InDesign CS6 Advanced (1 day)

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Our Advanced InDesign course shows experienced InDesign users how to create more complex page layouts, work with longer documents and use eye-catching special effects. Delegates will learn how to use InDesign's snippets, datamerge, book and library facilities to maintain consistency across multiple documents, how to add bookmarks, links and other interactive elements to PDF documents. The advanced use of styles, including object and table styles, is also covered.

Advanced styles

Combining character and paragraph styles
Using nested styles
Using nested line styles
Applying styles with Find/Change
Working with object styles
Combining table, cell and paragraph styles

Longer documents

Using hierarchical master pages

Creating sections

Creating a table of contents
Creating an index
Using the Book panel
Creating a book list
Synchronising styles and colours
Printing a book list
Exporting a book list as PDF
Page numbering across books

Typography

Typographic shortcuts
Using the Single Line Composer
Using the Paragraph Composer
Highlighting composition problems
Creating hanging punctuation
Manual kerning
Using optical kerning
Inserting special characters
Creating drop caps
Hyphenation and justification

Drawing

Using the drawing tools
Creating freehand shapes
Creating bezier curves
Manipulating shapes
Using the Transform palette
Aligning objects
Using the eye-dropper tool

Special Effects

Placing text on a path
Creating drop shadows
Working with transparency
Exporting transparency
Blend modes
Feathering
Corner effects
Creating multi-colour gradients
Converting text to paths

Interactivity

Automatically generating links
Generating bookmarks
Using the button tool
Button options
Choosing events
Creating web links
Embedding Flash video
Exporting interactive PDFs

Automating workflows

Creating a Library
Creating and editing library items
Sorting and searching Libraries
Working with snippets
Using conditional text
Using data merge
Preparing data files
Data merge options

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