UAE, Dubai - 704, Capital Golden Tower
Dates flexible
Professional Training Course
Yes (Details)
English
$817
Course Overview
InDesign is the go to software for anyone looking to create beautiful magazines, newsletters, reports and other publications. This intro course is suitable for all and does not require any previous design experience. It is particularly popular with marketing and communications teams as well as freelancers and those working in the publishing industry.
Who should take this course
Adobe InDesign is designed for users who are keen to learn and use this powerful page layout software to create high quality, attractive publications.
Accreditation
ADOBE / KHDA
Course content
The InDesign interface:
- InDesign preferences
- Creating a new document
- Creating and using frames
- Setting tool defaults
- Using shortcuts
Working with text:
- Placing text
- Selecting and editing text
- Handling missing fonts
- The Font Favourites feature
- Using the Content Indicator
Formatting copy:
- Character-level formatting
- Paragraph-level formatting
- Using the Eyedropper tool
Working with styles:
- Character and paragraph styles
- Creating styles
- Editing and applying styles
- Creating and applying object styles
- Loading attributes from other documents
Working with graphics:
- Different file formats
- Placing multiple graphics
- Wrapping text around images
- Understanding fitting options
- Sizing images with Auto-fit
- Smart guides and smart spacing
- The Effects panel
- Creating gradients
- Setting up an Object library
Layout controls:
- Understanding the notion of Gridify
- Working with the Gap tool
- Using the Align panel
- Selecting, arranging and grouping objects
Understanding colour:
- Spot and process colours
- Using stroke and fill options
- Creating tints
- Sampling colours from images
Laying out pages accurately:
- Using rulers, grids and guides
- Working with layers
Multi-page documents:
- Using the Pages panel
- Targeting pages and spreads
Editing copy:
- Using the Story Editor
- Using Find/Change
- Using the Spell Checker
Working with transparency:
- Creating drop shadows
- A look at Blending modes
- The Flattener Preview panels
Transforming objects:
- Scaling objects vs contents
- Transforming objects
- Grouping and ungrouping
Finessing text content:
- Threading and unthreading frames
- The Auto-Fit text function
- Flowing text through frames
- Text frame options
- Multi-column text frames
- Allowing text to flow across columns
Working with Master Pages:
- Creating and editing Masters
- Applying Master Pages
- Auto-numbering pages
- Adjusting margins and columns
- Numbering and Section options
Combining text and graphics:
- Image import options
- Images with clipping paths
- Creating a new clipping path
- Removing image backgrounds
- Tolerance and threshold options
Exporting and printing:
- Exporting as a PDF
- Using Live PreFlight
- Anticipating potential problems
- Packaging files for handoff
About Course Provider
VAVARU Institute is a pioneered organisation based in Dubai, dedicated to deliver training among professionals by incorporating global standards, updated methods, state-of the-art technologies and strategic partnering with key providers in order to ensure the professional mix of specific expertise required for each and every course we offer. We provide both Certification Preparation and Professional development training Programs across various Industries. We consider all the participants of our courses become a member of VAVARU family. It helps the participants not only to avail our support throughout exam clearance window, but also can benefit with sharing industry update, improvise knowledge base and consultation on how each one’s profile can be optimized to win their job search and career development activities.