Adobe InDesign CS4 Basic
Adobe InDesign CS4 basic course
Target student
This course is designed for students who want to use Adobe InDesign to create
professional documents and print layouts. Students taking this course should have little
or no experience using Adobe InDesign. Students will get the most out of this course if
their goal is to learn how to use Adobe InDesign CS4 to create professional print
documents and publications.
After completing this course, students will know how to:
- Start Adobe InDesign, explore elements of the environment, set preferences and
defaults, and use InDesign Help. - Create a document preset and create a new document; create and place text;
place graphics and other InDesign pages, and work with color swatches. - Position elements precisely using guides and the Control panel, and use master
pages. - Thread text between text frames, add jump lines, and adjust the number of
columns in a text frame; use the Paragraph Formatting Controls to apply
paragraph formatting; use Find/Change to replace formatting; and create and edit
paragraph and character styles. - Position text in text frames and format frame edges; place Photoshop images in
documents, adjust text wraps, modify graphics, and nest frames; group items and
manipulate items within a group; and create layers and assign objects to them. - Print documents, create print presets, and export documents to PDF; and prepare
documents for commercial printing.
Designers increasingly are drawn to InDesign for (among other reasons) its integration with Adobe’s other Creative Suite programs, including Photoshop, Flash, and Dreamweaver. InDesign remains primarily a program for producing print publications, ranging from one-page flyers to magazines and books. But as the definition of desktop publishing expands beyond layouts produced on personal computers for print media to include content for online use and for portable electronic devices, the features of InDesign have expanded to include support for a variety of publishing media.
