Affinity Publisher Training Course for Beginners
Online Affinity Publisher Courses
This online Affinity Publisher Training Course for Beginners will teach you how to create spreads and layouts for print or digital use. These are trainer-led interactive Publisher courses where you’ll learn to create and design newsletters, brochures, flyers, social media posts and more.
Onsite Affinity Publisher Courses
Onsite Affinity Publisher training courses are hosted on your premises at times and dates to suit you.
We travel UK-wide including cities and towns as far apart as Blackpool, Birmingham, Oxford and Newmarket.
Introduction to Affinity Publisher Training Course
Our Introduction to Affinity Publisher Training Course is ideal for anyone new to the world of publishing design. It begins at the very beginning and then shows how layouts are constructed and designed using text, images, colour and other tools and techniques.the course you’ll learn to design a number of different publications starting with basic flyers then as the course progresses newsletters, brochures and other documents.
Affinity Publisher and Company Branding
With the importance of branding we cover building colour swatch panels, developing type and text styles (character & paragraph), using Master Pages /Presets for accurate layout.
Online Affinity Publisher Training Course for Beginners
Affinity Publisher Intro Training
The Online Affinity Publisher Courses run on most video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams and Google.
Online Affinity courses are available on a 24 /7 basis including weekends and evenings for all timezones.
Bite-sized Affinity Publisher Training Sessions
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.
Advanced Affinity Publisher Training Courses
Onsite Affinity Publisher Training Courses
Face to Face
Onsite Affinity Publisher Training
No need to move in the morning or the evening for that matter. We come directly to your at times and dates that work for you.
The Publisher Courses are available for one to one sessions, closed company groups or larger webinar training sessions.
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)
