Focused Courses

InDesign Familiarization

Length: 6 hours
Prerequisites: High skill level in either QuarkXPress or PageMaker. Knowledge of Illustrator and/or Photoshop an asset.

Description: You know Quark or PageMaker and you're making the jump to InDesign. Participate in a 6 hour hands-on tour of this incredible program to familiarize yourself with the location of tools and palettes. We'll introduce you to the uber-coolness of InDesign's special effects and its seamless interactivity with the rest of the Adobe Suite. After this one day, expect your creative juices to be sizzling! Apply Now

InDesign Novice

Length: 12 hours
Prerequisites: Basic computer skills. Knowledge of Illustrator and/or Photoshop an asset.

Description: Let us introduce you to the uber-coolness of InDesign CS2 or CS3. We start with the basics you need, reviewing the panels, toolbar, preferences and default settings, and move on to creating documents, working with shapes, graphics and text, and how InDesign handles color. Take the mystery out of paragraph, character and object styles; and look at special effects and blending modes. And as the second day comes to an end, finish up with packaging files and creating PDFs. Apply Now

InDesign Guru

Length: 12 hours
Prerequisites: InDesign Novice

Description: Ready to leap to the next level? Let's explore InDesign's capabilities in making and working with Tables. Import from Excel, or create from scratch. Place images and graphics, and learn uses for tables you never considered. Then it's Book day. Learn how to use InDesign's Book features to work with a collection of documents. Create a Table of Contents or two, add footnotes, and make an Index. Your Book is complete. Apply Now