Duration:
One day
Description:
This ILT series course will teach students fundamental concepts and terminology, and the basic features of Adobe InDesign CS3. Students will learn how to
create new InDesign documents, place text and graphics, and format text; create custom color swatches; position items using guide; create a bleed; create
facing-pages multi-page documents; insert new pages and move page elements; work with master pages; flow text between frames; specify tab and indent
settings; create bulleted lists; adjust space between paragraphs; create and apply paragraph rules, paragraph styles, and character styles; work with text
and graphics in frames; work with Photoshop files; modify graphics, graphic frame containers, and text wrap; nest frames, group items, and create and user
layers; print documents and create print presets; export to PDF; prepare and package documents for commercial printing; and use Adobe Bridge and metadata.
Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Getting started
Topic A: The Adobe InDesign environment
Topic B: InDesign Help
Unit 2: Basic documents
Topic A: New documents
Topic B: Custom colors
Topic C: Item position
Unit 3: Structuring multi-page documents
Topic A: Multi-page documents
Topic B: Master pages
Unit 4: Typesetting
Topic A: Text frame threading
Topic B: Paragraph formatting
Topic C: Styles
Unit 5: Modifying items
Topic A: Text frames
Topic B: Graphics
Topic C: Grouped items
Topic D: Layers
Unit 6: Finalizing documents and setting defaults
Topic A: Outputting documents
Topic B: Commercial printing preparation
Topic C: Adobe Bridge
Topic D: Preferences and defaults
Appendix A: ACE exam objectives map
Topic A: Comprehensive exam objectives