Adobe Classes


Introduction to Adobe Acrobat 9
Advanced Adobe Acrobat 9
Introducing Adobe Technical Communications Suite 2
Introduction to Captivate 4
Advanced Captivate 4
Fundamentals of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Fundamentals of Cold Fusion 8
Advanced Cold Fusion 8
Introduction to Dreamweaver CS4
Advanced Dreamweaver CS4
Flash CS4 Rich Content Creation
Flash CS4 ActionScript 3
Flex 3 Developing Rich Client Applications
Introduction to FrameMaker 9
Advanced FrameMaker 9
HTML/XHTML
InCopy CS4
Fundamentals of Illustrator CS4
Advanced Illustrator CS4
Fundamentals of InDesign CS4
Advanced InDesign CS4
Introduction to Javascript
Introduction to PHP
Fundamentals of Photoshop CS4
Advanced Photoshop CS4
Preparing & Publishing Books for Amazon’s Kindle
RoboHelp 8
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Using Social Media for Online Marketing
XML and XSLT

Introduction to Adobe Acrobat 9


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: Experience in a word processing program such as Microsoft Word.

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Goals
This two-day class covers the basics of Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard and Professional. Learn how to create "good" PDF files and how to add basic enhancements.

Audience
Knowledge workers, managers, executive assistants, and communicators in Public Relations, Marketing, and Project Management

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Topics
Introducing Adobe Acrobat 9
A review of concepts and designing for onscreen presentations.

Looking at the Work Area
A quick look at the user interface and software organization.

Creating Adobe PDF files
Learn how to create a PDF from any program and how to control the file size through compression commands.

Creating Adobe PDF files from Microsoft Office Files—Windows
A look at how to create PDFs specifically from the Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet Explorer.

Combining Files in PDF Portfolios
Combine PDFs from various sources into one PDF presentation.

Reading and Working with PDF Files
Learn navigation commands and examine the accessibility features for users with vision and motor impairments.

Enhancing and Editing PDF Documents
Reorganize the pages in a PDF file, add and remove pages, update the numbering, extract data for reuse.

Adding Signatures and Security
Learn how to sign and/or certify PDF documents using digital signatures and how to add security to your files.

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Advanced Adobe Acrobat 9


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: Introduction to Adobe Acrobat 9 or equivalent knowledge.

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Goals
This two-day class covers the more advanced features of Acrobat. Please note that most of these features are only available in the Professional version of Acrobat, and that LiveCycle Designer is only available on the Windows platform.

Audience
Adobe Acrobat users wishing to advanced their skills.

What Comes Next
Topics
Using Acrobat in the Document Review Cycle
use the commenting tools for online mark-up in a paperless editing workflow, initiate a shared review, live collaboration and host an online meeting with Adobe Connect

Working with Forms in Acrobat
define forms fields in Acrobat, form tracking, collect and compile form data, validate and calculate form data

Creating Multimedia Presentations
learn how to add video, Flash animations, sound clips, and navigational buttons to your PDF files, plus control transitions and presentation timing using Full Screen mode

Using the Legal Features
Apply Bates numbering and redaction

Using the Engineering and Technical Features
see how layers, measuring tools and the cloud tool can make things easier for Architects and Engineers

Using Acrobat in Professional Publishing
learn how to mange the preflight rules to prepare your files for commercial printing

Working with 3D in PDF Files
explore the Acrobat 3D toolbar, manipulate a 3D model and Model Tree, convert a 3D design file to a 3D PDF and export dimensioning and tolerance information

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Introducing Adobe Technical Communications Suite 2


Class Length: 1 day
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $400
Prerequisites: Good mouse and windows skills. Experience in a word processing program such as Microsoft Word is helpful.

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You've purchased Adobe's Technical Communications Suite version 2. Well done! You've made a great choice when you consider that each of the main programs in the suite (FrameMaker, Captivate and RoboHelp) is top-notched. Of course, if you're like many people who have purchased the suite, trying to figure out what the programs do, and how they work together is a mystery. Let's solve the mystery!!

Goals

During this action-packed, hands-on, one-day class, you'll get an introduction to the programs that make up the suite as well as a brief look at PhotoShop CS4. After that, you will learn to integrate the Technical Communication Suite the way it was intended.

