InDesign Fundamentals

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Adobe InDesign is a sophisticated page layout or desktop publishing program and has become the industry standard for print publishing.

This program is used by designers and graphic production artists to design and layout text and images for posters, flyers, brochures and magazines and is generally useful for anyone interested in the professional presentation of documents.

Students will carry out a range of exercises to learn the specifics of InDesign. Small class sizes assist the step-by-step instruction required for beginners.

Course Essentials

  • Location:
  • College:
  • Course code:
    WNGD2
  • Duration:
    12 hours
  • Fees:
    $270.00
  • Course times:
    2 sessions: 9:00am - 4:00pm

How to register

Phone: +61 3 9919 1517
Email: ITCI@vu.edu.au

Course contents

In this introductory, short course you will learn:

A brief introduction to working on Macintosh Computing Platform
The mechanics, tools and features of Indesign CS4
How to navigate and utilise the Indesign interface
How to produce a basic page layout, import pictures and create charts
Using and Creating Layers
Using and creating Colour swatches
In-class exercises to learn the specifics of InDesign

Admission Information

Contact School of Creative Industries: Ci_shortcourses@vu.edu.au

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