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InDesign (Expert Bundle)

VoxLab code: [A-ID-PRO]

  • Duration (Days): 6 days
  • SDF grant available: No
  • Pre-requirements: None
  • Price (before 7% GST): 1390
  • WDA SkillsConnect code: -
  • Printable course outline: Click here

Adobe® InDesign® CS5 software provides precise control over typography and built-in creative tools for designing, preflighting, and publishing documents for print, online, or mobile devices. Our specialized course is divided into 4 parts that will be covered in a span of 6 days.

Level 1, the foundation level, will expound on the fundamentals of InDesign with topics such as laying out and creating texts, frames and pages; whereas Level 2, the professional level, will focus on cells and tables, creating a book, interactive for PDF, metadata links a whole lot more.

With the foundations of InDesign being covered in Level 1 and 2, Lab 1 and 2 is a more focused aspect of the course. In Lab 1, participants will learn the introduction to Interactive panels, animation panels, button panels, exporting and comparison. In Lab 2, learners will cover the publishing workflow, introduction to folio builder, layout for iPad, Adobe content viewer and much more.

VOXLAB proudly conducted this lab for:
  • G Hub Apparel
  • Menicon Co. Ltd
  • Factronics System Engineering
  • Schiller Asia Pacific Singapore Rep Office
  • Sultan Qaboos University
  • Ministry of Information, Communication & Arts
  • Biznest
  • Studio 912
  • Asia Pacific Publishing Pte Ltd
  • World of TCM Medicare Pte Ltd
  • The British Club
  • C2 Creative Communications Pte Ltd
  • Ministry of Education
WDA Subsidized Flash course Singapore
Course Outline

Level 1 - Foundation

Introduction to InDesign

  • Workspace and Tools
  • Panel Settings
  • Mini Bridge
  • Customizing Settings

Pages, spreads and master pages

  • Creating new pages
  • Moving pages
  • Duplicating spreads
  • Deleting pages
  • Understanding Master page
  • Stacking objects
  • Importance of layers

Laying out frames and pages

  • Using placeholders
  • Understanding textbox, unassigned and content box

Creating text and text frames

  • Using text frames
  • Importing text

Images and Contents

  • Importing images
  • Clipping out images
  • Understanding about frames

Baseline grid and columns

  • Align paragraphs to a baseline grid
  • Creating columns for layout

Typography

  • Fonts and typefaces
  • Understanding about Leading, kerning and tracking

Preflight and Package

  • Preparing files for Preflight
  • Creating custom profile for Preflight
  • Understanding Preflight
  • Preparing artwork for printing
  • Packaging for Final Artwork

Export to PDF

  • Balancing PDF file size and quality
  • Creating simple PDFs
Group photos and sample works
Course Outline

Level 2 - Professional

Creating Styles

  • Paragraph styles
  • Character styles
  • Nested styles
  • Table styles

Cells and Tables

  • Importing table data from Excel or Word
  • Inserting tables
  • Converting text to table
  • Rows and columns
  • Merging cells

Using the Type tool

  • Creating columns in text box
  • Anchor objects / image to text box
  • Text threading
  • Kerning, Tracking and Leading

Creating a Book

  • Creating Table of Content
  • Setting up multiple master pages
  • Creating paragraph styles
  • Using Find/Change to search for efficiency
  • Single page number and master page number

Pen Tool

  • Bezier drawing
  • Creating curves and lines

Interactive for PDF

  • Hyperlinks creation
  • Creating page transitions

Sections and Pages

  • Understanding markers
  • Generating page numbers
  • Creating section details
  • Customising text variables

Metadata Links

  • Creating live captions for photos
Group photos and sample works
Course Outline

Lab 1 - Interactive

Introduction to Interactive Panels

  • Animation
  • Button
  • Hyperlinks
  • Media
  • Object States
  • Page Transitions
  • Preview
  • Timing

Introduction to Animation Panel

  • Understanding the different presets
  • Customising settings

Introduction to Button Panel

  • On Event settings
  • Action presets
  • Multiple action sequence
  • Appearance options
  • Additional settings

Introduction to Hyperlinks Panel

  • Creating new hyperlinks
  • Hyperlink destination
  • Customising hyperlinks

Introduction to Media Panel

  • Inserting an audio/video file
  • Setting media options
  • Setting video options
  • Setting sound options

Introduction to Object States Panel

  • Creating a multi-state object
  • Understanding stacking
  • Exploring different possibilities and scenarios

Introduction to Page Transitions Panel

  • Customsing Transitions, direction and speed.

Introduction to Preview Panel

  • Preview internally in InDesign
  • Test in browser

Introduction to Timing Panel

  • Customsing the sequence and order of animation.

Exporting

  • Export as Interactive PDF
  • Export as SWF

Comparison

  • Possibilities of Interactive PDF
  • Possibilities of SWF animations
Group photos and sample works
Course Outline

Lab 2 - Digital Publishing

Publishing workflow

  • Understanding the whole Folio Producer
  • Introduction to Overlay Creator
  • Introduction to Folio Builder
  • Introduction to Adobe Content Viewer in iPad
  • Understanding the limitations

Introduction to Folio Producer

  • Understanding the basics of digital publishing
  • Pros and cons of DPS
  • Troubleshooting solutions

Introduction to Overlay Creator Panel

  • Hyperlink
  • Slideshow
  • Image Sequence
  • Audio and Video
  • Panorama
  • Web Content
  • Pan and Zoom

Introduction to Folio Builder Panel

  • Creating new folio - online and offline
  • Publish new articles
  • Creating cover pages
  • Updating contents
  • Bundle an issue
  • Export Options settings
  • Use Smooth Scrolling to enable long pages
  • Upload content to an Adobe server
  • Manage uploaded issues

Adding Audio and Video

  • Inserting an audio/video file
  • Setting media options
  • Setting video options
  • Setting sound options

Creating slide shows

  • Creating a multi-state object
  • Understanding stacking
  • Exploring different possibilities and scenarios

Using the Preview Panel

Exporting

  • Export to the online server
  • Export as a folio file

Layout for iPad

  • Creating horizontal layout
  • creating vertical layout
  • Settings for both layouts

Folder Structure

  • Setting up the folder structure
  • Single-orientation issue
  • Dual-orientation issue

Native Interactive Elements

  • Create interactive hyperlinks
  • Create interactive buttons
  • Create interactive slideshows
  • Create scrollable frames

Adobe Content Viewer

  • Download the Viewer to iPad
  • Download issues and test
  • Navigate in the Viewer
  • Create a library preview cover
  • Remove issues from the Preview Tool

Troubleshooting and FAQ

  • Common iPad Publishing Issues
Group photos and sample works
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