Topics

An Introduction to Adobe FrameMaker 9
Set the FrameMaker Interface | Explore a FrameMaker Book | Explore FrameMaker’s Paragraph Numbering Power | Update and Generate

Working Effectively with Microsoft Word
Remove Formatting from a Word Document | Apply Word Styles to Paragraphs | Import a Word Document into FrameMaker via Copy | Import a Word Document into FrameMaker via Link

An Introduction to Adobe Captivate 4
Captivate Recording Types and Modes | Set the Recording Type and Options | Record a Captivate Demonstration | Custom Captivate Projects | Record a Custom Project

An Introduction to Adobe RoboHelp 8
What you can do in RoboHelp? | RoboHelp Single Source Layouts | Generate FlashHelp

Integrate the Technical Communication Suite
Publish a Captivate Project | Import a Published Captivate SWF into FrameMaker | Edit a Captivate Project through FrameMaker | Create an Interactive PDF | Create a New RoboHelp Project | Attach a CSS to a Topic | Link a FrameMaker Book into a RoboHelp Project | Edit the FrameMaker Document Settings | Map Styles | Control Topic Pagination | Edit FrameMaker Content | Add an Associated TOC and Index | Assign a TOC and Index to a RoboHelp Layout

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Introduction to Captivate 4


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $700
Prerequisites: Good mouse and Windows skills. Familiarity with PowerPoint or a Learning Management System is useful, but not required.

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Goals
Using Adobe Captivate, you can capture screen shots on your computer and quickly turn them into eLearning lessons (movies). The lessons you create can be highly interactive--you can add images, captions, rollovers, clickable areas, typing areas and sound effects. During this class, you will learn the essential Adobe Captivate 4 skills that will get you up and running in just two short days!

Audience
Individuals interested in creating software demonstrations and interactive simulations.

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Topics
eLearning and Captivate
Education Through Pictures | Planning eLearning Projects | The Development Process | The Captivate 4 Interface | Set General Preferences | Explore a Project | Explore Project Views | Navigate a Project | Preview a Project | Zoom Closer to a Slide | View the Timeline and Library

Recording Demonstrations and Assessments
Rehearse a Script | Set Recording Preferences and Keys | Record a Demonstration | Record an Assessment Simulation | Record a Training Simulation | Record a Custom Assessment Simulation

FMRs, Panning and Image Slideshows
Create an FMR | Record a Lesson With Panning | Create an Image Slideshow

Text Captions & the Timeline
Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse | Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions | Change Text Caption Properties | Change an Object’s Slide Position and Size | View the Timeline | Change a Slide’s Display Time | Change Timeline View Settings | Use the Timeline to Set Object Display Times | Show/Hide Timeline Objects | Use Options to Control Object Timing | Set Mouse Properties | Check Spelling | Align Slide Objects

Images and Drawing Objects
Insert and Delete Slides | Insert an Image | Set Image Size and Slide Position | Use the Library | Manage Unused Project Assets | Control Transparency | Create an Image Watermark | Set Image Timing Options and Transition Effects | Work With Image Stacks | Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click Sound | Insert a Drawing Object

Pointers, Buttons and Highlight Boxes
Change the Pointer Path | Change the Pointer Type | Edit Slide and Object Display Times | Insert a Text Button | Set a Button’s Options | Insert an Image Button | Insert and Format a Highlight Box

Rollovers and Zoom Areas
Insert a Rollover Caption | Set Rollover Area Properties | Insert a Rollover Image | Insert a Zoom Area | Insert a Rollover Slidelet | Set Rollover Slidelet Properties | Format and Position a Slidelet | Insert a Caption Into a Slidelet | Insert an Image Into a Slidelet

Slide Labels, Notes and Audio
Change Slide Background Quality | Add a Slide Label | Add a Slide Note | Add Sound to a Slide Object | Add Background Audio | Calibrate a Microphone | Record Audio | Import Slide Audio | Edit an Audio File | Insert Silence | Convert Slide Notes to Speech

Animation and Flash Video
Change a Project’s Frame Rate | Add Animation to a Slide | Change an Animation’s Slide Position | Insert Text Animation | Add Flash Video

Converting Demonstrations Into Simulations
Hide the Mouse | Replace Phrases | Insert a Click Box | Set Click Box Options | Change a Slide’s Display Time | Set a Text Caption Transition | Insert a Text Entry Box

Introduction to Question Slides
Set Quiz Preferences | Insert a Question Slide | Add an Image to a Question Slide | Reuse a Slide Background | Format the Question Title | Use the Slide Grid | Format the Progress Indicator

Publishing
Link to a Web Site | Apply a Skin | Edit and Save a Skin | Delete a Skin | Add a Loading Screen | Set Project Information | Create a TOC | Publish a Flash (SWF) | Publish Word Handouts | Export Captions | Perform a “Round Trip”

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Advanced Captivate 4


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $700
Prerequisites: Introduction to Captivate 4 class or equivalent experience.

