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Introduction to InDesign CS3 with Gregory Pizzi

Introduction to InDesign CS3 provides users with the knowledge and practice they need to create artwork, and prepare
documents for print with Adobe InDesign CS3. In addition to learning key concepts, users also learn best
practices for creating and publishing InDesign projects.

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Course Outline

Lesson 1 - Getting Started with InDesign CS3

Welcome Screen
Preference Change
New Document
Opening a document
Saving a Document
New Document Preset
Using Help
Color Profile Warning
Missing Links

Lesson 2 - The Workspace

Document Window
Panels
Custom Workspaces
Tools Panel
Control Panel
Margins and Rulers
Guides and Grid
Document Grid

Lesson 3 - Tools

Selection Tools
Position Tool
Pen Tools
Pencil Tools
Line Tool
Frame Tools
Shape Tools
Rotate Tool
Scale and Shear Tools
Free Transform Tool
Zoom & Hand Tools
Type Tools
Preview Modes
Eye Dropper Tool
Gradient Tool

Lesson 4 - Panels

Pages Panel
Layers Panel
Info Panel
Links Panel
Stoke Panel
Swatches Panel
Color Panel
Graident Panel
Character Panel
Paragraph Panel
Text Wrap Panel
Align Panel
Effects Panel - Blending
Navigator Panel
Command Bar

Lesson 5 - Adding and Arranging Graphics

Placing Images
Placing Illustrator Files
Drag and Drop from Bridge
Display Perfromance
Arranging Objects
Grouping and Locking Objects
Copy and Paste
Copy and Paste From Illustrator

Lesson 6 - Editing Content

Edit Original
Adjusting Fills
Adjusting Strokes
Stoke and Filling Images
Undo, Redo and Revert
Embed and Unembed

Lesson 7 - Working with Effects

Basic Feather
Drop Shadow
Bevel and Emboss
Inner Shadow
Outer Glow
Graident Feather
Applying Multiple Effects
Edit Applied Effects
Clearing Effects
Transparency

Lesson 8 - Master Pages

Master Pages
Applying Masters
Editing Masters
Over-riding Masters
Adding Masters
Master Options
Master From Spread
Apply Master to Multiple Pages
Automatic Page Numbering
Custom Auto Page Numbering

Lesson 9 - Working with Type

Formatting Type
Type and Color
Formatting Paragraphs
Hyphenation
Numbered & Bulleted Lists
Custom Bulleted Lists
Formatting Text Frames
Type on a path
Importing Text

Lesson 10 - Editing Type

Spelling
Auto-correct Spelling
Spelling Dictonary
Story Editor
Story Editor Preferences
Find and Change
Find and Change Fonts
Glyphs and Special Characters
Footnotes

Lesson 11 - Working with Tables

Inserting Basic Tables
Adjusting Tables
Adding/Deleting/Merging/Splitting Cells
Cell Spacing
Copy & Pasting Text in Cells
Text to Tables
Tables to Text
Strokes and Fills
Text Options
Adding Graphics to Cells

Lesson 12 - Package, Export and Print

Final Save
Save to inDesign CS2
Preflight
Package
Export to PDF
Export to High Res PDF
Export to jpg 3
Eport to EPS
Printing