During the pandemic all in-person classes are delivered live online. You can retake the course in-person at no cost once our classrooms reopen. See how live online training works in this brief video.

During the pandemic all in-person classes are delivered live online. You can retake the course in-person at no cost once our classrooms reopen. See how live online training works in this brief video.

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InDesign Class Online April 19, 2023 one-day seminar

InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar

Online Training

$495.00

In this one-day InDesign class gain the skills you need to successfully create exceptional print and digital materials. This one-day information-packed InDesign course is for those who need to learn essential skills and is presented by the instructors at American Graphics Institute, who have written more than 10 books on Adobe InDesign.

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InDesign Workshop Topics

Lesson 1: Essential InDesign skills

  • Working with InDesign tools and panels
  • Discovering the InDesign workspace
  • Using the document window
  • Using guides
  • Taking advantage of viewing modes
  • Saving your workspace
  • Working with the Control panel
  • Navigating through a document

Lesson 2: Using master pages to create consistent layouts

  • Planning your document
  • Formatting master pages
  • Adding layout pages
  • Adding images & text to master pages

Lesson 3: Designing with text and type

  • Creating a text frame
  • Changing character attributes
  • Changing paragraph attributes
  • Finding and changing text
  • Checking and correcting spelling
  • Using the Glyphs panel
  • Flowing text and threading text between frames

Lesson 4: Using styles to save time and create consistent formats

  • Defining and applying paragraph styles
  • Defining and applying character styles
  • Updating and loading styles
  • Organizing styles into groups
  • Creating and applying object styles

Lesson 5: Using graphics in your layouts

  • How InDesign handles graphics
  • Locating missing images
  • The Links panel and Link badge
  • Creating a graphic frame
  • Adding graphics
  • Repositioning graphics
  • Fitting graphics to frames
  • Wrapping text around graphics

Lesson 6: Adding color to your documents

  • Applying color to text and frames
  • Creating and saving a new swatch
  • Creating a tint reduction
  • Updating and editing colors

Lesson 7: Sharing your finished work

  • Packaging your document
  • Creating a PDF
  • Using Adobe PDF Presets