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So, you've been working with Adobe Captivate 4 for a while; now you want to see what else the program can do to push your eLearning to the next level! Great! This class is for you.

Goals
Work with a variety of advanced Captivate 4 features.

Audience
Individuals who need to advanced their Captivate skills.

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Topics
Reviewing the Essentials
Set General Preferences | Rehearse a Script | Set Recording Preferences and Keys | Record a Custom Simulation | Edit a Text Capture Template

Importing and Branching
Import a PowerPoint Presentation | Edit a PowerPoint Presentation | Resize a Project | Import Project Slides and Objects | Label a Slide | Use Buttons to Create a Branch | Explore the Branching Tab | Create a Slide Group | Aggregate Published SWFs

Question Pools
Insert a Question Slide | Create and Rename Question Pools | Add Questions to Question Pools | Insert Random Question Slides

Accessible Projects
Set Document Information | Enable Accessibility | Add Accessibility Text to Slides | Import Audio | Add Shortcut Keys | Add Closed Captions

Commenting, Image Editing and PhotoShop Layers
Send a Project for Review | Create a Background Mask | Edit a Slide Background | Delete a Slide Background | Import a PhotoShop File | Work with PhotoShop Layers

Variables, Widgets and Buttons
ACreate Custom Buttons

Project and Design Templates
Create a Project Template | Create a Project From a Template | Record Additional Slides | Delete Unused Objects | Create a Mask | Add a Text Animation Placeholder | Create a Design Template | Format Design Template Objects | Apply a Design Template to a Project

Advanced Actions
Control Object Visibility | Name Items | Attach Multiple Actions to Objects | Create Variables | Add Text Entry Boxes | Create a Script | Attach a Script to a Slide | Test and Edit a Script

Learning Management Systems
Set Quiz Reporting Options | Create a Manifest File | Report a Button Interaction | Adjust Slide Object Interaction | Publish a Content Package | Create an Inquisiq LMS Account | Create an LMS Lesson | Create an LMS Course | Create an LMS Curriculum | Test an eLearning Course

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Fundamentals of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: HTML/XHTML class or equivalent knowledge. You also need typing skills and the ability to copy and move text by cutting and pasting. The Introduction Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 class may be taken before or after CSS Fundamentals.

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CSS helps you create external style sheets for consistency of pages and easier maintenance of your web site. You can create great layouts without the use of tables. Understanding CSS is important when using Dreamweaver because the program relies heavily on CSS coding for both layout and text formatting.

Goals
Create and control a website without using tables for layout.

Audience
Individuals who want to create flexible page design structure using Cascading Style Sheets.

What Comes Next
Introduction to Dreamweaver CS4 may be taken before or after this class.

Topics
Incorporate styles 3 ways: embedded, inline and external style sheets
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Fundamentals of Cold Fusion 8


Class Length: 3 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $995
Prerequisites: Experience with HTML and developing static web sites. Familiarity with SQL is helpful, but not required.

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Learn how to build a database and create a ColdFusion web site backed with a simple content management that will allow you to add and modify site information in real time.

Goal
Create a dynamic web site with ColdFusion.

Audience
You'll learn along with other Web developers who are upgrading their skills.

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Advanced Cold Fusion 8


Class Length: 3 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $995
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of ColdFusion 8 or equivalent experience. This class is NOT for someone who uses ColdFusion occasionally.

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Expand your ColdFusion skill set with more advanced ColdFusion Markup Language instruction. Learn about sessions, cookies, custom tags, components and more.

Goal
Add power to your ColdFusion skill set

Audience
Experienced ColdFusion developers.

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Introduction to Dreamweaver CS4


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $700
Prerequisites: Good mouse and Windows skills. Familiarity with one or more software application programs.

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Are you working on designing and updating web pages? Or would you like to get started? This two-day class is designed for the new Dreamweaver user, and will provide you with the skills to update existing web pages as well as create your own from scratch. Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS is a prerequisite for this class.

