Adobe InDesign CS3 Training Courses
Introduction and Advanced Level
Four hours per week during 8 weeks
Adobe InDesign CS3 is a sophisticated page layout program and a serious rival to QuarkXPress. It integrates well with Adobe Photoshop and Acrobat and has an impressive range of features.
We offer Adobe InDesign CS3 training courses from beginner to advanced levels. Adobe InDesign is one of the regular scheduled computer training courses held at our North York training centre, and we can also organize in-house training anywhere in GTA. The course comprises:
Introduction to InDesign CS3
Four hours per week during 4 weeks
Tuition: $ 675 CAD
Advanced InDesign CS3
Four hours per week during 4 weeks
Tuition: $ 675 CAD
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Part 1: InDesign CS3 Introduction
Our Introduction to InDesign gives a thorough grounding in how the program approaches page layout tasks and the use of the tools and palettes.
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Creating and saving a document
The InDesign approach to page -layout
Overview of features
InDesign compared to QuarkXPress
Exploring the interface
Overview of tools
Overview of palettes
Navigating through documents
Zooming in and out
Print Preview and Print |
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Working with text |
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Text frames
Importing text
Character formatting
Paragraph formatting
Indentation of text
Working with tabs
Find and replace and Spell-checker
Running text around an image
Creating threads
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Styles |
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Benefits of using styles
Creating character styles
Creating paragraph styles
Setting parent and child styles
Applying styles
Importing styles |
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Working with graphics |
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Graphic frames
Overview of graphic formats
Importing graphics
Resizing graphics
Cropping graphics
Using the Links palette
Using in-line graphics
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Tables |
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Creating tables
Formatting tables
Imported tab delimited text
Importing Word tables
Importing Excel tables
Filling alternating rows or columns |
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Page layout |
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Setting margins
Using a layout grid
Creating custom guides
Multi-columns layouts
Using frame-based columns
Using page-based columns |
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Part 2: InDesign CS3 Advanced
Our Advanced InDesign course shows experienced InDesign users how to create more complex page layouts, work with longer documents and use eye-catching special effects.
Master pages |
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How master pages work
Creating master pages
Applying master pages
Setting page numbering
Using hierarchical master pages |
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Working with text |
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Working with layers
Moving items between layers
Setting layer options
Changing the stacking order
Using layers with master pages
Automatic layout adjustment
Setting options for layout adjustment
Using clipping paths |
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Typography |
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Typographic shortcuts
Using the Single Line Composer
Using the Paragraph Composer
Highlighting composition problems
Creating hanging punctuation
Manual kerning
Using optical kerning
Inserting special characters
Creating drop caps
Hyphenation and justification |
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Longer documents |
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Creating a table of contents
Creating an index
Using the Book palette
Creating a book list
Synchronizing styles and colors
Printing a book list
Exporting a book list as PDF
Page numbering across books |
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Drawing |
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Using the drawing tools
Creating freehand shapes
Creating bezier curves
Manipulating shapes
Using the Transform palette
Aligning objects
Using the eye-dropper tool |
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Special effects |
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Placing text on a path
Creating drop shadows
Working with transparency
Exporting transparency
Blend modes
Feathering
Creating multi-color gradients
Converting text to paths |
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REGISTRATION FORM
REGISTRATION STEPS:
- Fill out our Registration form.
- One of our staff members will contact you at the telephone number you included on
your registration form to confirm your registration.
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2 methods of payment
The payment is made:
- by a credit card (VISA, MASTERCARD and AMERICAN EXPRESS)
- from your PayPal account through the system PayPal
 
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