Enhance your design skills with advanced techniques in Adobe InDesign. Learn to create complex layouts, master typography, and optimize workflows for professional results.
Adobe InDesign - Advanced Training Syllabus
Curriculum Designed by Experts
What's New
CS5
Multiple page sizes
Gap tool
Paragraphs that span or split columns
Balanced columns
Drawing multiple frames in a grid
Live captions from metadata
Mini Bridge
CS6
Alternate layouts
Liquid layouts
Linked content: Content collector and placer tools
Digital publishing
EPUB and HTML5
Interactivity
Transparency
Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
Applying transparancy settings
Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics
Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
Applying transparency settings to text
Effects
Color/Color Management
Need for color management
Isolate blending vs. knockout group
Creating a mixed ink swatch or group
Synchronizing color settings in Adobe Bridge
Specifying color settings in original source file
Specifying color settings in InDesign
Printing requirements
Image color settings
Assigning vs. converting a profile
Proofing colors onscreen
Output and Exporting
Creating a custom preflight profile
Previewing separations and ink amounts
Setting up a custom trap
Changing your attributes
Flattener presets
Transparency blend space
PDF/X output formats
Creating Adobe PDF Documents with Form Fields
Adding form fields
Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file
Accessibility
Creating Rich Interactive Documents
Setting up an online document
Adding buttons, page transitions, and hyperlinks
Exporting as Flash Player (SWF)
Adding advanced interactivity, animation, and video