Course Title: Introduction to InDesign CS3
Hours required: 24
Price: $99
Length course offered: 6 Weeks
Instructor: Donna Baker [Bio]
Description:
In this Adobe InDesign CS3 class, you'll get hands-on desktop publishing training and come away knowing how to use this popular page layout software to design and create professional quality letterhead, business cards, brochures, PDF files that play movies, and more. You'll discover that you don't have to be a designer or an artist to produce professional quality documents!
In each lesson, we'll cover an important aspect of InDesign CS3 as you prepare a range of print and online products for Natalie, the fictional owner of Natalie's Nautical Emporium. You'll get dozens of files to use in the lessons—partially completed InDesign files, as well as the graphics and other content required for the project. And to check your work or troubleshoot any problems you encounter, you'll always get a copy of the finished InDesign project file.
Lesson by lesson, you'll discover how the program features relate to producing actual usable documents as we explore the best ways to create different types of material, how to organize and name your files, and how to reuse items such as colors and artwork. By the time you finish the course, you'll not only be comfortable with the tools and features that InDesign offers, but you'll know the most efficient ways to use the program to produce the materials you need for your specific work, recreation, or hobbies.
Goals:
By the end of the course, you'll know all about designing documents, as well as numerous ways to work smarter, not harder.
Grading System:
Confirmation of Completion awarded with passing score.
School Description:
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Instructor Bio: Donna Baker
Donna Baker is a freelance graphic designer and the author of many books about design software and Web design. You can read tips and tutorials from her books through Adobe Design Center (www.adobe.com/designcenter), and on Web sites such as Creativepro.com. She writes a monthly column for one of Adobe's Web sites, and is an Adobe Community Expert and an Adobe Certified Expert, as well as a member of the Experts' Panel at acrobatusers.com, an Adobe community site.
