InDesign Techniques for Printing - Tools for Creating Docs

This exclusive 2-part IPA webinar shows you the many tools Adobe InDesign has to help you create and prepare a document for accurate and easy printing. IPA's expert applications guru, Taz Tally, covers a full range of prepress oriented topics and techniques including InDesign document setup and initial creation, placing and editing imported graphics, color assignments, separations, preflighting, fonts, transparency and flattening issues and the best ways to create prepress ready PDFs for InDesign.

Session 1 -

• InDesign preferences that will help you in prepress

• Identifying potential print related problems file problems

• Taz's TOP 10 document construction techniques

• Managing fonts for PDF creation and prepress

• Typesetting and copy formatting tips for printing

• Assigning, creating and checking bleeds

• Assigning, transferring and managing colors in your documents and imported graphics

• Using Object Styles to improve consistency

• Content preflighting tools

• Preparing and managing print ready placed graphics with InDesign

• Archiving Jobs for later use

Session 2 -

• Technical preflighting tools

• Preventing hairline strokes

• RGB to CMYK conversion

• Editing and simplifying graphics through InDesign documents

• Color management consistency between InDesign and other CS2 Applications

• Controlling Transparency and Flattening of complex graphics

• Creating accurate and quick composite and color separated Proofs

• Assigning and streamlining Print setups

• Creating dependable prepress PDFs from InDesign including PDF-X

• Speed tips for creating PDFs from InDesigns

Who should attend:
Anyone interested in creating and preparing InDesign files for commercial printing, including designers, photographers, service bureau, and print production staff, desktop publishers, PLUS anyone involved with the creation, preparation and printing of InDesign documents.