InDesign CS5:

Basic, First Look

Topic-Level Outline

Days:  1

          Prerequisites: Windows 7: Basic

                         Unit 1 :  Getting started

Topic A: 0  The Adobe InDesign environment

A-1:                               Starting InDesign and customizing the workspace

A-2:                               Navigating a document

A-3:                               Examining basic panels

Topic B: 0  Preferences and defaults

B-1:                               Setting preferences

Topic C: 0  InDesign Help

C-1:                         Using Help

                         Unit 2 :  Basic documents

Topic A: 0  New documents

A-1:                               Creating a new document

Topic B: 0  Text frames

B-1:                               Creating text in a document

B-2:                               Placing text

Topic C: 0  Graphics frames

C-1:                               Placing graphics

C-2:                               Placing InDesign pages

Topic D: 0  Custom colors

D-1:                         Creating custom color swatches

D-2:                         Loading and saving swatches

                         Unit 3 :  Guides and master pages

Topic A: 0  Object positioning

A-1:                               Aligning elements to guides

A-2:                               Precisely positioning elements by using the Control panel and smart guides

Topic B: 0  Master pages

B-1:                         Editing the default master page

B-2:                         Inserting page numbers

B-3:                         Creating new master pages

B-4:                         Applying master pages

B-5:                         Overriding a master item on a document page

                         Unit 4 :  Typesetting

Topic A: 0  Text frame threading

A-1:                               Threading text

A-2:                               Adding columns to a text frame

A-3:                               Adding jump-line page numbers

Topic B: 0  Paragraph formatting

B-1:                               Setting tabs

B-2:                               Creating indents

B-3:                               Setting keep options

B-4:                               Creating bulleted and numbered lists

B-5:                               Creating drop caps

B-6:                               Adjusting space between paragraphs

B-7:                               Creating paragraph rules

B-8:                               Changing formatting by using Find/Change

Topic C: 0  Styles

C-1:                         Creating a paragraph style

C-2:                         Creating a style based on an existing style

C-3:                         Editing a style

C-4:                         Creating a character style

C-5:                         Creating a style group

                         Unit 5 :  Modifying items

Topic A: 0  Text frame options

A-1:                               Positioning text within a text frame

A-2:                               Formatting a frame edge

Topic B: 0  Graphics

B-1:                               Placing Photoshop files

B-2:                               Adjusting text wrap

B-3:                               Modifying graphics

B-4:                               Nesting frames

Topic C: 0  Grouped items

C-1:                               Grouping items

C-2:                               Manipulating items within groups

Topic D: 0  Layers

D-1:                         Creating a new layer

D-2:                         Changing layer stacking order

D-3:                         Assigning objects to layers

                         Unit 6 :  Finalizing documents

Topic A: 0  Printing and exporting documents

A-1:                               Printing a proof

A-2:                               Exporting to PDF

Topic B: 0  Preparing for commercial printing

B-1:  Checking spelling

B-2:  Checking linked graphics

B-3:  Checking font usage

B-4:  Preflighting a document

B-5:  Packaging a publication