Desktop Publishing school training courses in Durham, NC (public, in-house or online)

This course provides an introduction to desktop publishing software capabilities. Emphasis is on efficient use of a page layout software package to create, design, and print publications; hardware/software compatibility; and integration of specialized peripherals. Upon completion, students should be able to prepare publications given design specifications.

In this course, students will look at how to create a publication from scratch or use one of the hundreds of business and personal designs available in Publisher. They will create, format, revise, and distribute publications.

Objective :
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - create a one-page publication. - modify a publication’s layout and structure. - edit content in the publication. - format a publication. - format pictures. - identify the opt...

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In this course, students will use Adobe® Acrobat® 9.0 to make the information more portable, accessible, and useful to meet the needs of the target audience.

Objective :
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - access information in a PDF document. - create PDF documents. - navigate to specific content in a PDF document. - modify PDF documents. - work with multiple PDF documents. - review a PDF document. - validate a PDF document.

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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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1. Getting to Know the Work Area
Working with panels
Customizing the workspace
Using context menus
Resources for using InDesign
Preflighting as your work
Viewing guides
Adding text
Working with styles, objects, and graphics
2. Setting Up Your Document
Creating and saving custom document settings
Switching between open InDesign documents
Working with master pages
Adding sections to change page numbering
Placing text and graphics on the documen...

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