InDesign CS2:
Production

Topic-Level Outline

Days: 1

Prerequisites: InDesign CS2: Basic or equivalent experience

Unit 1 : Efficient document setup

Topic A: 0 Document presets

A-1: Creating and applying document presets

Topic B: 0 Grids and guides

B-1: Creating guides and customizing the document grid

Topic C: 0 Templates and master pages

C-1: Basing a master page on another master page

C-2: Creating placeholders

C-3: Saving a document as a template

Topic D: 0 Data merge

D-1: Merging data into a document

Unit 2 : Color printing basics

Topic A: 0 Desktop versus commercial printing

A-1: Discussing desktop and commercial printing

Topic B: 0 Spot color separations

B-1: Discussing spot colors

Topic C: 0 Halftoning

C-1: Discussing halftoning

Unit 3 : Working with color

Topic A: 0 Process and spot colors

A-1: Creating process and spot colors

A-2: Adding Pantone colors

A-3: Deleting and replacing swatches

Topic B: 0 Mixed inks

B-1: Creating a mixed-ink group

B-2: Creating a gradient with mixed inks

Topic C: 0 Colorizing

C-1: Colorizing an image

Unit 4 : Preventing printing problems

Topic A: 0 The Links palette

A-1: Linking to missing or modified images

A-2: (Optional) Editing an original image file

Topic B: 0 Potential printing problems

B-1: Discussing printing problems

B-2: Previewing separations

B-3: Controlling the way black areas print

B-4: Previewing flattening

Topic C: 0 Preflighting

C-1: Preflighting a document

C-2: Packaging a document for a print provider

Unit 5 : Print settings

Topic A: 0 Composite print settings

A-1: Creating composite print settings

Topic B: 0 Print presets for color separations

B-1: Creating a print preset for color separations

Unit 6 : Color management

Topic A: 0 Setting up a color management system

A-1: Calibrating and profiling a monitor

A-2: (Optional) Synchronizing Creative Suite color settings

A-3: Setting InDesign color management preferences

Topic B: 0 Individual image profiles

B-1: Viewing image color settings

Unit 7 : XML

Topic A: 0 Exporting documents as XML files

A-1: Tagging items in a document

A-2: Adjusting a document’s structure

A-3: Exporting a document’s tagged content

Topic B: 0 Importing XML files

B-1: Importing an XML file

B-2: Changing the default element for text frames

B-3: Creating a placeholder for repeating XML content

B-4: Adding repeating XML content

B-5: Validating an imported document