Adobe InDesign Core Skills: Level 2

Course Description:

  The Adobe InDesign CC Core Skills: Level 2 course is designed for advanced level InDesign users. The class will build upon the Level 1 course topics to help students design professional level print and online documents in InDesign CC and optimize their workflow. Students should be familiar with the topics covered in the Level 1 course before taking this course. Each section of the class will include challenging practice files.

The course is always upgraded to latest version of CC as soon as Adobe published new training materials for that version. This normally happens 2-4 months after the version release.

The course will cover the following topics:

• Working with Objects
• Flowing Text
• Editing Text
• Working with Typography
• Working with Color
• Working with Styles
• Importing and Modifying Graphics
• Creating Tables
• Working with Transparency
• Printing and Exporting
• Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields

Working with Objects
Create and modify graphics frames - Review - Create multiple frames in one step
Add metadata captions to graphics frames
Placing and linking graphics frames
Changing the shape of a frame
Modifying the shape of frames
Create a QR code

Flowing Text
Placing text and threading text (Review the basics)
Create text frames while flowing text
Create threaded frames automatically
Flowing text automatically

Editing Text
Finding and changing a missing font
Editing text by dragging and dropping
Using the Story Editor
Tracking changes

Working with Typography
Setting tabs
Add a rule above a paragraph
Working with paragraph shading

Working with Color
Working with tint swatches
Working with gradients
Working with color groups

Working with Styles
Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
Create and apply object styles
Create and apply table and cell styles

Importing and Modifying Graphics
Getting started
Add graphics from other programs
Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
Managing links to imported files
Updating revised graphics
Adjusting display quality
Working with dropped backgrounds
Working with alpha channels
Importing native Adobe graphic files
Using an InDesign library to manage objects
Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics
Exploring on your own

Create Tables
Getting started
Create a table
Converting text to a table
Changing rows and columns
Formatting a table
Add graphics to table cells
Create a header row
Create and apply table and cell styles
Exploring on your own

Working with Transparency
Getting started
Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
Applying transparency settings
Add transparency effects to imported vector
and bitmap graphics
Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that
use transparency
Applying transparency settings to text
Working with effects
Exploring on your own

Printing and Exporting
Getting started
Managing colors
Previewing transparency effects
Previewing the page
Create an Adobe PDF proof
Create a Press-Ready PDF and saving a PDF preset
Printing a proof and saving a print preset
Packaging files
Exploring on your own

Create Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields
Getting started
Set up a workspace for forms
Add form fields
Setting the tab order of the fields
Add a button to submit the form
Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file
Testing your form in Adobe Acrobat Reader
Exploring on your own

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