InDesign CS4: Essentials

Course Description:

This excellent InDesign CS4: Essentials will introduce you to the basics tools, skills and techniques required to create professionally styled text, layouts and graphics that deliver a powerful impact. Learners who successfully complete this InDesign CS4: Essentials course will have mastered how to apply artistic effects to text and placed artwork, without prior knowledge of other applications like Illustrator or Photoshop. Not only that, you’ll also explore the techniques needed to work with text and graphics in your layouts. Take your InDesign skills one step further and get you well on your way to easily managing documents inside InDesign. As this InDesign course covers essential lessons, it is best suited to those who have little or no experience using InDesign, if you’ve used InDesign before, why not try our InDesign CS4: Advanced course?

Our learning material is available to students 24/7 anywhere in the world, so it’s extremely convenient. These intensive online courses are open to everyone, as long as you have an interest in the topic! We provide world-class learning led by IAP, so you can be assured that the material is high quality, accurate and up-to-date.

What skills will I gain?

• Discover how InDesign CS4 provides a platform for communications beyond print. It can make electronic documents as PDF as well as web documents as SWF.
• Find out whether your print jobs will cause problems at print shops by using the new Preflight panel.
• Learn how design can be more efficient with Text and Object Styles.
• See how InDesign CS4 can apply many artistic effects to your placed artwork, without knowledge of other applications like InDesign or Photoshop.
• Learn how to use layers to create different versions of your publications, for different languages, different markets, and more.

Meet the instructor:

James Lockman is the owner of James Lockman Consulting, a digital workflow consulting and training company. James holds a degree in physics and applied physics from Yale University, and has years of experience teaching high school and college physics. James joined Working Words & Graphics in 1995 to head its Digital Prepress division. Since then, he has become a technical resource for manufacturers, software vendors, printers, agencies and graphic designers worldwide. His long practical experience with PostScript and PDF workflows, coupled with his teaching skills, make a great fit for training technical subjects.

James is an Adobe Certified Creative Suite Master and Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Consultant. With customers ranging from large agencies to small boutique newspapers, his expertise in Acrobat and web-based collaboration make them more agile in today’s electronic document workflows. He is a frequent presenter at industry events and online for Adobe Systems. James is also a seasoned instructor. In the early 1990s, he taught physics at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts and at Worcester Academy, Worcester, Massachusetts. He also taught Astronomy and Physics at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, where he studied Physics and Electrical Engineering. On graphics subjects, he is the host of several Total Training series, including Total Training for Acrobat 9 Essentials and InDesign CS4 Essentials, and has more titles in the works.

Course outline:

• Module 01: Exploring the Interface
• Module 02: Customizing Application Preferences
• Module 03: Working With Documents
• Module 04: Navigating & Viewing Documents
• Module 05: Margins, Columns, Rulers & Guides
• Module 06: Adding Text to Your Layout
• Module 07: Text Formatting Options
• Module 08: Formatting Text Using Styles
• Module 09: Tabs, Tables & Lists
• Module 10: Working With Placed Graphics
• Module 11: Creating Shapes & Using Text Wrap
• Module 12: Working With Color & Swatches
• Module 13: Using Layers
• Module 14: Introducing Object Styles
• Module 15: Adding Interactivity
• Module 16: Preflight, Print & PDF

What are the requirements?

• You must be 16 or over
• You should have a basic understanding of English, Maths and ICT
• You will need a computer or tablet with internet connection (or access to one)

How will I be assessed?

• You will have one assignment. Pass mark is 65%.
• You will only need to pay £19 for assessment.
• You will receive the results within 72 hours of submittal, and will be sent a certificate in 7-14 days.

What Certification am I going to receive?

Those who successfully pass this course will be awarded a InDesign CS4: Essentials certificate. Anyone eligible for certification will receive a free e-certificate, and printed certificate.

What careers can I get with this qualification?

This InDesign CS4 course will qualify you to be an Editor. The average salary of an Editor in the UK is £27,746, and this will increase with experience. Upon successfully completing this course you could go on to become any of the following:

• Graphic Designer
• Publisher
• Journalist
• Editor
• Designer