Adobe InDesign CS5: Fundamentals

Overview/Description
Adobe InDesign is a popular design application used for page layout and desktop publishing. InDesign CS.55 includes a streamlined interface that matches the look and feel of Adobe's imaging programs including Photoshop and Illustrator. This course explores the fundamentals of Adobe InDesign CS5.5 including the interface, the major tools, methods of setting up InDesign projects, and adding and editing basic shapes and text.

Target Audience
The target audience is expected to be a range of in-training and established graphic and print design professionals, among other IT professionals needing to learn the fundamentals of Adobe InDesign CS5 and CS5.5, but with little to no previous experience with the product. Students are expected to have basic computing and word-processing skills, and be familiar with some web and design-related terminology.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Adobe InDesign CS5: Fundamentals

use panels in InDesign CS5

customize a workspace configuration

layout a new document

recognize how guides and rulers are used in InDesign CS5

create shapes in InDesign CS5

modify shapes in InDesign

set up and save a document

create shapes

add text to documents in InDesign CS5

recognize the text format options in InDesign CS5

arrange objects in InDesign CS5

work with layers in InDesign CS5

recognize how to work with paths in InDesign CS5

print a document in InDesign CS5

export a document as a PDF

add and format text

add and rearrange layers

manipulate paths

print a document