Adobe InDesign Advanced Training Course
Advanced Adobe InDesign Training Courses
The Adobe InDesign Advanced Training Course takes a deep dive into the advanced features of the software. It bridges the gap between print and digital by covering the interactive PDF side plus long document handling for print or digital output.
In short it covers:
- Long document handling for tenders, reports, books, catalogues
- Data Merge and Scripts to automate documents
- Adobe Interactive PDF’s for fillable forms, digital portfolios, interactive menus, presentations, and dynamic eBooks
- Connect to MS Office /import Word and Excel files /dynamic linking to Excel Charts
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Virtual Online InDesign Training or Onsite
Our Adobe InDesign Advanced Course is delivered virtually as an Online Adobe InDesign Interactive Training session with a live instructor via Zoom, Teams or Google.
If you prefer an face to face Adobe session then it can also be delivered onsite at your premises.
Because of the flexibility of In-house & Online Adobe InDesign Training these courses are ideal as one to one sessions or for larger company groups looking for greater flexibility with both course content and dates.
What will you learn?
This advanced InDesign training focuses on upskilling those already using the software with a far more indepth skill-set.
Delegates learn how to manage complex documents professionally and reduce manual formatting errors.
Your team will gain practical, business-ready skills including:
Design and apply reusable templates to streamline corporate document workflows.
Create consistent layouts using paragraph and character styles for reports, brochures, and proposals.
Manage images and graphics efficiently for both print and digital outputs.
Build master pages and grids to standardise team documents and reduce errors.
Automate repetitive tasks such as data merges and batch exports to save time.
Export press-ready PDFs and optimised digital files tailored for your company’s needs.
Implement team-friendly workflows that improve productivity and maintain brand consistency.
Troubleshoot common InDesign issues to ensure smooth document production.
- Interactive PDF’s create, edit and publish interactive documents with rich media, video, audio, animation and design multimedia magazines, reports and marketing materials
Flexible Adobe InDesign Advanced Training Courses
We know it’s difficult to find the right course for an Adobe InDesign Advanced Training Course.
We offer flexibility with advanced InDesign Course content – the course overviews are only a guide
Get in touch with us to discuss your advanced InDesign Training needs
Adobe InDesign Advanced Training FAQs
How do Online InDesign Advanced Courses work
Online Virtual InDesign Advanced Courses are delivered with a live instructor.
They are available as one to one sessions or to closed company groups
Because it is virtual online training this InDesign Course can be delivered literally at any time of the day 24/7, overnight and during weekends.
You will have live contact with the instructor throughout your training and be able to share both your screen and see theirs in real time.
All the courses featured on the website are available as online training.
How do Onsite Adobe InDesign Training Courses work?
From the very first point of contact the Adobe Course is about you and your company
- There is no travelling for you or your team saving travel, hotel and any additional expenses
- It is cheaper than traditional training – you are paying for the trainer directly
- Nothing about our Adobe Training Courses is generic.
- Prior to the InDesign Course we discuss your aims, content preferences & knowledge
- The Advanced InDesign Course is tailored to suit you and your team
- Flexible dates & times to suit you
- Full after course support for as long as you need it.
Find out more about Onsite Advanced InDesign Training Course
This InDesign Course content takes between one and two days depending on the amount of people sitting on the training – for one person a day usually suffices but for small groups of between 4 and 6 people two days is more realistic.
It is available as Online InDesign Training or Onsite InDesign Training and is perfect for both company courses or individual sessions.
Weekend & 24 /7 Training Courses
We run online training courses on a 24 /7 basis including evenings, overnight and at weekends. We are also able to split full day courses up into 1/ 2 day sessions during these times.
Who attends Adobe InDesign Advanced Courses?
Over the years the course has been delivered to a wide range of delegates including marketeers, designers, content creators, educators, publishing, administration, construction, finance to name a few.
Being an advanced course it has been popular with people working with long documents such as tenders, novels, academia and publishing in general.
