Who should attend this Adobe InDesign course?
This course is designed for experienced
users of any version of QuarkXPress to make an effortless transition to Adobe InDesign.
How
long is this Adobe InDesign course?
1 Day
What are the benefits of attending
this course?
The course will take your existing QuarkXPress skills and convert them to the
InDesign equivalents. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the InDesign environment and
experience the capabilities of the software as well as practical use of the features.
The
cost of the course includes 3 months telephone support, a certificate, refreshments and lunch.
Course Outline
Opening a QuarkXPress document in InDesign
- How well does the
conversion work?
- Features that are converted
- Managing the converted document using
InDesign
- Using QuarkXPress and InDesign shortcuts
Introduction to the
interface
- Customizing the workspace
- Tiling windows
- Using the multiple
undo feature
Specifying page attributes
- Document setup
- Document
layout
- Adding and positioning ruler guides
- Locking a point on the proxy
box
- Using the transform palette
Working with text
- Placing text
files and Microsoft Word files
- Threading text frames
- Using the auto flow option to
place a text file
- Inserting special characters
- Optical margin
alignment
- Optical and metric kerning
- Using the multi-line text
composer
- Setting bulleted paragraphs
Setting tabs and
leaders
- Measuring tab positions
- Modifying tabs
Proofing
options
- Checking spelling
- Using find and
change
Styles
- Creating and using paragraph and character
styles
- Using converted QuarkXPress style sheets
- Locally formatting a
style
- Using the No style option
- Importing style sheets to a new
document
- Redefining a style sheet
- Using the style sheet preview
option
Importing graphics
- Resizing graphics
- Combining text and
graphics
- Setting a text wrap
- Duplicating objects
- Using arrangement
options
- Managing links
Integration with Photoshop and
Illustrator
- Importing artwork from Illustrator
- Importing native Photoshop files
with a transparent background
- Editing a Photoshop clipping path in
InDesign
Working with colour
- Using the colour palette
- Colour
application
- Stroke and fill options
- Specifying a Pantone colour
- Customising
the swatches palette
- Creating gradients
- Printing and saving files
Long
document features
- Using Master pages
- Setting section and automatic page
numbering
Printing
- Performing a pre-flight check
- Exporting as a PDF
file
Related courses
- Adobe InDesign Advanced
- Adobe Illustrator
Introduction
- Adobe Photoshop Introduction
