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InDesign Intro | Training Course

Learn how to create beautiful layouts and documents in Adobe InDesign.
Design professional layouts for magazines, brochures, reports, and books.

DESIGN EXPERTS | ADOBE INDESIGN TRAINING | SMALL COURSE SIZES | LONDON & LIVE ONLINE

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London Bridge £399 + VAT save £100
London Bridge £429 + VAT save £70
Online £379 + VAT save £120
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Online £399 + VAT save £100
London Bridge £479 + VAT save £20
London Bridge £499 + VAT
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London Bridge £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT
London Bridge £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT
London Bridge £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT
London Bridge £499 + VAT
London Bridge £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT
London Bridge £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT

InDesign Intro | Training Course

Course Takeaways
Course Info

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Course Takeaways
Takeaways

What will I learn?

  • InDesign's interface and workflow
  • Text and typography
  • Working with Styles
  • Working with images
  • Creating complex layouts
  • Free digital course assets
  • Free post-course helpdesk support
Course Takeaways
Learner Reviews

How good is the course?

  • Average Score 4.9 out of 5
  • Delicious lunch provided
  • Certificate of Achievement
  • 3425 reviews

Day One


Adobe InDesign basics

• Understanding the interface

• Opening existing InDesign documents

• Basic editing of existing documents


Creating InDesign documents

• Adjusting and personalising InDesign's interface

• Create different sized InDesign documents

• Adding and deleting pages

• Optimising documents for print, web or mobile devices

• Speed tips, shortcuts and good practice


Manipulating text and typography

• Adding text to a document

• Importing text from Word and RTF files

• Style text with InDesign's powerful typographical controls

• Creating custom type styles

• Amending and updating custom type styles

• Editing with multilingual spell-check, Find/Change, Story Editor and other advanced features

• Flowing text around pictures and other shapes


Integrating pictures into layouts

• Importing photos and graphics created in a variety of file formats

• Scaling, fitting, cropping and transforming images directly on the page

• How to update, replace and embed images

• Finding lost graphics

• Keeping track of image resolution to ensure top quality results


Day Two


Working with complex layouts

• Using rulers and guides,

• Adding and using layers,

• Using the transform and alignment tools

• Flowing text across columns and pages

• Adding, deleting and moving pages

• Adding automated page numbering

• Creating Parent templates to standardise page designs


Creating colours

• Learn to mix, apply and update your own colours and tints

• Re-using specific mixed colours across different documents

• The difference between RGB and CMYK colours

• Working with RGB and CMYK colours

• Copying colours from photos to produce your own colour themes


Graphical effects

• Adding transparency

• Using drop shadows

• Creating gradients

• Using glows

• Using bevel and emboss to create 3D effects


Using Adobe InDesign libraries

• Building a custom library of layout designs, graphics, type styles and colours

• Using saved library items in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator

• Sharing library items with colleagues


Saving and exporting InDesign layouts

• Creating press-ready PDFs for print

• Creating ultra-compact PDFs optimised for download

• Publishing InDesign layouts to the web

• Saving designs or documents as JPG and PNG file formats for use on the web, social media, in-app content, etc


Questions and answers


This course is also available as a private course. If you wish we can tailor the content for your team. Please contact us for more details.

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