InDesign for sub editors and writers - Advanced

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This course has been tailored to the specific needs of subs, editors and writers who are migrating from QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign CS2.

Course Outline

Day 1

Overview of Indesign
Working with Indesign's palettes
Creating a new document from a template
Changing the number of columns on a page
Placing text into Indesign
Linking and unlinking text frames

Dealing with overmatter
Using duplicate windows
Using the story editor
Finding and changing text
Checking spelling
Foreign language words
Word counts in Indesign
Preventing problems when importing text from Word

Applying styles to paragraphs and characters
Removing unwanted styles
Navigating through text
Basic character formatting
Basic paragraph formatting
Applying kerning and tracking
Controlling space between paragraphs
Controlling hyphenation

Inserting white space
Inserting special characters
Changing text colour
Working with multiple pages
Controlling page order
Text frame options

Introduction to Layers
Importing graphics
Resizing and repositioning graphics
Running text around graphics
Creating a pdf from Indesign

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