course outline

daniel
daniel lombardi
lombardi
designer. photographer. movie geek.
designer. photographer. movie geek.

daniel
lombardi
designer. photographer. movie geek.

The Workspace
Understanding the Application window
Navigating pages
Zooming and magnifying
Managing multiple windows
Setting rulers and measurements
Positioning panels
Saving workspaces

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Setting view options

Rotating spreads

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Getting to the Features

Using the Tool panel
Learning keyboard shortcuts
Using contextual menus
Using Quick Apply
Creating a Document
Creating new documents
Saving and reverting documents
Using Multiple Undo and Revert
Setting margin and column guides
Making a layout adjustment
Using ruler guides
Finding libraries and snippets
Exporting as an Interchange (INX) file
Managing Pages
Inserting, deleting, and moving pages
Adding sections and page numbers
Creating and applying master pages
Overriding master page items
Using parent/child master pages
Loading master pages

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lombardi
designer. photographer. movie geek.

Text
Understanding text frames
Typing and editing text
Filling with placeholder text
Using special characters
Importing text
Threading text frames
Auto-flowing text

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Setting text frame options

Using text on a path
Spelling in your document
Using Find/Change
Graphics
Importing graphics
Importing InDesign files
Using the Links panel
Editing original graphics
Setting frame-fitting options
Setting transparency and clipping paths
Utilizing the Object Layer Options
Formatting Objects
Selecting objects
Using basic strokes and fills
Using advanced strokes
Using transparency
Adding drop shadows
Applying feathering
Using other effects to format objects
Using the Eyedropper tool
Finding and changing object formatting

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lombardi
designer. photographer. movie geek.

Managing Objects
Using layers
Editing frame and path shapes
Understanding corner options
Grouping and locking objects
Aligning and distributing
Understanding text wrap
Editing text wrap

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Using anchored objects

Transforming Objects
Duplicating, Rotating, Scaling and Mirroring objects
Character Formatting
Applying basic character styling
Applying advanced character styling
Changing case
Understanding OpenType features
Using Find/Change for text formatting
Using Find Font
Paragraph Formatting
Understanding paragraph formatting
Using drop caps
Applying hyphenation
Understanding justification
Applying tabs
Applying paragraph rules
Using automatic bullets
Using automatic numbering
Styles
Applying character styles
Applying paragraph styles
Using nested styles
Using object styles

daniel
lombardi
designer. photographer. movie geek.

Tables
Creating a table
Adjusting rows and columns
Adding and deleting rows and columns
Formatting a table
Formatting cells
Adding headers and footers
Applying table styles

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Placing graphics in cells

Color
Creating color swatches
Applying tint swatches
Using gradient swatches
Applying gradients
pdf
PDF Export options
Creating an interactive PDF
Exporting as SWF (page flip)
Printing
Using preflight options
Packaging for output
Using the Print dialog box
working together
Getting the most out of the Creative Suite
CS time-saving features