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Adobe InDesign
Workshops are taught
using CC
CS6 and CS5 can be requested

Design Desk two-day workshops in Adobe InDesign CC are offered once a month. We offer both a beginning Level I and an advanced Level II workshop. The workshops cover basic features for the beginner, intermediate features for those familiar with the program, and specific training for advanced students. In order to take the Level II workshop you must have taken the Level I or have permission from the instructor. It is essential that all students have basic computer skills. Please discuss your needs, specific or general, prior to placement in a class. Student class book is Adobe InDesign CC Classroom in a Book by Adobe Press. Workshops are only taught by Adobe certified instructors.

Topics covered in the class include:

  • Explore features that increase efficiency like keyboard shortcuts, setting preferences, using style sheets, drag n' drop, and using libraries.
  • Create new documents by typing from scratch and importing graphics.
  • Work with templates and master pages to cut down on production time.
  • Format text and paragraph attributes, import text files, and create text wraps.
  • Create and define style sheets versus using paragraph overrides.
  • Use text utilities to check spelling, to find and change text content, text attributes, special characters or text formatting.
  • Manage longer documents by combining multiple files into a book then build indexes and table of contents.
  • Create, import, modify and format complex tables.
  • Use layers to manage complex layout or create multiple versions of a layout.
  • Pre-flight check document, define printing options and trapping, color manage and assign profiles.
  • Create interactive HTML or PDF web pages.
  • Identify the different font formats

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