During this excellent InDesign CS4: Essentials course you will learn all the tricks the professionals know that can save you hours of time in production. Upon successful completion you will understand how to build advanced Paragraph Styles that include both Nested and Next styles, and so much more. The course has been created by an expert instructor with years of experience, as you can imagine, you will be given an abundance of insider knowledge and tips.
Our learning material is available to students 24/7 anywhere in the world, so it’s extremely convenient. These intensive online courses are open to everyone, as long as you have an interest in the topic! We provide world-class learning led by IAP, so you can be assured that the material is high quality, accurate and up-to-date.
James Lockman is the owner of James Lockman Consulting, a digital workflow consulting and training company. James holds a degree in physics and applied physics from Yale University, and has years of experience teaching high school and college physics. James joined Working Words & Graphics in 1995 to head its Digital Prepress division. Since then, he has become a technical resource for manufacturers, software vendors, printers, agencies and graphic designers worldwide. His long practical experience with PostScript and PDF workflows, coupled with his teaching skills, make a great fit for training technical subjects.
James is an Adobe Certified Creative Suite Master and Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Consultant. With customers ranging from large agencies to small boutique newspapers, his expertise in Acrobat and web-based collaboration make them more agile in today’s electronic document workflows. He is a frequent presenter at industry events and online for Adobe Systems. James is also a seasoned instructor. In the early 1990s, he taught physics at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts and at Worcester Academy, Worcester, Massachusetts. He also taught Astronomy and Physics at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, where he studied Physics and Electrical Engineering. On graphics subjects, he is the host of several Total Training series, including Total Training for Acrobat 9 Essentials and InDesign CS4 Essentials, and has more titles in the works. He blogs at www.jameslockman.com/jamesblog/.
James lives in Maine with his wife and three sons, and enjoys making maple syrup and playing the tuba.
Those who successfully pass this course will be awarded a InDesign CS4: Essentials certificate. Anyone eligible for certification will receive a free e-certificate, and printed certificate.
With this qualification, you are able to fulfil various roles in a range of industries, such as:
PLEASE NOTE: We do not provide any software with this course.
1: EXPLORING THE INTERFACE | |||
1. Start Screen, Application Bar & Workspace Menu | |||
2. Panels, Application Frame & Tab View | |||
3. Using the Control Panel | |||
4. Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus | |||
5. Exploring Workspaces | |||
2: CUSTOMIZING APPLICATION PREFERENCES | |||
1. Setting General & Interface Preferences | |||
2. Setting Type & Composition Preferences | |||
3. Customizing Units, Grids & Guides | |||
4. Dictionary, Spelling, Autocorrect & Story Editor Display Preferences | |||
5. Display Performance & Appearance of Black Preferences | |||
6. File & Clipboard Handling | |||
3: WORKING WITH DOCUMENTS | |||
1. Setting Up a New Document & Saving a Preset | |||
2. Working with Templates | |||
3. Replacing Missing Fonts & Updating Links | |||
4. Converting Documents for Backwards Compatibility | |||
4: NAVIGATING & VIEWING DOCUMENTS | |||
1. Navigating Pages & Layers | |||
2. Links, Edit Original & Rotate Spread View | |||
3. Zooming, Display Performance & Panning | |||
4. Changing View Modes & Customizing a Proof | |||
5: MARGINS, COLUMNS, RULERS & GUIDES | |||
1. Setting Up Units, Margins & Columns | |||
2. Using Rulers | |||
3. Working with Guides | |||
4. Using Smart Guides to Align & Place Objects | |||
6: ADDING TEXT TO YOUR LAYOUT | |||
1. Adding & Formatting Text in a Frame | |||
2. Exploring Frame Types | |||
3. Placing Text from a File | |||
4. Threading Text Frames | |||
5. Creating Text on a Path | |||
6. Auto-Flowing Text | |||
7. Using Smart Text Reflow | |||
7: TEXT FORMATTING OPTIONS | |||
1. Choosing Fonts | |||
2. Controlling Font Size & Leading | |||
3. Changing Text Color in the Swatches & Color Panels | |||
4. Adjusting Alignment, Tracking & Kerning | |||
5. Using the Eyedropper Tool to Sample Text Attributes | |||
6. Finding & Replacing Fonts | |||
7. Adding Indents & Spacing | |||
8. Controlling Hyphenation & Justification | |||
9. Creating Drop Caps | |||
10. Using Optical Margin Alignment | |||
8: FORMATTING TEXT USING STYLES | |||
1. Creating Paragraph Styles | |||
2. Applying Styles | |||
3. Understanding Next Styles | |||
4. Clearing Style Options | |||
5. Redefining Styles | |||
6. Importing & Managing Styles | |||
9: TABS, TABLES & LISTS | |||
1. Formatting Text with Tabs | |||
2. Creating, Selecting & Navigating Tables | |||
3. Formatting Tables & Cells | |||
4. Saving Time with Table & Cell Styles | |||
5. Working with Bulleted & Numbered Lists | |||
10: WORKING WITH PLACED GRAPHICS | |||
1. Exploring Bridge & Assigning Keywords | |||
2. Placing & Scaling Images | |||
3. Using the Free Transform, Position & Scale Tools | |||
4. Frame & Content Fitting Options | |||
5. Placing Multiple Files | |||
6. Using the Links Panel | |||
7. Building a Library | |||
11: CREATING SHAPES & USING TEXT WRAP | |||
1. Creating Shapes & Frames | |||
2. Customizing & Transforming Shapes | |||
3. Aligning & Distributing Shapes | |||
4. Applying Text Wrap | |||
12: WORKING WITH COLOR & SWATCHES | |||
1. Introduction to Swatches | |||
2. Choosing Colors & Creating New Swatches | |||
3. Working with Gradients | |||
4. Using the Kuler Panel | |||
5. Using Transparency | |||
6. Transparency Effects | |||
13: USING LAYERS | |||
1. Creating Layers | |||
2. Placing Content on Layers | |||
3. Moving Content between Layers | |||
4. Managing Layers | |||
14: INTRODUCING OBJECT STYLES | |||
1. Creating New Object Styles | |||
2. Applying Object Styles | |||
3. Updating Object Styles | |||
4. Defining Default Object Styles | |||
15: ADDING INTERACTIVITY | |||
1. Making a Table of Contents Interactive | |||
2. Creating Hyperlinks | |||
3. Adding Buttons for Navigation | |||
4. Adding Page Transitions | |||
5. Exporting for the Web Using SWF & PDF | |||
16: PREFLIGHT, PRINT & PDF | |||
1. Introducing New Live Preflighting | |||
2. Packaging for Output | |||
3. Understanding Printing Options | |||
4. Printing Booklets | |||
5. Exporting to Adobe PDF | |||
6. Credits |