The BookMachine are hosting an Understanding inDesing course.The presentation is split into two sessions - join us in the morning to get comfortable with InDesign - opening existing documents, moving around confidently and making images and text changes professionally. The afternoon session then gives an understanding document structure, shows you the best way to build and start laying out new documents and how to create and apply styles effectively.

Using lots of examples from top UK publishers this presentation is packed with tips and techniques. We encourage you to ask questions, take notes and bring your own laptop along if you wish.

Stay for both sessions to get the most out of the day, meet other industry professionals and have some lunch (included if you stay all day).

Schedule:

Morning session 10am-1pm

Opening InDesign documents
Navigating the document confidently
Panels and workspaces
Layering and stacking
Creating and altering frames
Selecting, arranging and grouping objects
Working with colours
Adding and adjusting image content
Handling image links
Placing text from Word
Different text importing techniques
Selecting and editing text
Applying Character and Paragraph styles
Handling fonts
Exporting for the screen - PDF, JPEG and PNG.

Afternoon session 2pm-5pm

Making new documents professionally
Working with Master Pages
Using rulers, grids and guides
Stroke and fill options
Align panel, smart guides and smart spacing
Moving content between layers
The Effects panel
Creating text and object styles
Threading text frames
Working with longer passages of text
Understanding fitting options
Adding and moving pages
Sections and auto-numbering
PreFlighting and packaging
Exporting for production - PDF and EPUB