Working with InDesign / PowerPoint templates

When downloading the InDesign templates, which are saved together with other files in a zip folder, please proceed as follows:

1. First set up a new folder on your work computer in which the template is to be saved.
2. Click on the zip symbol with the right mouse button and select “Save target as”, select the folder you set up, and save the zip file there.
3. There, once again right-click on the zip symbol and select “Filzip” and then “extract here”. Now there should be 4 elements in your folder, 2 folders (, “Fonds”, “Links”) as well as the actual InDesign file which you can now open in the InDesign program.
4. When downloading, please always ensure that the folders belonging to the file (“Bibliothek”, “Fonds”, “Links”) are always saved together with the actual InDesign file, as otherwise links are lost.

The InDesign templates of the Media & Marketing Department have pre-set standard crop marks and a trim of 3mm. Please always inquire with the responsible printing house for their requirements before generating a PDF printer spread.

In the PowerPoint templates for brochures, a 2 mm bleed (as required by the KIM) is standard. You can see this if you show the ruler lines under the menu "View". Please do not place anything outside this area because it will be cut off. When you are finished, save the document with the command Save as PDF.

• KIM offers InDesign training courses on a regular basis for University staff in administration and science. Course Overview of F.I.T. Seminars
• KIM also offers online courses.
• You can download t raining books for InDesign CS 4 - CC2018 at herdt-campus.de. There are also exercises and learning videos on the topics of InDesign and DTP.