Adobe® InDesign® Level 2

Why you should attend: Adobe InDesign CS: is a robust and easy-to-use design and layout program. With it, you can create documents of many types, from single-page advertisements to complex multi-page color publications. You will create text frames and also use master pages and guides to design a document's layout. You will wrap text around graphics, apply transparency effects to graphics, and create sophisticated tables. You will also prepare documents for handoff to commercial printers and create Acrobat PDF files.

Suggested Prerequisites:  InDesign 1

Attend and You Will Learn

Lesson 1: Efficient Layout

• Document setup
• Tint and gradient swatches
• Object libraries and snippets
• Item spacing

Lesson 2: Vector Paths

• Creating vector paths
  Vector paths and pictures
  Vector paths and type

Lesson 3: Typography

• Manual type resizing
• Quick apply
• Automated styles
• Graphics in typography
• Precise leading control
• Composition, hyphenation, and justification
• Horizontal spacing
• Typography shortcuts

Lesson 4: Graphics

• Layer comps
• Transparency
• Object styles
• Transforming objects

Lesson 5: Tables

• Creating tables
• Changing table structure
• Formatting tables

Lesson 6: Text Editing

• Story editor
• Special characters
• Column, frame, and page breaks

Lesson 7: Long Documents

• Sections
• Tables of contents
• Indexes and cross-references
• Books
• Footnotes