Adobe® InDesign® CC: Part 1
Course Specifications
Course Number: 
092023
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® CC 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 covers the Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign CC objectives to help students prepare for the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exam. This course is also designed to cover the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam objectives. 
Course Objectives:
In this course, you will use Adobe InDesign CC 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. 
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 8/8.1 
Course-specific Technical Requirements
Hardware
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: 
•	Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel Centrino®, Intel Xeon®, or Intel Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor 
•	4 gigabyte (GB) RAM
•	Graphics card with 512 MB video RAM
•	2.5 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices) 
•	1024 × 768 resolution monitor (1,280 × 800 recommended)
•	Internet connection and registration necessary for required software activation, membership validation, and access to online services 
•	Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
•	Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen
Software
•	Microsoft® Windows® 7 or 8/8.1 (32-bit or 64-bit)
•	Internet connection required
•	Adobe® InDesign® CC
•	Adobe® Reader® XI 
•	If necessary, software for viewing the course slides (instructor machine only) 
This course was created and keychecked using Windows 8. 
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: Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign CC Certification Exam Objectives 
Appendix B: Adobe Certified Expert InDesign CC Exam Mapping 
Appendix C: New Features in Adobe InDesign CC 
Appendix D: Productivity Enhancements