Goals
Introduction to Dreamweaver CS4 focuses on the core features of Dreamweaver.

Audience
Individuals who want to design and develop websites using Dreamweaver

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Topics

Getting a Quick Start
A quick exploration of the Dreamweaver CS4 workspace, then we move on to defining a new site and creating a sample page with text, images, and basic CSS. Preview your first web page in your favorite browser.

Working with Cascading Style Sheets
Learn the basics of CSS, including attaching an external style sheet, redefining styles, and creating custom classes and descendant selectors.

Working with Text, Lists, & Tables
Learn text controls: headings, lists, block quotes, tables plus spell-check and Search & Replace.

Working with Images
Learn a variety of ways to work with images in Dreamweaver, including inline images, background images, Photoshop Smart Objects and more.

Working with Navigation
Add links, a navigation bar and tabbed panels to your page.

Creating a Page Layout
Use standards-based CSS to define layout areas, add text and image placeholders, use rulers and guides to fine-tune your layout and check your layout for browser compatibility and validity.

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Advanced Dreamweaver CS4


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $700
Prerequisites: Introduction to Dreamweaver CS4 class or equivalent experience.

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Goals
So you have some basic knowledge of Dreamweaver, and now you are ready to really start cranking out the web pages? Stop! Take this class first to fine-tune your CSS skills, automate your web page production with templates and libraries, add flexible navigation with Spry widgets, and collect data from your site visitors with using forms. Here's a complete list of what is covered in this fun and informative two-day class.

Audience
Experienced Dreamweaver users who want to advance their skills.

What Comes Next
Topics
Working with CSS Layouts
Review CSS layout concepts from the Level 1 class and take a look at relative vs. absolute positioning.

Adding and Customizing Spry Menu Widgets
A Menu Bar widget is a set of navigational menu buttons that display submenus when a site visitor hovers over one of the buttons. Learn to create a Spry navigation system.

Working with Templates
Creating and using Dreamweaver templates, including Editable & Optional Regions

Building XHTML/CSS-Based Navigation
from the ground up

Working with Libraries
Create Library items to store frequently used items.

Clean-up code/converting to XHTML
Explore options in the Commands menu.

Working with XML Ajax/Spry Datasets

Working with Dreamweaver JavaScript Behaviors

Adding a Form and FormMail Script
Create a form with a variety of forms fields, and activate the submit button with the FormMail script.

Building Layout with AP Elements

Installing Additional Extensions and Spry Widgets
Extend the functionality of Dreamweaver CS4 by downloading additional extensions and widgets.

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Flash CS4 Rich Content Creation


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: Good Windows or Mac OS X skills as well as successful, frequent use of one or two software programs.

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Create rich content for the Web combining sound, video, art and animations—using Flash CS4. Learn to make object-based animations, without using the timeline, a major new feature in Flash CS4. Add and synchronize sounds and music. Make animations more convincing with increased control over starts and stops. Import and control video. Create Shape tweens and Motion tweens, as well as buttons and learn to add interactivity.

Goals
Engage your viewers with good design and plenty of interactivity.

Audience
You’ll learn with designers, graphic artists, and developers who are beginning to learn Flash.

What Comes Next
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Flash CS4 ActionScript 3


Class Length: 3 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $995
Prerequisites: Interested participants should have completed Flash Rich Content Creation, taken Flex Rich Client Applications or have equivalent experience. They must also want to learn how to program Flash content using ActionScript.

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To take advantage of Flash CS4 and Flex 3 fully, you need a comprehensive understanding of ActionScript 3.0. Learn the vital skills necessary to master ActionScript 3.0 from manipulating movie clips and responding to user actions, to creating variables, writing functions and conditional operators.

Numerous practical hands-on exercises allow you to use the powerful features you’re learning about. The hands-on approach along with practice after class will expand your understanding and improve your execution.

Goals
Learn the ActionScript concepts and tools you need to develop interactive interfaces and animations.

Audience
People who know and use Flash or Flex and have not tackled ActionScript. Even if you work on a team with a dedicated developer, you'll be a much stronger player when you know how to activate your own art work, making it respond to moves your user makes or react to the events you've added to enrich the user's experience.

Topics
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Flex 3 Developing Rich Client Applications


Class Length: 3 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $1295
Prerequisites: This course is designed for object-oriented developers who want to bring the power of Rich Internet Applications to their web applications. To gain the most from this class, you should be familiar with object oriented programming concepts as well as XML terminology.

