Adobe InDesign Introduction and Intermediate Training Course

INTRODUCING INDESIGN

• An introduction to InDesign and its features
• A tour around the work area
• The toolbox
• Palettes
• Opening files
• Navigation techniques
• Saving and closing files and file export

SETTING UP A NEW DOCUMENT

• Document creation
• Working with Guides
• Grids and Master pages

SHAPES, FRAMES AND PLACEHOLDERS

• Drawing and editing shapes, frames and placeholders
• Filling objects with colour and gradients
• Stroking shapes and lines,
• Creating text and graphic frames and transforming objects
• Using the Pen tool to create and edit free-form shapes

TEXTUAL CONTENT

•  Creating text frames
• Entering and placing text and special characters
• Text editing
• Specifying text frame options
• Using Find/Change and the Spell checker

FORMATTING TEXT

• Using the character and paragraph palettes to format text
• Using tabs, leaders and indents, drop caps and optical margin alignment

WORKING WITH STYLES

• Defining and applying character and paragraph styles
• Removing styles from selected tex
• Assigning keyboard shortcuts
• Nested styles
• Importing and deleting styles

WORKING WITH IMAGES

• Adding images
• Modifying graphic frames and their contents
• Creating in-line frames
• Wrapping text around objects
• Managing links

LAYERS

• Using layers to group and separate objects
• Working with the layers palette
• Creating layers
• Moving and copying objects between layers
• Merging and deleting layers

SPECIAL EFFECTS

• Creating and handling transparency
• Using feathering
• Drop shadows and adding corner effects to frames

TABLES

• Creating tables and adding content
• Inserting and deleting rows and columns
• Making selections in tables
• Formatting tables
• Breaking tables across frames
• Adding strokes and fills

OBJECT LIBRARIES 

• Working with an object library
• Changing the library display
• Cataloging objects

PREFLIGHTING, PACKAGING AND PRINTING

• Using the preflight command and options to check the integrity of a document
• Using the package command and the print menu

There is no formal assessment for this course. For accredited Adobe courses please contact us. 

This course includes:

• Training from a certified Adobe trainer
• Computer / Laptop to use for the duration of the course (classroom & onsite courses only)
• Detailed course notes and sample exercises
• Full colour course manual
• Refreshments (classroom courses only)
• A recording of the training course (virtual courses only)