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Don't forget to check out Redact, our weekend residential course!
InDesign for Beginners (Macs), with Noè Harsel
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Melbourne
Please note, bookings for this course have now closed.
InDesign is the leading desktop publishing tool being used today. This course offers an interactive, intensive one-day course to understand the basics of InDesign.
This course is created for people who have no experience in using InDesign or any desktop publishing application. It will cover basic graphic design and desktop publishing principles. The aim is for you to finish the day feeling more comfortable with InDesign so you can create your own basic layouts.
Course outline
- Overview
- Work area, tools, palettes
- How to set up a document
- Working with colour
- Selection and drawing, type, frames, shapes
- Guides
Important notes about this course
- Basic computer literacy and familiarity with Microsoft Word and using the internet are essential.
- This is an intensive course for beginners. A more advanced course (called an intermediate course) will run later in the year.
- InDesign is a desktop publishing program not an editing program. In this course you will be learning the basics of desktop publishing, design and graphics.
- This course is run on the latest Apple Macintosh platform. The applications for PC and Macintosh platforms are nearly identical, so users of one platform can attend the course on the other platform.
- We will be creating a single-page document in this course.
- If you would like to save documents that you create in this course, please bring your own USB stick.
About the trainer
Noè Harsel has extensive experience in publication production, design, editing and writing for both print and online media. She has taught InDesign at RMIT University, LaTrobe University and Swinburne University.
When: Saturday, 31 March, 10.30 am to 5.00 pm
Where: CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Cost: Members (Soc Eds, APA, ASTC, ANZSI, WV) $215.00, non-members $275.00. Tea, coffee and mini muffins are provided.
Bookings for this course have now closed.
Advanced Microsoft Word 2010 (PC) for Editors
with Emma Koch
Saturday, 28 April 2012
Melbourne
Much of an editor's job involves repetitive work, especially as the technological requirements of the role continue to become more complex. Utilising features available in Microsoft Word 2010 to automate tasks improves both efficiency and accuracy. This course focuses on the ways in which templates, styles and formatting, and macros can assist editors to reduce repetitive tasks. At the end of the course, editors should be able to create their own templates, styles and customised macros.
Note: This is an Advanced Word 2010 course for PC users and assumes a reasonable proficiency in MS Word. The course is aimed at editors who are looking to further develop their Word 2010 skills or who are experienced with Word but are new to Word 2010.
Topics covered
- Templates
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- What is a template?
- Creating templates
- Attaching existing templates
- Styles and formatting
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- What is the difference between styles and formatting?
- Viewing styles
- Creating styles
- Macros
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- What is a macro?
- Creating and editing macros
- Some useful macros for editors
About the presenter
Emma Koch developed an interest in technical support for editors through her various roles at Lonely Planet. She supported the languages unit, developing templates and macros to suit the requirements of working with scripts and special fonts. She has continued to use this knowledge in her various roles at the University of Melbourne and has a particular interest in improving efficiency through reducing the need for repetitive tasks when using Microsoft Word.
When: Saturday, 28 April, 1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Where: CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Cost: Members (Soc Eds, APA, ASTC, ANZSI, WV) $135.00, non-members $200.00.
Tea, coffee and mini muffins are provided
Bookings
The closing date for bookings is 6.00 p.m., Monday, 23 April 2012. As bookings are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, they may close before this date and a notice will appear on this website.
Individuals: Please complete the booking form (Word) and e-mail it to to book a place in this course. It is necessary to do this whether you are paying by direct deposit or by cheque. In the unusual case of a person paying for this course after all places have been taken and before a notice appears on the website, a full refund will be given. In all other cases no refund will be available but you may give your place to another person.
Organisations who wish to send employees: Please request an invoice from the Training Officer, stating the name, position, e-mail address, business and after hours contact number for each person who is to attend, and whether each person is a member of a Society of Editors, affiliated member (WV, ASTC, ANZSI) or a non-member. If the organisation is a publishing house, please state whether the organisation is an APA member. This is required information in order to obtain an invoice. Thank you.
In asking for an invoice, the organisation is deemed to be placing a firm booking and making a purchasing decision. If one or all of the named people are unable to attend, the organisation is still liable for the full booking cost. It may send other people in place of those named up to the number of those booked into the course. Payment is required within 60 days of the invoice being issued. Earlier payment is preferred. Late payment may involve additional costs to the organisation, according to the discretion of the Training Officer. The Society is a not-for-profit organisation.
Advanced Microsoft Word 2011 (Mac) for Editors
with Emma Koch
Saturday, 19 May 2012
Melbourne
Much of an editor's job involves repetitive work, especially as the technological requirements of the role continue to become more complex. Utilising features available in Microsoft Word 2011 to automate tasks improves both efficiency and accuracy. This course focuses on the ways in which templates, styles and formatting, and macros can assist editors to reduce repetitive tasks. At the end of the course, editors should be able to create their own templates, styles and customised macros.
Note: This is an Advanced Word 2011 course for Mac users and assumes a reasonable proficiency in MS Word. The course is aimed at editors who are looking to further develop their Word 2011 skills or who are experienced with Word but are new to Word 2011.
Topics covered
- Templates
-
- What is a template?
- Creating templates
- Attaching existing templates
- Styles and formatting
-
- What is the difference between styles and formatting?
- Viewing styles
- Creating styles
- Macros
-
- What is a macro?
- Creating and editing macros
- Some useful macros for editors
About the trainer
Emma Koch developed an interest in technical support for editors through her various roles at Lonely Planet. She supported the languages unit, developing templates and macros to suit the requirements of working with scripts and special fonts. She has continued to use this knowledge in her various roles at the University of Melbourne and has a particular interest in improving efficiency through reducing the need for repetitive tasks when using Microsoft Word.
When: Saturday, 19 May, 1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Where: CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Cost: Members (Soc Eds, APA, ASTC, ANZSI, WV) $135.00, non-members $200.00.
Tea, coffee and mini muffins are provided.
Bookings
The closing date for bookings is 6.00 p.m., Monday, 14 May 2012. As bookings are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, they may close before this date and a notice will appear on this website.
Individuals: Please complete the booking form (Word) and e-mail it to to book a place in this course. It is necessary to do this whether you are paying by direct deposit or by cheque. In the unusual case of a person paying for this course after all places have been taken and before a notice appears on the website, a full refund will be given. In all other cases no refund will be available but you may give your place to another person.
Organisations who wish to send employees: Please request an invoice from the Training Officer, stating the name, position, e-mail address, business and after hours contact number for each person who is to attend, and whether each person is a member of a Society of Editors, affiliated member (WV, ASTC, ANZSI) or a non-member. If the organisation is a publishing house, please state whether the organisation is an APA member. This is required information in order to obtain an invoice. Thank you.
In asking for an invoice, the organisation is deemed to be placing a firm booking and making a purchasing decision. If one or all of the named people are unable to attend, the organisation is still liable for the full booking cost. It may send other people in place of those named up to the number of those booked into the course. Payment is required within 60 days of the invoice being issued. Earlier payment is preferred. Late payment may involve additional costs to the organisation, according to the discretion of the Training Officer. The Society is a not-for-profit organisation.
Future Training Courses
Here are just some of the courses we have planned for next year. Keep an eye on this page for all the details and more courses.
May 2012
26 May - InDesign for Intermediate Users (Macs), with Noè Harsel
June 2012
23 June -Introduction to Copyediting, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with Susan Keogh
30 June - Introduction to Structural Editing, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with Susan Keogh
September 2012
8 September -Science Editing: The Big Picture, with Sally Woollett
Archive of 2011 training courses
Archive of 2010 training courses