DP441 - Introduction to Desktop Publishing Using InDesign

Course Description

Learn the basics of InDesign and develop the skills you need to design and produce camera-ready copy for simple publications. This course will guide you through creating basic text frames; typing and importing text into the frames; and selecting, editing, formatting, and checking spelling. Learn to thread overset text from frame to frame and set tabs and hanging indents. Use the Pages panel to move around in a document. You will create shapes and apply strokes and fills to add color to your pages; layer, align, and group objects; and create documents with multiple columns. Additional topics include basic printing options, and how to use master pages to number pages automatically.

In this course, you will learn to: 

• Type, import and format text 

• Set tabs and indents 

• Draw and manipulate shapes 

• Add a color to a document 

• Apply color to text and shapes 

• Thread text frames and learn to move between them 

• Create columns 

• Use a master page to apply automatic page numbering