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Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Applications provides experienced application developers with hands-on, practical experience using Flex. This three day course introduces developers to all the primary features of Flex they need to build a fully functional, well architected front end for a Rich Internet Application (RIA).

Goals
Bring the power of Rich Internet Applications to your web applications.

Audience
Application developers who want to build engaging web applications.

Next Steps
Adobe AIR Building Desktop Applications with Flex 3.

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Introduction to FrameMaker 9


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $700
Prerequisites: Students should be familiar with the general operation of a computer including opening and saving files and using a mouse.

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Are your documents too long and too complex to lay out in Word? Then it is time to consider FrameMaker, the software of choice for professional technical writers.

Audience
This two-day class is designed for the new FrameMaker user, and for those who are using the program, but feel like they are struggling to complete their work in a timely manner.

Goals
Introduction to FrameMaker 9 focuses on the core features of document publishing with FrameMaker.

What Comes Next
Topics
Working with FrameMaker Documents
A quick overview of the FrameMaker interface.

Defining Paragraph Formats
Create a document from scratch and learn how to define Paragraph formats with the Paragraph Designer.

Defining Color and Character Formats
Learn how to add color and inline formatting with the Character Designer.

Page Layout
Define running headers and footers that pull live data off the page, and update with document editing.

Graphics
Add imported images and FrameMaker-drawn graphics to your chapter headers and footers.

Document Editing
Explore user variables, spell-check, thesaurus, extended characters, and more .

Tables
Easily one of the most powerful features of FrameMaker: learn to define table formats with Table Designer to quickly and accurately format multiple tables


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Advanced FrameMaker 9


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $700
Prerequisites: Introduction to FrameMaker 9 or equivalent knowledge.

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Goals
This two-day class looks at a few more features used in individual documents, but the primary focus is on collecting your chapters and working with them in the Book window.

Audience
FrameMaker users who need to understand advanced authoring and publishing features of FrameMaker.

What Comes Next
Topics
Anchored Frames and Graphics
Import a variety of images into a FrameMaker document and control their position via the Anchored Frame options.

Cross-References and Footnotes
Add paragraph and spot cross-references and insert & format footnotes.

Books and TOC
Pull multiple individual chapters into a book and learn how to control page numbering, and then generate a table of contents for the entire book.

Indexes
Add index markers to your chapters, and generate an Index from the completed book.

Conditional Text
Learn how to use conditional text to create multiple versions of a single document or book.

Hypertext and PDF
Create interactive PDF’s from your Frame chapters files and book files, complete with manual and automatic hyperlinks and bookmarks.

HTML and Web Publishing
Use the reference pages to control the mapping of your FrameMaker styles to the closest equivalent HMTL codes, and convert your FrameMaker chapter or book to HTML for posting to a web page.


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HTML/XHTML


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: You need to have used the Web enough to name one Website you like and one you avoid. You also need good basic Mac OS or Windows skills. Good keyboard skills are a plus, and knowing how to cut and paste saves time.

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This class teaches participants the language that's the basis for all web pages. You’ll learn by doing everything from making one page with a line of text to creating tables and forms. When you’ve made your site engaging with background color, images, and even media files, you’ll learn how to send your files to your Web space.

Goals
Learn XHTML code and concepts in a hands-on class

Audience
Web designers, developers, and content writers who need to understand how XHTML works.

What Comes Next
Topics
Day 1
Recognize and use the XHTML code structure
Day 2
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InCopy CS4


Class Length: 1 day
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $400
Prerequisites: Good Windows or Mac OS skills plus successful use of one or two software programs.

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Goals
We will spend the morning learning the concepts and features of InCopy and the afternoon implementing the procedures with your specific files. Each student needs to have access to the network drives so that they can see, in real-time, how to create assignments, check out files, input their edits, and check them back in. At least one participant (typically your graphic designer) needs to have a strong working knowledge of InDesign CS4 for this class to be a success.

Audience
Office workgroup members who using an InCopy workflow.

What Comes Next
Topics
Getting to Know the Work Area
A quick overview of the InCopy CS4 interface

Understanding the InCopy Workflow
Layout-based workflows vs Assignment-based workflows

Getting Started
Setting up your files

Writing and Editing Text in InCopy
Checking out the files, options and limitations, checking them back in

Good Practices
A review of what you should and should not do with your InDesign/InCopy workflow

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Fundamentals of Illustrator CS4


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: Good Windows or Mac OS skills plus successful use of one or two software programs.

