Adobe InDesign

Adobe InDesign is a professional desktop publishing program that enables users to create beautiful web layouts, innovative print media, electronic books, and other digital publications.

The Adobe InDesign training course is aimed at introducing professionals to the InDesign interface, the application of its tools, and techniques.

Eligibility: The Adobe InDesign training in Dubai is intended for professionals who are striving to improve their understanding of InDesign and create layouts either for the web or for print. The Adobe Indesign course has no formal prerequisites; however, basic computer knowledge would be an added advantage.

Outline:

Introducing the Workspace

• Getting started
• Looking at the workspace
• Working with panels
• Customizing the workspace
• Navigating through a document
• Using context menus

Getting to Know InDesign

• Getting started
• Viewing guides
• Preflighting as you work
• Adding text
• Working with styles
• Working with graphics
• Working with objects
• Working with object styles
• Viewing the document in Presentation mode

Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages

• Getting started
• Creating and saving custom document settings
• Creating a new document
• Switching between open InDesign documents
• Working with master pages
• Applying master pages to document pages
• Adding new document pages
• Rearranging and deleting document pages
• Changing the size of pages
• Adding sections to change the page numbering
• Overriding master page items on document pages
• and placing text and graphics
• Viewing the completed spread

Working with Objects

• Getting started
• Working with layers
• Creating and modifying text frames
• Creating and modifying graphics frames
• Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
• Placing and linking graphics frames
• Changing the shape of a frame
• Wrapping text around a graphic
• Modifying the shape of frames
• Transforming and aligning objects
• Selecting and modifying grouped objects
• Creating a QR code
• Finishing up

Flowing Text

• Getting started
• Flowing text into an existing frame
• Flowing text manually
• Creating text frames while flowing text
• Flowing text automatically
• Creating threaded frames automatically
• Resizing text frames automatically
• Adding a jump line page number

Editing Text

• Getting started
• Finding and changing a missing font
• Entering and importing text
• Finding and changing text and formatting
• Checking to spell
• Editing text by dragging and dropping
• Using the Story Editor
• Tracking changes

Working with Typography

• Getting started
• Adjusting vertical spacing
• Changing fonts and typestyles
• Fine - tuning columns
• Changing paragraph alignment
• Creating a drop cap
• Adjusting letter and word spacing
• Adjusting line breaks
• Setting tabs
• Adding a rule above a paragraph

Working with Color

• Getting started
• Managing color
• Synchronizing color settings in Adobe Bridge
• Specifying color settings in InDesign
• Displaying images at full resolution
• Proofing colors on screen
• Defining printing requirements
• Creating and applying colors
• Working with gradients
• Creating a tint
• Creating a spot color
• Applying colors to text and objects
• Using advanced gradient techniques

Working with Styles

• Getting started
• Creating and applying paragraph styles
• Creating and applying character styles
• Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
• Creating and applying object styles
• Creating and applying table and cell styles
• Globally updating styles
• Loading styles from another document

Importing and Modifying Graphics

• Getting started
• Adding graphics from other programs
• Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
• Managing links to imported files
• Updating revised graphics
• Adjusting display quality
• Working with clipping paths
• Working with alpha channels
• Importing native Adobe graphics files
• Using a library to manage objects
• Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics

Creating Tables

• Getting started
• Converting text to a table
• Formatting a table
• Creating a header row
• Adding graphics to table cells
• Creating and applying table and cell styles

Working with Transparency

• Getting started
• Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
• Applying transparency settings
• Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics
• Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
• Applying transparency settings to the text
• Working with effects

Printing and Exporting

• Getting started
• Preflighting files
• Packaging files
• Creating an Adobe PDF proof
• Previewing separations
• Previewing how transparency effects will be flattened
• Previewing the page
• Printing a laser or inkjet proof
• Using the Ink Manager

Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields

• Getting started
• Adding form fields
• Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file

Creating and Exporting an ebook

• Getting started
• Completing the booklet
• Choosing the content of an ebook
• Adding metadata
• Exporting an EPUB file

Working with Long Documents

• Getting started
• Starting a book
• Creating a running footer
• Adding a footnote
• Adding a cross - reference
• Synchronizing a book
• Generating a table of contents
• Indexing a book

Key Takeaways:

Upon completion of our Adobe Indesign training, the candidate will be able to:

• Understand the tools and techniques of InDesign
• Use digital publishing formats, such as EPUB, to create a book and document pages
• Utilize high - volume color printing presses to produce high - quality, full - color documents
• Create output for a range of output devices, such as desktop printers and high - resolution imaging devices
• Develop compelling layouts using advanced typography controls and enhanced graphic features 

Accreditation:

• Our Adobe Indesign course in Dubai is accredited by ISO 9001: 2015 and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA).

Why Learners Point:

As one of the top providers of the Adobe Indesign training in Dubai, we have substantial experience in teaching relevant skills and knowledge. 

Our Adobe Indesign courses offer the following advantages:

• Our Adobe Indesign classes in Dubai is designed based on real - world scenarios, formulating and evaluating practical requirements
• Our Adobe Indesign course in Dubai strive to provide a reality check and insight into the requirements of a challenging role and how to fulfill it
• We also provide live interactive sessions and hands - on experience through assignments associated with the actual work environment
• To enhance the learning experience of our students we provide organized group sessions and integrated training modules
• Our discrete approach to career guidance enables our students to get successfully placed in renowned organizations