Introduction to Adobe InDesign
Onsite InDesign Training Yorkshire includes York, Leeds, Harrogate, Rotherham, Huddersfield, Whitby and Bradford is available as an Introduction to InDesign Course delivered on your premises or as Online InDesign Training It is ideal for one to one sessions, company groups or large team roll-outs and perfect for anyone looking for a private professional InDesign training event.
On this Introduction to InDesign course you will learn the tools and features used in InDesign to create a variety of different spreads and layouts.
You will start by learning how to set up a document correctly for both print /web & mobile using document setup including columns and printers marks (Print).
The InDesign Training then moves forward by showing you how to build a document adding frames, text and artwork to create professional documents based on the principles of good design. You will find out how to work with text, make it thread (flow) through one or more frames, create styles for accurate and consistent type and add artwork (Vector and Raster).
Find out how to work with colour in InDesign – to create consistent colour throughout your projects using colours /swatches and the CC Library.
During the InDesign Course you work with and understand the role that grids, guides and baseline grids play in the design process and how they all combine to produce professional documents destined for print, digital and social media.
InDesign Training who is it for?
To be honest the answer to that is as broad as it is wide.
Over the years we have trained designers, content creators, marketeers, construction, educators, bid writers and clients from public & private sector businesses.
This Intro course has been designed for anyone wanting to hit the ground running by creating, editing and publishing professional looking documents for print and web. It’s also ideal for anyone looking to build on basic skills and work with more advanced features such as digital output.
Online InDesign Training
The course is also available as Online InDesign Training run virtually with a live instructor. We’re finding that Online Training is offering the most flexibility as it can be run virtually 24/7 and at times to suit you just as the rest of our Online Adobe Training Courses do.
Online InDesign Training is also available in short bite-size sessions (2 hours /4 hours /half days) or if preferred courses can be split into two sessions over different days. We also offer weekend and night time courses for clients outside the UK time zone. So please get in touch to discuss our ‘out of hours’ training courses.
Onsite InDesign Training Yorkshire
Our Onsite InDesign Training Courses are delivered on your premises either at your office or home. They are perfect for one to one sessions, small company groups and larger scale projects. All our Adobe Training Courses have flexible times and dates that work around you and your staff. Please get in touch to discuss these.
There are a number of benefits to Onsite InDesign Training in Yorkshire but the main ones are:
- realistic and reduced costings
- no travelling involved for you or your team saving travel, hotel expenses etc
- the approach is focused specifically for you and your team
- you have direct contact with your trainer from time of booking
- mutually agreed times and dates
- if required laptops are available for hire and arrive setup with the software version of your choice
Adobe InDesign Training what will you learn?
The Introduction to InDesign Training Courses covers some of the following features. There is a full InDesign Course overview at the bottom of the page or via the Courses menu above. This is a flexible course to which content can be added or removed to create your bespoke training.
- Create New Documents & Edit Existing Ones
- Work with Type
- Placing & Manipulating Artwork
- Smart Layouts
- Text Wrap Options
- Colour /Swatches /RGB /CMYK & Pantones
- Frames /Stokes & Fills
- Create Print & Interactive PDF’s
- Print & Export & Print Production
- Colour Management
- Packaging & Preflight Panel Processes
- Export Interactive PDF’s
Although this is an Introduction to InDesign Course the content itself is very broad and can be tailored individually to each client.
We know that our clients all have different requirements from the software and our question to you is ‘What do want from your InDesign course?‘ and then you tell us exactly what you need from your course.
So what would you expect to gain from your training? We’ve delivered courses to so many clients over the years teaching them how to create, edit and output a wide variety of documents. As a guide these are some of the things you would expect to produce during your training.
On this InDesign Course you would expect to create and design some of the following:
- Marketing Materials
- Flyers, Posters, Branded Materials
- Manuals, Brochures and Magazines
- Interactive Publications and Presentations
- Tenders, Annual Reports, Financial Reports
- POS Materials
- Print Management
- PDF Export (Print & Interactive)
InDesign Training Course Yorkshire – where else do we travel to?
The Onsite InDesign Training Courses in Yorkshire include Harrogate, Rotherham, Huddersfield, Whitby and Bradford. We cover the whole of the UK including the Midlands, Peterborough, Northampton, Birmingham, Coventry, Liverpool, Worcester, Hereford, London, Lincoln, Blackpool, Leicester and Nottingham.
Please get in touch to find out about availability in your area.
Introduction to Adobe InDesign - Overviews
What is InDesign?
Why choose InDesign
What you will learn on the course.
The InDesign Workspace
The InDesign Menus & Panels
Properties /Control Bar
Toolbox
InDesign Interactive Documents
Re-purpose Documents as Interactive PDF’s
Create Hyperlinks
Create Bookmarks
Apply Security
Export to PDF as Print
Export to PDF as Interactive
InDesign & Effects Panel
Blend Modes
Opacity Slider
Adding & Editing Effects
(drop shadow /inner glow etc)
Meeting InDesign
Create & Save a New Document
Editing & Adapting Existing Documents
New Document Setup
Print /Web /Mobile
Facing Pages
Printers Marks
(Bleed, Slug & Margins)
InDesign Document Presets
InDesign Colour & Swatches
The Colour Panel
Matching Colours in InDesign
Spot /Process /Pantone
Creating /Editing Swatches
Work with Tints
Create /Edit Gradients
Add /Adjust Fill /Stroke Colour
InDesign & Text
Placing & Importing Text
Importing Text from Microsoft Word
Using Character & Paragraph Attributes
Working With Type Design
ie. Tracking, Alignment, Kerning, Hyphenation
InDesign Frames
What are Frames?
Create new Frames
Moving /aligning /sizing & positioning
Frame Corners
InDesign & Images
Working with Images
Understanding Images /File Formats
Acquiring Images
Image Banks /Adobe Stock
Round Tripping with Image Editing Software
InDesign Paragraph & Character Styles
Creating Type Styles
Applying Styles
Editing Styles
Adding Styles to CC Libraries
Inserting Bullets & Numbers
InDesign Objects
InDesign Objects
Text & Graphic Frames
Adjusting Shapes
Create Unique Shaped Frames
Adjusting Shapes
InDesign Graphic Frames
Working with Graphic Frames
Using the Links Panel
Embedded /Linked Images
Moving Frame & Content Graphics
Placing Images
Selection & Direct Selection Arrow
InDesign Styles
Adding Nested Styles
Object Styles
Style Properties
Importing Style
InDesign’s Pages Panel
Working with the Panel
Adding /Deleting /Moving Pages
Adjusting Page Properties
Master Pages & None Pages
Understanding Spreads
InDesign & Text Wrap
Wrapping Text around Images
Text Wrap Options
Fitting Options
Text Offset
InDesign CC Libraries
Creating a Library
Adding /Editing & Maintaining CC Libraries
Sharing Libraries
InDesign Preflight & Print
Preparing for the Printers
Preflighting
Preflight Panel
Packaging for Print
