InDesign Interactive PDF Training

This InDesign Interactive PDF Training shows how to create visually appealing and professional presented interactive .PDF documents. You learn how to create, edit and publish a wide variety of interactive files such as manuals, tenders and presentations from existing or new documents.

This is available both onsite at your premises across the UK or as live Online Training.

The InDesign Interactive PDF training is ideal for company groups, workshops, team roll outs and 121 sessions for anyone wanting to learn how to work with the PDF elements in the software.

This InDesign Interactive Course will show you step by step how to create and design compelling and visually effective content for the digital and social media distribution online.

This is a trainer led course consisting of a mix of onscreen consisting of a mixture of onscreen demonstrations, discussions and hands on exercises. 

The type of document you might create on your InDesign Training could be an interactive presentation, an online PDF publication, visual light boxes (using object states) for image collections.

As the course progresses you will work with a variety of different features including media (video & audio), multi state objects to create visual light-boxes, navigation elements such as buttons and hyperlinks.

This course follows exactly the same format as the onsite one. All the Online Adobe Courses are delivered with a live InDesign Instructor via video conferencing software such Zoom, Teams or WebEx as one to one sessions and company groups.

Because this is live Online InDesign PDF training we are able to offer this on a 24 /7 basis. It can be delivered at any time of day /night or over the weekend for your convenience. Bite sized InDesign Training chunks are also available if you just need to prep on specific areas.

You have live contact with your instructor throughout the training course and can both view their screen and share your own in real time. All the courses featured on the website are available as online training.

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The course assumes you have knowledge of working with InDesign either from an InDesign Introduction Course or from the workplace and can be combined with our InDesign Introduction Course.

Learn to create, edit and republish interactive files such as digital documents and interactive presentations using InDesign.  This InDesign Interactive Course shows you how to re-purpose existing documents or create documents from scratch to produce a wide variety of PDF files including corporate literature such as reports, newsletters, e-shots and brochures. The PDF training also includes forms for data collection.

You will learn step by step how to publish effective PDF content for print and digital publications. It is a trainer led course with a multi approach of hands on exercises, discussions and examples. 

  • Create & Prepare an InDesign document for PDF Export
  • Interactive Panel
  • Add Navigation, Buttons & Hyperlinks
  • Work with Images & Image Manipulation
  • Add Video, Video Properties
  • Add Rich Media Content
  • Add Social Media Content
  • Work with Object States
  • Add Interactive Forms
  • Export & Publish Interactive Content
  • Publish Online

 

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An in-house (onsite) InDesign PDF training course for large team roll outs, 121 sessions, company groups /workshops.

There are a number of benefits to onsite courses but the main ones are:

  • The InDesign Training is designed around you and your team

  • No traveling involved for you or your team saving travel & expenses and also more environmentally friendly

  • It is cheaper than traditional training especially for groups as its not a set per person price

  • The approach is focused specifically on you and your specific needs this is not a generic one size fits all course. 

  • From the point of booking to after course support you will be in direct contact with the trainer

  • InDesign course is tailored to suit you /or your team

  • Flexible dates & times to suit you

Our Adobe InDesign PDF Interactive Training is delivered UK wide including the Midlands and all major cities such as Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, London, Hereford, Preston, York, Leeds, Sheffield, Oxford, Cheltenham, Chester, Crewe

InDesign Interactive PDF Training - Overviews

InDesign PDF – Getting Started

Setting Interactive Workspace

Overview of PDF

PDF Structure

Understanding PDF Interactive Limitations

InDesign Interactive Panel

InDesign Interactive PDF Buttons

Create & Design Buttons

Button Events

Button Actions

Use Images as Buttons

Buttons & Object States

InDesign Interactive PDF Rich Media – Video

Inserting Video

Video Options

Setting Video Controllers 

Posters

Navigation Points

Video from URL

File Format

InDesign PDF Documents

Setting up .PDF

Pixel v Print Layout

Print / Interactive

Re-purposing InDesign Documents for PDF

InDesign Interactive PDF Forms

Creating Forms

Forms & Buttons Panel

Object >Interactive Menu

Adding Form Fields
Drop Down, Lists, Text Entry
Radio, Check, Combo etc

Creating an Interactive PDF Slideshow

Designing Slideshows

Using Multi State Buttons

Image Considerations

Slideshow Navigation

InDesign PDF Navigation

Setting Hyperlinks

Link To : Links, Destinations & Location

Setting Link Style & Appearance

InDesign PDF Interactive States

Creating a Multi State Object

Naming & Formatting Multi States

Releasing & Resetting States

Creating an Interactive PDF Brochure

Add Hyperlinks /Buttons to PDF Brochure

Insert Rich Media to PDF Brochure

Add Page Transitions

Include Interactive PDF Form

PDF Animation

Set Animation

Events & Timings

Animation Properties

Motion Paths

Animation Order

Animation & Group

InDesign Interactive PDF Rich Media – Audio

Inserting Audio

Concealing Audio

Controlling Audio

File Formats

Export to PDF

Export to PDF Print

Export to PDF Interactive