Duration: 2 days
Investment: $750 incl GST
Delivery options: Face 2 Face
 

 

Target Audience

Anyone who needs to use In-Design to create documents such as advertisements, flyers, brochures or newsletters, but has little to no experience doing so, would be an ideal participant in this course.
 

 

Overview

This program introduces users to the page layout and design application features of the software. Students will gain a basic understanding of the InDesign Creative Cloud page layout software package and gain knowledge in pre-press print requirements, correct file size and formats, as well as good graphic design elements and principles.
 
This course starts students at the beginning which will give you a sound understanding of the software used within the graphic design/advertising industry and then moves on to more intermediate functions.
 

 

Key Learnings

• The InDesign interface - now where do I find that!
• The setting of InDesign application preferences - specify how you want InDesign documents and objects to behave
• The creation of documents - page size and number, and the saving of files in the correct format
• Adding text and graphics - styling and importing, preparing images in Photoshop to correct colour modes and file formats
• Drawing paths, lines and shapes - using the pen tool and shape tool
• Creating pages - adding pages, master pages and page numbering
• Using layers - the layers panel, creating layers, hiding, showing and locking
• Working with text - creating text frames, threading frames and special characters
• Formatting text - changing characters, choosing fonts and styles, leading, text wrapping, kerning, paragraph and character styles, drop
• caps and nested styles
• Colours and gradients - the swatches panel, spot colours and gradients
• Using graphics - importing, linking and image formats
• Preflighting, packaging - preparing files for printing, preflighting a document, resolving errors, packaging files
• Learn the world of InDesign!

 

Facilitator

Local Government Association of SA in collaboration with TAFESA
 

 

Additional Information

For further information about the content of this program or to enquire about having this program brought ‘In-House’ to your council or to a ‘Council Hub’ near you please contact LGA Training on 8224 2000 or at training@lga.sa.gov.au.