Adobe InDesign CS4 Advanced

Adobe INDESIGN CS4 Advanced: Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing

New Adobe® InDesign® CS4 software breaks down the barriers between online and offline publishing. Now you can create compelling print materials, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents—all with beautiful typography and stunning design. InDesign CS4 professional page layout software is the ideal tool to deliver sophisticated layouts for traditional and online media.

This 1-day training course is designed with a balance of hands on practical exercises, demonstrations and reviews. This course uses the latest software on Mac and PC platforms each course is delivered with training material or reference for the delegate to take away. This InDesign Advanced course is designed on the assumption that users already have a working knowledge of InDesign and use the tools to create layouts from single pages to complex multi-page documents. Artwork is created from scratch, and delegates will investigate ways to create creative layouts and production techniques.

This course aims to achieve the follwowing objectives:

• Learn how use the Pen Tool to draw frames and paths
• Find out to manage a large publication and to deal with indexing
• Benefit from the use of Cell Styles and Nested Style Sheets
• Be able to output to a wide range of options - print, interactive pdf’s and web pages

This CS4 Advanced Adobe InDesign training course is designed for intermediate users who have completed the Essentials course or who have a good working knowledge of the software.

» CS4 Essentials Adobe InDesign training course

This course is most suited to those delegates with a working knowledge of InDesign CS4 who wish to utilise the advanced features of InDesign to benefit production and creativity. The course is suitable
for most jobs where professional page layout skills are required.

This 1-day Adobe InDesign CS4 Advanced training course covers the following areas:

Pen Tool
- Creating Paths
- Combining different shapes
- Importing Paths

Formatting Type
- Importing Word Styles
- Dictionary Management
- Story Editor
- Nested Styles
- Lists
- Bullets and Numbering
- Using Glyphs / Ligatures
- Nested Line Styles

Long Documents
- Indexing
- Table of Contents
- Arrange documents to create a book
- Cross Referencing

PDF’s
- Importing multi-page PDF’s
- Creating Hyperlinks and Bookmarks
- Importing Movies

Creating Web Pages
- Exporting as Dreamweaver
- Exporting as Flash
- Exporting to a PDF
- Setting up an online document
- Convert a print document for online use

Document Attributes
- Adding Meta-Data
- Share Swatches between Applications
- Setting Preferences

Printing
- Flattener Preview
- Trap Presets

Two Training options are available:

1. Open Courses - where you come to us: Our authorised InDesign courses are run from our training centres in Leamington Spa, Leeds and London.

2. On-site Training - where we come to you: A Symbiosis trainer will deliver our CS4 Adobe InDesign course at a venue of your choice using either your computers or our own.

The cost for this 1-day Adobe Indesign Advanced CS4 training course is: £245 + VAT per delegate and includes lunch and refreshments.

SPECIAl OFFER: Book 3 or more of our ESSENTIALS or ADVANCED courses and get £50 OFF each course!

Symbiosis: authorised Adobe and Apple training courses

Since 1996 Symbiosis have been delivering authorised Adobe and Apple training courses  in the Midlands, Leeds and London areas.  

At Symbiosis the training is based on a wealth of ‘real-world’ experience and our aim is to provide appropriate, professional training in the use of the leading creative software packages - whether for print, interactive media, the web, video or mobile applications. Whether you are an individual or a company, Symbiosis's authorised status guarantees the quality of their training facilities and ensures you have access to qualified trainers, new computers, legal software, approved training materials and the provision of snacks and drinks.

Our aim - to provide great training at a competitive price from central locations, in the following areas:

            • Adobe Authorised Training Centre
            • Apple Authorized Training Center
            • Edexcel Approved
            • Filemaker Business Alliance Member
            • Quark Alliance Partner
            • Skillset Approved

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Whatever kind of training you are looking to achieve we can help you find your way, our accredited status can provide in-house team training to help you improve your working practice. We take pride in our authorised status and prior to accepting a booking, we take the time to check that a course is appropriate to your skill level and requirements.

Our commitment to quality means that we guarantee the following:

• Authorised Courses are limited to a maximum of 8 delegates
• All training is delivered by authorised instructors 
• All training is delivered using the most recent version of the software available (unless stated)
• Training is available on the Mac or PC platform
• Prices include a copy of the authorised training manual (and supporting CD/DVD if included)

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