Course : InDesign CC/CS6: Getting Started

certification TOSA® en option

InDesign CC/CS6: Getting Started

certification TOSA® en option





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Practical course in person or remote class

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  3d - 21h00
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Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Create a simple document with InDesign CS6: Leaflet, brochure
Create a tri-fold pamphlet
Position the text and image frames
Create and export a style sheet
Automate master pages for catalogs and newspapers

Certification
If registering for the TOSA® certification option, you must do so at the same time as course registration. The exam is made up of a 60-minute adaptive test with 35 exercises. The result indicates your skill level. Merely taking the course is not sufficient to achieve a maximum score. The exam must be both scheduled and then taken online within 4 weeks following the start of your session.

Practical details
Certificate
Discussions, experience-sharing, demonstrations, tutorials, and real cases.
Teaching methods
Active learning based on examples, demonstrations, experience-sharing, real cases, and an evaluation of what was learned from the training.

Course schedule

1
Basics of InDesign

  • Notions of layout.
  • Palettes, pasteboard, and guides.
  • Panels and docks.
  • Zooming in/out and workspace view.
Hands-on work
Learn about and register for the TOSA® certification option. Interface and creating custom spaces.

2
Frames

  • Creating frames.
  • Changing a frame type.
  • Frame properties.
  • Frame borders.
  • Managing and organizing frames.
  • Layers.
Hands-on work
Managing and positioning frames within a page: Reproducing a multiple-frame layout from a template.

3
Designing the text in the frame

  • Inserting text.
  • Threading text frames.
  • Properties of text frames.
  • Character and paragraph styles.
  • Multiple columns.
  • Drop caps, paragraph rules, tabs, bullets and numbering.
  • Hyphenation.
Hands-on work
Creating a business card. Creating a tri-fold pamphlet.

4
Incorporating and editing images

  • Importing an image and format options.
  • Display quality.
  • Managing the link to the source file.
  • Editing the original image.
  • Enhancing an image with text.
Hands-on work
Creating an advertising brochure.

5
Creating tables

  • Creating a table in InDesign.
  • Importing a table.
  • Laying out a table.
  • Converting a table.
Hands-on work
Designing and importing tables.

6
Working with pages, master pages, and templates

  • Different types of pages.
  • Default master page management.
  • Page numbering.
  • Creating a document template.
Hands-on work
Mocking up a magazine spread.

7
Publishing paper and digital versions

  • Configuring color separation.
  • Creating a package for the printer.
  • Creating and optimizing a PDF file.
  • Exporting to other formats, EPS, HTML, ePub, etc.
Hands-on work
Hands-on work


Customer reviews
4,6 / 5
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