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Introduction to Adobe InDesign (12 Hrs)
Lecture 1 & 2: Introduction Publishing Design using InDesign: Started with Adobe InDesign CS4, InDesign CS4
Workspace, Application bar, menu bar, control bar, tools panel, Document window, work Area, panel Groups, working with
custom workspaces, creating a new document, working with Ruler Guides. Opening an existing Document, creating a master
page, adding/deleting page numbers to a document, working with text, creating a text frame, modifying text frames, adding text
to the document, importing text, working with the type on a path tool, creating type on a path tool, creating type on a path,
Removing text from the created path, working with the type on a path tool, creating type on a path, removing text from the
created path, working with object, importing an objects, wrapping text Around an object. Removing Wrapped Text, Creating
Anchor Objects, Working with Layers, Adding Object to Layers, Locking and Unlocking the Layers, Deleting a Layer.
Class assignment: Leaflet Twinkle Toys Club
Lab assignment: Leaflet Haptoninn Hotel
Lecture 3: Formatting the Text: Basic Formatting Tasks, Changing the Font Size of the Text, Changing the Font Color of the
Text, Aligning the Text in a Document, Applying Bulleted and Numbered Lists, Editing the Text, Spell Checking the Document,
Using the Find and Replace Utility, Advance Formatting Tasks, Working with Character Styles/Paragraph Styles, Importing
Styles from Other Documents,
Class assignment: Downeast dog News Paper Article
Lab assignment: Woodpecker Stamp Article
Lecture 4: working with Tables: Creating a table, Converting an Existing Text into a Table, Basic Operations Performed on a
Table, Embedding a Table within a Table, Adding Text to a Table , Adding Graphics to a Table, Modifying a Table, Inserting
Rows and Columns, Deleting Rows and Columns, Formatting a Table , Applying Text Alignment, Splitting and Merging cell,
Setting Text Orientation of a Cell, Table Strokes and Fills ,Changing the Table Border ,Adding Colors to the Table, Cell and
Table Styles ,Creating a Cell Style ,Applying a Cell Style, Creating a Table Style. Applying a Tables style
Class assignment: Index of Methodology
Lab assignment: TOC of Book
Lecture 5: working with drawing tools: Using shape tools, working with Rectangle tool working with Ellipse tool, working
with polygon tool, using pencil tool, Drawing a Freeform path/closed path, editing a path, using the pen tool, drawing straight
lines, drawing curves.
Class assignment: Elizabeth Alden Ad
Lab assignment: Amerihealth Poster Design
Lecture 6: Using Graphics and applying effects: Graphic formats, vector graphics, Bitmap, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF,
Importing graphics, Transforming object, Rotating an object, cropping an object, shearing an object, Applying effects,
Removing the effects.
Class assignment: Three Fold Leaflet - NHS Design Front
Lab assignment: Three Fold Leaflet - NHS Design Back
Lecture 7: working with colors: Overview of colors, process colors, spot color, RGB color, using the KULER Panel, Creating
and Saving a New Theme, Adding the Theme to the SWATCHES Panel, Using the SWATCHES panel, Creating a Color
Swatch, Creating Gradient Swatch, Creating Tint Swatch, Applying Color Using the SWATCHES panel, Applying Gradient
Swatch, Applying Tint Swatch, Saving a Swatch, Deleting a Swatch, Using the Eyedropper Tool.
Class assignment: VT Business News Paper
Lab assignment: The Times of India
Lecture 8: Publishing the Document: Using the Preflight Check, Saving the Document as a PDF File ,Creating a TOC,
Creating and Applying Styles in a TOC, Importing styles, Printing a Document, Print Previewing a Document ,Exploring the
Types of Print Options, Working with Print Presets, Applying a Print Preset, Deleting a Saved Print Preset.
Class assignment: Travel Three Fold Brochure Front
Lab assignment: Travel Three Fold Brochure Back
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