Adobe® Digital Publications Workshop

Adobe InDesign®, your trusted partner for creating top-quality layouts for print documents can now help you deliver all sorts of immersive digital reading experiences. Learn how to new time-saving features in InDesign will help you create layouts more quickly and then understand the many different types of digital documents you can create and publish for viewing on desktops, tablets and e-reading devices.

  • Learn how to create innovative digital magazines, newspapers, annual reports, manuals and other documents that incorporate eye-catching elements. Incorporate 360° rotation and panoramas. Add an interactive layer to your design by using new Folio Producer tools in InDesign CS5.5 and integration with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. These interactive documents can be played back on a range of tablet devices such as Apple iPad, RIM BlackBerry PlayBook and a wide variety of Android tablets including the Motorola Xoom.
  • As eBook reading devices grow ever more sophisticated, InDesign lets designers keep pace. Learn how to create visually rich experiences for eBook reader applications and browsers that support HTML5 video and audio tags and learn how to take advantage of advanced capabilities in devices such as the Apple iPad, Sony Reader and Nook.
  • InDesign CS5.5 includes support for FLV video and MP3 audio files, as well as dozens of motion presets that make it easy to create animations. Export a document or presentation from InDesign to SWF format for playback in Adobe Flash® Player or a web browser. Or export a document as an interactive PDF file, complete with video and sound. Five panels introduced in InDesign CS5 provide intuitive controls that enable you to create a wealth of dazzling effects.
  • And as an added bonus we’ll also show you some tips and techniques for speeding up tedious and repetitive layout tasks or just making document layout and production much more efficient than ever before.
SPECIAL BONUS: All event attendees will be eligible to enter for a chance to win a copy of the CS5.5 Suite. One lucky attendee will receive the software for their preferred OS.


About Our Adobe Expert, April Clark

April Clark, owner of Nuance Consulting LLC, is a consultant and trainer for web and print publishing professionals. April is an Adobe Certified Instructor and a member of the Adobe Community Professionals program. April Clark is also co-chapter representative of the Cleveland InDesign User Group.


Parking is available in the Humphrey Center admissions lot or anywhere along the street.

When & Where
Mon, Oct 10, 2011 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM CDT
Krumm Business Center
Grand View University Centrun, Room 33
1309 Grandview Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50316