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Adobe® Illustrator® CS4 software is for drawing, and it has many other uses. Learn to create sophisticated vector artwork for print and web. Adobe® Illustrator is tightly integrated with the Adobe Creative Suite® family of products, including Photoshop, InDesign, and Flash.

Goals
Choose and use the right Illustrator tool for each task.

Audience
Learn with other professionals adding Illustrator to their tool kit.

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Advanced Illustrator CS4


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: Illustrator CS4 Fundamentals as well as plus experience using the software (or equivalent experience. This class is not for someone who uses Illustrator occasionally.

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Learn to create what you imagine. In this intensive two-day class, you’ll learn Illustrator techniques that enlarge the scope of your creative work. You’ll learn to polish your work, gain more understanding and control of layers, transparencies, and gradients. This class will teach you how to produce your projects with professional efficiency.

Learn to leverage the new Illustrator CS4 features such as multiple art boards, the Blob Brush tool for intuitive vector painting, and transparency in gradients color stops. On-object controls invite you to explore more efficient and creative ways of working.

Goals
Learn the Illustrator skills that will set you apart.

Audience
Learn with other Illustrator professionals who are extending their skills.

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Fundamentals of InDesign CS4


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $700
Prerequisites: Students should be familiar with the general operation of a computer including opening and saving files and using a mouse.

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Goals
Learn the concepts and skills to use InDesign.

Audience
This class is designed for the new InDesign user, and for those who are using the program, but feel like they are taking a round-about way to getting the job done. Those of you transitioning to InDesign from Quark and PageMaker will also find this class beneficial. Introduction to InDesign CS4 focuses on the core features of InDesign.

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Topics
Introducing the Workspace
 A quick overview of the CS4 interface, including how to create custom workspaces.

Setting a Document and Working with Pages
Create a new document from scratch, with a focus on working with Master Pages and placeholder frames.

Working with Frames
A look at the difference between the Selection and Direct Selection tool, everything you need to know about InDesign frames, along with placing and sizing graphics.

Importing and Editing Text
Learn to import Word files into InDesign using Manual, Semi- and Auto flow, and control the formatting through Paragraph Styles.

Working with Color
Define and apply color, tint and gradient swatches.

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Advanced InDesign CS4


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: InDesign CS4 Fundamentals or equivalent knowledge.

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Goals
Are you using InDesign now, but feel like you are always working too hard to make your deadlines? This Advanced InDesign class is focused on streamlining your workflow so that you can get your publication to the printer in a timely manner and still have your nights and weekends for yourself.

Audience
Experience InDesign CS4 users who want sharpen their skills and extend their knowledge of InDesign CS4.

What Comes Next
Topics
Working with Typography
Advanced typography controls, including baseline alignment across multiple columns, glyphs, drop caps, spacing controls, tracking and kerning controls, setting tabs, attaching rules to paragraphs.

Working with Styles
We review the use of paragraph and character styles, plus how to nest character styles within a paragraph style, and learn how to define and apply object styles, table styles and cell styles.

Importing and Modifying Graphics
Learn how to make the new Links panel work for you, plus how to get the most from your Illustrator and Photoshop files after they are placed into your InDesign layout.

Creating Tables
Import an Excel spreadsheet and control the formatting with table and cell styles.

Output and Exporting
InDesign CS4’s new Live Preflight is awesome. Learn how to use the Preflight and Package commands while preparing files to send out for commercial printing. Creating PDF documents is also covered.

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Introduction to Javascript


Class Length: 3 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $995
Prerequisites: The XTML/XHTML class, equivalent learning or equivalent experience.

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Learn to write Javascripts that bring interactivity to your Web site. Get your arms around concepts such as variables, arrays, functions, event handlers and more.

Goal
Learn to write nifty scripts that save time and money

Audience
This class is for people who have no programming background and want to learn Javascript to add client interactivity to their Web sites.

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Introduction to PHP


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: To gain the most from this class, you should know HTML and database basics. Familiarity with SQL statements is helpful but not required.

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Learn how to use PHP, an open-source, powerful server-side scripting language for creating dynamic and interactive websites. In this hands-on course, you’ll increase your efficiency, consistency, and accuracy by storing your content in a database. You'll use PHP to connect your site to the database.

