Overview Our Advanced InDesign course shows experienced InDesign users how to create more complex page layouts, work with longer documents and use eye-catching special effects. Course Outline Master pages How master pages work, Creating master pages, Applying master pages, Setting page numbering, Using hierarchical master pages Working with text Working with layers, Moving items between layers, Setting layer options, Changing the stacking order, Using layers with master pages, Automatic layout adjustment, Setting options for layout adjustment, Using clipping paths Typography Typographic shortcuts, Using the Single Line Composer, Using the Paragraph Composer, Highlighting composition problems, Creating hanging punctuation, Manual kerning, Using optical kerning, Inserting special characters, Creating drop caps, Hyphenation and justification Longer documents Creating a table of contents, Creating an index, Using the Book palette, Creating a book list, Synchronising styles and colours, Printing a book list, Exporting a book list as PDF, Page numbering across books Drawing Using the drawing tools, Creating freehand shapes, Creating bezier curves, Manipulating shapes, Using the Transform palette, Aligning objects, Using the eye-dropper tool Special effects Placing text on a path, Creating drop shadows, Working with transparency, Exporting transparency, Blend modes, Feathering, Creating multi-colour gradients, Converting text to paths