Adobe InDesign Training Course

Is it right for me?

Our Adobe InDesign - Introduction training course is aimed at new and novice users of InDesign. By the end of the course you will be able to confidently create new or modify existing InDesign documents.

No previous experience of InDesign is required; however some experience of a word processing or desktop publishing package would be an advantage.

What will I get out of it?

By the end of this Adobe InDesign training course you will be able to:

• Create and modify InDesign documents
• Use the InDesign graphics tools
• Place Word, Excel and graphic files
• Manipulate text by applying styles
• Create and apply master pages
• Create object libraries
• Produce a sophisticated brochure for output to print

Versions available

CS3, CS4, CS5

Related courses in our range

• Adobe Photoshop - Essentials
• Adobe Illustrator - Introduction
• Adobe DreamWeaver Module 1 & 2
• Adobe Acrobat Writer - Creating and Managing PDFs
• HTML

What does it cover?

Introducing InDesign

• The work area, toolbox and palettes
• Opening files
• Navigation techniques
• Saving and closing files
• File export

Setting up a document

• Document creation
• Working with guides, grids and master pages

Shapes and frames

• Drawing and editing shapes and frames
• Filling objects with colour and gradients
• Stroking shapes and transforming objects
• Using the Pen tool
• Compound paths, shapes and text outlines

Textual content

• Creating text frames
• Entering text and special characters
• Text editing
• Using the story editor text frame options
• Using find/change and the spell checker

Formatting Text

• Using character and paragraph palettes
• Using drop caps
• Optical margin alignment

Working with styles

• Using character and paragraph styles
• Nesting styles
• Keyboard shortcuts
• 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
• Creating layers
• Moving and copying objects between layers
• Merging and deleting layers

Special effects

• Creating and handling transparency
• Using feathering
• Drop shadows and corner effects

Tables

• Creating tables and adding content
• Inserting and deleting rows and columns
• Formatting tables

Object libraries

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

Preflighting and printing

• Checking the integrity of a document
• Using the package command and the print menu