InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Gain the skills you need to successfully create exceptional print and digital materials in InDesign. This one-day information-packed InDesign course is presented by the instructors at American Graphics Institute, who have written over 10 books on Adobe InDesign.
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