Adobe
InDesign Advanced Course: $995 
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
Essentials Outline
2 day course: $895 $795
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 | - | - | - | - |