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InDesign: An introduction (PC)

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Course Details and Schedule

Learn how to use the fundamental features of InDesign to publish your documents. InDesign is a professional page design and layout program. With it you can create documents ranging from posters and flyers to newsletters and magazines.

See below for course schedule

Key topics

Using the main navigation tools
Creating a new document
Arranging a page layout
Working with layers
Working with text
Selecting and moving objects
Creating and positioning guides
Placing and positioning images

Course information

Intended audience	Anyone wishing to produce more professional looking documents
Prior knowledge	You will need to be familiar with Windows and how to use a word processor (as in Word: Fundamentals)
Resources	A course book must be purchased when you attend the course (see the Cost below)
Software	InDesign CS5
Format	Presentation with practical exercises
Where next?	Digital images: Photoshop introduction, Illustrator: Introduction (PC/Mac), InDesign: Creating professional documents (PC), and Word: Creating professional documents

Taught using:

Windows XP

Schedule

This course runs every term subject to teacher availability. Express an interest in this course