This course is for anyone who has never used InDesign before (or any other DTP package) and who prefers to learn at a normal pace. This course is especially useful if you are producing newsletters or similar publications.
Aims
By the end of the course, you will be confident in using the essential features of InDesign to create publication. For example, a newsletter.
What you will learn
In particular you will be able to:
- Understand the Tools panel, page attributes, setting up preferences and an introduction to the interface.
- Understand how to create and work with text frames.
- Linking and unlinking text frames.
- Understand Typographic Terms.
- Modify and create style sheets to speed up formatting.
- Importing style sheets.
- Import and work with graphics.
- Create master pages to standardise pages.
- Work with colour and the swatches panels.
- Understand Pantone, spot and process colours.
Requirements
Delegates must be confident in using Windows and a mouse.
The ‘Small Print’
The course will run from 10am to 4:45pm (light cold buffet 1pm to 1:45pm). Please be careful to arrive by 9.45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.
