InDesign CS4 Intermediate

Cost:

$595.00 (Online Class - Lodestone Live)
$795.00 (Lodestone Training Center)

Time: 10 AM - 4:30 PM EST
Length: 2 day class
Type: Instructor-led

Course Description:

This class is takes your InDesign skills to the next level by exploring styles, linked graphics, tables, long documents, preflighting and interactive InDesign documents. A great follow up to our Fundamentals class or for those regular users of InDesign who want to push their abilities to the next level.

Learning Objectives:

Dive deeper into the capabilities of Indesign with this follow up course to our fundamentals class.

After taking this class you will be able to:

• Work with Paragraph Styles
• Work with Character Styles
• Format a list of repeating data using a Nested Style
• Create and use an Object Style
• Create a clipping path for placed PSD files
• Import a Microsoft Word table into an InDesign document
• Format a table using Table and Cell Styles
• Use various Transparency features to create visually stunning documents
• Create an InDesign Book
• Generate a Table of Contents
• Index a Book including Cross References
• Preflight your own InDesign documents before sending them to be professionally printed
• Export a Print Ready PDF document
• Create an Interactive PDF for online viewing

Target Audience:

This class is for individuals who are looking to increase their productivity with Adobe InDesign. You should have expeience working with InDesign and be comfortable with the InDesign environment.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Working with Styles

• Creating and applying paragraph styles
• Creating and applying character styles
• Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
• Creating and applying object styles
• Creating and applying table and cell styles
• Globally updating styles
• Loading styles from another document

Lesson 2: Importing and Modifying Graphics

• Adding graphics from other programs
• Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
• Managing links to imported files
• Updating revised graphics
• Adjusting view quality
• Working with clipping paths
• Working with alpha channels
• Placing native files
• Using a library to manage objects
• Creating a library
• Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics

Lesson 3: Creating Tables

• Importing and formatting a table
• Using graphics within tables
• Formatting text within a table

Lesson 4: Working with Transparency

• Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
• Applying transparency settings
• Adjusting transparency settings for EPS images
• Adjusting transparency to images
• Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
• Applying transparency settings to text
• Working with effects

Lesson 5: Working with Long Documents

• Starting a book
• Creating a running foot
• Adding a cross-reference
• Synchronizing a book
• Generating a table of contents
• Stylizing a table of contents
• Indexing a book

Lesson 6: Output and Exporting Documents

• Preflighting files
• Packaging files
• Creating an Adobe PDF proof
• Previewing separations
• Previewing how transparency will be flattened
• Previewing the page
• Printing a laser or inkjet proof

Lesson 7: Creating Rich Interactive Documents

• Setting up an online document
• Adding buttons, page transitions, and hyperlinks
• Exporting as Flash
• Exporting as Adobe PDF
• Converting a print document for online use

There are currently no public classes scheduled dates for this class. To schedule a private class, please call us toll free at 866-665-9441.

Please note, assigned instructor may change. Lodestone confirms instructor schedules two weeks prior to class date.

*Classes are online via Lodestone Live and at a Lodestone training center.
The only time that a class will cancel is either if there is a power failure or other major disruption in service.