Mastering Adobe InDesign Training in South Africa

Delegates do not need any experience of InDesign or other desktop publishing applications, as anything that is required will be covered by the course.

However, all delegates should have basic computer skills and know how to launch applications, browse to locate files and have good keyboard and mouse skills, and a reasonable working knowledge of Microsoft Word would be beneficial.

Dual monitor setup is required for when attending this course via the QA Attend from Anywhere delivery method.

Delegates will learn how to

• Create and set out a document in InDesign
• Work with InDesign’s different frame types
• Setup and apply master pages
• Work with colour and colour swatches
• Incorporate text, tables and graphics in documents
• Use styles to format text
• Work with compound objects in InDesign
• Prepare for and output documents using InDesign’s printing and preflight options

Module 1: Introducing Adobe InDesign

• The InDesign interface
• Zooming
• Navigating

Module 2: Creating documents

• Creating a new document
• Guides and views
• Working with frames
• Taking frames further

Module 3: Managing document content

• Grouping, aligning, and distributing
• Stacking, converting, and transforming
• Layers

Module 4: Working with document formats

• Managing pages
• Liquid Layouts
• Creating alternate layouts
• Working with island spreads

Module 5: Using master pages

• Working with master pages
• Working with page numbering

Module 6: Working with colour

• An introduction to colour
• The Colour panel
• Swatches
• Tints and gradients

Module 7: Working with type

• The Type Tool
• Importing text
• Linking and overset text
• Formatting text
• Further typographic controls
• Type on a Path Tool
• Other useful text commands

Module 8: Working with tables

• Creating tables
• Modifying tables

Module 9: Incorporating graphics

• Importing images
• Display performance
• Managing other Adobe files
• Scaling and moving
• Text wrapping

Module 10: Working with styles

• An introduction to styles
• The styles panels
• Creating a style
• Applying styles
• Editing and managing styles
• Style overrides
• Importing styles

Module 11: Preparing for output

• Resolving errors
• Printing a document
• Exporting files for print
• Packaging a document
• Exporting in another format

Appendices (covered if relevant and if time permits)

• Appendix 1: Working with paths
• Appendix 2: Compound objects
• Appendix 3: Creative Cloud
• Appendix 4: Adobe Bridge