Adobe InDesign Intermediate Course
Onsite & Online Adobe InDesign Intermediate Training Courses
Our Adobe InDesign Intermediate Course is available onsite UK-Wide or virtually online via Zoom, Teams or Google. We offer super flexible training ranging from Intro to Advanced courses plus we organise short tailored InDesign training courses focusing on the tasks /topics /workflow you need to complete your work and layout projects.
Intermediate Adobe InDesign: Long Documents & Automation
Our Intermediate Adobe InDesign course is designed for users who already understand the basics and want to work more efficiently on complex, long-format documents. The course focuses on professional workflows used in real-world publishing, teaching you how to structure, automate, and manage large InDesign files using master pages, paragraph and character styles, templates, presets, and automation features.
Prerequisites
This course is intended for users who already have a working knowledge of Adobe InDesign. You should be comfortable creating basic layouts, working with text and images, and navigating the InDesign interface. Prior experience in a work, study, or design environment is recommended, as this course builds on foundational skills.
If you’re new to InDesign we recommend completing our Introduction to Adobe InDesign Course or get in touch with us to discuss a tailored InDesign Course first.
Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for InDesign users who are spending too much time manually formatting long documents and want a faster, more reliable way of working. It’s designed for professionals who need to maintain consistency, accuracy and control across large or complex publications and want to use automation features such as styles, tables of contents, and the Book panel with confidence.
It’s also perfect for anyone producing interactive digital documents, including PDFs with navigation or multimedia elements, who wants to combine professional design with interactive functionality.
Who will benefit the most?
Designers working with multi-page or multi-file InDesign projects
In-house teams responsible for structured, long-form documents
Professionals automating layouts with styles, TOCs, and the Book panel
Anyone creating interactive PDFs or digital publications with multimedia
Users ready to move beyond basic layouts into production-focused workflows
Why choose this course?
Our Intermediate Adobe InDesign course is practical, outcome-focused and tailored to real-world publishing needs. By completing this course you’ll be able to:
Work efficiently with long or multi-file documents using automation and styles
Produce consistent, professional layouts for print and interactive digital output
Save time with templates, presets, and the Book panel
Confidently create interactive PDFs with navigation, forms, and multimedia
Apply professional best-practice workflows used by designers and publishers
Training is delivered by experienced InDesign instructors and is available online, onsite, or as a flexible hybrid course, making it easy to fit professional development around your schedule.
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Adobe InDesign Intermediate Training Course FAQ's
How do Online Adobe InDesign Intermediate Training Courses work?
Our online Adobe InDesign 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 InDesign 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 evenings, 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 Adobe InDesign Intermediate Courses work?
Our Onsite Adobe InDesign Training Courses are hosted onsite on your premises UK wide including towns and cities as far apart as Hull, Luton, Huntingdon and all surrounding areas.
We provide flexibility with 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.
We are happy to tailor the InDesign Course 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.
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 InDesign Training Courses are available?
Who is this Adobe InDesign Intermediate Course for?
This course is ideal for anyone working with business documents such as tenders, business materials and reports. It gives the practical skills needed to work with more complex design and layout projects.
You do need to have prior experience of working in InDesign
Over time this particular course has been popular with businesses who work with documentation such as tenders, financial /annual reports who need control over their work.
We have delivered this to a wide variety of companies, from construction, finance, administration, HR, education, design, marketing and many more.
What do you learn on the Adobe InDesign Intermediate Course?
This course bridges the gap between print and digital output perfec. It’s perfect for anyone looking to create and edit long documents and design and publish PDF documents.
You will learn to multi-purpose documents for multiple destinations and create interactive documents and presentations.
This InDesign Training will show you to work with long complex documents using content from multiple InDesign files or importing from external software.
By using InDesigns Book Panel you will incorporate all related files to synchronise and restyle document content such as text, page numbering, colours etc with one click of the mouse.
Work with Bullets & Numbering to create unique bullet styles then learn how to apply multilevel bulleted /numbered lists across book documents just with a few mouse clicks.
1 /2 Day Online Adobe InDesign Courses
We appreciate not everyone likes a full days training and benefits from shorter learning blocks.
We can split full days training into half days over a period of time. For example two full days split into four half day sessions over a number of weeks.
Unfortunately we can only offer this for our virtual online Adobe Training sessions
24 /7 and Weekend Online Adobe InDesign Training
For online Adobe Training Courses we have 24 /7 training availability overnight and weekends.
Unfortunately we can only offer this for the virtual online Adobe Courses.
How to Book your Adobe InDesign Intermediate Course
Booking with us
Please get in touch with us via the online booking form or click to:
We will then get in touch and send the details of booking reservation and find out your timeframe for training.
We will 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 sec
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Adobe InDesign Intermediate Course Content
InDesign Advanced Text
Learn how to work smoothly and accurately with long text blocks /frames
Advanced Text Flow for long documents
Flowing Text from Frame to Frame
Flowing Text through Page Frames
Controlling Text Flow
Set Text Frame Options
Automate InDesign - TOC's, Books
Automate your long document by creating TOC’s, using Book Panel & Text Styles
Create & Edit Buttons /Hyperlinks
Insert Video & Audio
Page Transitions
Quick Export & Publish Online
Design Interactive PDF's in InDesign
Learn how to convert your InDesign books into professional print / interactive PDFs
Create & Edit Buttons /Hyperlinks
Insert Video & Audio
Page Transitions
Quick Export & Publish Online
Creative Cloud Libraries & Interactivity
Use libraries to share images, text and more across multiple Adobe apps.
Working with CC Libraries
Using Multiple CC Libraries
Collaborate using Libraries
Sharing Assets using CC Libraries
Extract from Images
InDesign Libraries & Adobe Capture
Handling Long Documents
Work & automate long documents quickly and easily
Creating & Editing Parent /Multi Pages
Parent Page Properties
Linking Parent Page Elements
Footnotes / Endnotes /Cross Refs & Hyperlinking
Text Variables
Images and the Links Panel
Keep your images up to date, find lost images using InDesigns Link Panel
Understanding Linked Images
Embedding Images
Relinking Images
Working with Links Panel
Exporting & Printing
Export high quality prints or export to Interactive PDF’s or static PDF for ebooks
Print to PDF
Preflight & Package
Print Booklets
InDesign & Bullets /Lists
Add and edit bullet points to long documents
Adding Bullet Points
Adjusting Bullet Points
Adding Character Styles
Creating Bullet /List Styles
Multiple Level Bullets /Lists
InDesign & Importing from Microsoft Office
Import text & styles into InDesign correctly to retain or map existing Word styles
Importing Content from Word
Mapping Word Styles to InDesign
InDesign Import Options
Preserve Styles & Formatting
Importing Data from Excel
Updating Data from Excel
Advanced Image Handling
Import & edit images directly in InDesign /Photoshop and add advanced text wraps
Importing Images
Working with Clipping Paths
Working with Alpha Channels
User Edited Paths
