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 Course Information
Adobe InDesign is offered as a 3-day and a 4-day course, depending on enrollments. All classes begin at 9am.
GRAFIX also offers coaching the in the evenings or the day after our classes upon request. This is a great opportunity to sit with an expert to work out any specific problems you may currently encounter with your use of the application. Please contact our office for more details and schedule.
Course Fee: $1,595 per student
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Syllabus
Day 1
Getting to Know the Work Area
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- Looking at the work area
- Changing the magnification of your document
- Navigating through your document
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Setting Up Your Document |
- Starting a new document
- Editing master pages
- Creating a new master based on the A-Master
- Creating placeholder frames
- Applying masters to document pages
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Working with Frames |
- Modifying text frames
- Modifying graphics frames
- Wrapping text around and object
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Day 2
Working with Colors, Tints, and Gradients |
- Adding colors to the Swatches palette
- Applying colors to objects
- Creating dashed strokes
- Working with gradients
- Creating a tint
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Importing and Linking Graphics |
- Adding graphics from other programs
- Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
- Managing links to imported files
- Placing a Photoshop file
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Drawing Vector Graphics |
- Setting up the document grid
- Drawing straight segments
- Drawing curved segments
- Drawing combinations of curved and straight segments
- Creating a compound path
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Working With Transparency |
- Colorizing black and white images
- Transparency settings
- Blending Modes
- Feathering Margins
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Day 3
Importing and Editing Text |
- Flowing text
- Working with styles
- Showing hidden characters
- Threading text
- Changing number of columns on a page
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Working with Typography |
- Adjusting vertical spacing
- Changing fonts and type style
- Changing paragraph alignment
- Adding a decorative font and special character
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Creating Tables |
- Importing and formatting tables
- Stroke and cell formatting
- Editing rows and columns
- Using graphics inside tables
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Day 4
Combining Files Into Books |
- Creating the book file
- File order and pagination
- Creating a Table of Contents
- Individual chapter TOCs
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Setting Up Your Monitor for Color Management |
- Color management overview
- Calibrating and characterizing your monitor using Adobe Gamma
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Ensuring Consistent Color |
- Component of a CMYK press-oriented workflow
- Setting up color management
- Color-managing imported graphics
- Assigning a profile after importing an image
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Preparing Documents for High-Resolution Printing |
- Using the PostScript printer driver and PPD files
- Opening the work file
- Performing a preflight check before printing
- About trapping
- Trapping spot-color text
- Working with black objects
- Overprinting a varnish
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CS2 Class Files
CS3 Class Files |
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