Bigrockdesigns tutorial covers the application's many tools; such as page set-up, creating and importing tables, text and image manipulation, previewing and printing, and much, much, more. Tight integration with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat software, Adobe InDesign CS2 is an essential upgrade
Course Outline
Understanding the Workspace
Document Window
Basic Preferences
Navigating
Stashing Palettes
Floating Palettes
Working with Palettes
Saving Workspaces
Display Screen
Contextual Menus
Keyboard Shortcuts
Configuring Plugins
Tools Palette
Frames and Shapes
Frames and Shapes
Type Tools
Selection Tools
Pen, Pencil, and Scissors
Line Tool
Transform Tools
Eyedrop/Measure Tools
Gradient Tool
Control Palette
Creating Documents
New Documents
Margin and Column Guides
Ruler Guides
Arranging Pages
Targeting and Selecting Pages
Creating Master Pages
Library and Snippets
Page Numbers
Parent/Child Masters
Overriding
Applying Masters
Saving Backwards
Converting QuarkXPress
Documents
Objects
Filling Objects
Filling Text
Applying Strokes
Custom Stroke Styles
Corner Effects
Compound Paths
Pathfinder
Grouping
Duplicating
Aligning and Distributing
Stacking, Arranging, and Locking
Layers
Nesting
Creating Libraries
Text
Text Frame Options
Importing Word Text
Threading
Importing RTF and Tag Text
Story Editor
Story Editor Pt. 2
Drag and Drop Text Edit
Spelling and Auto Correct
Editing the Dictionary
Find/Change
7. Formatting
Character Formatting
Paragraph Formatting
Drop Caps
Keep Options
Hyphenation
Justification
Tabs
Hanging Indents
Paragraph Rules
Specialty Characters and
Bullets and Numbering
Styles
Character Styles
Paragraph Styles
Linking Styles
Nested Styles
Load Styles
Object Styles
Quick Apply
Graphics
Importing Graphics
Importing Graphics Pt. 2
Updating and Relinking
Embedding Links
Clipping Paths
Applying Text Wraps
Editing Text Wraps
Object Layer Options
Tables
Creating Tables
Table Selections
Adding/Deleting Rows and Columns
Cell Spacing and Alignment
Resizing Tables
Table Strokes and Fills
Headers and Footers
Importing Word Tables
Color and Transparency
Spot vs. Process
Creating and Editing
Swatches
Tints and Gradients
Accessing Color Libraries
Mixed Ink Swatches and
Groups
Converting Spot to Process
Drop Shadows
Soft Edges
Colorizing Grayscale Images
Using Color Settings
Printing and Output
Preflight and Package
Print Dialog
Print Presets
Overprinting
Trap Presets
Creating a PostScript File
Exporting a PDF
PDF Presets
Summary
who should do this course
This course is ideal for the learner with sound PC or MAC skills. You have little or no experience of Indesign and wish to understand the essential skills and how to apply them to create amazing art work.
