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2 days, Macintosh or PC

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Course Outline

Testamonials

QuarkXpress To InDesign

The InDesign workspace
Creating a custom workspace
The tool palette
The control panel in-depth
The object pane in-depth
The character pane in-depth
The paragraph pane in-depth

Converting Quark to InDesign
Pitfalls of the conversion process

Creating a basic page
Text frame options
Creating an intermediate page
Drag copying
Pasting inside a box

Placing text
Autoflowing text
semi-autoflowing text
The info palette examined

Creating a new document
Bleed and slug
Creating a master page
Creating paragraph style sheets
Creating character style sheets
Creating drop caps
Creating nested style sheets

Using Find/Change

Placing images and graphics
Actual ppi vs. effective ppi
Using the selection tool
Using the direct selection tool
Colorising grayscale images
Clipping paths in detail
Text wrap

Creating colour swatches
Creating process colours
Creating spot colours
Creating mixed ink groups
Creating colour tints
Creating gradients

Using the pen tool
Using the pencil tool
Expert bezier curve controls

This Indesign training course is for experienced users of QuarkXpress. During the two-day InDesign migration course, delegates are shown how to use the skills they have learned in QuarkXpress in Adobe InDesign.

As well as basic skills such as importing text and graphics, users will gain an extensive overview of the InDesign workspace. The InDesign to Quark course also examines the program's integration with the Adobe Creative Suite. As well as introducing Indesign's extensive drawing tools, delegates will learn how to export documents as PDFs.

“I found the training at Europa very comprehensive and feel it has benefited me enormously. I now feel confident about approaching work with the skills I have gained. The after care is also a great bonus.”

Vici Leyhane, Eaglemoss


"I found the training very useful and am really keen to get stuck in here – I hope I can remember it all!"

Keely Jennings, Scope Medical

Converting text to paths
Using transparency
Using blend modes
Using multi-layered Photoshop files

Picture usage vs. the links palette

Text on a path
Hyphenation
Justification
Optical margin alignment

The glyph palette
The story editor
Setting InDesign preferences
Creating custom dictionaries

Fills and strokes
Colour control shortcuts
The separations palette
Viewing ink limit
The flattener palette

Using the pathfinder palette
Using the align palette
Using the eyedropper tool
Using the revolve tool
Using the scale tool
Using the free transform tool
Using the stroke palette
The scripts palette

Creating an interactive pdf
Creating a print ready pdf
Preflighting
Packaging for output