Introduction to Adobe InDesign

1 Day, 9:00-4:00

Course Overview

This instructor-led course, through lecture and hands-on exploration, will show students the basics of creating eye-catching printed documents using the InDesign tools and features. Topics include exploring the InDesign environment, creating new documents from scratch, enhancing documents with styles, graphics, and text, and working with document pages and layers.

Course Objectives

Become familiar with the InDesign workspace
Work with placing graphics and objects
Create and manage a new document
Apply master pages to a document
Work with layers and frames
Wrap text around objects

Course Outline

Introducing the Workspace

Looking at the Workspace
Working with Panels
Customizing the Workspace
Navigating through a Document
Using Context Menus

Getting to Know InDesign

Viewing Guides
Preflighting as You Work
Adding Text
Working with Styles
Working with Graphics
Working with Objects
Working with Object Styles
Viewing the Document in Presentation Mode

Setting up a Document and Working with Pages

Creating and Saving Custom Document Settings
Creating a New Document
Switching between Open InDesign Documents
Working with Master Pages
Applying Master Pages to Documents
Adding New Document Pages
Rearranging and Deleting Document Pages
Changing the Size of Pages
Adding Sections to Change Page Numbering
Overriding Master Page Items on Document Pages and Placing Text and Graphics
Viewing the Completed Spread

Working with Objects

Working with Layers
Creating and Modifying Text Frames
Creating and Modifying Graphics Frames
Adding Metadata Captions to Graphics Frames
Placing and Linking Graphics Frames
Changing the Shape of a Frame
Wrapping Text Around a Graphic
Modifying the Shape of Frames
Transforming and Aligning Objects
Selecting and Modifying Grouped Objects
Creating a QR Code

Cost and Delivery Format Options

We offer the above listed class on our public schedule and as a private group class in the following delivery formats:

Public Class: Live Virtual
Per student	$375

Private Group Class: Live Virtual
1-4 students	$950
5-8 students	$1400
9-12 students*	$1600
*$100 per additional student

Private Group Class: At Your Location
1-4 students	$1200
5-8 students	$1650
9-12 students*	$1850
*$100 per additional student

Private Group Training

Private group classes are cost effective when you have a group of students who need the same course. Volume discounts of 5% to 20% are available when five or more training days are scheduled. For classes conducted at your location, you are responsible for the classroom setup which should include:

A computer for each student (with the appropriate software installed), and
An instructor workstation connected to a visual display (e.g., projector, smartboard, etc.).

Customization

Softek can easily customize a training course that covers the specific topics you require and integrate examples relevant to your work environment. Course customization is billed at $150 per hour and covers time needed to meet, discuss, prepare, and incorporate any specific examples into the training program. Once we have a better idea of what you have in mind, we will be glad to provide a specific price quote for the customization.