Goals
Script dynamic and interactive websites with PHP

Audience
Web designers and developers who want to extend their skill set beyond static HTML sites.

What Comes Next
Recommended Reading
Ben Forta’s slim Learn SQL in 10 Minutes

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Fundamentals of Photoshop CS4


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: Good mouse and Mac or Windows skills. Successful and frequent use of one or two software applications. Word and PowerPoint count. Knowing an Adobe software application gives you an advantage, but is not required.

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If a photo that looked good on your screen turned to mud when printed, this is the class for you. Gain competence with Photoshop CS4 by learning how to change elements in a photograph to make the photograph more effective.

You'll take a giant step in confidence as you observe and practice essential skills. You'll leave this class knowing how to make a clean selection, how to crop a photo, and how to punch up a photo by correcting color and contrast. You'll know how to use layers and?most important, how to recover from an error.

Goals
Learn how Photoshop thinks.

Audience
Learn with other designers, graphic artists, Web masters, and developers eager to learn Photoshop, the gold standard for working with digital images.

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Advanced Photoshop CS4


Class Length: 3 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $995
Prerequisites: Solid knowledge of Photoshop basics covered in the Photoshop CS3 or CS4 Fundamentals class plus a few months experience. Or equivalent learning and experience. This class is not for someone who uses Photoshop occasionally.

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Move towards mastery by devoting three days to working through advanced tools and processes with a knowledgeable, Adobe-certified instructor who uses Photoshop for client work.

Goals
Create what you imagine.

Audience
You'll learn with design, graphic arts, marketing, and communications professionals who are committed to excellence.

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Preparing & Publishing Books for Amazon’s Kindle


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: HTML/XHTML Introduction and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Fundamentals or equivalent experience with the instructor's permission.

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According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, online retailer Amazon's growth rate is expected to be twice that of Google's. Why? Part of it is due to a skinny little e-book reader called the Kindle, which allows you to connect wirelessly to Amazon's site, purchase a book, and download it in mere minutes. The Kindle also includes connections to blog and newspaper subscriptions, and allows for the micro-purchase of articles, short stories, serial publications and more.
Publishers and independent authors everywhere are excited?and somewhat anxious?about this move toward digital publishing. eBooks are revolutionizing the publishing world, and eBook reading devices like the Kindle 2 are on the forefront of this revolution.
However, the text formatting the Kindle requires can be hard to decipher and even harder to implement, requiring solid XHTML, CSS and other Web development skills.
This two-day class will teach you how to prepare and publish your organization's books, newsletter or blog subscriptions, articles, and more for this popular electronic reader.

Goals
Be an early adopter. Prepare a book for publication on the Amazon Kindle.

Audience
Writers, Instructional Designers, Subject Matter Experts, and marketers who want to publish books, newsletters, blogs, articles and more-- directly to the Kindle.

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RoboHelp 8


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $700
Prerequisites: Students should be familiar with the general operation of a computer including opening and saving files and using a mouse.

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Goals
RoboHelp is the industry standard for Help authoring. It's the preferred program if you are a Help author, technical writer, or programmer tasked with creating Help systems for desktop or Web-based applications. Many popular software programs use RoboHelp for their Help Systems. During this live, instructor-led class, you will learn the essential Adobe RoboHelp 8 skills that will get you up and running in just two short days!

Audience
Individuals who want to create or enhance help systems using RoboHelp.

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Introduction to RoboHelp
Create an Blank Project | Explore the Pods | Explore the Toolbars | Load the Default Environment | Save an Environment | Retitle and Rename the Project | Edit a Topic | Edit a Topic Headline | Rename and Delete Topics | Create a TOC Book | Add, Delete and Rename TOC Books | Organize a TOC | Add Pages to TOC Books | Generate a Project

Adding Content and Creating Project Structure
Create a WebHelp Project | Import an HTML File | Import a Word Document | Import a FrameMaker Document | Rename Topic Titles | Create Project Folders | Auto-Create a TOC |

Topic Formatting
Apply a Style Sheet to a Topic | Apply Styles to Selected Paragraphs | Create a New Style Sheet | Create a Font Set | Use Inline StylesUse Spell CheckFind and Replace Text | Link to a Word File | Generate 508 and W3C Compliant WebHelp

