• EditMarginandColumnGuides
• ChangeRepeatingTemplateand
MasterPageElements
• UnderstandingMasterPages
• SaveaNewTemplate
• CreateaNewFileBasedontheTemplate
• ImplementtheNewsletterTemplate
Stage 2 Working with Style Sheets • ApplyTemplateStyleSheets
• WorkingwithMicrosoftWordFiles
• TextFrameOptions• CreateaSidebarBox
• TextWrapOptions
Stage 3 Working with Tables • PlaceaMicrosoftExcelTable
• FormatCellContents
• FormatCellAttributes
• ControllingCellAttributes
• StrokesandFillsinTables
• DeneTableFillsandStrokes
• ManagingTableSetup
• CreatingTableHeadersandFooters• TableStyles
Stage 4 Prefighting and
Packaging the Job • DeneaPreightProle
• What’sinaPreightProle?
• EvaluatetheLayout
• CreatetheJobPackage
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LOS ANGEL915 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1800 Los Angeles, CA 9
(888) 815 0604 Fax: (866) 523
INDESIGN CS5 LEVEL 1: ESSENTIAL SKILLS COURSE OUTLINE
PROJECT 4 IRELAND
TRAVEL BROCHURE
Create a folding Travel Brochure for an Irish Travel company
Stage 1 Building a
Folding Template • CreatetheOutsideMasterPages
• EditingPageSizes
• AddSlugInformationandFoldMarks
• PlaceTextVariables
• DeneaCustomTextVariable
• CustomTextVariableOptions
• CreatetheInsideMasterPages
• PagesPanelOptions
• SaveaTemplate
Stage 2 Advanced Frame Options • ConvertTexttoOutlines
• ControlObjectStackingOrder
• CreateanInDesignLibrary
• ManagingLibraries
• ManageLibraryItems
• EdittheBasicGraphicsFrameStyle
• What’sinanObjectStyle?
• CreateaNewObjectStyle
• ImportanObjectStyle
Stage 3 Advanced Text Formatting • ImportandFlowClient-SuppliedText
• ImportInDesignStyles
• CreateaNon-StandardClippingPath
• CreateaStyleforPullQuotes
• UnderstandingNestedStyles
• NestedStyleCharacterOptions
• CreateDynamicCaptions
• ControlTabFormatting
• DeneParagraphRules
• CleanandFinishtheFile
• ChangetheCustomTextVariable
PROJECT 5 REALTOR
COLLATERAL BOOKLET
Create a booklet for realtors toprovide added-value to clientsby highlighting ways to improve
the market value of a home.
Stage 1 Working with Master Pages
• CreatetheBookletFile
• CreateMasterPagesfromLayoutPages
• UnderstandingMasterPageIcons
• ImportMasterPages
• EdittheDefaultMasterPage
• UnderstandingRelativeObjectPositioning
• AddCommonElementstoa
• MasterPageLayout
• SpecialCharactersandWhiteSpace
• PlaceAutomaticPageNumberMarkers
• KeyboardShortcutsforSpecialCharacters
• CreateTextVariables
• CustomTextVariableOptions
Stage 2 Controlling Text Flow • ChangetheCustomTextVariable
• ImportandAuto-FlowClientText
• Review,Replace,andEditImportedStyles
• DeneParent-ChildStyleRelationships
• DeneBulletsandNumberingOptions• TheGlyphsPanel
• ControlPageandFrameBreaks
• ControlAutomaticHyphenation
• OverridingAutomaticHyphenation
• ParagraphCompositionOptions
• RedeneStylesBasedonLocal
FormattingOverrides
• FinalizetheFile
Stage 3 Outputting Variations o Files • CreateaFoldingDummy
• PrintaBookletProof
• UnderstandingImposition• CreateaPDFwithPageTransitions
• CreateVariationswithConditionalText
• ProjectReview
PROJECT 6 VERSIONED
BROCHURE
Create a brochure for a toy company which includesdifferent versions for
various demographics.
Stage 1 Controlling Color or Output • ColorManagementinTheoryandPractic
• DeneColorSettings
• UnderstandingRenderingIntents
• AssigningandConvertingColorProles
Stage 2 Placing and Controlling Imag• ReplaceaNativeIllustratorFile
• PlaceaNativePhotoshopFile
• ReviewingImageColorSettings
• PlaceanEPSFile
• ControllingDisplayPerformance
• PlaceaTIFFFile
• PlaceaPDFFile
• PlaceanInDesignFile
• EditaLinkedFile
• PlaceMultipleJPEGImages
• ContentFittingOptions
Stage 3 Controlling and Checking Tex
• PlaceandCutText• FindandChangeLayoutText
• EnteringSpecialCharactersinDialogBox
• FindandChangeFormattingAttributes
• TheFind/ChangeDialogBoxinDepth
• CheckDocumentSpelling
• UsingDynamicSpelling
Stage 4 Creating Multiple Layers • CreateaNewLayer
• ControllingTextWraponDifferentLayers
• ControlObjectsandLayers
• UseaDuplicateLayertoCreate
DifferentVersions
• PreviewSeparations
• MonitoringInkLimits
• ExportColor-ManagedPDFFiles
• UsingtheInkManager
• UnderstandingTrappingforColorPrinting
• ControllingTrappinginInDesign
• ProjectReview