Adobe InDesign Introduction

Getting around InDesign

• The Interface and workspaces

• Using tools, palettes and menus

• Changing views & navigating

• Units and measurements

• Using the Navigator palette

• Zooming and scrolling

 

Creating Documents

• Creating a new document

• Creating and using frames

• Selecting frames and contents

• Using guides, rules and grids

 

Formatting Text

• Defining styles

• Handling missing fonts

• Paragraph formatting

• Leading, Kerning and Tracking

• Drop Caps, Tabs and Leaders

• Character-level formatting

• Creating paths from text outlines

 

Working with Text frames

• Placing and typing text

• Text frame options

• Threading text through multiple frames

 

Document Management

• Using the Pages palette

• Adding, deleting and moving pages

• Working with layers

 

Using Colour

• Spot and process colour

• CMYK and RGB Colour spaces

• Working with swatches

 

Paragraph Styles

• Character and paragraph styles

• Creating styles

• Editing and applying styles

• Removing style formatting

 

Image Placement

• Different file formats

• Placing and Resizing images

• Fitting options

 

Printing

• Printing to screen

• Packaging for output

• Exporting Pdfs