PDF COURSE INFO

Course Outline

Advanced Styles

Adding drop caps
Creating nested styles
Nested line styles
Based on sytles
Creating next styles
Applying next styles
Working with grep styles
Importing exisiting styles

Creating Paragraph styles
Editing Paragraph styles
Deleting Paragraph styles
Paragraph style options

Removing style overrides
Redefining your styles

Advanced Text Options

Linking Text Frames through a document
Detaching Linked Text Frames
Creating Outlines of text
Working with Type on a Path

Adding columns to a text frame
Inset spacing options
Applying vertical justification
Ignore text wrap
Understanding base line grids

Advanced Master Pages

Advanced master page control
Auto page numbering techniques
Overriding master page items
Removing local overrides
Detaching items from master pages

Understanding Anchored Objects

Understanding anchored objects

Inserting anchored objects
Anchored object options
Inline or above line objects
Customising your anchored objects

Bullet and numbered lists

Creating a bulleted list
Creating a numbered list
Modifying bullet and numbered lists
Adjusting list tabs
Customising list glyphs
Restarting your numbered list

Working with Libraries

Understanding libraries
Create a new library
Adding objects to your library
Naming your library items
Placing your library items
Finding library item information
Deleting your library items
Advanced Library options

Creating Snippets

Benefits of using snippets
Creating snippets via drag and drop
Placing snippets
Sharing snippets
Snippets vs libraries

Adobe Kuler

Understanding Kuler
Browsing for themes
Searching for a theme
Viewing available themes
Refreshing existing themes
Edit themes in the create panel
Adding your theme to the swatches panel

Mastering the Pen Tool

Understanding the pen tool
Creating custom shapes
Improve workflow with the pen tool
Creating logos and illustrations

Working with Layers

Advanced layer control

Advanced layer techniques

Paste remembers layers

Making sense of layers
Adding a layer
Changing stacking order
Duplicating layers
Deleting layers
Hiding layers
Locking layers
Merging layers

Advanced Text Wrap Options

Understanding text wrap
Wrap text around bounding box
Wrap text around object shape
Jump object
Jump to next column
Text wrap options
Wrap text using a custom path

Adobe Bridge

Understanding the Bridge
Navigating folders
Viewing docs and folders
Resizing images
Viewing images full screen
Selecting files
Opening files
Workspaces
Important preferences
Adding favourites
Using filters

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Advanced Table Creation

Creating a table
Customising your table
Advanced table options
Advanced Cell options
Text options
Working with images in a table
Using table styles
Using cell styles

Controlling Graphic Layer Options

Working with PS & AI layers
Layers vs layer comps
Using show import options
Update link options
Links panel indicators

Using Find/Change

Understanding find/change
Finding and changing text
Changing text formatting
Customising search options
Understanding GREP
Using Grep searches
Changing glyph characters
Changing objects
Saving search queries

Conditional Text Options

Understanding conditional text
Creating text conditions
Applying conditions to text
Delete existing conditions
Conditional text options
Creating conditions sets
Loading conditions
Loading conditions and cets

Table of Contents Creation

Understanding table of contents
Using your paragraph styles
Applying your table of contents
Advanced TOC options
Using TOC to Create an index

Updating table of contents
Using table of contents styles

Creating an Index

Understanding indexing

How to set up an index
Understanding references
Understanding topics
Creating a new index entry
Editing an index entry
Removing an index entry
Generating your index

Working with Data Merge

Understanding data merge
Setting your criteria
Selecting your data source
Adding data fields
Updating your data source
Content placement control
Preview your layout
Creating a merged document
Exporting data merge to PDF

Working with Long Documents

Working with books
Adding documents to your book
Replacing book documents
Removing book documents
Saving your book
Preflighting your book
Packaging your book
Exporting your book
Printing your book
Synchronising your book

Preflighting & Packaging

Advanced InDesign preflight options
Disabling preflight all documents
Enable preflight
The preflight panel
Custom preflight presets
Setting up preflight presets
Exporting preflight presets
Loading preflight presets
Examining preflight errors
Fixing preflight errors

Understanding packaged documents
Using advanced package commands
Sending your files to colleagues
Document installed fonts

Advanced PDF Export Options

Understanding PDF presets
Optimising PDFs correctly
Problem free PDF creation
Reducing PDF File Size
The compression tab
Checking for spot colours
Saving PDF presets