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InDesign CS5: Essentials



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Adobe InDesign CS5
Essentials

Course Outline
Chapter 1: EXPLORING THE INTERFACE (30 min)
1. Start Screen, Application Bar & Workspace Menu
2. Panels, Application Frame & Tab View
3. Using the Control Panel
4. Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus
5. Enabling Tool Hints
6. Customizing Workspaces

Chapter 2: CUSTOMIZING APPLICATION PREFERENCES (18 min)
1. Setting General & Interface Preferences
2. Setting Type & Composition Preferences
3. Customizing Units, Grids & Guides
4. Dictionary, Spelling, Autocorrect & Story Editor Display Preferences
5. Display Performance & Appearance of Black
6. Document Previews, File & Clipboard Handling

Chapter 3: WORKING WITH DOCUMENTS (28 min)
1. Setting Up a New Document & Saving a Preset
2. Differences Between Web & Print Documents
3. Working with Templates
4. Replacing Missing Fonts & Updating Links
5. Using a Document Fonts Folder
6. Converting Documents for CS4 Compatibility

Chapter 4: NAVIGATING & VIEWING DOCUMENTS (29 min)
1. Navigating Pages & Layers
2. Using the Pages Panel & the New Page Tool
3. Finding & Editing Links in the Links Panel
4. Zooming, Display Performance & Panning
5. Changing View Modes & Presentation Mode

Chapter 5: MARGINS, COLUMNS, RULERS & GUIDES (28 min)
1. Setting Up Units, Margins & Columns on a Page
2. Using Rulers
3. Working with Guides
4. Using Smart Guides to Align & Place Objects
5. Using Gridify

Chapter 6: ADDING TEXT TO YOUR LAYOUT (36 min)
1. Adding & Formatting Text in a Frame
2. Exploring Frame Types
3. Creating Text on a Path
4. Threading Text Frames
5. Placing Text from a File
6. Auto-Flowing Text
7. Using Smart Text Reflow

Chapter 7: TEXT FORMATTING OPTIONS (29 min)
1. Choosing Fonts
2. Controlling Font Size & Leading
3. Changing Text Color in the Swatches & Control Panels
4. Adjusting Alignment, Tracking & Kerning
5. Adjusting Columns within a Text Frame
6. Using the Eyedropper Tool to Sample Attributes
7. Finding & Replacing Fonts
8. Adding Indents, Spacing & Hyphenation Control
9. Creating Drop Caps

Chapter 8: FORMATTING TEXT USING STYLES (15 min)
1. Creating Paragraph Styles
2. Applying Styles
3. Changing Styles
4. Redefining Styles
5. Importing Styles

Chapter 9: TABS, TABLES & LISTS (25 min)
1. Formatting Text Using the Tab Panel
2. Creating & Navigating Tables
3. Selecting & Formatting Tables & Cells
4. Saving Time with Table & Cell Styles
5. Working with Bulleted & Numbered Lists

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PLACED GRAPHICS (26 min)
1. Exploring Mini Bridge
2. Placing & Scaling Images
3. Using the Free Transform, Position & Scale Tools
4. Frame & Content Fitting Options
5. Using the Gap Tool
6. Using the Links Panel

Chapter 11: CREATING SHAPES & USING TEXT WRAP (19 min)
1. Creating Shapes & Frames
2. Customizing & Transforming Shapes
3. Live Corner Effects
4. Aligning & Distributing Shapes
5. Applying Text Wrap

Chapter 12: WORKING WITH COLOR & SWATCHES (27 min)
1. Creating Color Swatches
2. Working with Gradients
3. Using Transparency & Transparency Effects
4. Using the Gradient Feather Tool

Chapter 13: USING LAYERS (22: min)
1. Creating Layers
2. Placing Content on Layers
3. Naming Layers & Objects
4. Moving Content between Layers & Grouping Layers
5. Selecting, Locking & Managing Layers

Chapter 14: OBJECT STYLES (8 min)
1. Creating Object Styles
2. Applying Object Styles
3. Redefining Object Styles

Chapter 15: PREFLIGHT, PRINT & PDF (22 min)
1. Live Preflighting
2. Packaging for Output
3. Setting Up Print Options
4. Printing a Booklet
5. Exporting to Adobe PDF
6. Credits





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