Adobe InDesign CS5 Essentials

Adobe InDesign CS5 Essentials

This two-day Adobe InDesign course is designed with a balance of hands on practical exercises, demonstrations and reviews. Using the latest software on Mac and PC platforms each course is delivered with training material or reference for the delegate to take away.

The InDesign CS5 Essentials course starts from the program basics and quickly builds knowledge and confidence in how to navigate the application and use the tools to create layouts and production techniques.

Adobe InDesign CS5 software introduces and new and enhanced productivity and collaboration features. Integrate interactivity, animation, sound, and video in documents and presentations to attract, engage, and inform your audience. Take advantage of intuitive tools that simplify object selection and editing. Streamline file management by including mixed page sizes in a single file.

Interested in this Adobe InDesign course? Contact Symbiosis here for more details.

Who should attend this Adobe InDesign course?

This course is most suited to those delegates with no or little experience of InDesign CS5 (or prior versions back to version CS) who wish to gain a good working knowledge of the application within two days. The course content listed below indicates what is covered in the course and this should cover most aspects, whether for personal development plans or just greater understanding of the application. The course is suitable for most jobs where professional page layout skills are required.

Should you wish to take your knowledge to a more advanced level, we recommend our advanced Print Production course - this will show you how to combine the best from a number of Creative Suite programs. A bespoke Advanced InDesign course is also available.

Adobe InDesign course content includes:

Introduction

• New document set up
• Application window/toolbox and workspace
• Setting preferences
• Navigation
• Mini bridge

Setting up a New Document

• Margins, columns
• Bleed and slug
• Document press

Typography (Styling /formatting text)

• Anatomy of type
• Inputting/editing type
• Placing text
• Placing microsoft word / excel files 
• Threading text
• Selecting / Changing  text frames story editor
• Paragraph and character
• Formatting
• Paragraph and character style sheets
• Span / Split columns
• Running text on a path
• Glyphs
• Tabulation
• Paragraph rules
• Hyphenation
• Linking text
• Multiple columns/threading frames
• Text wrapping
• Text frame options
• Inline graphics (graphics within text)

Editing files

• Using find/change
• Spell checking
• Working with images
• Placing images/multiple
• Images
• Dividing images into frames on placement
• Scaling, rotating and transforming
• Working with cutout images
• Round trip edit
• Eye-drop tool

Pages / layout

• Master pages
• Nested master pages
• Pages tool
• Multiple page sizes
• Page numbering
• Smart guides
• Gap tool 
• Object styles
• Live corners

Colour

• Colour theory
• Strokes, fills and gradients
• Creating / loading colour 
• Swatches 
• Effects / Opacity

Tables

• Creating tables
• Importing tables

File management

• Checking font and picture usage
• Live preflight checks (Preparing to print) 
• Packaging

Collaborative Working

• Placing InDesign files within Indesign files

Output

• Creating PDF files
• Package
• Printing

Interested in learning more about this Adobe InDesign course? Contact Symbiosis here.

This Adobe InDesign course is designed to:

• Introduce you to the basic principles of graphics, resolution & colour
• Provide an overview of the application, keyboard short cuts etc
• How to import and manage images and text
• How to effectively create multi-page documents
• How to check, preview and prepare files for print

These skills will enable the user to create and edit artwork as diverse as posters, packaging, pos, newsletters, brochures, catalogues, manuals and even books.

All courses authorised by Adobe and delivered by Adobe certified trainers.

The cost of this Adobe InDesign CS5 Essentials course is: £445

As part of your training package you will receive:

• Training from an Adobe Certified instructor at an authorised Adobe Training Centre
• A course manual 
• Refreshments throughout the day 
• 6 month post-training email and telephone support from your trainer
• A certificate upon completion of the course

Contact Symbiosis here to enrol in this Adobe InDesign course.