Adobe InDesign
DM03
Duration: 2 Days 10.30am – 3.30pm
Award: Certificate
Location: London Bridge
Price:
£522
Duration: 2 Day 10.30am – 3.30pm
Award: Certificate
Location: Remote
Price:
£522
The two day Adobe InDesign course is certified and authorised by Adobe and is designed to help you to create beautiful layouts and highly sophisticated professional documents. The training is designed to give you a comprehensive and practical working knowledge of Adobe InDesign. InDesign is the premium software for anyone looking to create beautiful magazines, newsletters, reports, and other publications.
Day one of the course concentrates on building a document layout from scratch. Day two will explore more advanced layout and typographical controls, clipping paths, working with layers, creating multipage documents, and using Live PreFlight for trouble-free production and printing. This course will give you an excellent grounding in Adobe InDesign.
This is an introductory course for those new to page layout software and InDesign. Previous experience of Adobe InDesign is not needed to attend this course.
*This course runs very regularly. For dates please call 020 7221 3399
On This Course You Will Learn
Day One
Introducing the InDesign interface
Changing the look and feel of InDesign — workspaces and interface options
Introducing InDesign preferences
Understanding application and document-wide preferences
Using essential shortcuts
Creating a new document
Navigating the New Document dialogue box
Choosing a document destination—Print, Web or Mobile
Saving and accessing presets
Using Adobe-provided templates
Creating and using frames
Placing text
Selecting and editing text
Placing graphics and images
Using the Content Indicator
Saving an InDesign document
Managing Fonts
Handling missing fonts
Using the Font Favourites feature
Filtering Fonts by Class
Choosing Similar Fonts
Formatting copy
Character-level formatting
Paragraph-level formatting
Using the Eyedropper tool
Working with styles
Introducing Object styles
Introducing Character and Paragraph styles
Creating and applying styles
Editing styles
Loading attributes from other documents
Highlighting and removing style overrides
Working with graphics
An overview of different file formats
Introduction to image resolution
Placing multiple graphics and images
Understanding the Links panel
Using the Info panel
Linking versus embedding assets
Handling missing and modified assets
An introduction to the Auto-fit functions
Understanding colour
Using stroke and fill options
Creating colour swatches
Creating and applying tints
Sampling colours from images
Questions and answers
Day One
Managing your Assets
Creating an Object Library
Introduction to CC Libraries
Using Layout controls
Using rulers, grids and guides
Smart guides and smart spacing
Using layers effectively
Understanding the notion of Gridify
Introducing the Align Panel
Selecting, arranging and grouping objects
Editing copy
Using the Story Editor
Introducing Find/Change
Using the Spell Checker
Working with Master Pages
Introducing the Pages panel
Creating and editing Masters
Applying Master Pages
Auto-numbering pages
Adjusting margins and columns
Introducing Numbering and Section options
Targeting pages and spreads
Working with transparency
Introducing the Effects panel
Applying transparency
Transforming objects
Scaling objects vs contents
Transforming objects
Fine-Tuning your text
Threading and unthreading Text frames
Multi-column Text frames
Insetting copy within a Text frame
Controlling the vertical position of the copy within a Text frame
Wrapping text around images
Exporting Your Document
Exporting as a PDF
Using pre-defined PDF presets
Using Live PreFlight
Packaging files for hand-off
Recognition
The Certificate is approved and recognised by the: Continuing Professional Development (CPD): www.cpduk.co.uk
Award
CPD-Approved LSPR Professional Development Certificate: Adobe Indesign. The Certificate is awarded with a Pass, Merit or Distinction.
Assessment
The final Certificate award will be based on the following:
Critical Thinking Exercises set and completed during the training - a series of practical exercises are set for each session for the delegates to work on during their training. This is an effective way to try out what you have been learning and gain insight and feedback, as you progress with each session during the course.
Bespoke Availability
To meet your team’s specific needs, this course is also offered as a bespoke exclusive programme. It is also offered on a one-to-one tailored basis. Delivery options are either in-house, or at the LSPR premises in Kensington. Please contact LSPR for a quote.
Need more information about this course?
Call us on 020 7221 3399 or Email Us.
*One-to-one and small groups training sessions: duration may be subject to minor time alterations
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Testimonials
The London Clinic"Very good at going through the different parts of InDesign and showing us different ways of creating a project. I liked that there was a big screen showing the trainer's screen. "