Adobe InDesign

Introduction to Desktop Publishing Using InDesign
(Prerequisite: Introduction to Windows or equivalent experience.) Learn the basics of InDesign and develop the skills you need to design and produce camera-ready copy for simple publications. This course will guide you through creating basic text frames; typing and importing text into the frames; and selecting, editing, formatting, and checking spelling. Learn to thread overset text from frame to frame and set tabs and hanging indents. Use the Pages panel to move around in a document. You will create shapes and apply strokes and fills to add color to your pages; layer, align, and group objects; and create documents with multiple columns. Additional topics include basic printing options, opening PageMaker or QuarkXPress files, and how to use master pages to number pages automatically. [Table of Contents]
Fee: $189

One-Day Class Meets 8:30am-4:00pm (6.5 hours)
Code Date Location Instructor
G0618 Tues., Dec. 8West CountyNancy Haupt
G0751 Mon., Jan. 11West CountyNancy Haupt
G0847 Wed., Feb. 17West CountyNancy Haupt
Intermediate Applications of InDesign
(Prerequisite: Introduction to Desktop Publishing Using InDesign or equivalent experience.) Build on the knowledge gained in the introductory InDesign course to design more complex publications. Learn to import graphics and then crop, manipulate, and automatically resize graphics to fit inside their frames. Discover how to add elements to your page, such as text wrap around graphics, type on a path, gradients, and tables. Work with text graphically by converting it to paths. Additional topics include find and change format settings, working with master pages, dividing a document into sections, saving a file as a template, and printing options such as thumbnails and tiling. [Table of Contents]
Fee: $189

One-Day Class Meets 8:30am-4:00pm (6.5 hours)
Code Date Location Instructor
G0619 Wed., Dec. 9West CountyNancy Haupt
G0752 Tues., Jan. 19West CountyNancy Haupt
G0848 Thurs., Feb. 18West CountyNancy Haupt
Advanced Applications of InDesign
(Prerequisite: Intermediate Applications of InDesign or equivalent experience.) Extend your InDesign knowledge as you learn to use the program's advanced designing capabilities. Learn to apply sophisticated text effects, such as hanging punctuation and decorative initial capital letters. Use the commands that give you precise control over hyphenation, justification, and paragraph composition. Increase your efficiency and ensure consistency by setting up styles and libraries. In class, you will create a book with a table of contents, as well as discuss preparing a document for output using the Preflight and Package plug-ins. [Table of Contents]
Fee: $189

One-Day Class Meets 8:30am-4:00pm (6.5 hours)
Code Date Location Instructor
G0620 Thurs., Dec. 10West CountyNancy Haupt
G0753 Mon., Jan. 25West CountyNancy Haupt
G0849 Fri., Feb. 19West CountyNancy Haupt