Adobe® InDesign® CS6: Part 1
Course Specifications
Course Number: 
092021
Course Length: 
1 day
Course Description
Overview: 
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 ® CS6 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. 
Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to use Adobe® InDesign® CS6 to create and deliver professional-looking printed and digital documents. 
You will: 
•	Identify the elements of the InDesign interface.
•	Create a new document.
•	Customize a document by using graphics, colors, and styles.
•	Manage page elements.
•	Build a table.
•	Prepare a document for delivery.
Target Student: 
This course is intended for students who want to use the basic tools and features of InDesign for creating professional page layout and designs.
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 the following Logical Operations course: 
•	Introduction to Personal Computers: Using Windows 7
Course-specific Technical 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: 
•	1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
•	1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
•	16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
•	DVD-ROM drive
•	Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
•	1024 x 768 resolution monitor recommended
•	Network cards and cabling for local network access
•	Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
•	Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver
•	Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen
•	Adobe® InDesign® CS6
•	Adobe® Reader X (10.1.3)
•	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional with Service Pack 1
•	Artistamp Medium (TrueType)
Course Content
Lesson 1: Getting Started with InDesign 
Topic A: Identify Components of the InDesign Interface 
Topic B: Customize the InDesign Interface 
Topic C: Use the Navigation Controls 
Topic D: Set Preferences 
Lesson 2: Designing a Document 
Topic A: Create a New Document 
Topic B: Add Text to a Document 
Topic C: 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: Use Layers 
Topic C: Transform and Manipulate Objects 
Topic D: Thread Text Frames 
Topic E: Edit Text 
Lesson 5: Building Tables 
Topic A: Create a New Table 
Topic B: Modify a Table Structure 
Topic C: Format a Table 
Lesson 6: Preparing a Document for Delivery 
Topic A: Resolve Errors in a Document 
Topic B: Print a Document 
Topic C: Package a Document 
Topic D: Export Files for Printing 
Topic E: Export Files for the Web