Publishing school training courses in Ann Arbor, MI (public, in-house or online)

Adobe Acrobat and InDesign training. Understand how InDesign CS3 and Adobe Acrobat 8 work together to produce intelligent multimedia digital documents as well as high quality print-ready files. Digital publishing with an InDesign-PDF workflow allows efficient management of time to maximize publishing efforts for all types of projects.

This course will teach you the concepts and skills needed to effectively design and publish your documents using Adobe InDesign CS3 and Adobe Acrobat 8.
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Digital Design and Graphics incorporates all of the processes and industries that create, develop, produce or disseminate ideas, concepts, and information utilizing words or images. Digital Design and Graphics is the interaction of advertising, graphic design, publishing, package design, marketing, interactive media and photography.

This program will prepare the student for various positions in the expanding field of visual communications or for transfer to a four-year institution. Studen...

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Student analyzes principles and laboratory practices in book design and production. Topics include analysis of principles of design and layout; observing principles of typography; graphics; digital and traditional photography; titles and chapter headings; ethics of publishing; history and impact on society; promotional techniques; working with book editors; specialization; market positioning and launching.

In a rapidly changing world, the need for online publishers to keep up with the needs and expectations of their site visitors is paramount. Today, many web publishers use content management systems (CMS) to allow them to instantly and dynamically update web pages and properties as new content becomes available so that every visit to a site is engaging, informative, and meaningful. This course explores the use of open source web-based content management systems such as SocialGo, CSS, Wordpress, W...

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In this Adobe InDesign for iPad class, you will learn to use InDesign, in conjunction with the tools in Digital Publishing Suite, to create interactive documents, complete with media and links, for publication to iPad. This course is geared toward experienced InDesign users who are familiar with basic features, such as style sheets, image placement and document management. To get the most out of this course, we suggest that you attend our Introduction to InDesign CS5 course first.

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