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  • Introduction to Adobe InDesign Training

    Adobe InDesign Training Coventry

     

    Adobe InDesign Training Courses in CoventryOur Adobe InDesign Training Coventry training courses are ideal for clients looking for onsite design training across the Warwickshire region.

     

    We run a range of onsite Adobe Courses in Coventry including Photoshop Training, Illustrator Training, Premiere Pro Training, After Effects Training amongst others. These Creative Cloud run at all levels from introduction to to advanced and can also be tailored to your company.

     

    Online InDesign Training Training Courses via Zoom or Teams

     

    As well as delivering InDesign training courses across Coventry this introduction to InDesign Course is also available online with a live instructor via Zoom, Google, Teams or Webex. 

     

    On this course you’ll learn how to create and design various documents including flyers, brochures, info-graphics and marketing materials for print /web output. These InDesign Beginners Courses can be tailored  specifically to your criteria and content.

     

    As well as our Onsite InDesign Training we host Onsite InDesign Courses UK wide so please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to find out how we can with your InDesign Training requirements.

     

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    What do you learn on this Adobe InDesign Training Course?

     

    Onsite InDesign Training Courses Midlands & UK wide. Online InDesign TrainingYou will learn how to create spreads and layouts from scratch and how to edit existing InDesign documents. We appreciate that many people inherit files from earlier times so we cover how to update and edit text and images in those documents. During the course you’ll work with a variety of different documents including flyers, newsletters, brochures, social media design and produce publications for both digital media and print.

     

    The course shows how to design, edit and produce professional publications and the importance of incorporating brand into your work.

     

    We work with colour, images and logos to make sure each InDesign document is professionally output to print by working with print press and colour management. Right from the start you will learn how to set up documents using printer marks, page setup and understand print terminology such as slug and bleed. 

     

    You will then set up documents using text and images to build your page content. Depending on your document criteria InDesign provides different ways to work with text and you will find out how to place, thread and manipulate text using styles and format options. 

     

    You will work with both photos and vector artwork during the course and learn how to precisely position images in InDesign text and also apply various text wrapping options to add design impact to the document.

     

    As part of the course take a very light look at Photoshop where you will learn to crop, resize, remove white backgrounds on images for use in InDesign. Finally when all content has been added, edited and enhanced and preflight checks have been completed the documents will be published to print or exported to PDF.

     

    A full InDesign Course content overview is available at the bottom of this page but in brief you will learn how to:

     

    • Create New & Edit Existing Documents
    • Work with Grids & Guides for Precise Layout
    • Work with Type 
    • Text Frame Flow
    • Paragraph & Character Formatting
    • Digital Design /PDF
    • Placing & Manipulating Images
    • Smart Layouts
    • Text Wrapping
    • Colour
    • Strokes & Fills
    • Print & PDF 

     

    Who is this InDesign Introduction Training Course for?

     

    InDesign Beginners Course in CoventryThis is perfect for complete beginners to InDesign or those with limited knowledge looking to refresh their existing skills. It is perfect for anyone who needs to upgrade their skills for a new position or to learn it for education or business. 

     

    It’s currently very popular with small business owners, the construction industry, designers and most other industries. 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.

     

    How does Online Adobe InDesign Training work?

     

    Online Virtual InDesign Training CoursesOur Online InDesign Training Courses are delivered virtually to you at a time and date to suit your diary. 

     

    All of our virtual InDesign training runs with a live instructor who you can interact with throughout your course via video, chat and sharing screens in real time. All our digital design courses are available online. 

     

    Do you run InDesign Training Courses at the weekends?
     

    Our Online InDesign Courses are available on any time zone so we can offer 24 hour availability and over the weekend. 

     

    We run our online training sessions via the most popular video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams, Google and WebEx. It’s your choice which one you prefer.

     

    We are happy to record your training session for you to refer back to after the training. 

     

    Added Bonus about Online Training Courses
     

    Adobe Creative Cloud Training 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 and something to eat, turn on the computer and we’ll be there ready to deliver your course.

     

    And by the way we don’t care 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 get in touch for an informal chat.

     

    Online InDesign Training Courses

     

    How does onsite Adobe InDesign Training Coventry based work?

     

    This InDesign training is also hosted on your premises for either individuals or small company groups.  You benefit from this more personal approach to InDesign training as:

     

    • The training is focused entirely on your and your company requirements
    • No traveling involved for you or your team
    • The approach is focused specifically on you and your specific needs this is not a generic one size fits all course. 
    • Prior to the training we organise a meeting to discuss the course and then tailor it to suit you /your team.
    • Flexible dates and times to suit you

     

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    Introduction to Adobe InDesign Training - Overviews

    Starting out with InDesign

    • Create & Save a Document
    • New Document Setup
      bleed, slug, columns, page size, presets
    • Working with Templates & Existing Files
    • Print, Web & Mobile Setup

     

    InDesign Overview

    • Tools Panel
    • Properties Panel
    • InDesign Features

     

    Layers Panel

    • Layer Pane
    • Working with Layers
    • Adding, Deleting & Shuffling Layers

     

    Working with Type

    • Text Frames
    • Placing & Threading Text
    • Placing Text from MS Word
    • Special Characters
    • Spell Check

     

    InDesign & Typography

    • Working with Type
    • Formatting Type
    • Type and the Properties Pane
      tracking, kerning, leading, indentation
      space before, space after

     

    InDesign Frames & Selection Tools

    • Text & Graphics Frames in InDesign
    • Transforming InDesign Frames
    • InDesign Frame Corners

     

    InDesign Type Styles

    • Working with and understanding Styles
    • Paragraph & Character Styles
    • Paragraph & Character Style Properties
    • Mapping Styles to External Software
      ie. MS Word

    InDesign & Images

    • Placing Images
    • Sizing Images
    • Working with Graphic Frames
    • Image & Fitting Options
    • Images & Pathfinder
    • Image Links /Embedded Images
    • Image Roundtripping
    • Inline Graphics

     

    InDesign & Text Wrapping

    • Text Wrap Properties
    • Applying & Editing Text Wrap
    • Text Wrap Options
    • Text Wrap Outset

     

    InDesign & Colour

    • Colour Modes
      CMYK, RGB, Spot & Process Colours
      Pantones & Colour Books
    • Colour Harmony
    • Adding Colour to Fill & Stroke
    • Colour Pane
    • Gradient & Feather Gradient Tool

     

    InDesign Lists

    • Adding Bullets & Numbering
    • Formatting Bullets & Numbering
    • Styling Bullets
      horizontal & vertical spacing
    • Bullets with a Character Style

     

    Pages

    • Adding /Deleting /Moving Pages
    • Pages Pane /Master Pages /None
    • Page Numbers
    • Adding & Editing Master Pages

     

    CC Libraries

    • Creating a Library
    • Adding & Editing Library Assets
    • Sharing Libraries

    InDesign & Special Effects

    • Special Effects
      blend modes, opacity
    • FX Effects
      drop shadows, feather effects, gradients

     

     

    Preflight & Packaging 

    • Preflight Panel
    • Checking Document for Accuracy
    • Prefight Process
    • Setting Preferences for Print Agency
    • Package

     

    InDesign Export

    • Export for PDF Print
    • Export for Interactive Print
    • Working with /Understanding PDF Presets
    • Publish Online
    • Online PDF Distribution
    • Export in Image Format
      PNG, JPEG

     

    InDesign Interactive

    • Interactive Panel
    • Page Transitions
    • Hyperlinks
    • Navigation Buttons

     

    Working with Adobe Mobile

    • Adobe Comp
    • Adobe Capture

     

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