PDF COURSE INFO

Course Outline

Finding your way around

Understanding the Interface
Working with menus
The applications bar
Working with tools
Working with panels
Where to find missing panels
Using workspaces
Resetting a workspace
Saving a workspace
Viewing multiple documents
Toggling multiple documents
Working with screen modes
Hiding panels
Troubleshooting shortcuts
Undo/Redo

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

Creating Documents

Document presets
Document Intents
Understanding facing pages
Page sizes
Working with Columns
Working with margins
Changing columns and margins
Understanding bleed
Creating a slug
Saving document presets

Zoom & Navigation

Working with the zoom tool
Working with the hand tool
Zoom and pan shortcuts
Quickly isolate an area
Fit in window
View documents at actual size

Selection Tools

Working with the selection tool
Selecting multiple objects
Deselecting objects
Selecting via marquee
Selecting images
Understanding images containers
Moving with the selection tool
Rotating with the selection tool
Resizing with the selection tool
Resizing and constraining
Working with the direct selection tool
Editing objects with anchor points
Images and the direct selection tool

Creating Shapes

Creating rectangles
Creating circles
Creating ovals
Creating polygons and stars
Creating shapes in proportion
Resizing shapes

Understanding Fills and Strokes

Setting fills and stroke preferences
Giving objects colour
Creating borders around objects
Working with the colour panel
Working with the stroke panel
Understanding stroke options
Creating dashed objects

Creating Colour Swatches

Understanding RGB and CMYK
Creating RGB colours
Creating CMYK colours
Understanding spot/pms colours
Creating spot/pms colours
Editing existing swatches
Deleting swatches
Saving swatches
Loading swatches
Reusing swatches on other jobs

Creating Gradients

Understanding gradients
Working with the gradients panel
Creating linear gradients
Creating radial gradients
Creating feathered gradient
Using transparency in gradient
Editing gradients
Adding colour stops
Removing colour stops
Changing colour blends

Transforming Objects

Scaling objects
Rotating objects
Shearing objects
Using the transform
Copying Objects
Copy via drag
Pasting Objects
Paste in place

Arranging Objects

Send to back
Send backward
Bring to front
Bring forward
Selecting objects under objects
Arranging via layers

Aligning Objects

Using the align panel
Aligning objects to top
Aligning objects to centre
Aligning objects to bottom
Distributing objects
Using smart guides
Using rulers and guides

Grouping Objects

Understanding groups
Grouping multiple objects
Ungrouping items
Editing grouped items
Understanding layer groups
Locking a group

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Locking Objects

Using the lock command
Unlocking objects
Unlocking object via layers
Finding locked items

Working with Text

Using the type tool
Understanding text frames
Filling with placeholder text
Selecting text
In ports and out ports
Threading text frames
Removing text formatting
Importing MS Word text
Copy text from other applications
Show import options

Character Formatting

Choosing fonts
Changing font styles
Resizing text
Understanding leading
Working with kerning
Working with tracking
Horizontal and vertical scaling
Using baseline shift
Skewing text
Understanding different font
Where to load your fonts
Fixing missing fonts

Paragraph Formatting

Changing justification
Removing hyphenation
Indenting paragraphs
Adding space after paragraphs
Adding space before paragraphs
Using drop caps
Copying text formatting

Text Frame Options

Adding columns to a text frame
Working with inset spacing
Applying vertical justification
Ignore text wrap
Understanding base line grids

Character Styles

Understanding character styles
Creating character styles
Editing character styles
Deleting character styles
Character style options

Paragraph Styles

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

Working with Pages

Adding pages
Adding custom page sizes
Rearranging pages
Removing pages
Numbering pages
Understanding spreads

Working with Master Pages

Understanding master pages
Using auto page numbering
Overriding master page items
Removing local overrides
Detaching items from master pages

Working with Layers

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

Placing Images & Graphics

Using the place command
placing multiple images
The loaded place cursor
Placing options
Placing a grid of images
Placing a PDF
Placing an InDesign file

Text wrap

Making sense of text wrap
Wrap around bounding box
Wrap around object shape
Jump objects
Jump to next column
Changing inset spacing

Preflighting Documents

Understanding InDesign preflight
Disabling preflight all documents
Enable preflight
The preflight panel
Creating a preflight preset
Understanding preflight presets
Exporting preflight presets
Loading preflight presets
Examining preflight errors
Fixing preflight errors

Packaging Documents

Understanding packaged documents
Using the package command
Sending your files to colleagues
Document installed fonts

Exporting PDFs

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

Printing Documents

Understanding print presets
Optimising prints correctly
Problem free printing
Checking for spot colours
Saving print presets