Adobe Indesign CC

With the Adobe InDesign CC layout solution discover new creative possibilities and benefit from a high level of productivity.
InDesign was specifically developed to handle complex workflows and is closely linked and hence compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat. The software offers powerful features for creating high-quality, complex documents and permits error-free publishing in a range of different types of media formats.

Should you intend to develop or further skills and knowledge in the Adobe Indesign CC program, we offer the following multiple day training course.

Categories:
  • Participants
  • 1 - 8
  • Languages
  • English, German, French, Luxembourgish
  • Duration
  • 8h
  • Difficulty
  • Intermediate

The Program

1st Day

This day should provide an overview as well as an understanding of CC.

  • Introduction

  • History, Market position, Concepts.

  • Comparison with Adobe Indesign CC

  • Advantages and disadvantages of Adobe Indesign

  • Import of .txt, .rtf and .doc text files as well as external text links

  • Import from Xpress, Indesign and Pagemaker

  • Import from PhotoShop, Illustrator, EPS, PDF, TIFF, ...

  • Problems during import of Xpress documents

  • Getting to know the most important tools

  • Becoming familiar with the work environment

  • Working in CMYK, solid or RGB colour space

  • Exercises and examples

  • Questions?

2nd Day

During this day the knowledge basis is refined.
 

  • Repetition

  • Working with templates

  • Typography, fonts, style templates,...

  • Text editing, Text Links

  • Objects and object templates

  • Shadows and transparencies

  • Explanation of Indesign tools

  • Explanation of Indesign menus

  • Layer

  • Exercises and examples

  • Tips & Tricks

  • Open Questions!

3rd Day

Today, the topic is the printing process with particular focus on the generation of PDF files.
 

  • Repetition

  • Workflow Indesign CS4/5 with Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat

  • Print management

  • Color management

  • Management of color transformations

  • Overprinting

  • Settings and tips for generating transparencies

  • Output as PDF (PDF basic skills are required!)

  • Publishing for the WEB

  • SoftProof with 4c, overprinting, special colors and max. printing orders

  • Preparing documents for high-resolution printing

  • Increasing productivity and avoiding errors in the print edition!

  • Exercises and examples

  • Questions?

 

4th Day

This day refines the knowledge and deals with the table tools.
The last day is often used to review problems in-depth or address specific customer requirements.
 

  • Creating content directories

  • Paper and index creation

  • Tables

  • Setting preferences in Indesign

  • Exercises and examples

  • Tips & Tricks for professionals

  • Production optimization

  • Resolving frequently made Indesign mistakes

  • Addressing customer customer problems and requirements…

  • Questions? -- Workshop - Help! …


Our experience has shown that group sizes of 4 to 5 persons are best suited for this form of training as this ensures the Q&A interactivity of small groups is maintained and one is better able to respond to the individual wishes of the participants - in addition this is less likely to adversely affect the internal workings of the client.
 

Prerequisites

This course requires knowledge and experience of the popular operating systems, Mac OS X, Windows. Possessing an understanding of the basic concepts of DTP (Adobe Indesign, Quark XPress) and graphics (Import & Export, Adobe Illustrator) would be advantageous.
 

Of Note

Corporate and individual training, follow-up as well as production accompanying workshops and coaching are available at any time. We would be pleased to generate for you an offer customized to your needs.
Experience tells us that the majority of questions arise during the actual practical application after the training. For this very reason we remain available after the training to provide advice as well as to provide on-site support. In addition we would also like to offer our on-site assistance in optimizing your company’s internal production.
 

Location

The training can take place in our training room where a computer will be made available for each participant or at the client’s location with the materials there available.
 


Remark:
magic moving pixel reserves the right to alter the here specified program at any time if magic moving pixel perceives that this would lead to an improvement of the course’s quality.