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Adobe® InDesign® CC: Part 1
Course Specifications
Course Number:
092023
Course Length:
1 day
Course Description
Overview:
Giving your documents a well-designed, professional look will put you a step ahead in the marketplace cluttered with all kinds of communications. Paragraph and character styles that allow you to format pages of text uniformly, layout features that help you to build alternate size configurations of your document, and various panels that enable you to easily customize both text and graphics; Adobe® InDesign® has all the tools you need to elevate the look of your document and get it out to the people who need to see it, whether it be in print or on the web.
This course is a great component of your preparation for the Adobe Certified Professional Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign exam.
Course Objectives:
In this course, you will use Adobe InDesign to create and deliver professional looking printed and interactive documents.
You will:
- Navigate the InDesign interface.
- Create a new document.
- Customize a document using color, swatches, gradients, and styles.
- Manage page elements.
- Add tables.
- Prepare documents for deployment.
Target Student:
This course is intended for students who want to use the basic tools and features of InDesign for creating professional page layouts and designs. It's also for anyone interested in working toward the Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign certification.
Prerequisites:
To ensure your success in this course, you should be familiar with the functions of your computer's operating system such as creating folders, launching programs, copying and pasting objects, formatting text, retrieving files, and saving files. You can obtain this level of skill and knowledge by taking one of the following Logical Operations courses:
- Using Microsoft® Windows® 10
- Microsoft® Windows® 10: Transition from Windows® 7
Course-specific Technical Requirements
Hardware:
For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:
- Sufficient processor speed, RAM, and disk space for good system performance when running Microsoft Windows 10 and Adobe InDesign.
- Mouse, keyboard, and monitor
- High-speed, stable Internet connection
- For the instructor's computer, a method to project and/or share the screen as needed for local and remote class participants.
Software:
- Microsoft® Windows® 10 (64-bit) 20H2, or later
- Adobe® InDesign® (2023)
NOTE: You might also see this version referred to as the October 2022 release or version 18.0.
- Adobe® Acrobat Reader® DC or another PDF viewer
- If necessary, software for viewing the course slides (instructor machine only)
NOTE: In October 2022, Adobe updated InDesign to the 2023 release. This book is based on version 2023 and will refer to the software as simply InDesign.
NOTE: This course was keyed using Windows 10.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Getting Started with InDesign
Topic A: Identify Components of the InDesign Interface
Topic B: Customize the InDesign Interface
Topic C: Apply the Navigation Controls and Set Preferences
Lesson 2: Designing a Document
Topic A: Establish Project Requirements
Topic B: Apply Design Principles
Topic C: Create a New Document
Topic D: Add Text to a Document
Topic E: Add Graphics to a Document
Lesson 3: Customizing a Document
Topic A: Format Characters and Paragraphs
Topic B: Apply Colors, Swatches, and Gradients
Topic C: Create and Apply Styles
Lesson 4: Working with Page Elements
Topic A: Arrange and Align Objects
Topic B: Apply Layers
Topic C: Transform and Manipulate Objects
Topic D: Thread Text Frames
Topic E: Edit Text
Lesson 5: Building Tables
Topic A: Create and Modify a New Table
Topic B: Format a Table
Lesson 6: Preparing a Document for Delivery
Topic A: Resolve Errors in a Document
Topic B: Export Files for Printing and for the Web
Appendix A: Mapping Course Content to the Adobe Certified Professional in Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign Exam
Appendix B: Productivity Enhancements
SKU | 092023IE |
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Weight | 0.0000 |
Coming Soon | No |
Days of Training | 1.0 |
Audience | Instructor |
Product Family | CHOICE |
Product Type | Digital Courseware |
Electronic | Yes |
ISBN | 1424633451 |
Language | English |
Page Count | No |
Curriculum Library | InDesign |
Year | No |
Manufacturer's Product Code | No |
Current Revision | 9.0 |
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Revision Notes | For version 9.0, released January 2023, updates were made throughout the course to align with the most current version of the software. For more information, visit our Content Revisions page. |
Original Publication Date | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 |