Adobe InDesign

Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing and typesetting software application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, presentations, books and eBooks. Create and publish printed books, brochures, digital magazines, iPad apps, and interactive online documents with Adobe InDesign.

Adobe InDesign is a layout program that allows students to put together all kinds of print materials such as: Brochures, Posters and even large scale pieces like Bill Boards.

With InDesign, you are able to format text, include imagery such as photos or illustrations from other Adobe Programs like Illustrator and Photoshop. InDesign CS5 also features ways to create interactive pieces that you can ultimately view online.

This course will demonstrate the various tools that assist in formating text importing images and creating page layouts. The last third of the class will be focused on some of the interactive elements that are new InDesign CS5.

By the end of the course the student will be familiarized with InDesign from the beginning stages of laying out print documents to learning how to create interactive projects all within one program.