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Adobe InDesign Intermediate Training

Our Adobe InDesign Intermediate training course is designed for users who already understand the basics and want to work more confidently with longer, more complex documents. Delivered primarily through live online training, with tailored onsite options also available.

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Adobe InDesign Training Overview

A practical, hands-on course designed to help you work smarter and faster with longer and more complex documents. Suitable for individuals who already know the basics of InDesign.

Key Skills You Will Learn:
  • Master Multi-Page Workflows: Build confidence with advanced text handling and complex layouts.
  • Flexible Delivery: Live online training or tailored sessions at your premises across Derby, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and the Midlands.

Greta Powell Training Reviews

Intermediate Adobe InDesign Training Courses in the MidlandsAn excellent and informative course. The day was conducted at a good pace which let us ask many questions. The level was pitched at each of our abilities moving us on well with the training but flexible enough to adapt to our needs. Managing Editor

An excellent session which has helped enormously in filling in gaps in my InDesign knowledge.

We worked through all our agreed set criteria but at a managable pace. I believe the skills learnt on this course will allow me to continue more effectively than ever. Designer
Bloodstock News Team

Greta has trained me on two separate occasions on InDesign, once online and face-to-face, and both experiences were wonderful. 

Greta really helped with every question I had and still answers my questions even after the training ended. Alex, Marketing Team, Puragen, Sheffield

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Who is this InDesign Intermediate Course for?

This intermediate course is perfect if you already understand the basics of Adobe InDesign and want to expand your capabilities. 

It’s ideal for:

  • Designers and marketing professionals

  • Small business owners producing brochures, reports or manuals

  • Office teams creating multi-page documents

  • Anyone looking to improve efficiency and control of long documents

  • Users familiar with InDesign basics who want to accelerate their workflows

What you learn on this InDesign Intermediate Training

This course goes beyond the fundamentals to focus on advanced workflows and real-world document production. All skills are taught through guided, project-based exercises so you walk away confident and productive.

As well as learning about long document handling for brochures, books, large catalogues the course also covers Interactive PDF’s. 

  • Advanced Text Handling:
    Threaded text flows and complex layouts.

  • External Content Integration:
    Importing and managing Microsoft Word & Excel files.

  • Universal Style Mapping:
    Setting up and applying styles across massive documents.

  • Long Document Management:
    Creating & synchronising books, chapters, Tables of Contents
  • Advanced Asset Fitting:
    Professional Image Handling, links management & fitting

  • Interactive Panel Design:
    Build fully functioning interactive PDFs

  • Creative Cloud Integration:
    Utilise CC Libraries for assets, share asset libraries

  • Professional Output:
    Preflight, export and commercial print

Designing Rich Interactive PDFs & Forms in Adobe InDesign

  • Rich Media Integration, embed and control audio clips and video files.
  • Digital Forms & Input Fields, build fillable text areas, combo boxes, selectable checkboxes, and signature rows.
  • Advanced Button Interactions, assigning custom events, hover/rollover effects, and show/hide content commands to button triggers.
  • Seamless Document Navigation, setting up hyperlinked tables of contents, active bookmarks, and quick-jump index links.
  • Interactive Export, setting up optimisation panels, compressing multimedia assets

Live Online InDesign Intermediate Training

Our online sessions are delivered with a live instructor in real time, no pre-recorded lessons, so you can ask questions, share screens and work hands-on from your own computer.

Online training is flexible and can be scheduled:

  • Evenings and weekends

  • 24/7 where requested

  • As full day or half-day sessions

  • For individuals or small teams

The online format is perfect for remote learners, work-from-home professionals and busy business teams who need accessible, practical training.

More about InDesign Training FAQs

This Online Adobe InDesign Course is available with a virtual live instructor who you’ll have direct live contact with throughout your course via video, audio and screen sharing in real time.

All our digital design courses are available online virtually in video editing software such as Zoom, Teams, WebEX and Google.

24 /7 Online Adobe InDesignTraining

Because of the flexibility of virtual online courses training can be run on a 24 /7 basis including evenings, overnight and weekends.

1 /2 Day Bite Sized Virtual Online Training Sessions

Lots of people prefer to learn in shorter sessions so because of the flexibility with Online Training we can break full days training into managable half day chunks.

