Duration: 1 Day

The User Interface
A look at the tools and pallets
Short cuts with InDesign

Text Handling
Glyph pallet
Paragraph formatting
Basic typographic tools
Using style sheets
Importing and editing text
Flowing text
Working with text editor
Working with styles
Showing hidden characters
Threading text
Changing the number of columns
Creating and applying a character style
Finding and changing
Spell-checking a story

Master Pages
Making templates
Creating a master with style sheet
Base line grid
Locking to baseline grid

Working with Frames
Modifying text frames
Modifying graphics frames
Sizing pictures

Creating and Applying Colours
Adding colours to the Swatches palette
Applying colours to objects
Applying colour to text
Tints and Gradients
Working with gradients
Creating a tint

Adding Graphics
From other programs
Using a library to manage objects
Creating a PDF
Importing Graphics

Tables
Creating tabbed text in InDesign
Formatting tables

Working with Transparency
Drop shadow on graphics
On text
Overlapping transparency

Printing
Output to printers
Collecting for output
Proofing

PDF Presets
PDF for print

Press Production
Gathering for output
Sending work to printers

Workshop with delegat'es own material
or template design requirements

Design and Typography tips