Affinity Publisher Training Course for Beginners
Hands‑on Affinity Publisher training for beginners. Learn to design professional layouts, brochures, flyers, newsletters and more for print and digital, with flexible online or UK‑wide onsite sessions.
Affinity Publisher Training for Beginners (UK‑Wide & Online)
Hands‑on Affinity Publisher training for beginners — learn to design professional layouts, brochures, flyers, newsletters and more using Affinity Publisher, the powerful desktop publishing tool for print and digital media. This practical, trainer‑led course helps you go from complete novice to confident content creator, whether you’re working in marketing, design, publishing or running a small business
Why learn Affinity Publisher?
Affinity Publisher is a modern desktop publishing application ideal for creating professional‑quality layouts and publications without the complexity or cost of other software. From simple flyers and social media graphics to multi‑page brochures and business documents, Affinity Publisher gives you the tools to:
Set up and manage print and digital layouts
Work with text, images and colour with precision
Create consistent, branded documents using master pages and styles
Export ready‑to‑print PDFs or digital output for web and online publishing
Build reusable templates for ongoing use or client work
Whether you’re stepping up from basic design tools or switching from other desktop publishing software, Affinity Publisher training gives you confidence with layouts and publishing workflows from day one
Who is this Affinity Publisher Training Course is for?
This Affinity Publisher beginners course is ideal if you are:
Completely new to Affinity Publisher
A business owner creating promotional material
A marketer or content creator producing professional documents
An administrator or office professional responsible for brochures, newsletters or reports
A designer transitioning from other software like InDesign
No prior layout or publishing experience is needed — the course starts at the beginning and builds the skills you need to work confidently with text, images, colour and layout tools
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What will you learn on this Publisher Course?
In this beginner-friendly Affinity Publisher training you’ll gain the essential skills to create professional layouts and documents with confidence.
You’ll learn how to navigate the interface, set up pages with margins, grids, and bleed, and manage text, images, and colour. The course will also guide you through creating new and working with existing templates to formatting and preparing documents for print or digital publishing. By the end of the training, you’ll be able to produce polished brochures, flyers, newsletters, and multi-page documents ready for any project.
Key skills you’ll master include:
Navigating the Affinity Publisher interface, tools, and panels
Creating and managing documents with correct margins, grids, and bleed
Working with text — frames, linking, styles, kerning, and paragraph control
Placing and managing images, resizing, and wrapping text effectively
Using colour, swatches, fills, and strokes for consistent branding
Building master pages and reusable templates for headers, footers, and repeating elements
Aligning and distributing objects using guides and grids
- Publish to print and digital /PDF
Bite Size & Half Day Sessions for Online Publisher Training Courses
Short Affinity Publisher Training Sessions – Bitesized
Already proficient with Affinity Publisher but you’ve got a specific issue? Perhaps you need to create and work with a Book panel compilation, have to trouble-shoot paragraph styles or need to generate an automatic table of contents?
We offer short bite-sized training sessions that focus on specific Publisher problems. Depending on the content to be covered bitesized Training is available in both 2 hour sessions or half day training Affinity Publisher workshops.
How Publisher Training Works - Onsite and Online Courses
Virtual, online Affinity Publisher Training Courses
Our online beginner training is delivered live with an expert instructor, using Zoom, Teams, Google Meet or your preferred platform. You’ll work in real time with screen share, chat and interactive guidance — just like being in a traditional classroom
Sessions available 24/7, including evenings and weekends
Live, hands‑on instruction tailored to your pace and projects
Ideal for remote learners across the UK and beyond
Onsite Affinity Publisher Training Courses - UK Wide
Our online beginner training is delivered live with an expert instructor, using Zoom, Teams, Google Meet or your preferred platform. You’ll work in real time with screen share, chat and interactive guidance — just like being in a traditional classroom
Sessions available 24/7, including evenings and weekends
Live, hands‑on instruction tailored to your pace and projects
Ideal for remote learners across the UK and beyond
Affinity Publisher Training Course FAQ
How do Online Affinity Publisher Training Courses work?
Our online Adobe Photoshop Courses run virtually with a live instructor giving you direct contact with them throughout the training via video, chat & screen share.
We run this online training via all the most popular video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams, Google and WebEx. It’s your choice which one you prefer.
Do you record the Photoshop Courses?
We do but due to privacy issues are only able to record for individual or closed company sessions
24 /7 Hour Training
Online training is available on a 24 /7 basis including overnight and during weekends.
Pre-Course Chat
Once the course is booked in we organise a voice call /online meeting to discuss the course content and structure ensuring the training goes smoothly.
All our digital design courses are available online.
How do Onsite Affinity Publisher Training Courses work?
Our Onsite Training Affinity courses are hosted on your premises across the UK.
Super flexible booking dates which work to your schedule.
The training course is focused entirely upon you and your company requirements and can be tailored to suit you.
Tailored Affinity Courses
We are happy to tailor the Affinity Publisher content to suit you.
The trainer comes direct to you so there’s no travelling involved for you or your team saving them travel and expenses.