Please note we can only offer this for online training 

The onsite Adobe InDesign Courses are hosted on your premises to deliver the training.

We travel UK wide including most major towns, cities and their surrounding areas. 

The major benefit of onsite Adobe InDesign Training is that it has a far more personal approach than a traditional classroom delivery.

  • The course is focused entirely on you and your individual company requirements
  • There is no travelling involved for you or your team because the trainer comes directly to you. 
  • This is not a generic one size fits all course as training can be tailored to suit you
  • Dates and times are arranged to suit your schedule.

Pre-course online meeting /voice call

Prior to your training course we organise an online meeting to introduce your trainer and discuss the logistics, course content that works best for you and your team.

Tailored Adobe InDesign Training is perfect for private company courses, 121 sessions or larger team roll-outs. 

You can mix and match from any of our courses including mixing levels such as intro /intermediate etc and add and remove content to suit you.

Depending on the number of people attending the takes between 1 to 2 days and is ideal for anyone looking for a private training event.

Adobe InDesign Training Courses in Leicestershire

More effective and efficient workflows to speed up your working practice by using more in-depth tools and features.. Find out how to create longer documents such as brochures, magazines and more business focussed documents such as reports, manuals. 

The InDesign Course also shows how to bridge the gap between print & digital output using the Interactive panel and PDF options.

InDesign Intermediate Course Content in Brief

This course covers longer documents and the workflows needed to control them.

In brief you will cover the following content but a full overview is available at the bottom of the screen.

  • Advanced Text Handling & Text Flows (threaded text)
  • Importing External Copy
  • Mapping Styles (Word to InDesign)
  • Importing Microsoft Office Documents (Word & Excel)
  • Handling Long Documents
  • Create Book Files, Synchronise, TOCs across multiple files
  • Advanced Image Handling
  • InDesign Interactive Documents
  • PDF Presentations
  • Creative Cloud Libraries *Creative Cloud versions only
  • Export and Print

We do, we’re happy to record your Adobe InDesign training but unfortunately due to privacy issues can only offer this for 121 sessions and closed company groups.

Because of the flexibility of virtual online training all of the Online Adobe Training sessions run 24 /7, evenings, overnight and during the weekend.

*We can only offer this for virtual online training courses

We realise that not everyone likes to have all their training over full days so we can split the full days courses into 1 /2 day sessions.

*Unfortunately we are unable to offer this for our Onsite InDesign Courses

We run a wide range of courses but these are the most popular at the moment. 

This is a hands-on course which is ideal for anyone looking to increase both their design skills and also control the more complex workflows inside InDesign. 

It builds on current strengths and skill-sets and is always popular with marketeers, designers, small business owners, publishers and educators.

Booking with us

Please get in touch with us via the online booking form.

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 Intermediate Training - Overviews

Advanced Text Handling

Advanced Text Flow

Flowing Text from Frame to Frame

Flowing Text through Page Frames

Controlling Text Flow

Set Text Frame Options

Text Formatting

Editing Existing Text

Mapping Styles

Mapped styles from Word

Advanced Styling Techniques

Using & Working with Glyphs

Advanced Image Handling

Importing Images

Working with Clipping Paths

Working with Alpha Channels

User Edited Paths

Handling Long Documents

Creating & Editing Master Pages

Master Page Properties

Linking Master Page Elements

Footnotes / Endnotes

Text Variables

Different Sizing in Spreads

Spreads & Pages

InDesign Interactive Panel & PDF

InDesign PDF Interactive Documents

Create & Edit Buttons

Create & Edit Hyperlinks

Create & Edit Forms

Page Transitions

Export & Run Interactive PDF’s

Handling Images

Understanding Linked Images

Embedding Images

Relinking Images

Working with Links Panel

Creative Cloud Libraries

Creative Cloud Interactivity

Working with CC Libraries

Using Multiple CC Libraries

Collaborate using Libraries

Sharing Assets using CC Libraries

*InDesign CC Versions only

InDesign Automation

Creating a TOC

Creating & Updating Cross References

 Creating Indexes

 Hyperlinking Internally & Externally

 Books (optional)

Print & Export Output

PDF Exports

Presets & Creating PDF Presets

Interactive PDF’s

Preflight Panel

Prefight the documents