ZPDI1519 - Adobe InDesign CC (Online) (DPU)

Course Description

Adobe InDesign allows you to design and produce stunning documents using your desktop or a professional printer. You can also convert your documents to PDF format or publish them on a website. This class will walk you through setting up the InDesign workspace, adding text and graphics to your document, creating layouts with frames and applying formatting with styles.

**Students will need a copy of the Adobe InDesign CC in order to do coursework.**

This course prepares students to take the Adobe Print and digital media publication using Adobe InDesign certification exam.

Course Outline

This course includes the following lessons:

• Getting Started and InDesign Basics
• Creating a Document
• Working with Text
• Working with Color
• Working with Styles
• Graphics and Tables
• Transparency and Printing
• Forms and eBooks
• EPUBs
• Putting it All Together

Learner Outcomes

• Explore the InDesign environment and edit a basic document.
• Create a page layout and add and format objects.
• Add and edit text in multiple blocks.
• Add color, tints and gradients to objects in their documents and manage the color settings.
• Apply style formatting to text and objects.
• Modify graphics and add tables to their documents.
• Apply transparency formatting and print documents.
• Create forms and eBooks.
• Add a table of contents and index to a document.
• Create a final project using concepts learned in this course.

Notes

Participants will have 180 days to complete this self-paced online course.

All necessary materials included in course.

System Requirements

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable and DSL internet connections are recommended.

Hardware Requirements:

• Minimum Pentium 400 Mhz CPU or G3 Macintosh. 1 GHz or greater CPU recommended.
• 256MB RAM minimum. 1 GB RAM recommended.
• 800x600 video resolution minimum. 1025x768 recommended.
• Speakers/headphones to listen to Dialogue streaming audio sessions.
• A microphone to speak in Dialogue streaming audio sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 9, 10
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• OpenSUSE Linux 9.2 or higher.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Google Chrome is recommended.
• Firefox 13.x or greater.
• Internet Explorer 6.x or greater.
• Safari 3.2.2 or greater.

Software Requirements:

• Adobe Flash Player 6 or greater.
• Oracle Java 7 or greater.
• Adobe Reader 7 or greater.

Web Browser Settings:

• Accept cookies
• Disable pop-up blocker