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InDesign CS5 graphicAdobe InDesign Advanced Course: $995 Book Advanced InDesign course

Course Description

It is essential that students have at least 1 to 2 years solid experience with InDesign OR have completed the 2 day Adobe InDesign Essentials course, and are familiar with the use of paragraph & character styles, master pages and paragraph rules. Completing the InDesign assessment quiz is part of the prerequisite. Please email for prerequisite PDF.

There is an emphasis on using shortcuts and replacing repetitive methods using global features, such as text & object styles, Find & Change using GREP, utlising InDesign's interactivity features and setting the best Application preferences.

Adobe Bridge is included to preview and select files and images, as well as to Batch Rename, Create Contact Sheets, Rate & Label files etc. to help with a better workflow.

Adobe InDesign Advanced - Course Outline

Advanced Master Pages

  • - Using Multiple Master Pages
  • - Based on Master
  • - Override All Master Page Items
  • - Remove all Local Overrides
  • - Detach All Objects from Master

Advanced Text

  • - Threading Text Frames
  • - Detaching Threaded Text Frames
  • - Text Frame Options

Working With Styles

  • - Removing Overrides
  • - Redefining Styles
  • - Drop Caps
  • - Nested Styles
  • - Nested Line Styles
  • - Based On
  • - Next Styles
  • - Applying Next Styles
  • - Grep Styles
  • - Importing Styles

Anchored Objects

  • - What are Anchored Objects?
  • - Inserting Anchored Objects
  • - Anchored Object Options
  • - Inline or Above Line
  • - Custom

Bullet and Numbered Lists

  • - Adding a Bulleted List
  • - Adding a Numbered List
  • - Modifying Bullet and Numbered Lists
  • - Adjusting Tabs
  • - Customizing Glyphs
  • - Restarting a Numbered List

Object Layer Options

  • - Working with PS & AI Layers in InDesign
  • - Layers or Layer Comps?
  • - Placing Files with Show Import Options
  • - Update Link Options
  • - Links Panel Indicators

Find/Change

  • - Why Use Find Change?
  • - Changing Text
  • - Changing Text Formatting
  • - Search Options
  • - What is Grep?
  • - Grep Searches
  • - Changing Glyphs
  • - Changing Objects
  • - Saving Queries

Taking Advantage of Libraries

  • - The Benefits of Libraries
  • - Creating a New Library
  • - Adding Objects to a Library
  • - Naming Library Items
  • - Placing Library Items
  • - Item Information
  • - Deleting Library Items
  • - Library Options

Snippets

  • - The Benefits of Snippets
  • - Creating a Snippet
  • - Placing a Snippet
  • - Sharing Snippets
  • - Snippets vs Libraries

Tables

  • - Creating a Table
  • - Customizing a Table
  • - Table Options
  • - Cell Options
  • - Working with Text in a Table
  • - Working with Images in a Table
  • - Table Styles
  • - Cell Styles

Text Wrap

  • - What is Text Wrap?
  • - Wrap Around Bounding Box
  • - Wrap Around Object Shape
  • - Jump Object
  • - Jump to Next Column
  • - Wrap Options
  • - Wrap Using a Photoshop Path
  • - Apply to Master Page Only

Conditional Text

  • - What is Conditional Text?
  • - Creating Conditions
  • - Applying Conditions to Text
  • - Deleting Conditions
  • - Condition Options
  • - Conditions Sets
  • - Loading Conditions
  • - Loading Conditions and Sets

Table of Contents

  • - Understanding Table of Contents
  • - Being Smart with your Paragraph Styles
  • - Applying a Table of Contents
  • - Table of Contents Options
  • - Using Table of Contents to Create an Index
  • - Update Table of Contents
  • - Table of Contents Styles

 

 

 

Indexing

  • - How to Set up an Index
  • - References
  • - Topics
  • - Creating a New Index Entry
  • - Editing an Index Entry
  • - Removing an Index Entry
  • - Generating an Index

