InDesign CC – Level 1

The workspace

• Understand Application windows
• Navigate pages
• Zoom
• Managing multiple windows
• Definition of rules and measures
• Positioning panels
• Backing up workspaces
• Setting display options
• Setting preferences

Learn the features

• Using the tool panel
• Learning keyboard shortcuts
• Using context menus
• Customizing menus
• Use Quick App

Creating a document

• Creating new documents
• Basic document setup
• Saving document properties
• Adjusting the margin and column guides
• Using Ruler Guides
• Adaptive authoring tools

Page management

• Insert, delete, and move pages
• Creating Color Guides for a Page
• Adding sections and page numbers
• Create and apply master pages
• Redefining template elements
• Liquid layout
• Layout variant
• Split window

Text

• Understanding text frames
• Entering and editing text
• Fill with alt text
• Using special characters
• Text import
• Setting text block options
• Creating text on a path
• Spelling in your document
• Using the AutoCorrect feature
• Find / Replace
• Creating text variables
• PDF forms in InDesign
• Middle East language support

Object

• Selecting objects
• By performing basic movements and filling
• By performing advanced movements
• Use of transparency
• Adding drop shadows
• Fringe application
• Using effects from other format objects
• Using the Eyedropper tool
• Finding and changing the shape of objects

Object Management

• Stacking objects
• Working with layers
• Corner Options Overview
• Grouping and locking objects
• Alignment and distribution
• Alignment with key objects
• Text wrapping comprehension
• Editing text wrapping
• Related content
• Options for permanently adjusting blocks

Transforming objects

• Duplicate objects
• Rotate objects
• Mirrored objects

Character formatting

• Apply a basic character style
• Apply an advanced character style
• Change case
• Using Find/Replace for text formatting

Paragraph formatting

• Understanding paragraph formatting
• Use of drop caps
• The application of hyphenation
• Justification
• Align to reference grid
• Application of the rules of the paragraph
• Use of automatic chips and number
• Chip customization

Styles

• Applying character styles
• Apply paragraph styles
• Working with nested styles
• Working with object styles
• Imported text cleanup

Tableaus

• Creating a table
• Adjusting rows and columns
• Adding and removing rows and columns
• Formatting a table
• Cell formatting
• Adding headers and footers
• Import microsoft word and Excel tables

Color

• Creating a fill and/or stroke
• Apply a gradient to the fill and/or stroke
• Using RGB
• Using CMYK
• Using the nuanced
• Pantone color integration

Export

• In Package
• Export a PDF file (print or interactive)
• Export a JPEG, PNG, EPS file
• Exporting a SWF file
• Interactive HTML content

Impression

• Using Control Options
• Packaging for production
• Using the Print dialog box