InDesign CS5.5 Syllabus

Introducing the Workspace

• Overview

• Working with panels

• Customizing the workspace

• Using context menus

• Finding resources

Getting to Know InDesign

• Viewing guides

• Adding text

• Working with styles

• Working with objects

• Working with object styles

Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages

• Working with master pages

• Changing the size of pages

• Placing text and graphics

Working with objects

• Creating and editing text frames

• Creating and editing graphics frames

• Changing the shape of a frame

• Wrapping text around a graphic

• Transforming and aligning objects

• Selecting and modifying grouped objects

Flowing Text

• Flowing text into an existing frame

• Flowing text manually

• Flowing text automatically

Editing Text

• Finding and changing a missing font

• Checking spelling

• Editing text by dragging and dropping

• Entering and importing text

Working with Type

• Adjusting vertical spacing

• Changing fonts and type style

• Changing paragraph alignment

• Creating a drop cap

• Adjusting letter and word spacing

• Setting tabs

Working with Color

• Creating and applying colors

• Working with gradients

• Applying colors to text and objects

Working with Styles

• Creating and applying paragraph styles

• Creating and applying character styles

• Creating and applying object styles

Importing and Modifying Graphics

• Adding graphics from other programs

• Comparing vector and bitmap graphics

• Working with alpha channels

• Adjusting display quality

Creating Tables

• Formatting a table

• Adding graphics to table cells

• Creating and applying table and cell styles

Output and Exporting

• Creating PDFs

• Preflighting files

• Packaging files

• Previewing the page