InDesign CS:
Advanced

Topic-Level Outline

Days: 1

Prerequisites: InDesign CS: Basic or equivalent experience

Unit 1 : Page layout

Topic A: 0 Grids, guides, and document presets

A-1: Creating grids

A-2: Creating guides

A-3: Defining a document preset

Topic B: 0 Layout options

B-1: Observing the Info palette

B-2: Changing the zero point

Topic C: 0 Creating and applying masters

C-1: Creating a master page

C-2: Editing the options of a master page

Unit 2 : Layers

Topic A: 0 Create and manipulate layers

A-1: Creating a layer and setting layer options

A-2: Hiding and locking layers

A-3: Duplicating and deleting a layer

Topic B: 0 Arrange objects and layers

B-1: Moving and copying objects between layers

B-2: Rearranging and merging layers

Unit 3 : Working with content

Topic A: 0 Text layout and style options

A-1: Applying paragraph rules

A-2: Creating an inline frame

A-3: Wrapping text around objects

Topic B: 0 Table techniques

B-1: Converting text to a table and a table to text

B-2: Formatting alternate rows and columns

B-3: Embedding a table within a table

Topic C: 0 Links

C-1: Exploring the Links palette

C-2: Updating links

Unit 4 : Creating books

Topic A: 0 Book files

A-1: Creating a book file

A-2: Defining a style source document

A-3: Numbering pages in a book

Topic B: 0 Tables of contents

B-1: Creating and generating a TOC

B-2: Editing TOC styles

Topic C: 0 Indexes

C-1: Creating index entries

C-2: Adding page ranges and cross-references

C-3: Creating and generating an index

Unit 5 : PDF documents

Topic A: 0 Working with PDF documents

A-1: Exporting an InDesign document to PDF

A-2: Adding password security to a PDF document

A-3: Structuring a PDF document

Topic B: 0 Interactive elements

B-1: Adding hyperlinks and bookmarks

B-2: Adding sound and movie files

B-3: Adding buttons to a PDF document

Unit 6 : XML

Topic A: 0 Exporting to XML

A-1: Exporting a document to XML

Topic B: 0 Importing XML

B-1: Importing and formatting XML content

B-2: Importing XML into an InDesign template

B-3: Validating an imported document

Unit 7 : Print options

Topic A: 0 Basic print options

A-1: Creating a print preset

A-2: Printing a document

Topic B: 0 Advanced print options

B-1: Exploring color separations

B-2: Exploring printer’s marks