Desktop Publishing (InDesign)

Learn the essentials of desktop publishing.

Familiarity with Adobe InDesign is now a virtual prerequisite for work in graphic design. For those with InDesign skills, the opportunities are many.

The Cengage Education Desktop Publishing (InDesign) course introduces students to this most valuable of tools for the design of invitations, logos, stationery and newsletters. You’ll learn the essentials of typography, logo design, layout and the creative combination of images and text.

The course is an ideal first step towards a career in publishing, the media, advertising, film and television production.

On completion of your course:

Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Cengage Education Professional Graphic Design & Desktop Publishing Certificate.

Key areas of learning:

  • Principles of good design
  • Getting started in InDesign®
  • Desktop publishing essentials: Typography
  • Promotional design and corporate logos
  • Stop Press!
  • Getting noticed: Creative layouts
  • MultiPage documents
  • Pictures, prepress and print
  • Professional design practice
  • The business of graphic design & desktop publishing
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Course Number 90420
Course Type Correspondence
Course Duration Max 12 months
Study Hours Approx 150 hrs
Qualification Cengage Certificate

Prerequisites

No previous knowledge or experience is required to take this course.

Assessment details

  • 10 written assessments

Extra learning materials included

  • 3 CD rom Tutorial Kit
  • CD Installation Booklet
  • InDesign® CS Software
  • About Type Booklet

Computer requirements

Windows:

  • Intel® Pentium® II, III, or 4.
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 2, Windows XP Home Edition, or Windows XP Professional Edition (Adobe applications on Windows XP with Service Pack 2)
  • 128MB of RAM
  • 312MB of available disk space.
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Video card that supports 256 colours at 1,024x768 monitor resolution

Macintosh:

  • PowerPC® G3, G4, or G5
  • Mac OS X v.10.2 through v.10.3
  • 128MB of RAM
    • >
  • 350MB of available disk space
  • CD-ROM drive
  • 256 colours at 1,024x768 monitor resolution

Note: QuickTime 6.0 is required for multimedia features

Subjects You’ll Cover

Principles of good design

  • Avoiding the pitfalls of bad design
  • Principles of good design
  • Communicating with words and images
  • Back to the future: a short history of design

Getting started in Adobe® InDesign®

  • Features of InDesign®
  • The design process
  • Design tools
  • Importance of layout grids
  • The visual impact of space
  • Elements of design
  • Creating a business card

Desktop publishing essentials: Typography

  • Getting the feel of fonts
  • Designing with type
  • Typesetting with InDesign®
  • Editing text for print
  • Creating a single colour letterhead

Promotional design and corporate logos

  • Brochures
  • Working with colours
  • Getting creative with type
  • Creating a corporate logo
  • Promotional design and document layout

Stop Press!

  • Newsletter production
  • Layout grids
  • The newsletter content
  • Design tools for emphasis

Getting noticed: Creative layouts

  • Designing a full colour brochure
  • Psychology of colour
  • Creative tools
  • Exporting to PDF proof

MultiPage documents

  • Creating master pages
  • Creating styles
  • Visualising & designing multi-page documents: maintaining style & consistency

Pictures, prepress and print

  • Sources of images
  • Commissioning photography
  • How can you use these images?
  • Using pictures creatively
  • Preparing images for print

Professional design practice

  • Preparing and receiving quotes
  • Dealing with printers
  • Meeting clients & negotiating deadlines
  • Designers' responsibilities

The business of graphic design & desktop publishing

  • InDesign® integration with other programs
  • Your portfolio
  • Graphic design as a business
  • Career options

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