InDesign CS5 Level 2
for Print Projects

Length
2 Days

Class Fees
1 Student	$695
2 Students	$1100
3 Students	$1450
4+ Students	Call

Note: Maximum class size at our Atlanta classroom is two students, though in most cases if you are the only one to sign up from your organization, you will be the only student. There is no extra charge for 1-on-1 training and no classes are cancelled. Three or more students must train on-site at their place of business. For more information, please read about our class sizes.

Note on Fees:  Multiple student discounts are for multiple students from one organization.

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Class Times
Classes can be held at any time per the customer's schedule, but unless arranged otherwise, classes run from 9 AM to 5 PM each day, with an hour for lunch.

Description
Art=Visual's InDesign Level 2 for Print Projects course is designed to teach the advanced features of InDesign that allow students to add further creativity to any project, save time, and meet very specific needs of his/her work environment. The Level 2 course would be well suited for those working in the Publishing or Graphic Design industry, particularly those working on books and manuals.

Prerequisites
All skills taught in the InDesign Level 1 for Print Projects course.

After completing this course a student will be able to
• Work with advanced Text options
• Draw shapes and paths
• Save time with Libraries
• Create a table
• Create Table of Contents and Footnotes
• Create one document from multiple InDesign documents
• Utilize image alpha channels and clipping paths in InDesign projects
• Manipulate transparency

Class materials
Steve uses an actual issue of a national magazine and other written materials for the class. For students who did not take the Level 1 course, Art=Visual also provides them with their own copy of Galen Gruman's InDesign CS5 Bible to use as a reference manual.

Art=Visual classes have plenty of hands-on practices that allow students to create real world art and compositions.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Document Organization
• Table of Contents
• Creating Books from multiple InDesign documents (Enhanced for CS5)
• Chapter Markers
• Footnotes
• Smart Text Reflow

Lesson 2: Advanced Object Options
• Pen Tool basics
• Altering object frame shapes (Enhanced for CS5)
• Text on a Path
• Making compound paths
• Converting shapes to other shapes

Lesson 3: Transparency
• Basic Transparency manipulation
• Blend Modes
• Knockouts
• Isolating blending

Lesson 4: Advanced Graphic Options
• Display performance
• Custom Frame Shapes
• Colorizing grayscale images
• Importing PSD Layered files
• Live captions (New to CS5)
• Using clipping paths and alpha channels
• Importing multi-page PDFs
• In-line and Anchored Objects

Lesson 5: Libraries
• Creating and using Library Items

Lesson 6: Object Styles
• Creating and using Object Styles

Lesson 7: Advanced Text Options
• Custom text frame shapes (Enhanced for CS5)
• Find/Replace text using styles
• Style Mapping for MS Word files
• Creating a "Continued on.." and "Continued from.." page
• Section markers and prefixes
• Nested styles and Nested Line styles
• Conditional Text
• GREP styles
• Creating Text Outlines
• Filling Text Outlines with graphics
• The Story Palette
• Baseline Grid
• Text Variable

Lesson 8: Tables
• Creating a new table from scratch
• Creating a table from existing text
• The Table Panel
• Modifying Table structure
• Headers and Footers
• Table Options
• Cell Options
• Table Styles

Lesson 9: Advanced Layout
• Customizing keyboard shortcuts
• Layout adjustments
• Advanced Master Page options
• Templates

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