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ADOBE INDESIGN

ADVANCED

Requirements
You should have attended an Adobe InDesign Foundation course or have an equivalent working knowledge.
Overview
This two-day course will cover advanced text handling techniques, working with tables, drawing, process and spot colours, object libraries, advanced transparency options and creating customised pdfs.
Master Pages
Creating masters and based on masters, Adding automatics page numbering, Creating sections, Working with master page objects
Libraries
Creating, indexing and using InDesign libraries
Transparency
Specifying transparency, Selecting blending modes, Adding drop shadows and feathering
Tables
Creating, editing and formatting tables
Working with Tables
Creating tables, Adding text and graphics, Importing from Word and Excel, Editing tables, Running headers and footers, Formatting tables
Advanced Type Formatting
Importing styles from MS Word, MS Word Import presets, Applying complex nested styles, Creating balanced headline text, Adding rules above or below, Controlling paragraph

breaks, Working with composition, Advanced hyphenation controls, Advanced justification controls, Preventing word breaks, Advanced Next Style options, Clearing formatting overrides, Creating Footnotes, Frame-based Baseline grids, Automatic bullets or numbering
Combining Text & Graphics
Creating object styles, Justifying text next to an object, Anchoring objects, Advanced text wrap options, Sharing Colour Swatches across applications, Importing multi-page PDFs, Layer visibility options for imported PSD and PDF files
Working with Pages & Spreads
Creating multiple-page spreads, Copying pages between documents, Controlling spread pagination, Automatic layout adjustment
Advanced Colour Options
Creating mixed ink swatches, Converting mixed inks, Using PSD spot-colour channels, Working with colours from EPS or PDF files, Converting imported spots
Drawing in Adobe Indesign
Using the Pencil, Smooth and Erase tools, Drawing with the Pen

tool, Adjusting path segments, Using the Scissors tool, Working with stroke styles, Applying corner effects, Creating and editing compound paths, Shape-to-shape conversions, Using Transform Again options
Using Libraries & Snippets
Working with object libraries, Updating library objects, Cataloguing and finding objects, Working with snippets
Advanced Transparency Options
Applying transparency to groups, Creating transparency knockouts, Using blending modes, Flattening transparent artwork, Creating, saving, and loading custom flattener presets, Flattening individual spreads, Understanding the Flattener Preview options,
Output from Indesign
Guidelines for successful output, Creating Adobe PDF Files, Global PDF export options, Using Pre-defined PDF presets, Customizing PDF options, Understanding PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3, Specifying printer's marks, Printing the bleed and slug areas, Printing oversized documents, Viewing print settings, Saving print settings