Introduction to InDesign training
Adobe InDesign training for beginners, teaching skills for creating effective page layouts quickly
Armada
Summary
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- Certificate of completion - Free
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End date: 30/05/2024
Additional info: 9:30am-4:30pm, lunch and refreshments provided
MILTON KEYNES
Buckinghamshire
MK92AH
United Kingdom
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MILTON KEYNES
Buckinghamshire
MK92AH
United Kingdom
End date: 26/09/2024
Additional info: 9:30am-4:30pm, lunch and refreshments provided
MILTON KEYNES
Buckinghamshire
MK92AH
United Kingdom
End date: 10/05/2024
Additional info: 9:30am-4:30pm, lunch and refreshments provided
Foxhall Road
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG76LH
United Kingdom
Overview
Learn to use InDesign’s core features for laying out pages for print.
The topics covered include setting up new documents, shapes, frames and placeholders, textual content, formatting text, working with styles, placing images, using layers, creating special effects, tables, object libraries and preflighting.
You’ll also learn how to develop content for viewing on iPad and Android tablets.
Our trainers are experts in Adobe applications, with vast experience of using InDesign professionally in their design work.
Training is highly practical, combining lecture, demonstration and plenty of assisted practice.
Delegates receive:
- A comprehensive training guide for InDesign, to refer to throughout the course and use as a refresher after.
- An e-certificate confirming successful completion of an Adobe InDesign course.
- 30 days' email support from their trainer.
We offer fantastic facilities. All training rooms are air-conditioned. Delegates have sole access to a large-screen computer throughout the course running licensed InDesign software to practice.
Courses are available at our permanent training facilities at Birmingham (Bromsgrove), Bristol, Cardiff, Reading, Milton Keynes, Manchester, Nottingham, and Sheffield.
We also offer this course in our popular live online format, where you can participate in a live Adobe InDesign course without leaving your home or place of work.
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- Course outline -
Description
Sessions include...
The work area
- Using toolbox, panels and menus
- Opening, saving and closing files
- Navigation
- Customising the work area
- Preferences and defaults
- File export
Setting up new documents
- Creating new documents
- Setting up master pages
- Using ruler guides, smart guides and grids
Text
- Inserting text
- Placing text – incl. file formats
- Threading text – flowing text
- Import options – what can be imported
- Entering special characters
- Using the Story Editor
- Tracking changes
- Using Find/Change
- Spell checking – incl. languages
Colour
- Colour theory – RGB/CMYK/Spot colours
- Applying colour
- Colour swatches
- Gradients
- Filling and stroking shapes and transforming objects
- Eyedropper tool
Typography
- Formatting text
- Size/leading/tracking/kerning/ indents/spaces…
Stylesheets
- Formatting Paragraphs
- Character, Paragraph and Object styles
- Importing and deleting styles
Working with images
- Placing images
- Using the content collector tool
- Modifying graphic frames and their contents
- Using the spacing tool
- Creating in-line frames
- Wrapping text around objects and managing links.
Pages
- Master Pages – creating ‘page templates’
- Auto page numbering
Layers
- Creating, locking, hiding, printing
Effects and styling
- Transparency
- Feathering
Bullets and Numbers
- Bulleted and Numbered Lists
- Customising Bullets and Numbers
Tabs
- Setting up Tabs
Tables
- Creating and editing tables
- Adding content and formatting tables
Libraries
- Creating assets for use in InDesign and across CC
Preflighting, packaging and outputting
- Managing Links
Online features
- Publish online feature
- Publish on Behance
Mobile apps
- Adobe Comp
- Adobe Captur
Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for newcomers to Adobe InDesign, and those with limited InDesign experience.
Requirements
No prior InDesign knowledge is necessary.
Career path
InDesign is used in a wide range of roles in the design, print, prepress, publishing and marketing industries, amongst others.
Jobs that require Adobe InDesign skills include graphic designer, page designer, studio artist, advertisement designer, marketing executive and artworker.
Depending on the specific role and experience, salaries start at £20k.
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Certificates
Certificate of completion
Digital certificate - Included
Delegates receive an e-certificate confirmation successful completion of a formal training course
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