Adobe InDesign

Curriculum

Module 1: Introduction
1. Instructor Intro
2. Course Intro

Module 2: Getting Started
1.Creating a New Document
2.Importing Images and Understanding Links
3.Basic Tools and Navigation the Interface
4.Properties Panel
5.Creating Your Own Graphics within InDesign
6.Working with Layers

Module 3: Understanding and Applying Colors
1.Color Theory
2.Adding and Altering Fills, Strokes, Colors and Gradients
3.Color Themes

Module 4: Pages
1. Pages Panel
2. Master Pages
3. What are Master Pages?
4. Creating and Applying Master Pages
5. Automating Page Numbers

Module 5: Typography
1: Terms and Definitions
2. Creating Text + Character and Paragraph Formatting
3. Character and Paragraph Styles
4. Wrapping Text Around an Image
5. Working with Tables
6. Creating a Table
7. Splitting and Merging Cells
8. Converting Text to a Table

Module 6: Packing and Exporting for Web and Print
1. Saving, Preflight and Packaging Your Document
2.Exporting a PDF

Module 7: Principles of Design
1.Principles of Design

Module 8: Designing for Your Output
1.Letterheads
2. Business Cards
3.Brochure
4.Multi-page binded Document
5.Print Booklet

Module 9: Advanced Techniques in InDesign
1.Creating a Template in InDesign
2.Using Step and Repeat
3.Grouping Objects
4.Island Spread & Page Tool
5.Scripts
6.Object Styles
7.Content Collector & Content Placer
8.Gap Tool
9.Pathfinder Pallet

Module 10: Interactivity in InDesign
1.Working with Interactive Documents
2.Web Docs, Hyperlinks, Buttons and Rollovers
3.Creating Your Own Path
4.Exporting

Module 11: Outro
1.Outro