Computer graphics intro

1. Welcome - overview of graphics - hours more indepth hands on that follow this section - learn terms
2. Using the example files
3. How this course will work

1. Navigating print design fundamentals
   1. Print applications–when to use photoshop, illustrator, and InDesign
   2. Start to finish–your generic design workflow
   3. Keeping your eye on the final product
   4. Some terms you need to know (introduce and tell them to look at cheat sheet)
   5. Keeping your graphic files organized
2. Intro to InDesign
   1. Why do you use InDesign?
   2. Getting to know your workspace
   3. Create your first document
   4. Different ways to get your design going
   5. “Sketching” your page layout in InDesign (understanding what frames are)
3. Working with images (called raster images)
   1. What is a raster image?
   2. Why use photoshop for raster images?
   3. Important image concepts: raster, resolution, color mode, image size, and file types
   4. Where to get images from
   5. Understanding resolution
   6. Cmyk vs. Rgb color mode
   7. Image size
   8. Choosing the correct file type for use in InDesign
4. Working with illustrations (called vector)
   1. What is vector?
   2. Why use illustrator for vector content?
   3. Concepts to understand: resolution independent, color mode, and file type
   4. What resolution independent means
   5. Cmyk vs. Rgb color mode
   6. Image size doesn’t matter
   7. Choosing the correct file type for use in InDesign
   8. Working with other types of color (understanding pantone colors

InDesign intro

1. Welcome
2. Using the example files
3. How this course will work

1. An introduction
   1. Mac OS and Windows
   2. Using InDesign help
   3. Setting your units preference
2. Workspace and panels
   1. The pieces of the InDesign workspace
   2. Accessing panels
   3. Resizing panels
   4. Docking, undocking, and moving panels
   5. Close and open panels
   6. Working with the control and tools panel
   7. Using panel menus
   8. Using context menus
   9. Understanding the application frame (Mac OS)
   10. Reset and save your workspace
3. Zooming and navigating
   1. Using the Zoom tool
   2. Using view commands and the zoom menu
   3. Using the Hand tool

Creating a single page flyer

1. Create a new document
   1. What you will learn
   2. Create a new document
   3. About saving the file
2. Working with guides and rulers
   1. Working with page rulers
   2. Adding guides
   3. Deleting guides
   4. Changing guide color
3. Working with InDesign frames
   1. What is a frame?
   2. Typing some text in the flyer
   3. Adding text from a text document
4. Basic text styling
   1. Understand the Control panel
   2. What is character formatting vs paragraph formatting?
   3. Understanding and choosing fonts
   4. Setting type size and style
   5. Changing text color
   6. Type 101: understanding type terms like leading, kerning, tracking, space before, and space after
   7. Showing hidden characters
   8. Adjusting leading
   9. Adjusting the space before and the space after
   10. Adjusting kerning
   11. Adjusting tracking
   12. Working with soft returns
   13. Changing text case
   14. Understanding and applying text alignment
   15. Working with superscript and subscript
   16. Format a headline using all of the type formatting
5. Add some graphics to the flyer
   1. What kind of graphics can I bring into my InDesign document?
   2. Working with placeholder frames
   3. Placing a graphic on the page if you already have the image
   4. Cropping and moving graphics
   5. Resizing graphics
   6. Graphic sizing and information
   7. Fitting graphics
   8. Stacking order of objects
   9. Working with the Links panel
   10. Updating graphics
   11. Fixing broken graphics links
   12. Replacing a graphic
   13. Editing graphics
   14. Graphic display performance
6. Working with color
   1. Understanding stroke and fill
   2. Create and save a color with the Color panel
   3. Create and edit a color with the Swatches panel
   4. Edit a swatch
   5. Create a tint
   6. The Color Picker
   7. Sampling color with the Eyedropper tool
7. Creating lines and applying strokes
   1. Draw a line and apply formatting to it
   2. Copying by dragging
   3. Using transform operations
   4. Grouping objects
8. Working with effects
   1. Apply a drop shadow (working with effects)
   2. Apply transparency to a shape
   3. Aligning objects
9. Finishing the document
   1. Previewing a document
   2. Preflight a document
   3. Package a document

Creating a multiple page newsletter

1. Create a new multi-page document
   1. What you will learn
   2. Create a document
   3. Inserting pages using the pages panel
   4. Navigating between pages
2. Using master pages
   1. What is a master page?
   2. Insert current page number on a master page
   3. Editing margin guides and columns
   4. Applying master pages
   5. Override master page items
   6. Creating a masthead
3. Working more with graphics
   1. Place multiple graphics at once
   2. Flipping graphics
   3. Rotating graphics
   4. Clearing transformations
4. Threading text
   1. What is text threading?
   2. Placing and threading text
   3. Create a two column text frame
   4. Inserting column and page breaks
5. Text wrap
   1. Create a simple text wrap
   2. Text wrap around object shape
6. Text formatting
   1. Inset spacing
   2. Paragraph rules
   3. Tabs explained
   4. Setting tab stops
   5. About the tabs panel
   6. Working with automatic lists
   7. Editing a bullet list
7. Paragraph styles
   1. What is a paragraph style?
   2. Create a paragraph style
   3. Editing a paragraph style
   4. Working with overrides
   5. Inserting breaks (cleanup)
8. Creating PDFs
   1. What is a PDF?
   2. Create a PDF?

Creating a facing page brochure

1. Create a new facing page document
   1. What you will learn
   2. What are facing pages?
   3. Create a facing page document
2. Adding content to a facing page master page
   1. Add content to a facing master page
   2. Create a spot color
   3. Edit margin guides
   4. Duplicate a master page
   5. Renaming master pages
   6. Applying master pages
   7. Overriding master items
   8. Working with the Pages panel more effectively
3. Working with numbering and section options
   1. Changing page numbers
   2. Adding pages to the document
   3. Shuffle pages
   4. Delete sections
4. Adding content to the pages
   1. Placing a word document (strip formatting)
   2. Fixing missing fonts
   3. Placing a word document (keep formatting)
   4. Threading text
   5. Applying master pages with layout adjustment
   6. Placing multiple graphics
   7. Transform extras
   8. Paragraph style extras
   9. More text wrap options
5. Working with effects
   1. Applying a gradient feather to an image
   2. Editing an effect in the Effects panel
6. Creating character styles
   1. What are character styles?
   2. Create and apply a character style
   3. Edit a character style
7. Working with tables
   1. Create a table from scratch
   2. Adjusting table size
   3. Inserting or deleting rows and columns
   4. Table options
   5. Formatting text within a table
   6. Work with cell strokes
   7. Importing Excel files
   8. Create a header and/or footer row