Many of our clients prefer to tailor their own Adobe courses and to mix and match content from our other courses to create a totally bespoke InDesign Course.
Other popular InDesign Courses:
Added Bonus about Online InDesign Courses
An added bonus of our online courses is there’s no travel involved meaning less stress on the planet so environmentally it makes great sense.
No fighting traffic or public transport just get up, have tea /coffee, something to eat, turn on the computer and we’ll be there ready to deliver your course.
And by the way we don’t mind if you’re wearing your Jim-Jams or last nights lop-sided party hat.
All our digital design courses are available online. If you have any questions about any of our Online Adobe Training courses please do not hesitate to pick up the phone or drop us an email.
What do you learn on the Adobe InDesign Advanced Course?
On this course you will learn the more complex features and techniques inside InDesign. Being an advanced level course it is extremely flexible and content can be very variable.
As with all our courses we organise a meeting online prior to the course to discuss both the training content and logistics of the day. Our full outline is available at the bottom of the screen but some of the things you will cover are:
- Work with Parent Pages & Multiple Parent Pages
- Working with Long Documents
- Create Skeleton Document & Structure
- Work with the Book Panel
- Generate & Edit Indexes
- Generate & Edit Table of Contents
- Handle Complex Images (Complex Text Wraps, Linking and Updating)
- Import Text & Styles from Microsoft Word
- Import Data from Excel Spreadsheets
- Mapping Styles between Adobe & Microsoft
- Overprinting, Overprint & Separations Preview Panels
- Working with InDesign’s Interactive Panel
- Export to Interactive PDF (Optional)
Who is the InDesign Training for?
For this advanced course you will need to have a very firm grasp on InDesign and how the software works.
The course focuses on long documents such as financial reports, novels, catalogues and brochures so is absolutely perfect for anyone who has to work with long and very complex documents.
These would include document production specialists, publishing teams, self publishers, publishers, Bid /Tender writers, authors or anyone with working with larger and more awkward documents.
How to Book your Adobe InDesign Advanced 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 sector.
Adobe InDesign Advanced Course - Overview
Workspace Management
Panels & Organisation
View Options
Editing Existing Work-spaces
Creating a Custom Workspace
InDesign Data Merge
Create a Data Merge Document
Setting a Data Source
Data Source Fields & Records
Data Merge Panel
Setting Image Fields in Data Source
Data Fields
QR Codes
Advanced Object Styles
One Object – One Click Format
Designing Object Styles for Text Frame
Designing Object Styles for Graphic Frame
Basic Attributes
Effects For Object
InDesign & Styles
Advanced Paragraph & Character Styles
Working with Advanced Styles
Nested Styles
Next Style, Based ON
Advanced Character Formats
Tabs
GREP Styles
InDesign & Tables
Designing a Table in InDesign
Editing a Table in InDesign
Working with Rows & Columns
Table Options /Cell Options
Alternating Fills /Stokes
Using Greps (Global Regular Expression Print)
Inserting Greps
Creating New Greps Styles
Grep Searching
Creating /Executing Grep Queries
Parent Pages & Pages
Parent & Child Pages
Over-riding Parent Pages Objects
Working with Shuffle Spreads
Numbering & Sections
InDesign & Advanced Colour
Swatch Review
Working with Ink Manager
Working with Mixed Ink
InDesign & Text Variables
What are Variables?
The Variables Built-in Library
Applying & Editing Variables
InDesign Automation
TOC’s
Advanced TOC’s
TOC Styles
Indexing
Index Topics /References
Creating & Updating Reference
Working with Images & Type
Handling Photoshop Clipping Paths
Handling Photoshop Channels
Working with Anchored Objects
Tolerance & Threshold
Text Wrapping
Wrap & Contour Options
InDesign & PDF Print Export
Understand PDF Export
PDF Presets
PDF Accessibility
Printers Marks
Colour Export
Security Settings
Onsite Adobe Training Locations
We travel UK wide visiting towns and cities as far apart as York and Bedford, Rugby, Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham and Cheltenham.
