Adobe's InDesign has become a strong competitor to QuarkXPress, until now the industry standard page layout and design package. It's an efficient and effective tool with a seamless interface to Adobe Acrobat and excellent support for PostScript and OpenType fonts.

Even experienced Quark users can no longer ignore this development. If you're thinking of moving to InDesign, or need to convert to the new software quickly, this fast-paced one-day course will:

• provide an introduction to the features and benefits of InDesign
• help you to apply your existing skills to the new software
• enable you to make an informed purchasing decision.

This is very much a hands-on course, and you will have sole use of a networked Windows PC with all relevant software installed.

Programme

• InDesign user interface
  • Similarities and differences with QuarkXPress’ user interface
  • Palettes, menus and how to manage them
  • Tools and how to use them efficiently
  • Preferences (emphasising the comparison with QuarkXPress)
  • The Workspace, multiple views and Document presets concepts
• Working with text
  • Importing files formatted from Word and Excel
  • Creating tables in InDesign
  • Linking text files
  • Editing features including Story Editor
  • Hyphenation, spacing adjustments at a paragraph level
• Formatting text
  • Character and paragraph attributes
  • OpenType features with InDesign
• Images
  • InDesign’s interface with images (advantages and limitations)
  • Linking and embedding images
• Colour
  • InDesign’s interface with colour (advantages and limitations)
  • Spot, process and additional colours
  • Multi-coloured gradients and the Eyedropper tool
• Pre-press with InDesign
  • Pre-flight checks
  • Converting to PDF files with Acrobat, Export versus Print
  • Separations and overprint previews
  • Proofing set up and inks manager

Who will benefit from this course?
Experienced Quark users who need a quick introduction to InDesign; Design Managers and others who are considering purchasing the software.

This course is for those who already have a good working knowledge of QuarkXPress. If you need a general introduction to InDesign, see our InDesign 1 course.

Your tutor
Sally Hughes is a freelance trainer and consultant specialising in DTP applications, typography and document design. She works with both Mac and PC platforms and has authored a report on the use of information technology in editorial practice. Sally also teaches on PTC's QuarkXPress and Acrobat courses as well as lecturing in publishing at Oxford Brookes University.

We also offer QuarkXPress 1.

Note that most of our open courses can also be run as in company events.

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Dates: 14 October 2008

Price: £349+VAT (a number of discounts are available).

Venue: The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels).

Make a provisional booking on From QuarkXPress to InDesign