InDesign CS4 or CS4 Level 2
for Print Projects

Length
2 Days (16 actual hours of training)

Class Fees
1 Student       $795
2 Students    $1290
3 Students    $1635
4+ Students     Call

At this time, Art=Visual is offering both CS4 and CS5 courses in InDesign. When reading the Course Outline (scroll downward to see it), if a subject says New to CS5, this is taught in the CS5 version of the course.  If a subject says Enhanced for CS5, this means that the basic function is in both the CS4 and CS5 versions, but that CS5 has added some enhancements.  These enhancements would be covered in the CS5 course only.

Note: Maximum class size at our Atlanta classroom is two students. 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 6 PM each day, with an hour for lunch. This equates to eight total hours of training per day, which is one to two hours more than any other software training facility or private instructor.

Description
Our InDesign CS4 Level 2 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. Most of the significant new features of CS4 are taught in this course. 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.

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 Deke McClelland's InDesign CS4/CS5 One-On-One book 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