FlashHelp, Links, PDFs and Popups
Generate FlashHelp Output | Create a New Toolbar | Add Commands to a Toolbar | Insert Hyperlinks | Insert Bookmarks | Import a PDF Document | Insert Auto-Sizing Popups | Insert Custom-Sized Popups | Insert a Text-Only Popup | Use Link View | Resolve Broken Links

Graphics and Multimedia
Add Graphics to a Help Project | Add an Image Margin | Rename an Image | Add a Background Image | Add Hotspots to a Graphic | Add Sound to a Topic | Import and Format Topics | Insert an Adobe Captivate Demo | Create a Screen Capture
Build Tags, Variables and Snippets
Create Conditional Build Tags | Define a Build Tag Expression | Create a New Table of Contents | Create a Variable | Insert and Edit a Variable | Create a Snippet | Add a Snippet to a Topic

Tables and DHTML
Insert a Table | Insert a Table Row | Create a Table Style | Add a Horizontal Line | Insert a Symbol | Add a Bulleted List | Format a Heading with a Fade in DHTML Effect | Apply Fly in DHTML Effects | Work With Positioned Text Boxes | Create a Trigger

Indexes, Search Terms, Glossaries and Docs
Run the Smart Index Wizard | Remove and Add Index Entries | Add Keywords via Topic Properties | Add Subkey words to the Index | Create a See Also Keyword | Insert a Link Control | Add Custom Search Terms | Add Glossary Terms | Generate a Report | Generate Printed Documentation

Forms and Frames
Insert a Form | Add Form Radio Buttons | Add HTML Code to a Topic | Add a Form Check Box | Insert a Drop-Down Menu into a Form | Add a Multi-line Text Field to a Form | Add Form Submit and Reset Buttons | Name a Form and Set an Action | Import HTML Files | Create a Frameset | Modify Frameset Attributes | Link Topics into Frameset Regions

Skins and Master Pages
Attach a Skin to a Layout | Create a Custom Skin | Customize the Search Highlight Color | Create a Master Page | Edit a Master Page | Add a Breadcrumb Placeholder to a Master Page | Add a Mini TOC Placeholder to a Topic | Publish a Project

Windows, Browsing and CSH
Create a Custom Window | Create a Browse Sequence | Review a Web Application’s Source Code | Publish a WebHelp Project | Review Source Code | Create a Custom WebHelp Window | Create a Map File and Assign Map IDs

Scripts and AirHelp
Run a Script | Edit a Script | Create an Adobe AIR Layout | Output Browser Based AIR Help | Output Adobe AIR Application Help | Use the Help Viewer Wizard

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: To gain the most from this class you need to be familiar with Web searches on Google and other search engines.

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You've built a Web site, but will anyone visit? Search engine optimization is the key to obtaining a constant flow of visitors. In fact, search engine optimization is absolutely vital to your online marketing success. This course will teach you how to increase traffic to your site, with special emphasis on Google's "blended" universal search requirements, Web design SEO rules, and how to use video for increased SEO.

Goals
Build traffic to your Web site, using Google and other Search Engines.

Audience
Web developers and designers new to Search Engine Optimization.

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Topics
Boost your results with Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
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Using Social Media for Online Marketing


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: If you haven't tried any of the new Social Media, do so before you come to class. Sign up for Facebook and have fun with it. Don't put anything on your Facebook that you don't want to share with the whole world.

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Facebook, podcasts, widgets, YouTube videos, wikis, del.icio.us, Twitter, StumbleUpon, social bookmarking, blogging. Words that make a marketer's head spin.

Online marketing is changing so quickly. When it comes to social media, how can a marketer know what works and what doesn't?

Discover the social media trends you should consider when planning your future online marketing strategies.

Goals
Learn how to network effectively online.

Audience
Marketing managers and staff, as well as small business owners who must self-promote

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Topics
You'll be able to post photos, fill in your profile, and write a press release with Facebook in mind.


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XML and XSLT


Class Length: 2 days
Class Type: Live, Online
Fee: $795
Prerequisites: XML1 or equivalent experience.

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Learn how Extensible Style Language (XSLT) can be used to transform/convert XML data for presentational purposes, to modify data structure, and to create non-XML files.

Goals
Format XML information for a variety of print publications as well as projects for the Web

Audience
Those who want to modify and format their XML data

Topics
XML Basics - A Quick Review
XSLT 2.0 Basics
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