Adobe
Adobe InDesign Adobe InDesign
Lay out multi-page documents like a pro - masters, styles, flowing text and print-ready output.
Overview
This course is designed for people who wish to master the fundamentals of InDesign CC. This hands-on course covers many advanced features including tips and techniques for using the Design Tools.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for new users of InDesign CC who needs to use InDesign to create documents such as advertisements, flyers, brochures or newsletters.
Prerequisites
There are no specific knowledge of InDesign required.
Benefits of Completing This Course
Learn InDesign’s Interface & Preferences, Document Setup & Navigation, and Document Shortcuts
Work with Text including Styles, Working with Objects, including images
Work with Colour for digital and offset printing, Creating Master Pages
Design Forms, Creating Tables and Import Graphics
Prepare for Print & Exporting PDFs
Inclusions
- Training Manual with step-by-step instructions
- Practice files relevant to the training material
- Training Completed files - you are free to take away any completed files for review
- Unlimited online support, as training doesn't stop when you walk out our door
Learning Outcomes
• Learn the basis of page setup and design
• Use the interface to assist with layout
• Add pages to a document.
• Setup master pages including a master spread
• Apply master pages
• Using layers and master pages
• Format text and paragraphs
• Manage text flow
• Create and work with Tables
• Prepare for print
• Export to PDF
• Add Graphics and other objects
• Work with colour and transparency
• Using Styles
Topics Covered
The Work Area
● Starting InDesign and the InDesign work area
● Changing magnification levels
● Navigating through a document
● Working with layers
Page Layout
● Creating a new document
● Open/Save documents
● Setting basic layout options
● Grids, Guides and rulers
● Pages and Spreads and adding Pages
● Defining Sections
● Numbering Pages
● Adding Section Marker Text
Working with Masters
● Editing Master pages
● New Master pages & Master Spreads
● Applying Master pages & spreads
● Over-riding Master page items
● Layers and Master pages
● Adjusting layouts
Working with Text
● Creating Text Frames and setting options
● Linking and unlinking text frames
● Cutting and pasting text frames
● Adding a new frame to a story
● Flowing text
● Adding & Editing text
● Checking Spelling
● InDesign tagged text
● Aligning Text vertically
● Threading Text
Typography
● Character formatting
● Letter,word spacing and Kerning
● Fills and strokes
● Paragraph formatting, alignment and indents
● Bullets and Numbering
● Styles
● Copying Styles from other documents
Text and Graphics
● Page Rules
● Text wrap
● Converting Text to Outlines
● Inline Frames
● Placing Text on a Path
● Using graphics from other programs
● Managing links
● Placing a Photoshop file
● Placing a PDF file
Drawings
● Drawing basic shapes
● Points and Paths
● Using the Pencil and Pen tools
● Drawing curved segments
● Drawing techniques
● Creating compound paths
● Smoothing paths
● Erasing paths
● Corner effects
● Strokes, fills and gradients
Transforming
● Moving objects
● Scaling
● Rotating
● Reflecting
● Shearing
● Locking objects into position
● Aligning and distributing objects
Colour and Transparency
● Seeing colour, printing colour
● Colour management
● Apply colour & gradients to objects
● Creating a Tint
● Creating a spot colour
● Applying colour to text
● Applying transparency settings
Tabs and Tables
● Setting Tab stops
● Creating Tab leaders
● Inserting tabs
● Creating and using tables
● Navigating a table
● Adding graphics to tables
● Formatting text in tables
● Setting Borders, strokes and fills
Output
● General Printing controls
● Scale and Fit
● Printing Postscript to disk
● Preflight and package
● Exporting to PDF
Live online - learn by doing.
Our Live Online courses are conducted through a dedicated learning platform that enables us to provide instructor-led, hands-on training to develop real skills, in real time. Each participant logs into their own virtual environment set up specifically for the course. This is a fully interactive experience - just like in a classroom. No passive lectures, no videos to follow - real-time, hands-on practice with your instructor guiding you every step.
Instructor
- Provides real-time, live hands-on instruction and demonstration
- Provides step-by-step practical activities for participants
- Can assist participants on their screen, if necessary
- Can share participant screens to enhance discussion
Participants
- Receive hands-on instruction, step-by-step exercises and skill-builder activities
- See the instructor's screen while working in their own environment
- Can interact with the instructor and the group of participants
- Can ask questions at any time
- Join the course from any location with internet, using a course invitation
- No need for any software - just a computer with internet and a browser
- No downloads or installs necessary on the participant's computer
Inclusions
- E-Book Training Manual / activity booklet provided
- Certificate of Completion
- Post-course support to the level of the course
- Access to any training exercises used during the session
Session Times
- Full Day Course: 9:00am - 4:30pm
- Half Day Course: 9:00am - 12:30pm or 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Private sessions are booked exclusively for your team and can be facilitated as Live Online group training, or in a Classroom / Face-to-Face setting at your workplace or another organised location. Content and duration can be tailored to your needs - contact our Course Scheduling team to discuss your requirements.
Classroom / Face-to-Face
Classroom sessions are delivered at a nominated location, available for Private courses only.
Requirements (if training is delivered at your site)
- A computer is required for each participant, configured with appropriate software (if necessary)
- If participants are using laptops, please ensure power cords are provided for use during the session
- The instructor will bring their own laptop - please provide power
- A screen or projector for the trainer to connect their laptop to (please indicate the connection method - HDMI or Wi-Fi)
Inclusions
- Training Manual / activity booklet
- Certificate of Completion
- Post-course support for queries relating to the course content
Get in touch with our Course Scheduling team to arrange a private session or confirm delivery options for a specific date.