Course duration
- 1 day
Course Benefits
- Learn to understand how color management is used to control output.
- Learn to learn to create multiple versions using layers.
- Learn to learn to create hyperlinks, multi-state objects and add video.
- Learn to create and use buttons to control interactive media.
- Learn to learn to create form fields, radio buttons, and scrollable lists.
- Learn to understand and use digital publishing platforms, such as EPUB and digital folios.
- Learn to understand and work with XML to automate your workflow.
- Learn to build an InDesign book from multiple files, with synchronized styles, table of contents and index.
Public expert-led online training from the convenience of your home, office or anywhere with an internet connection. Guaranteed to run .
Private classes are delivered for groups at your offices or a location of your choice.
Course Outline
- Digital Variation Layouts
- Controlling Color for Output
- Color Management in Theory and Practice
- Define Application Color Settings
- Understanding Rendering Intents
- Assigning and Converting Color Profiles
- Preview Separations
- Enable Track Changes
- Find and Change Text
- The Find/Change Dialog Box in Depth
- Find and Change Text Formatting Attributes
- Entering Special Characters in Dialog Boxes
- Find and Change Object Attributes
- Review Tracked Changes
- Export a Color-Managed PDF File
- Soft Proofing to Custom Profiles
- Creating Interactive Elements
- Create Versions with Layers
- Controlling Text Wrap on Different Layers
- Define a Table of Contents
- Define Hyperlinks
- Create a File for Web Intent
- Create a Basic Animation
- The Animation Panel in Depth
- Define Object States
- Create Buttons to Control the Animation
- Create and Place an SWF File
- Create Text Form Fields
- Create a Radio Button Form Field
- Create a Combo Box Form Field
- Create Check Box Form Fields
- Create Form Control Buttons
- Export an Interactive PDF
- Creating EPUB and HTML Files
- Anchoring Graphics to Text
- Define Articles
- Tag Styles for Exporting
- Export HTML
- Export EPUB
- Understanding Options for Exporting EPUB Files
- Controlling Color for Output
- Structured Layout
- Working with XML
- Tag Frames for XML
- Review Document Structure
- Review XML Structure and Attributes
- Identifying Structure Pane Icons
- Options for Exporting XML
- Place Unstructured XML Content
- Import XML Options
- Update Linked XML Data
- Import Structured XML
- Creating Alternate Layouts
- Update the InDesign Application Files
- Create a File for Digital Publishing
- Use the Content Collector
- Manage Linked Object Options
- Defining Style Mapping Rules
- Create an Interactive Overlay
- Folio Overlay Options
- Define Liquid Page Rules
- Understanding Column Options
- Understanding Liquid Page Rules
- Create an Alternate Layout
- Create a Digital Folio
- Add Articles to a Folio
- Importing Articles into Folios
- Preview the Folio
- Working with XML
- Multi-chapter Booklet
- Combining Documents into Books
- Build an InDesign Book
- Add Book Chapters
- Managing Book Chapters
- Control Section and Page Numbering
- Understanding Book Page Numbering
- Section and Chapter Numbering in Depth
- Synchronize Book Files
- Smart Matching Style Groups
- Building a Table of Contents
- Define a Table of Contents Style
- Build and Update a Table of Contents
- Building an Index
- Tag Basic and Reversed Index Topics
- Add Multiple Page References
- Changing Index Topic Sort Order
- Add Page-Range References
- Adding Cross-References in an Index
- Add Multiple-Level References
- Build the Book's Index
- Options for Generating an Index
- Exporting Book Files
- Export PDF Files for Print and Digital Distribution
- Merging Data into an InDesign Layout
- The Data Source File
- Create the Merged Document and Load the Source Data
- Cleaning up Data
- Working with Long Text Fields
- Incorporating Images in a Data Merge
- Complete the Merged Document
- Managing Empty Data Fields
- Merging Multiple Records on a Single Page
- Combining Documents into Books
Class Materials
Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
Experience in the following is required for this InDesign class:
- Basic knowledge of InDesign
Courses that can help you meet these prerequisites:
Instructor-led courses are offered via a live Web connection, at client sites throughout Europe, and at our Geneva Training Center.