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InDesign CS3 Advanced

Prerequisites:

To ensure successful completion of this course, we recommend that you first complete the Adobe Indesign CS3: Introduction course or have equivalent knowledge.

Course Objective:

You will use the advanced features of Adobe InDesign CS3 to create and design content for print and web.

Target Student:

The target student is any professional who would like to create and design print documents.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

manage styles.
develop complex paths.
handle page elements.
import and export data to external files.
work with XML.
manage long documents.
adjust print settings.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Managing Styles

Topic 1A: Manage Style Overrides
Topic 1B: Base One Style on Another
Topic 1C: Apply Styles in a Sequence
Topic 1D: Import Styles from a Microsoft® Word Document
Topic 1E: Redefine Styles

Lesson 2: Developing Complex Paths

Topic 2A: Create Bézier Paths
Topic 2B: Create Compound Paths
Topic 2C: Create Clipping Paths
Topic 2D: Create Type Outlines

Lesson 3: Handling Page Elements

Topic 3A: Place Inline Graphics
Topic 3B: Manipulate Graphics
Topic 3C: Handle Text Layout
Topic 3D: Create Duplicate Items
Topic 3E: Create Anchored Objects
Topic 3F: Manage Libraries

Lesson 4: Administering External Files

Topic 4A: Locate Assets Using Adobe® Bridge
Topic 4B: Merge Data
Topic 4C: Import Layered Files
Topic 4D: Export PDF Files
Topic 4E: Export XHTML Files

Lesson 5: Working with XML

Topic 5A: Integrate XML into a Document
Topic 5B: Import XML
Topic 5C: Export Documents as XML Files
Topic 5D: Create a Snippet

Lesson 6: Managing Long Documents

Topic 6A: Create Hyperlinks
Topic 6B: Insert Footnotes
Topic 6C: Insert Text Variables
Topic 6D: Create the Table of Contents
Topic 6E: Generate an Index
Topic 6F: Create Document Sections
Topic 6G: Create a Book

Lesson 7: Adjusting Print Settings

Topic 7A: Create Print Presets
Topic 7B: Preview Print Output

Appendix A: Adobe® Certified Expert (ACE) Program