Use the following guides to get you started with a particular technology. They are also useful in reinforcing concepts learned in our workshops. All of the documents are in PDF format (unless noted) and so require Acrobat Reader.
The following files are intended to be used in conjunction with the lesson file (the first file listed below). For assistance, you can request an appointment with Arlene Adamson.
InDesign, Part 1
- InDesign, Part 1. This lesson introduces the Adobe InDesign CS2 program. includes instruction for starting a new document, placing a text file, creating some paragraph styles, placing graphics, and flowing text around a graphic. The measurement system using picas and points is explained.
- Sample file. This file shows how the page created in the lesson should look.
- Text file for practice (doc).
- Graphic file for workshop: Type and Leading (tif)
- Graphic file for workshop: Typography (tif)
InDesign, Part 2
- InDesign, Part 2. In this lesson, the user will create a new document, create a new master page, have the tools and some palettes explained. The user will be guided through the creation of two paragraph styles. A graphic, which is supplied, will be placed according to instructions (with the text flowing around it), and a picture of the finished page will be shown on the last page of the guide.
- Word file. This Word file is for placing in the document the user will create in InDesign following the instructions in the guide.
- Graphic file (jpg) for workshop.
InDesign, Part 3
- InDesign, Part 3 (PDF). This lesson provides a template that people can use to place the text that is supplied in a Word document, and then explains how to put it all together and then print it in spreads so that it can be duplex printed (printed front and back) so that it can be folded into a 12-page booklet.
- Understanding Topography (Word file)
- Folded booklet (InDesign file)
- Sample booklet (PDF)