Pre-Course Meeting
Once the course is booked we organise an online chat with your trainer to discuss the content and any logistics involved in the course.
What other Affinity Training Courses are available?
Courses are available across the Affinity Suite ranging from introduction and advanced through to group workshops and one to one sessions.
Take your Affinity Publisher Introduction Course further on our Affinity Publisher Advanced Course and learn how to work with and automate long documents and electronic publications.
Affinity Publisher Advanced Training
With Affinity Photo Training learn to enhance, retouch and publish photographs to print or digital. From downloading your images through to publishing in print or digital our Affinity Beginners Course guides you step by step through the photo process.
Affinity Photo Training for Beginners
Work with vector artwork to create and design logos, infographics, charts and other artwork:
Certificate and Post Course Support
Is there a Certificate?
Each delegate receives a certificate of completion by email upon completing the course
What post course support do I get?
We offer full training support for one year from the date of the course. This is usually via email, a short video recording of the issue or it there’s a more complex problem then a face to face meeting with your course trainer via Zoom or Teams.
24 /7 and Weekend Affinity Training
Because of the flexibility of online training 24 /7 and Weekend Affinity Publisher Training can be arranged.
The courses run on any time zone, evenings, overnight and during the weekend.
What areas are covered for Onsite Affinity Publisher Training?
We travel the length and breadth of the UK, most major cities, towns and their surrounding areas including Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Liverpool, Chester, Oxford, Cambridge to deliver your Affinity Course at your premises. Please get in touch to discuss availability in your area.
Who is the Affinity Publisher Training for?
Our Affinity Publisher Training for beginners is ideal for anyone completely new to the software or with some basic knowledge.
It’s popular with many people including marketing, design, education, content creators, administrators and anyone designing and publishing documents.
It is particularly popular with small business owners and freelancers looking for an alternative to other software.
If you feel this might be the right desktop publishing course for you why not get in touch for an informal chat about how this course can be tailored for your company
Are Online Tailored Affinity Training Courses available?
Absolutely yes they are.
Both the Onsite and Online Affinity training sessions can be tailored specifically around you. We usually organise an online meeting or voice call prior to the training to discuss the course content and structure of the day.
What do you learn on this Affinity Publisher Training course?
Workspace overview, Navigating the interface, toolbars, panels, and Persona modes.
Document setup, Creating new documents, page sizes, margins, bleed, and master pages.
Working with text, Adding text frames, linking frames across pages, applying styles, and formatting.
Working with images, Placing, resizing, cropping, wrapping text around images.
Page layout basics, Using grids, guides, rulers, and alignment tools.
Typography fundamentals, Fonts, spacing, kerning, leading, and paragraph settings.
Using color and swatches, Applying fills, strokes, gradients, and creating swatches.
Master pages, Setting up consistent headers, footers, and page numbering.
Preflight and export, Checking for errors, exporting to PDF, and preparing files for print or digital.
How to Book this Affinity Publisher Training Course
Booking with us
Please get in touch with us via the online booking form.
Our Contact Form for Publisher Training
We’ll get in touch and send the details of booking reservation, find out your timeframe for training and then send across dates.
Once the booking is confirmed we then organise a pre-course call /meeting to discuss the course and any logistics around the day.
Payment
Payment for training is via BACS or Credit Card
Credit Card payment is via Stripe
*Greta Powell Training Ltd does not collect or store your card details.
Purchase Orders
We accept purchase orders from UK registered companies and the public sector.
Affinity Publisher Training Course for Beginners - Course Content
Meeting Affinity Publisher
The Affinity Persona’s
The Affinity Interface /Panels /Tools
Navigating & Viewing Documents
Affinity Preferences
Affinity Publisher & Artwork
Creating & Working with Image Frames
Place Images
Image File Formats (PSD, TIFF, PNG, JPEG)
Image Frame Properties
Resource Manager /Placing & Embedding Images
Inserting Special Characters
Affinity Publisher & Colour
Working with Colour /Colour Modes /Colour Tints
Accurate Colour /Colour Panel
Using Colour Panel’s Selector
Colour Selection Properties
Colour Swatches
Affinity Publisher Documents
Creating Documents /Using Preset Documents
Setting Printer Marks
Master Pages /Pages
Facing Pages
Affinity Publisher Text Formatting
Changing fonts /font pairings
Text Traits
Spacing
Alignment
Affinity Publisher Text Wrap
Text meets Images
Placing Images for Wrapping
Text Wrap Styles
Distance from Text (Outset)
Wrap Outlines
Affinity Publisher & Text
Creating & working with Text Frames
Text Threading
Overset Text
Paragraph & Character Styles
Place Text
Affinity Publisher & Shapes
Working with Publisher Shapes
Shape Fill & Stroke
Selecting /Resizing /Rotating Shapes
Shape Transformations
Align & Distribute Shapes
Affinity Exporting & Publishing
Publishing to Print or Digital
Exporting to PDF
(Print PDF /Interactive PDF)
