Adobe InDesign CC-Part 1, Student Edition

Adobe InDesign CC–Part 1

Course Specifications

Course Number: ELK92–023_rev9.0

Course Length: 1 day

Course Description

Giving your documents a well-designed, professional look will put you a step ahead in the marketplace cluttered with all kinds of communications. Paragraph and character styles that allow you to format pages of text uniformly, layout features that help you to build alternate size configurations of your document, and various panels that enable you to easily customize both text and graphics; Adobe® InDesign® has all the tools you need to elevate the look of your document and get it out to the people who need to see it, whether it be in print or on the web.

This course is a great component of your preparation for the Adobe Certified Professional Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign exam.

Course Objective: In this course, you will use Adobe InDesign to create and deliver professional looking printed and interactive documents.

You will:

  • Navigate the InDesign interface.
  • Create a new document.
  • Customize a document using color, swatches, gradients, and styles.
  • Manage page elements.
  • Add tables.
  • Prepare documents for deployment.

Target Student: This course is intended for students who want to use the basic tools and features of InDesign for creating professional page layouts and designs. It's also for anyone interested in working toward the Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign certification.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success in this course, you should be familiar with the functions of your computer's operating system such as creating folders, launching programs, copying and pasting objects, formatting text, retrieving files, and saving files. You can obtain this level of skill and knowledge by taking one of the following Logical Operations courses:

  • Using Microsoft® Windows® 10
  • Microsoft® Windows® 10: Transition from Windows® 7

Hardware Requirements

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:

  • Sufficient processor speed, RAM, and disk space for good system performance when running Microsoft Windows 10 and Adobe InDesign.
  • Mouse, keyboard, and monitor
  • High-speed, stable Internet connection
  • For the instructor's computer, a method to project and/or share the screen as needed for local and remote class participants.

Software Requirements

  • Microsoft® Windows® 10 (64-bit) 20H2, or later
  • Adobe® InDesign® (2023)
  • NOTE: You might also see this version referred to as the October 2022 release or version 18.0.
  • Adobe® Acrobat Reader® DC or another PDF viewer
  • If necessary, software for viewing the course slides (instructor machine only)

NOTE: In October 2022, Adobe updated InDesign to the 2023 release. This book is based on version 2023 and will refer to the software as simply InDesign.

NOTE: This course was keyed using Windows 10.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with InDesign

Topic A: Identify Components of the InDesign Interface
Topic B: Customize the InDesign Interface
Topic C: Apply the Navigation Controls and Set Preferences

Lesson 2: Designing a Document

Topic A: Establish Project Requirements
Topic B: Apply Design Principles
Topic C: Create a New Document
Topic D: Add Text to a Document
Topic E: Add Graphics to a Document

Lesson 3: Customizing a Document

Topic A: Format Characters and Paragraphs
Topic B: Apply Colors, Swatches, and Gradients
Topic C: Create and Apply Styles

Lesson 4: Working with Page Elements

Topic A: Arrange and Align Objects
Topic B: Apply Layers
Topic C: Transform and Manipulate Objects
Topic D: Thread Text Frames
Topic E: Edit Text

Lesson 5: Building Tables

Topic A: Create and Modify a New Table
Topic B: Format a Table

Lesson 6: Preparing a Document for Delivery

Topic A: Resolve Errors in a Document
Topic B: Export Files for Printing and for the Web

Appendix A: Mapping Course Content to the Adobe Certified Professional in Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign Exam

Appendix B: Productivity Enhancements

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