Creating Interactivity

  • - What’s Possible with Interactivity and InDesign?
  • - Working with Hyperlinks
  • - Linking to a URL
  • - Linking to an E-mail Address
  • - Linking to a File
  • - Linking to a Page
  • - Working with Buttons
  • - Creating Buttons
  • - Customizing Buttons
  • - Button Options
  • - Button Actions
  • - Adding Bookmarks
  • - Adding Movies
  • - Page Transitions
  • - Choosing a Transition
  • - Applying a Transition to all Spreads
  • - Exporting an Interactive Document
  • - Exporting an Interactive PDF
  • - Exporting to SWF
  • - Exporting to XFL

Kuler

  • - What is Kuler?
  • - Browsing Themes
  • - Searching for a Theme
  • - Viewing Themes
  • - Refreshing Themes
  • - Edit a Theme in the Create Panel
  • - Adding a Theme to the Swatches Panel

Data Merge

  • - What is Data Merge?
  • - How it Works
  • - Setting Criteria
  • - Selecting a Data Source
  • - Adding Data Fields
  • - Updating a Data Source
  • - Content Placement Options
  • - Preview
  • - Creating a Merged Document
  • - Exporting to PDF

Long Documents

  • - Working with Books
  • - Adding Documents to a Book
  • - Replacing Documents
  • - Removing Documents
  • - Saving your Book
  • - Preflighting a Book
  • - Packaging a Book
  • - Exporting a Book
  • - Printing a Book
  • - Synchronizing a Book

Attributes Panel

  • - Why Overprint?
  • - Overprint Fill
  • - Overprint Stroke
  • - Overprint Gap
  • - Nonprinting

Transparency Flattener

  • - What is the Transparency Flattener?
  • - Transparency Flattener Presets
  • - Create a New Transparency Flattener Preset
  • - Edit a Transparency Flattener Preset
  • - Deleting Transparency Flattener Presets
  • - Load Transparency Flattener Preset
  • - Save Transparency Flattener Preset
  • - Choosing the Correct Settings

Flattener Preview

  • - What is the Flattener Preview?
  • - What Does it Tell Me?
  • - How to use it to your Advantage

Separation Preview

  • - Previewing Separations
  • - Setting an Ink Limit
  • - Ink Manager

Preflight

  • - Preflight Panel Overview
  • - Resolving Preflight Errors
  • - Define a Custom Preflight Profile
  • - Embed a Profile Into Your Document
  • - Load and Export Profiles
  • - Preflight Options
  • - Error Reports
  • - Preflighting a Book

Exporting to PDF

  • - Adobe PDF Presets
  • - Advanced PDF Options
  • - Compression
  • - Output
  • - Advanced
  • - PDF Standards and Compatibility

Adobe InDesign
COURSE OUTLINES

InDesign CS5 graphic InDesign Essentials Outline
2 day course: $895 $795

InDesign CS5 graphic InDesign Interactivity & Animation Outline 1 day course: $595

* Prerequisite quiz required.

 

SYDNEY September October November December January
Adobe InDesign CS5 / CS4 / CS3
InDesign Essentials
8 & 9
16 & 17
23 & 24
27 & 28
5 & 6
18 & 19
4 & 5
15 & 16
25 & 26
6 & 7
15 & 16
6 & 7
10 & 11
18 & 19
27 & 28
InDesign Lite 30 25 22 14 21
InDesign Advanced
22 & 23 - 15 & 16 - -
InDesign CS5 Interactivity
& Animation
- 11 - 1 -
MELBOURNE September October November December January
Adobe InDesign CS5 / CS4
Indesign Lite - 27 24 - -
InDesign Essentials 13 & 14 11 & 12 11 & 12 6 & 7 17 & 18
InDesign Advanced - 21 & 22 - 8 & 9 -
InDesign CS5 Interactivity
& Animation
- - Please Call - -
BRISBANE September October November December January
Adobe InDesign CS5 / CS4
Indesign Lite 6 8 1 3 -
InDesign Essentials 28 & 29 -
11 & 12 6 & 7 -
InDesign Advanced - 12 & 13 - - -
InDesign CS5 Interactivity
& Animation
- - Please Call - -
ONLINE COURSES September October November December January
Adobe InDesign CS5 / CS4
InDesign Essentials -
- 8 & 9 - -
InDesign CS5 Interactivity
& Animation
28 - - - -