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Adobe InDesign CS5 - Interactive Multimedia documents One Day Training Course— Bespoke

Adobe InDesign CS5 is the page layout application of choice for many users. It contains a host of advanced text, colour, print and layout features not found in any other application that can be applied to text and objects It also boasts an interface similar to Adobe’s other leading design applications and so is intuitive for users of these applications. Further, Adobe InDesign CS5 integrates seamlessly with the other Adobe applications and can include native Photoshop and Illustrator files, and in CS5 you can now centralise your whole workflow through Adobe Bridge. PDF output, XML , and export to GoLive output are also supported, making InDesign the perfect tool for repurposing content.

This one day course is for any InDesign user looking to have creative control in producing interactive and multimedia documents or presentations. During the course you will use InDesign's innovative tools to learn how to create hyperlinks, buttons and add multimedia elements and then export to PDF for screen, web or CD.

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Adobe InDesign CS5 - Interactive Multimedia documents One Day Training Course Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

Planning an Interactive document
-Creating a Site Map
-Planning the hierachy sections in the document
-How the project is organised
-Ensuring continuity in your design
-Looking at where links are placed and where they jump to
-A shortlist to planning your interactive project

Setting up your Interactive document
-Setting up Master pages
-Creating the background elements for pages
-Designing rollover navigational buttons
-Creating Next and Previous buttons

Creating the document pages
-Importing the graphic elements
-Creating a Library of images

Creating Hyperlinks
-Applying Hyperlinks to graphics
-Working with the Hyperlinks palette
-Specifying Destinations for Hyperlinks
-Specifying the Hyperlink's appearance
-Adding Hyperlinks to URLs

Creating Buttons
-Converting graphic objects to Buttons
-Working with the States Palette
-Creating different States for the buttons
-Changing teh appearance for the different States
-Using the States palette to view different States

Adding Behavious to Buttons
-Looking at different Events
-Closing the document
-Going to different places
-Playing Multimedia
-Opening a file
-Showing or hiding objects
-Changing the Zoom level

Using Graphics for different States
-Importing a graphic and converting to a button
-Creatinga Rollover State and placing the graphic into the State
-Assigning Behaviours to the States

Adding Show/Hide elements
-Creating the Contextual Button
-Converting graphics to Buttons
-Making the button invisible
-Creating the Trigger Button
-Assigning Behaviours to Show and Hide the fields
-Examining the Mouse Action Behaviours
-Testing the Button Behaviours in Acrobat

Adding a Movie
-Looking at Movie file formats
-Placing a Movie into InDesign
-Looking at Movie Options
-Designating a 'Poster' to show before and after the movie plays
-Determining when and how the Movie plays
-Embedding a Movie
-Streaming a Movie from a Web site

Adding Sounds
-Looking at Sound play options
-Determining the Sounds to play when the user displays a page, clicks buttons for Play, Pause and/or Stop

Creating and Testing the Interactive PDF file
-Using PDF presets to export the file to PDF
-Choosing PDF options
-Saving the Options as a custom preset
-Test the document in Acrobat

Advantages of learning Adobe InDesign CS5 with XChangeTraining

-Our InDesign CS5 trainers are experienced print and design professionals with excellent knowledge of all aspects of print workflows from creating artwork to guaranteeing successful output.
-XChange Training is an Adobe Authorised Training Centre
-It's bespoke and solutions based: before you come to XChange Training we agree the course content with you based on your needs.
-We take the time to work specifically on any files you bring along to the course, ensuring that you see benefits to your workflow immediately.
-XChange training focuses on real tasks that reflect how the software is used in professional situations.
-On-site and off-site training is available for the whole UK.
-Free email support service for 6 months after course.
-We get consistently good feedback from our clients.
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Training Pricing

On-site course pricing
Prices include a set of course notes per trainee, 6 months telephone and/or e-mail support service after the course, all refreshments and lunch if held at the training centre.

For training onsite courses outside of London a standard return train fare and/or taxi fare may be applicable.

Training centre pricing
Pricing for training at the Clerkenwell facility:
1 person £495 for a 1 day course
2 people £595 for a 1 day course
3 people £645 for a 1 day course
4 people £695 for a 1 day course
5 people £745 for a 1 day course
6 people £795 for a 1 day course
7 people £845 for a 1 day course
8 people £895 for a 1 day course
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