Course Description
Adobe InDesign CS4 is a one day course, to introduce desk top publishing, from design concepts right through to professional output, using Adobe InDesign CS4.
The course content to the right is that which will be covered.
Attendees are encouraged to ask specific questions, taking the course into more or less detail on any of these topics plus
others, where required.

Who should attend?
This introduction to Adobe InDesign CS4 is aimed at anyone
wishing to create a publication, using Adobe InDesign CS4.

Prerequisites
Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge
prior to attending this course:
• Basic Mac OS X knowledge
• Basic knowledge of a DTP package, not necessarily InDesign

Costs
£275* per trainee. Training at GBM includes refreshments, a light lunch, course notes or a suitable reference book.
*All Prices exclude VAT

Introduction
Desktop publishing concepts; The InDesign interface, toolbox,
palettes; Tiling; Magnification views and viewing modes.
Pages
Document Setup; Margins and columns; Column and ruler
guides; The zero point; x and y references; Text frames; Page
numbering; Baseline grid; Layers; Master pages; Document
presets; Templates; Guides; Working with long documents;
Books; Working with tables.

Type
Creating and importing text ; Text attributes; Paragraph
attributes; Tracking/kerning and leading; Editing text; Working
with tabs and bullets; Paragraph and character styles; Hidden
characters; Creating text frame; Linking text frames; Creating
and modifying tables; Importing tables; Find and change;
Replace and insert characters; Indentation, hanging indents, last
line right indent; Dynamic spell check; Tracking/kerning and
leading; Hyphenation and justification; Automatic bullets and
numbering; Applying rules; Nesting character styles.

CS4 Features
Spread rotation; Smart Guides; Smart Dimensions; Smart
Spacing; Smart Cursors; Contact sheet creation; Tables in the
Story Editor.

Proofing
Checking spelling; AutoCorrect; Find and change.

Graphics
Picture frames; Text wrap; Importing graphics; Grouping objects;
Resizing and cropping images; Strokes; Arrangement options;
Object styles.

Colour
Creating colours; Stroke and fill options; The swatches palette.

Printing
Printing documents; Documents for Print; Creating PDF’s.

Open session
A selection of features and techniques prompted by course
attendees.